Dreamheart/Comparison Chart of Light Crossbows

Notes about using this chart:

• I did not make all the light crossbows in the tinkering book; I only made the bow models from the Tinkering products page of difficulty tier 6 and above.
• Affinity seems to be the singular property of any wood in relationship to the combat properties of a finished piece.
• I made at least two levels of affinity for each bow model, 85 and 95 affinity.
• I made two different mechanisms for each bow/wood/style, one at either end of the ductility values. Usually, darkstone (20) or Nickel/Brass (both 90)
  • Ductility does not have seem to make a large difference from 96 down to 31. You need to get under 30 for it to change. Whether this is fractional, too, I have no idea. But 31-96 ductility ... seems to yield the exact same results in the mechs.
  • Ductility in the mechanisms below 30 results in -2 to balance and +1 to suitedness
• Loading time is from hand, without any penalties. Where there is a decimal value, that is an average of 25 loads (sometimes more, but even with a script, it is as tedious as watching paint dry). The average should give you an idea whether a bow will have more 4 second loads than 5 second ones. There is a definite difference, depending on the mods and mechs.
• The Points column is the sum of FOI, BALANCE, and SUITEDNESS
• There is no draw strength listed here because it is not part of Xbow appraisal
• When a xbow has been modified by cabling or lightening, and the appraisal stays the same, it is because the difference is fractional.
• Lightening adds to balance, removes from suitedness (always, even if only fractional), shaves off a few stones, and sometimes impacts the draw, too.
• Cable-backing adds to suitedness, removes from balances, (always, even if only fractional), adds a few stones, and ...sometimes impacts the draw, too.
• lam = laminated
• cab = cable-backed
• li=lightened

Remember: FOI impacts damage potential Balance = Accuracy Suitedness affects the power in the hit (Then your skills, stats, and situation get all mixed in, too.)

Weapon Name	Affin-Wood	#Pieces	Mod/s	Mechs	FOI	Balance	Suited	Construction	Weight	Load RT	Points
Lockbow	80-cedar	8	no	90	06-decently	08-soundly	06-decently	05-particularly weak	50	4-5	20
Lockbow	85-sandalwood	8	no	90	06-decently	09-well	06-decently	03-quite fragile	96	4-5	21
Lockbow	85-sandalwood	8	lam	90	06-decently	09-well	06-decently	05-particularly weak	96	4-5	21
Lockbow	85-sandalwood	8	lam, cab	90	06-decently	08-soundly	07-reasonably	05-particularly weak	100	4-5	21
Lockbow	85-lelori	8	no	90	06-decently	09-well	06-decently	03-quite fragile	64	4-5	21
Lockbow	85-lelori	8	lam	90	06-decently	09-well	06-decently	05-particularly weak	64	4-5	21
Lockbow	85-lelori	8	lam, cab	90	06-decently	08-soundly	07-reasonably	05-particularly weak	68	4-5	21
Lockbow	85-lelori	8	li	90	06-decently	09-well	06-decently	03-quite fragile	61	4-5	21
Lockbow	85-lelori	8	no	20	06-decently	07-reasonably	07-reasonably	03-quite fragile and easily damaged	64	4.2	20
Lockbow	85-lelori	8	lam	20	06-decently	07-reasonably	07-reasonably	05-particularly weak against damage	64	4.2	20
Lockbow	85-lelori	8	lam, cab	20	06-decently	07-reasonably	07-reasonably	05-particularly weak against damage	68	4.56	20
Lockbow	85-lelori	8	li	20	06-decently	08-soundly	06-decently	03-quite fragile and easily damaged	61	4.0	20
Lockbow	95-silverwood	8	no	90	06-decently	10-very well	07-reasonably	05-particularly weak	67	4-5	23
Lockbow	95-silverwood	8	lam	90	06-decently	10-very well	07-reasonably	09-average	67	4-5	23
Lockbow	95-silverwood	8	lam, cab	90	06-decently	09-well	07-reasonably	09-average	71	4-5	22
Lockbow	95-silverwood	8	li	90	06-decently	10-very well	06-decently	09-average	64	4-5	22
Lockbow	95-silverwood	8	no	20	06-decently	08-soundly	07-reasonably	05-particularly weak	67	4.2	21
Lockbow	95-silverwood	8	cab	20	06-decently	08-soundly	08-soundly	05-particularly weak	71	4.48	22
Lockbow	95-silverwood	8	li	20	06-decently	09-well	07-reasonably	05-particularly weak against damage	64	4.0	22
Light forester's crossbow	80-cedar	9	no	15	07-reasonably	06-decently	07-reasonably	06-somewhat unsound	64	4-5	20
