Archery

Summary

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

Archery class weapons cannot 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

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

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

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

Having these skills benefit Archery.

Skill	Benefit
Anatomy	Increases Base Weapon Damage * (20% * (Anatomy Skill / 100)) Increases codex finisher chance by (10% * (Anatomy Skill / 100))
Chivalry	Increases Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Chivalry Skill / 100)) Supplemental PvP Melee Damage
Tactics	From 0 to 100, Increases Base Weapon Damage * (-50% + (Tactics Skill / 200)) Any additional skill increases Base Weapon Damage * (1% * (Tactics Skill - 100))
Arms Lore	Increases Special Attack Chance by (10% * (Arms Lore Skill / 100))
Carpentry	Increases wooden weapons' Base Weapon Damage * (15% * (Carpentry Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (6% * (Carpentry Skill / 100)).
Camping Tracking Forensic Evaluation	Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100) (2 hour bonus after using the skill)
Mace Fighting Wrestling Swordsmanship Fencing	Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) in PvM only.

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)

Use a good Quiver to reduce the amount of arrows and bolts consumed! Using a heavy x-bow for training will reduce the ammo need further.

Skill	Activity
0-50	Train from NPC
50-80	Passively in Combat in the New Player Dungeon
80-100	Passively in Combat, in the Prevalia Zoo or at a Battletrainer.