Archery

Summary

The Archery skill allows a player to fire arrows/bolts from afar with Bows and Crossbows

Archery class weapons cannot be poisoned.
Players must remain stationary for 0.5 seconds in order to shoot (regardless of their Dexterity)
Bows can fire arrows at targets up to 10 tiles away from the archer
Crossbows can fire bolts at targets up to 8 tiles away from the archer
The chance to hit with an archery class weapon is equal to (attacker's archery skill + 50) / ((defender's weapon or wrestling skill + 50) * 2) plus any relevant accuracy bonuses
Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) as a secondary weapon skill (when using another weapon skill) in PvM.
Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100) as a secondary weapon skill (when using another weapon skill) in PvP.

PvM Special Attack

Only works against creatures, not other players
Players have a 10% chance of inflicting an Archery Weapon Special Attack against creatures
This chance can be further increased via the Arms Lore Skill, Water Aspect Armor, or Mastery Chain Links
- Increases damage dealt by the attack that generated the special by 50% (by 100% if the target is already hindered or immune to hinder)
- Hinders the target (prevents all movement, casting, melee attacks) for 4-8 seconds
  - Hinder effect duration scales based on weapon speed (slower archery weapons have longer effect duration) and creature difficulty
  - Players also receive a +25% Accuracy bonus when using Archery Weapons against a creature that is hindered at the time of the attack
Once a creature recovers from a Hinder effect caused by a Player Weapon, it will then become immune to further Hinder effects for a duration equal to 50% of the original Hinder duration
- this immunity will cause the same Damage Bonuses that normally apply to attempting to apply Hinder to Hinder-immune targets
- For example, a player uses Archery to deliver a 6 second Hinder effect to a creature. After the 6 second Hinder resolves, the creature now is immune to Hinder for the next 3 seconds, during this time any new Hinder effects attempting to be applied will instead result in a damage bonus

Weapon Types

Archery weapons are crafted with carpentry, with the exception of harpoons being crafted with blacksmithy, or bought from NPCs

Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Ammo Type	Speed	Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Ammo Type	Speed
Bow	1H	No	Arrows	34	Crossbow	1H	No	Bolts	28
Heavy Crossbow	2H	No	Bolts	20	Harpoon	?	No	N/A	10

Quivers

Players can use Quivers to reduce the Ammunition Weight and Ammunition Consumption Rate

Harpoons and Boating

Main article: Harpoon

Harpoons are ranged weapons only usable on ships using the fishing skill, but make use of the archery codex as if they were archery weapons. They can be crafted with blacksmithy or bought off NPCs.

Beneficial Skills

Having these skills benefit Archery.

*Table only includes passive skill bonuses and does not include temporary or toggle-able effects*
Skill	Benefit	Weapon
Anatomy	Increases Base Weapon Damage * (20% * (Anatomy Skill / 100)) Increases codex finisher chance by (100% * (Anatomy Skill / 100))	All
Chivalry	Increases Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Chivalry Skill / 100)) Supplemental PvP Melee Damage	All
Tactics	From 0 to 100, Increases Base Weapon Damage * (-50% + (Tactics Skill / 200)) Any additional skill increases Base Weapon Damage * (1% * (Tactics Skill - 100))	All
Arms Lore	Increases Special Attack Chance by (10% * (Arms Lore Skill / 100))	All
Lumberjacking	When using an axe increases Base Weapon Damage * (25% * (Lumberjacking Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Lumberjacking Skill / 100)) in PvP.	Swordsmanship
Mining	Increases Base Weapon Damage * (25% * (Mining Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Mining Skill / 100)) in PvP.	Mace Fighting
Blacksmithy	When using a smithed weapon increases Base Weapon Damage * (25% * (Blacksmithing Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Blacksmithing Skill / 100)) in PvP.	All
Carpentry	When using a wooden weapon increases Base Weapon Damage * (25% * (Carpentry Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Carpentry Skill / 100)) in PvP.	All
Camping Tracking Forensic Evaluation	Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100) in PvP.	All
Archery Fencing Macing Swordsmanship	When wielding a weapon of another skill class, increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100) in PvP	All
Wrestling	When wielding a weapon of another skill class, increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) in PvM only.	All
Inscription	When using a wrestling weapon increases Base Weapon Damage * (20% * (Inscription Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (8% * (Inscription Skill / 100)) in PvP.	Wrestling
Resisting Spells	Spell Syphon increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Effective Magic Resist / 100) in PvM only.	All

Codex

Main article: Weapon and Shield Codex#Archery Ammunition and Finishers

Archery weapons benefit from Ammo and Finishers provided by a Codex of Archery.

Archery Ammo and Finishers
Type	Name	Description
Ammo	Arcane	Accuracy and Damage increased by 3% per rank
Ammo	Fowling	Weapon shots increase Damage Resistance towards target by 6% per rank for 5 seconds (does not stack)
Ammo	Incendiary	Deals an additional 8% of Damage per rank inflicted to a random target within 2 tiles
Ammo	Longshot	Increases Range by (Rank / 2) rounded up, and Damage by 3% per rank
Ammo	Maiming	Hinder effects last 10% longer per rank and Overpowered Hinder effects deal 10% more Damage per rank
Finisher	Ricochet	Inflicts 300% Damage towards target and 3 other random targets within 8 tiles
Finisher	Pincushion	Makes 8 attacks against the target, with each having a 66% hit chance to inflict 100% Damage
Weapon Ability	Skirmish	For next 15 seconds damage increased by 25% and can fire while moving
Weapon Ability	Full Draw	For next 15 seconds damage increased by 35%, but must be stationary for 5 seconds to fire
Weapon Ability	Repeater	If not currently stealthed, immediately makes 3 additional hit attempts, each with a 66% chance to inflict 100% of weapon damage (scaled by weapon speed)

Training

Use a good Quiver to reduce the amount of arrows and bolts consumed! Using a heavy x-bow for training will reduce the ammo need further.

Skill	Activity
0-50	Train from NPC
50-80	Passively in Combat in the New Player Dungeon
80-100	Passively in Combat, in the Prevalia Zoo or at a Battletrainer.