Poisonbone Dart

Type

Throwable

FP cost

0

Maximum held

40

Maximum stored

600

Consumed when used

Yes

About this item

Animal bone sharpened into a knife for throwing, with a poison-laced tip.

Craftable item.

Throw at enemies to inflict damage and build up poison.

Crafting after obtaining Nomadic Warrior's Cookbook [14]

Caelid

Starting Site of Grace: Smoldering Church

Before you go

• Crafting Kit
• Nomadic Warrior's Cookbook [14]
• Ingredients per batch: 2 Thin Beast Bones and 1 Poisonbloom

1. Follow the northeastern Limgrave road across the border into Caelid.
2. Enter Smoldering Church beside the road.
3. Search the corpses inside for the cookbook. Another cookbook is also here, so check both pickups.
4. Watch for Anastasia's invasion when approaching the church.
5. Buy the Crafting Kit from Kale at the Church of Elleh if Item Crafting is still unavailable.
6. Collect 2 Thin Beast Bones and 1 Poisonbloom. Outside combat, open Item Crafting and select Poisonbone Dart. One batch makes 5.

Notes

• Deals physical Pierce damage and applies ordinary Poison. It costs no FP and has 58 base Poison buildup before Arcane scaling.
• Physical damage favors Dexterity, with smaller Strength and Arcane contributions. Arcane also improves its Poison buildup, rather than merely raising Item Discovery.
• The active Poison normally deals 0.07% of maximum HP plus 7 HP per second for 90 seconds. More Arcane improves buildup rather than increasing that fixed drain.
• Each craft makes five darts from two Thin Beast Bones and one Poisonbloom. It is a different recipe from plain Bone Dart and needs Nomadic Warrior's Cookbook (14).
• A poisoned enemy does not acquire another stacked copy of the same drain with every dart. Switch to a stronger attack after the status has triggered unless the direct hit or ranged pressure is still useful.
• The physical hit can damage a Poison-immune enemy, but no number of darts makes that enemy susceptible to the status.