Archery

Summary

The Archery skill allows a player to fire arrows/bolts from afar with Bows and Crossbows

• NO archery class weapons can be poisoned
• Players must remain stationary for 0.5 seconds in order to shoot (regardless of their Dexterity)
• Bows can fire arrows at targets up to 10 tiles away from the archer
• Crossbows can fire bolts at targets up to 8 tiles away from the archer
• The chance to hit with an archery class weapon is equal to (attacker's archery skill + 50) / ((defender's weapon or wrestling skill + 50) * 2) plus any relevant accuracy bonuses

PvM: Archery Weapon Special Attack

• Only works against creatures, not other players
• Players have a 10% chance of inflicting an Archery Weapon Special Attack against creatures
• This chance can be further increased via the Arms Lore Skill, Water Aspect Armor, or Mastery Chain Links
  • Increases damage dealt by the attack that generated the special by 50% (by 100% if the target is already hindered or immune to hinder)
  • Hinders the target (prevents all movement, casting, melee attacks) for 4-8 seconds
    • Hinder effect duration scales based on weapon speed (slower archery weapons have longer effect duration) and creature difficulty
    • Players also receive a +25% Accuracy bonus when using Archery Weapons against a creature that is hindered at the time of the attack
• Once a creature recovers from a Hinder effect caused by a Player Weapon, it will then become immune to further Hinder effects for a duration equal to 50% of the original Hinder duration
  • this immunity will cause the same Damage Bonuses that normally apply to attempting to apply Hinder to Hinder-immune targets
  • For example, a player uses Archery to deliver a 6 second Hinder effect to a creature. After the 6 second Hinder resolves, the creature now is immune to Hinder for the next 3 seconds, during this time any new Hinder effects attempting to be applied will instead result in a damage bonus

Weapon Types

• See the Weapons Chart for a list of Archery weapons
• The Crossbow functions as a One-Handed weapon, meaning players can wield them with shields or can use Potions while wielding them without a shield in their off-hand

Quivers

• Players can use Quivers to reduce the Ammunition Weight and Ammunition Consumption Rate

Codex

Main article: Weapon and Shield Codex#Archery Ammunition and Finishers

• Archery weapons benefit from Ammo and Finishers provided by a Codex of Archery.

Archery Codex Stances, Finishers and Abilities
Type	Name	Description
Stance	Arcane	Accuracy and Damage increased by 3% per rank
Stance	Fowling	Weapon shots increase Damage Resistance towards target by 6% per rank for 5 seconds (does not stack)
Stance	Incendiary	Deals an additional 8% of Damage per rank inflicted to a random target within 2 tiles
Stance	Longshot	Increases Range by (Rank / 2) rounded up, and Damage by 3% per rank
Stance	Maiming	Hinder effects last 10% longer per rank and Overpowered Hinder effects deal 10% more Damage per rank
Finisher	Ricochet	Deals 300% of Damage towards target and up to 2 additional random enemies within 6 tiles of target
Finisher	Pincushion	Makes 8 attacks against the target, with each having a 66% hit chance to inflict 100% Damage
Weapon Ability	Skirmish	For next 15 seconds damage increased by 25% and can fire while moving
Weapon Ability	Full Draw	For next 15 seconds damage increased by 35%, but must be stationary for 5 seconds to fire
Weapon Ability	Repeater	If not currently stealthed, immediately makes 3 additional hit attempts, each with a 66% chance to inflict 100% of weapon damage (scaled by weapon speed)

Training

Use a Quiver to reduce the amount of consumed Arrows!

Skill	Activity
0-50	Train from NPC
50-70	New Player Dungeon
70-100	Use a Heavy Crossbow at Prevalia Zoo