Bone Arrow

An easier-to-land arrow for early wipe, paid for with lower damage. Good for hunting and finishing wounded targets, weak against anyone in armour.

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Characteristics

Category: Ammunition

Stack size: 64

Craftable: Yes

Researchable: Yes · 10 Scrap

Damage: 40

Bullet speed: 45 m/s

Overview

In-game description

An Arrow equipped with a large bone arrowhead making it very easy to hit targets at the expense of damage

Grab these when hitting the target matters more than how hard you hit it. The big bone head makes it noticeably easier to land a shot, which is exactly what you want when a deer is bolting away or a fresh spawn is zigzagging off with your loot.

The price is damage. A wooden arrow hits harder, and against anyone wearing real armour the gap starts to hurt. So the bone arrow is a hunting and early-wipe arrow. You fire it from a hunting bow or a crossbow while you are still farming, not when a kitted roamer is looking at you.

It costs almost nothing extra if you hunt anyway. Every animal you skin drops bone fragments, so a day of hunting refills your quiver as a side effect. Once your gear and aim improve, move on to high velocity arrows for longer shots, or simply to a gun.