High Velocity Arrow

A faster, flatter arrow for shots past normal bow range. Each hit does less damage, so it suits moving targets far away, not close bow duels.

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Characteristics

Category: Ammunition

Stack size: 64

Workbench: Level 1

Craftable: Yes

Researchable: Yes · 10 Scrap

Damage: 40

Bullet speed: 80 m/s

Overview

In-game description

Lighter, faster arrow that deals less damage.

Grab these for range. A wooden arrow drops hard once the target is a few dozen metres out, and you end up aiming at the sky. High velocity arrows fly flatter and arrive sooner, so hitting a player running across a road or a deer at the edge of a field gets a lot easier.

You pay for it in damage. Each hit does less, and you feel that in a close bow fight where one heavier arrow would have finished the job. So most players carry both: plain arrows for anything near, a stack of HV for anything far.

They shine in a crossbow or a compound bow, where you take slow, aimed shots anyway. On a hunting bow they still help, but the bow itself becomes the limit. They also cost metal fragments, and early in a wipe those frags may be better spent on a pickaxe and hatchet.