Shortbow

Notes

• Strength and Dexterity have equal scaling coefficients. It is the low-requirement, 2.5-weight light bow, rather than a weapon with a hidden pure-Dexterity bonus.
• Can fire quick shots after running, rolling and jumping. This is useful for moving between attacks, though its shorter reach makes distant shots lose effectiveness sooner than a longbow.
• Bandit starts with it, and every other class can buy a copy from the coastal merchant for 600 runes. There is no need to restart a character just to obtain it.
• Barrage costs 2 FP for each rapid shot and spends one arrow per shot. Its arrows apply 75% of normal ammunition status buildup per hit, so the benefit is repeated hits rather than full-strength buildup on each arrow.
• Starts with Barrage. Can use compatible Ashes of War for this bow class, but keeps Standard affinity rather than changing to Heavy, Keen or an elemental melee affinity.
• Upgrade with Smithing Stones to +25.
• Grease and weapon enchantments cannot be applied. Choose the ammunition for added elemental damage or status buildup; this bow has no Arcane scaling to increase the arrows' status buildup.
• Uses arrows, rather than bolts or greatarrows. Equip up to two arrow types in the ammunition slots and use the corresponding firing input to choose between them.
• Requires 8 Strength and 10 Dexterity. Weighs 2.5. Ordinary shots spend stamina and ammunition; the skill also needs its listed FP.