Light Crossbow skill
Load time reductions
First 1-Second Reduction:
*Note: Numbers above are when the load time is reduced 100% of the time. The load time can first be infrequently reduced at 200 ranks and gradually becomes more frequent until 250 ranks when it is constant.
Second 1-Second Reduction:
Load Times
Load times are always stated as two numbers, such as 6/7, 7/8, 8/9, or 9/10. The first number denotes the number of seconds of load time if the projectile is being held in the hand while loading. The second number denotes the amount of time in seconds to load if the projectile is coming from a container.
9/10: The standard store-bought light crossbow has a 9/10 load time.
8/9: The standard forester light crossbow has an 8/9 load time as do many other crossbows. The 8/9 is so common now that it is considered the new standard and almost nobody uses a 9/10 crossbow.
7/8: A small number of forester light crossbows (perhaps a few hundred) were sold soon after forester's crossbows were introduced into the Crossing Trader shop. A fair number still exist and sell for a few hundred platinum each.
6/7: An extremely small number of forester's crossbows were sold with 6/7 round times when originally introduced into the Crossing Trader shop in 1997. All following stock was quickly adjusted upward. Currently only two 6/7 light crossbows are known to exist and they have both been altered. One was altered by Nishu, then sold to Kraelyst circa 2001, then sold in September 2007 from Kraelyst to Coupe for 4,200pK: an ironwood-reinforced forester's crossbow strung with darkened spidersilk and wrapped in ripped zombie skins. The other has a camoflouged Ranger type description, owner unknown.
Incomplete Listing
- Forester's Crossbow, with it's reduced roundtime
- Curved Drop-Trigger Crossbow, sold in Ratha.
- Crossbow crafted from fine Katamba-black wood that has been carved to suggest the shape of long bones, (short description is a Katamba-black crossbow)
- Triple-lathed reinforced ironwood crossbow
- Light white pine crossbow
- Reinforced crossbow with a carved dragonwood stock
- Hunter's crossbow dyed a deep forest green
- Hunter's crossbow with a pearl-inlaid stock
- Rosewood light crossbow etched with dancing zombies
- Sleek mariner's crossbow with a polished silver boltplate
- Light crossbow, the most basic model which is sold in the Crossing weapon store.
- Tawny smokewood sniper's crossbow inset with blackjade panthers
- Polished ash crossbow with walnut overlays
- Black walnut gut-stringed crossbow with an engraved cambrinth-inlaid stock (possible HX?)
- Triple-lathed reinforced hickory crossbow
- Jet black mediumweight crossbow with a leather-wrapped stock
- Steel-plated ironwood crossbow with a sculpted dragon-head cranequin
- Light repeating crossbow with a silver-trimmed oak stock
- Glazed bone-handled crossbow
- Ebonwood crossbow carved to resemble a lithe panther
- Abalone-inlaid walnut crossbow
- Elothean silverwillow crossbow
- Lightweight mariner's crossbow
- Lightweight carved-stock crossbow
- Ebon-hued crossbow
Guild-Specific Abilities
- Rangers and Thieves can SNIPE with any ranged weapon, allowing them to attack while remaining hidden. Requirements: 40th circle.