Light forester's crossbow	80-cedar	9	no	90	07-reasonably	08-soundly	06-decently	06-somewhat unsound	64	4-5	21
Light forester's crossbow	80-bamboo	9	no	15	07-reasonably	06-decently	07-reasonably	05-particularly weak	76	4-5	20
Light forester's crossbow	85-sandalwood	9	no	90	07-reasonably	08-soundly	07-reasonably	4-rather flimsy	102	4-5	22
Light forester's crossbow	85-sandalwood	9	lam	90	07-reasonably	08-soundly	07-reasonably	06-somewhat unsound	102	4-5	22
Light forester's crossbow	85-sandalwood	9	lam, cab	90	07-reasonably	08-soundly	07-reasonably	06-somewhat unsound	106	5.0	22
Light forester's crossbow	85-sandalwood	9	li	90	07-reasonably	09-well	06-decently	4-rather flimsy	99	4-5	22
Light forester's crossbow	85-lelori	9	lam	15	07-reasonably	07-reasonably	07-reasonably	06-somewhat unsound	68	4-5	21
Light forester's crossbow	85-lelori	9	no	90	07-reasonably	08-soundly	07-reasonably	4-rather flimsy	68	4.76	22
Light forester's crossbow	85-lelori	9	lam	90	07-reasonably	08-soundly	07-reasonably	06-somewhat unsound	68	4.76	22
Light forester's crossbow	85-lelori	9	lam, cab	90	07-reasonably	08-soundly	07-reasonably	06-somewhat unsound	72	5.0	22
Light forester's crossbow	85-lelori	9	lam, li	90	07-reasonably	09-well	06-decently	06-somewhat unsound	65	4-5	22
Light forester's crossbow	85-lelori	9	no	20	07-reasonably	07-reasonably	07-reasonably	4-rather flimsy	68	4.68	21
Light forester's crossbow	85-lelori	9	lam	20	07-reasonably	07-reasonably	07-reasonably	06-somewhat unsound against damage	68	4.76	21
Light forester's crossbow	85-lelori	9	lam,li	20	07-reasonably	07-reasonably	07-reasonably	06-somewhat unsound against damage	65	4.16	21
Light forester's crossbow	85-lelori	9	cab	20	07-reasonably	06-decently	08-soundly	4-rather flimsy	72	5.0	21
Light forester's crossbow	95-silverwood	9	no	90	07-reasonably	09-well	07-reasonably	06-somewhat unsound	71	4-5	23
Light forester's crossbow	95-silverwood	9	lam	90	07-reasonably	09-well	07-reasonably	10-bit safeguarded	71	4-5	23
Light forester's crossbow	95-silverwood	9	lam, cab	90	07-reasonably	09-well	08-soundly	10-bit safeguarded	75	5.0	24
Light forester's crossbow	95-silverwood	9	li	90	07-reasonably	10-very well	07-reasonably	06-somewhat unsound	68	4-5	24
Light forester's crossbow	95-silverwood	9	lam, li	90	07-reasonably	10-very well	07-reasonably	10-bit safeguarded	68	4-5	24
Light forester's crossbow	95-silverwood	9	no	20	07-reasonably	08-soundly	08-soundly	06-somewhat unsound	71	4.48	23
Light forester's crossbow	95-silverwood	9	li	20	07-reasonably	08-soundly	07-reasonably	06-somewhat unsound	68	4.48	22
Light forester's crossbow	95-silverwood	9	cab	20	07-reasonably	07-reasonably	08-soundly	06-somewhat unsound	75	5.0	22
Light forester's crossbow	906-finivire	9	no	95	07-reasonably	10-very well	07-reasonably	08-marginally vulnerable	139	05-6	24
Light battle crossbow	85-sandalwood	10	no	90	09-well	07-reasonably	08-soundly	03-quite fragile	114	5.65	24
Light battle crossbow	85-sandalwood	10	lam	90	09-well	07-reasonably	08-soundly	06-somewhat unsound	114	5.65	24
Light battle crossbow	85-sandalwood	10	lam, cab	90	09-well	07-reasonably	08-soundly	06-somewhat unsound	118	6.0	24
Light battle crossbow	85-sandalwood	10	lam, li	90	09-well	08-soundly	07-reasonably	06-somewhat unsound	111	5.2	24
Light battle crossbow	85-sandalwood	10	no	20	09-well	06-decently	08-soundly	03-quite fragile	114	5.68	23
Light battle crossbow	85-sandalwood	10	cab	20	09-well	05-fairly	09-well	03-quite fragile	118	6.0	23
Light battle crossbow	85-sandalwood	10	li	20	09-well	06-decently	08-soundly	03-quite fragile	111	5.4	23
Light battle crossbow	95-silverwood	10	no	90	09-well	08-soundly	09-well	06-somewhat unsound	79	5.64	26
Light battle crossbow	95-silverwood	10	lam	90	09-well	08-soundly	09-well	10-bit safeguarded	79	5.64	26
Light battle crossbow	95-silverwood	10	cab	90	09-well	07-reasonably	09-well	06-somewhat unsound against damage	83	6.0	25
Light battle crossbow	95-silverwood	10	li	90	09-well	08-soundly	08-soundly	06-somewhat unsound against damage	76	5.24	25
Light battle crossbow	95-silverwood	10	no	20	09-well	06-decently	09-well	06-somewhat unsound against damage	79	5.6	24
