Silver arrow

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Name silver arrow
Appearance silver arrow
Damage vs. small 1d6+(1d20)
Damage vs. large 1d6+(1d20)
To-hit bonus +0
Weapon skill bow
Size one-handed
Base price 5 zm
(+10/positive
enchant)
Weight 1
Material silver

A silver arrow is an arrow for use with a bow. It deals the same base damage as a regular arrow, but can also cause silver damage.

Strategy

Silver arrows can clear a five-lane highway through silver hating monsters, but unfortunately, they are fairly rare—only twelve in a thousand randomly spawned weapons will be silver arrows. Fortunately, however, with maximized Luck even a small stack can last a fairly long time.

History

Prior to version 3.6.0,wielding a silver arrow and stabbing monsters with it did not do silver damage. Nor did throwing the arrow. Only shooting the arrow with a bow dealt silver damage. This was considered a bug by the DevTeam, and it was fixed.