Elven arrow
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| Name | elven arrow |
| Appearance | runed arrow |
| Damage vs. small | 1d7 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d6 |
| To-hit bonus | +0 |
| Weapon skill | bow |
| Size | one-handed |
| Base price | 2 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
| Weight | 1 |
| Material | wood |
The elven arrow is a type of arrow for use with a bow that appears in NetHack. It appears as a runed arrow when unidentified. Elven arrows are wooden and susceptible to rotting and burning attacks.
Elven arrows gain +1 multishot and a +1 damage bonus when fired by an elven player from an elven bow.[1]
Generation
In addition to random generation, elven arrows often appear in the starting inventory of bow-wielding elven monsters.
An elven Ranger's two sets of starting +0 and +2 arrows will always be elven arrows.
Strategy
Elven arrows are generally the weapon of choice for most bow users, especially when playing as an elf - they are in high relative abundance with the number of elven creatures that generate, and deal the most consistent damage among arrows. The only character that would potentially benefit from another arrow type would be any orcish player and any Samurai.
History
The elven arrow was introduced in NetHack 3.0.0.
Variants
UnNetHack
In UnNetHack, the Castle has a chance to generate blessed and enchanted elven arrows in the barracks overlooking the drawbridge.
SLASH'EM
In SLASH'EM, a non-cursed elven arrow has a 1 in 3 chance of a +1 bonus to multishot - e.g., a player that would normally only shoot 1 arrow will shoot d2 arrows 33% of the time, a player that would normally shoot d2 arrows will shoot d3 arrows 33% of the time, etc.[2] This bonus does not apply to dark elven arrows.
