Ranging

Ranging

or Archery if you prefer

Archery is the use of bows and arrows to fight at long distance. It's used in hunting and combat. Be careful when shooting at close range, your equipped arrow usually gets destroyed if a creature counterattacks and sometimes your bow does too.

Of the cheap bows the Shortbow shoots the fastest and is fairly accurate (+4 Missile accuracy) while the Crossbow shoots the slowest but with the greatest accuracy (+8 missile Accuracy). The Long bow, is slower and less accurate than the Short bow (+2 Missile Accuracy) but does a little more damage. Recurve (+6 Missile Accuracy) and Elven (+10 missile Accuracy) bows are both faster and more accurate but also a lot more expensive. The Elven bow does considerably more damage than the cheaper bows.

Bows

		Dmg	Missile Acc	EMU	Human	Light Modifier
Short Bow		5-8	4	7	0	3
Long Bow		5-8	2	7	0	3
Recurve Bow		5-8	6	7	0	3
Elven Bow		5-8	10	7	0	3

Arrows

		EMU	Dmg	Accuracy	Missile Acc	Crit to Hit	Light Modifier	Special Damage
Training arrows		2	0	0	0	0	+3	0
Pking arrows		2	0	0	+10	0	+3	0
Fire arrows		2	15	-25	-10	-15	+3	+35 Heat
Magic Arrows		2	15	-25	+15	-15	+3	+15 Magic
Ice Arrows		2	0	-25	-15	-15	+3	+40 Cold

Crossbows

		Dmg	Missile Acc	EMU	Human	Light Modifier
Crossbow		5-8	8	7	0	3

Bolts

		EMU	Dmg	Accuracy	Missile Acc	Crit to Hit	Light Modifier	Special Damage / Effect
Training bolts		1	0	0	0	0	+3	0
Pking bolts		1	0	0	+15	0	+3	0
Fire bolts		1	10	-15	-10	-15	+3	+10 Heat, 15% chance to do mana burn
Magic Bolts		1	10	-15	+15	-15	+3	+10 Magic, 7% chance to deplete mana
Ice Bolts		1	10	-15	-15	-15	+3	+10 Cold, 10% chance to cooldown

Perks

There are some Perks that are specifically designed for ranging:

Wilhelm Hood Perk

Increased accuracy of ranging weapons,

damage and ranging experience increased by 15%,

Ethereal Ranger Perk

30% chance to not lose an arrow or bolt after firing it.

Ninja Perk

80% chance that you will not become visible (if invisible) when using ranged attacks.

Training

Archery Arenas provide an additional money sink for this money sink skill by providing a target that neither moves nor dies.