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== [[:Category:Bows|Bows]] ==
*[[Long bow]]
*[[Bow]]
*[[Short bow]]
''Note: When a bow is unstrung, even if it has not been used and was strung minutes ago, the bowstring will be worse than before strung. Avoid unstringing and re-stringing if you can.''
== [[:Category:Arrows|Arrows]] ==
*[[Hunting arrow]]
*[[War arrow]]
*[[Arrow shaft]]
''Note: You can use [[arrow shafts]] as normal arrows, but they have poor accuracy and damage, and will gain you less skill. They are however much easier to replace when broken. ''
== Associated items ==
*[[Bow string]]
*[[Archery target]]
*[[Hunting arrow head]]
*[[War arrow head]]
*[[Quiver]]
'''Chrysanthy's Archery Test'''
*The test was conducted on August 28, 2014 to look into the effect of quality of the bow and arrows to damage and accuracy (no other factors were considered). The test was done during daytime wurm time to eliminate the accuracy penalty during night time and on flat surface to eliminate height bonus/penalty.
Chrysanthy has the following skills and the test data is given below:
*Bow Used: Long Bow
* Archery Skill: 40.43
*Long Bow Skill: 30.30
Using 70.01ql longbow
*Arrow Shaft Quality: 40.18
*Archery Target Quality: 36.82
*Damage on the Target: 5.89
*Number of Successful Hits: 20/20
*Arrow Shaft Quality: 13.13
*Archery Target Quality: 36.30
*Damage on the Target: 3.94
*Number of Successful Hits: 19/20
Using 50.25ql longbow
*Arrow Shaft Quality: 40.18
*Archery Target Quality: 35.69
*Damage on the Target: 3.73
*Number of Successful Hits: 18/20
*Arrow Shaft Quality: 13.13
*Archery Target Quality: 34.90
*Damage on the Target: 3.01
*Number of Successful Hits: 14/20
Findings:
*The higher the quality of the bow, the greater the damage it deals.
*The higher the quality of the bow, the higher accuracy rate it has.
*The higher the quality of the arrow, the greater the damage it deals.
*The higher the quality of the arrow, the higher accuracy rate it has.
Removing the redundant links, removing the outdated dataset
== Notes on Arrows ==
There are three types of arrows:
*[[Hunting arrowsarrow]]*[[War arrowsarrow]]*[[arrow shaftsshaft]] can be used as an arrow, without any arrow head affixed
When shooting a bow, the order of arrow selection is:
#Arrow shafts
If you have an empty [[quiver ]] in your inventory, the bow will not shoot any arrows from any other quiver in your inventory, nor from any arrows in your inventory.
Additionally:
* You can't gain archery and sub-archery skills from bred animals.
* Priests of Vynora and Fo '''Can''' use bows.
== Associated skills ==
* Hawk Eye at 70 skill
* Eagle Eye at 90 skill
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