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| − | Crossbows always fire at their maximum range of 8 squares, rather than basing their range on [[strength]] as other [[missile]] weapons do. Instead, crossbows apply a multishot penalty if their user is below a certain strength threshold - gnomes must have at least 16 strength to obtain full multishot bonuses, while other races require 18 strength. Gnomes also gain a +1 | + | Crossbows always fire at their maximum range of 8 squares, rather than basing their range on [[strength]] as other [[missile]] weapons do. Instead, crossbows apply a [[multishot]] penalty if their user is below a certain strength threshold - gnomes must have at least 16 strength to obtain full multishot bonuses, while other races require 18 strength. Gnomes also gain a +1 multishot racial bonus when firing bolts from a crossbow. |
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Revision as of 09:56, 12 April 2022
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| Name | crossbow |
| Appearance | crossbow |
| Damage vs. small | 1d2 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d2 |
| To-hit bonus | +0 |
| Weapon skill | crossbow |
| Size | one-handed |
| Base price | 40 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
| Weight | 50 |
| Material | wood |
A crossbow is a type of launcher that appears in NetHack. It is designed for crossbow bolts, and should be wielded prior to throwing or firing them from your quiver, similar to a bow and arrows. Crossbows are made of wood.
Contents
Generation
All Gnomish Rangers start the game with a +1 crossbow rather than a +1 bow.[1][2]
Centaurs of all types generate with crossbows and bolts; forest centaurs only have a 1⁄2 chance to generate with one, and may receive a bow and arrows instead.[3] Crossbows can also be generated on any monster lacking the strong monster attribute that can use a weapon, but has not received one.[4]
Crossbow skill
| Crossbow | |
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| Max | Role |
| Basic | |
| Skilled | |
| Expert | |
The crossbow is the only launcher to use crossbow skill, and crossbow bolts are the only ammo to use it. There are no artifact crossbows.
Description
Crossbows always fire at their maximum range of 8 squares, rather than basing their range on strength as other missile weapons do. Instead, crossbows apply a multishot penalty if their user is below a certain strength threshold - gnomes must have at least 16 strength to obtain full multishot bonuses, while other races require 18 strength. Gnomes also gain a +1 multishot racial bonus when firing bolts from a crossbow.
Strategy
High-strength characters lacking a ranged weapon may choose to retrieve a crossbow from the Gnomish Mines; ammo for the crossbow is somewhat scarce compared to arrows, which are much more commonplace due to the various arrow types and arrow traps. Gnomish rangers may have to rely on their pet in the early game to kill their fellow gnomes for additional bolts; the Ranger quest provides a plentiful source as early as the midgame, though they will also have to look out for attack wands.
Variants
SLASH'EM
SLASH'EM introduces an artifact crossbow, Hellfire, that is chaotic-aligned and causes bolts fired from it to explode.
Encyclopaedia entry
"God save thee, ancient Mariner!
From the fiends, that plague thee thus! -
Why look'st thou so?" - With my cross-bow
I shot the Albatross.
Coleridge ]