Light battle crossbow	95-silverwood	10	lam	20	09-well	06-decently	09-well	10-a bit safeguarded against damage	79	5.6	24
Light battle crossbow	95-silverwood	10	lam, cab	20	09-well	06-decently	10-very well	10-a bit safeguarded against damage	83	6.0	25
Light battle crossbow	95-silverwood	10	li	20	09-well	07-reasonably	09-well	06-somewhat unsound against damage	76	5.24	25
steppe crossbow	85-lelori	10	no	90	08-soundly	07-reasonably	07-reasonably	4-rather flimsy and easily damaged	76	5.3	22
steppe crossbow	85-lelori	10	lam	90	08-soundly	07-reasonably	07-reasonably	06-somewhat unsound against damage	76	5.2	22
steppe crossbow	85-lelori	10	lam, cab	90	08-soundly	07-reasonably	08-soundly	06-somewhat unsound against damage	80	5.62	23
steppe crossbow	85-lelori	10	li	90	08-soundly	08-soundly	07-reasonably	4-rather flimsy and easily damaged	73	5	23
steppe crossbow	85-lelori	10	no	20	08-soundly	06-decently	08-soundly	4-rather flimsy and easily damaged	76	5.32	22
steppe crossbow	85-lelori	10	lam	20	08-soundly	06-decently	08-soundly	06-somewhat unsound against damage	76	5.32	22
steppe crossbow	85-lelori	10	lam, cab	20	08-soundly	05-fairly	08-soundly	06-somewhat unsound against damage	80	5.76	21
steppe crossbow	85-lelori	10	li	20	08-soundly	06-decently	07-reasonably	4-rather flimsy and easily damaged	73	5	21
steppe crossbow	95-silverwood	10	no	90	08-soundly	08-soundly	08-soundly	06-somewhat unsound against damage	79	5.20	24
steppe crossbow	95-silverwood	10	lam	90	08-soundly	08-soundly	08-soundly	10-a bit safeguarded against damage	79	5.26	24
steppe crossbow	95-silverwood	10	lam, cab	90	08-soundly	08-soundly	09-well	10-a bit safeguarded against damage	83	5.68	25
steppe crossbow	95-silverwood	10	li	90	08-soundly	09-well	08-soundly	06-somewhat unsound against damage	76	5.0	25
steppe crossbow	95-silverwood	10	no	15	08-soundly	07-reasonably	09-well	06-somewhat unsound against damage	79	5.28	24
steppe crossbow	95-silverwood	10	lam	15	08-soundly	07-reasonably	09-well	10-a bit safeguarded against damage	79	5.32	24
steppe crossbow	95-silverwood	10	lam, cab	15	08-soundly	06-decently	09-well	10-a bit safeguarded against damage	83	5.52	23
steppe crossbow	95-silverwood	10	li	15	08-soundly	07-reasonably	09-well	06-somewhat unsound against damage	79	5.32	24
latchbow	85-lelori	9	no	90	06-decently	09-well	06-decently	03-quite fragile and easily damaged	68	4.28	21
latchbow	85-lelori	9	lam	90	06-decently	09-well	06-decently	06-somewhat unsound against damage	68	4.2	21
latchbow	85-lelori	9	lam, cab	90	06-decently	08-soundly	07-reasonably	06-somewhat unsound against damage	72	4.68	21
latchbow	85-lelori	9	li	90	06-decently	09-well	06-decently	03-quite fragile and easily damaged	65	4.0	21
latchbow	85-lelori	9	no	20	06-decently	07-reasonably	07-reasonably	03-quite fragile and easily damaged	68	4.24	20
latchbow	85-lelori	9	lam	20	06-decently	07-reasonably	07-reasonably	06-somewhat unsound against damage	68	4.24	20
latchbow	85-lelori	9	lam, cab	20	06-decently	07-reasonably	07-reasonably	06-somewhat unsound against damage	72	4.76	20
latchbow	85-lelori	9	li	20	06-decently	08-soundly	06-decently	03-quite fragile and easily damaged	65	4.0	20
latchbow	95-silverwood	9	no	90	06-decently	10-very well	07-reasonably	06-somewhat unsound against damage	71	4.38	23
latchbow	95-silverwood	9	lam	90	06-decently	10-very well	07-reasonably	10-a bit safeguarded against damage	71	4.36	23
latchbow	95-silverwood	9	lam, cab	90	06-decently	09-well	07-reasonably	10-a bit safeguarded against damage	75	4.6	22
latchbow	95-silverwood	9	li	90	06-decently	10-very well	06-decently	06-somewhat unsound against damage	68	4.0	22
latchbow	95-silverwood	9	no	20	06-decently	08-soundly	07-reasonably	06-somewhat unsound against damage	71	4.44	21
latchbow	95-silverwood	9	lam	20	06-decently	08-soundly	07-reasonably	10-a bit safeguarded against damage	71	4.52	21
latchbow	95-silverwood	9	lam, cab	20	06-decently	08-soundly	08-soundly	10-a bit safeguarded against damage	75	4.72	22
latchbow	95-silverwood	9	li	20	06-decently	09-well	07-reasonably	06-somewhat unsound against damage	68	4.0	22