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

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

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