Crossbow that fires powerful bolts. Quiet at range but has a long reload. Bolts can be picked up and reused.
- Cycle
- -
- Ammo
- 1/9=10
loaded / in reserve / total
50- Zoom
- ×1.67
Range and damage
How far it kills
Base damage 200
Hunter HP
Hits to kill a 150 HP hunter.
How damage falls
share of full damage, on the axis and marks the bars above use
2345 0% damage lost
221m
- 1 Full damage0-5m 100% of full damage
- 2 Slower fall5-25m -12.5% every 10m, down to 75%
- 3 Fastest fall25-40m -16.7% every 10m, down to 50%
- 4 Slower fall40-100m -5% every 10m, down to 20%
- 5 Holds100m+ 20% of full damage
Quarter of damage gone by 25m - the distance at which a quarter of full damage is gone - the figure the weapon list ranks by
How the bullet falls
Aimed at the top of the head - how far the round falls below it, on the axis and marks the bars above use
1245 Head
221m
- 1 Head0-24m 0.00 m below the line here
- 2 Upper torso24-38m 0.25 m below the line here
- 3 Torso38-44m 0.66 m below the line here
- 4 Legs44-63m 0.89 m below the line here
- 5 Ground63m+ 1.84 m below the line here
Against the bestiary
Deals Bolt damage. It hits Immolator hardest (2x) and Rotjaw softest (0.45x).
Killed outright by one hit
Bileweaver HeadBloodweaver HeadDoctor Grunt HeadGrunt HeadLantern or Torch Grunt HeadHellhound HeadHive HeadFirebreather Head
One shot
Leech BodyMuzzled Hellhound JawWater Devil BodyImmolator Head
Two shots
Armored HeadConcertina Armored Head
Five or more
Meathead Upper torsoBrute WeakspotAssassin Upper torsoUrsa Mortis WeakspotSpider HeadHellborn HeadBloodskin WeakspotScrapbeak Upper torsoRotjaw WeakspotButcher Upper torso
Computed from each creature's own hit-zone table against this weapon's damage type, at point blank. Falloff at range can only ask for more shots, never fewer - so a creature this weapon one-shots here may need two further out.
Handling
What firing does to your view
The muzzle drops 4° after every shot. How much of the screen that eats is not fixed - it depends on how wide your own field of view is, so these are drawn at the game's default 55°, and a wider setting costs you less of it.
- The kick itself plays out in 0.3s, long over before you can fire again at 4.67s.
- It walks 3° to the right as well as up.
- Aiming slows how fast you can swing the gun around to 60% of normal.
- Its kick is steeper than 13% of 31 special loadouts.
Where the shot goes
Your weapon rests shouldered, so that is the cone an unaimed shot uses - crouching, walking and jumping all scale it. Sighted, it closes to a point.
- 6 Jumping ×2
- 4.5 Walking ×1.5
- 3 Shouldered
- 1.5 Crouched ×0.5
- 0.001 Aiming
- Its shouldered cone is better than 35% of 34 special loadouts.
- Jumping throws a sighted shot away entirely - the cone opens from 0.001 to 3.
How sway builds
Across0.25 → 0.5 Up and down0.1 → 0.2 start → end
12
0 s1 s2 s3 s4 s
Seconds since you aimed
- 1 Builds0-3 s 0.25 → 0.5 across · 0.1 → 0.2 up and down The longer you stay aimed, the further the sight wanders.
- 2 Holds3 s+ 0.5 across · 0.2 up and down The sway stays this size for as long as you stay aimed.
What you wait for
One shot, then 5.3 s to load it back. 5.3 s for one full trip through the magazine.
5.3 s reloading
- Its reload is better than 39% of 31 special loadouts.
Melee and the bestiary
Attacks
Light attack
- Damage
- 30
- Damage type
- Melee Blunt
- Cleave cap
- Two different values in the game's files
- Recovery
- 0.85 sbefore the next light attack
- Tired
- 1.95 sthe delay once you are out of stamina
Against a hunter, by hit zone
- Head 60
- Upper torso 27
- Torso 27
- Left arm 27
- Right arm 27
- Left leg 18
- Right leg 18
Against the bestiary
Light attack
Deals Melee Blunt damage. It hits Hive hardest (2.8x) and Water Devil softest (0.45x).
One hit
Leech BodyBileweaver HeadBloodweaver Head
Two hits
Hive Head
Three hits
Doctor Grunt HeadGrunt HeadLantern or Torch Grunt HeadHellhound HeadMuzzled Hellhound Jaw
Four hits
Firebreather Head
Five or more
Immolator HeadWater Devil BodyArmored HeadConcertina Armored HeadBrute WeakspotUrsa Mortis WeakspotAssassin HeadRotjaw WeakspotHellborn HeadMeathead Upper torsoSpider HeadButcher HeadScrapbeak HeadBloodskin Weakspot
Computed from each creature's own hit-zone table against this attack's damage type.
Traits and perks
What traits change
Bolt Thrower
Swaps in the game's expedited reload animation
| Stat | Base | With |
|---|---|---|
| Reload start | 1.833 s | 1 s |
| Per round | 2.333 s | 1.167 s |
| Reload finish | 0.5 s | 1 s |
Crack Shot
| Stat | Base | With |
|---|---|---|
| Held sway, horizontal | 0.5 | 0.25 |
| Held sway, vertical | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Where a trait swaps in a different reload animation, the seconds are that animation's own length, separate from the weapon's reload stat. A longer start is not always worse: on a clip-fed rifle the expedited animation takes longer to begin and then loads several rounds at once.
Recommendations
Blade Seer Recommended 1 pts While using Dark Sight, increases distance of highlighted Bolts, Arrows, Harpoons, Throwing Axes, and Throwing Knives to 75m. Also applies to Beetle View.
Bolt Thrower Recommended 3 pts Reduce reload time for Crossbows, Bomb Launchers, and Bomb Lances.
Crack Shot Reduce sway for weapons and increase zoom level in iron sights for rifles and pistols with stocks. Excludes shotguns and sawed-off variants.