Archery

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

See the Weapons Chart for a list of Archery weapons
The Crossbow functions as a One-Handed weapon, meaning players can wield them with sheilds 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
See: Quivers

Archery is trained through combat with an Archery weapon equipped and requires Arrows or Bolts depending on the weapon
Up to 50.0 skill can be trained by an NPC bowyer or ranger
Skill gains for Archery up to 70.0 are accelerated in the New Player Dungeon
50-70 fight creatures in the New Player Dungeon
70-100:
- Method One:
- Use a heavy crossbow to shoot creatures at Prevalia Zoo. Doing this with low stamina / dexterity will provide the same rate of skill gain while using less ammunition. Making archery attacks after first using hiding / stealth will further reduce the amount of ammunition required to train archery
- Method Two:
- Purchase Wooden Training Bow from any NPC Provisioner or blacksmith
- Purchase arrows from any NPC bowyer, ranger, or provisioner (arrows/bolts can also be crafted via the Carpentry skill)
- Use a 2nd account as a spar dummy by attacking it with the character who is training
- Then toggle war/peace on the 2nd account dummy character
  - Note: If training against another player, it is best to be in the same guild or else form a party where both members check "Flag Green to Party" in order to avoid being flagged as a criminal
  - You will need a way to heal the second account character