Crossbows

Crossbows are a type of weapon and a skill.

Skill details

“ Increases your precision and damage with crossbows. ”

— In-game description

Related Base Ability	Skill Synergies
Perception	None

Crossbows increases your damage and precision with all crossbows.

The formula for damage gained from Crossbows skill is Base Damage * (1 + 0.7 * Effective Crossbows Skill / 100). See Precision for details on precision mechanics.

Weapon description

Versatile weapon
Silent
Medium-high range
Incurs 125% increased mechanical damage resistance (harder to penetrate armor)
Slower projectiles allow easier energy shield penetration
Cheap normal ammo
Can fire special bolts (tranquilizing, incendiary, electroshock, serrated, etc)
Bolts can be poisoned with many different poisons for further utility

Weapon models

Crossbow comparison for Quality 50 (except Jawbone)
Model	Damage	Critical Chance	Critical Damage	Precision	Precision Close	Precision Move	AP Cost
Zephyr	17-35	8%	125%	0	-10%	-10%	25
Hurricane	21-31	8%	100%	0	-10%	-10%	25
Tornado	23-34	6%	100%	-3%	-10%	-15%	25
Monsoon	18-34	13%	85%	+3%	-10%	-10%	25
Cyclon	15-31	8%	100%	0	-10%	-10%	21
Jawbone	25-50	4%	150%	0	-10%	-15%	25
Needler	45-55	7%	100%	0	-20%	-20%	25

Zephyr — highest critical damage bonus
Hurricane — lowest damage spread
Tornado — highest damage, lowest critical chance, small precision penalty, highest move and shoot penalty
Monsoon — highest critical chance, lowest critical damage, small precision bonus
Cyclon (crafting only) — lowest AP cost
Jawbone (unique, fixed stats)
Needler (unique, piercing shot ability, fixed stats)

Ammunition

Crossbows can use various special bolts, which makes them a versatile weapon. Shooting special bolts are not special attacks and thus doesn't benefit from Smart Goggles. Shooting special bolts costs 4 AP more than a regular attack. With a cyclon or any crossbow with the Pneumatic Reloader enhancement a special bolt attack costs 25 AP meaning you can shoot twice per round. The feat Marksman removes the additional cost of special bolts.

Crossbow feats

See Category:Crossbows feats.

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