Light Crossbow skill
General Information
The light crossbow is, as its name implies, the smaller and quicker version of the heavy crossbow. It tends to fall somewhere between its heavy cousin and the composite bow in terms of power, and is only marginally slower to load than the composite bow, making it a popular choice.
Adding to the widespread use of this weapon is the fact that multiple bows may be loaded and worn on the shoulder, similar to the heavy crossbow. This allows a marksman to hold up to three quick shots in reserve, and is extremely useful in PVP.
Unlike it's heavy counterpart, this weapon does not require the use of both hands while aiming. Thie allows the user to use a shield or weapon in the off hand while aiming.
The weapon relies primarily on agility to reduce its load time, making it more popular among characters who focus on agility rather than strength.
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, 9/10, or 10/11. 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.
10/11: The slightly rusty crossbow mounted with a ironwood goat's foot cocking handle from the Museum of Imperial History has a 10/11 load time. It also compares as more suited to strength than the standard store-bought light crossbow with a 9/10 load time.
9/10: The standard store-bought light crossbow has a 9/10 load time.
8/9: The standard forester's 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 thousands of 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, owned by Tarmerdes, who (as of sometime circa 2006) is on hiatus indefinitely.
5/6: Stonebows have a 5/6 loadtime, but use sling ammo which is commonly viewed as extremely inferior, leaving these weapons as little more than a novelty.
Listing
| Appraised cost is | |
|---|---|
| Abalone-inlaid walnut crossbow | 38,750 Kronars31,000 Lirums <br />27,962 Dokoras <br />38.75 LTBpoints <br />38.75 Tickets <br />38.75 Scrips <br /> |
| Adderwood latchbow set with serpent's heart rubies | 26,250 Kronars21,000 Lirums <br />18,942 Dokoras <br />26.25 LTBpoints <br />26.25 Tickets <br />26.25 Scrips <br /> |
| Admiral's light crossbow crafted from smooth ebonwood | 26,250 Kronars21,000 Lirums <br />18,942 Dokoras <br />26.25 LTBpoints <br />26.25 Tickets <br />26.25 Scrips <br /> |
| Aganylosh'a steppe crossbow inset with iron rings | 1 Kronars0.8 Lirums <br />0.722 Dokoras <br />0.001 LTBpoints <br />0.001 Tickets <br />0.001 Scrips <br /> |
| Alpine crossbow with a magenta boltplate | 750,000 Kronars600,000 Lirums <br />541,200 Dokoras <br />750 LTBpoints <br />750 Tickets <br />750 Scrips <br /> |
| Balanced alpine crossbow with an intricately carved iroko stock | 1,410,691 Kronars1,128,552.8 Lirums <br />1,017,954.626 Dokoras <br />1,410.691 LTBpoints <br />1,410.691 Tickets <br />1,410.691 Scrips <br /> |
| Balanced light crossbow | 2,812 Kronars2,249.6 Lirums <br />2,029.139 Dokoras <br />2.812 LTBpoints <br />2.812 Tickets <br />2.812 Scrips <br /> |
| Balanced light crossbow engraved with a delicate labyrinthine pattern | 8,125 Kronars6,500 Lirums <br />5,863 Dokoras <br />8.125 LTBpoints <br />8.125 Tickets <br />8.125 Scrips <br /> |
| Balanced light crossbow with an intricately carved knotwork pattern | 6,250 Kronars5,000 Lirums <br />4,510 Dokoras <br />6.25 LTBpoints <br />6.25 Tickets <br />6.25 Scrips <br /> |
| Balanced light crossbow with an intricately carved stock | 191,937 Kronars153,549.6 Lirums <br />138,501.739 Dokoras <br />191.937 LTBpoints <br />191.937 Tickets <br />191.937 Scrips <br /> |
| Battered ivory-gripped crossbow | 312 Kronars249.6 Lirums <br />225.139 Dokoras <br />0.312 LTBpoints <br />0.312 Tickets <br />0.312 Scrips <br /> |
| Black ebony crossbow inlaid with mother-of-pearl | 75,000 Kronars60,000 Lirums <br />54,120 Dokoras <br />75 LTBpoints <br />75 Tickets <br />75 Scrips <br /> |
| Black laquered bamboo crossbow with ivory endtips | 11,562 Kronars9,249.6 Lirums <br />8,343.139 Dokoras <br />11.562 LTBpoints <br />11.562 Tickets <br />11.562 Scrips <br /> |
| Black locust crossbow inlaid with mother-of-pearl | 75,000 Kronars60,000 Lirums <br />54,120 Dokoras <br />75 LTBpoints <br />75 Tickets <br />75 Scrips <br /> |
| Black walnut gut-stringed crossbow with an engraved cambrinth-inlaid stock | 122,918 Kronars98,334.4 Lirums <br />88,697.629 Dokoras <br />122.918 LTBpoints <br />122.918 Tickets <br />122.918 Scrips <br /> |
| Blackened crossbow | |
| Blackened light crossbow bearing a circular cambrinth medallion on the stock | 125,000 Kronars100,000 Lirums <br />90,200 Dokoras <br />125 LTBpoints <br />125 Tickets <br />125 Scrips <br /> |
| Blackened light crossbow bearing a circular medallion on the stock | 125,000 Kronars100,000 Lirums <br />90,200 Dokoras <br />125 LTBpoints <br />125 Tickets <br />125 Scrips <br /> |
| Blackwood latchbow with a steelsilk wrapped stock | 134,496 Kronars107,596.8 Lirums <br />97,052.314 Dokoras <br />134.496 LTBpoints <br />134.496 Tickets <br />134.496 Scrips <br /> |
| Blackwood latchbow with with a punka wrapped stock | 134,496 Kronars107,596.8 Lirums <br />97,052.314 Dokoras <br />134.496 LTBpoints <br />134.496 Tickets <br />134.496 Scrips <br /> |
| Bloodwood dako'gi crossbow set with a bone scrimshaw boltplate | 188,531 Kronars150,824.8 Lirums <br />136,043.97 Dokoras <br />188.531 LTBpoints <br />188.531 Tickets <br />188.531 Scrips <br /> |
| Bloodwood sniper's crossbow with a darkened steel tiller | 346,093 Kronars276,874.4 Lirums <br />249,740.709 Dokoras <br />346.093 LTBpoints <br />346.093 Tickets <br />346.093 Scrips <br /> |
| Bone-white witchclaw repeating crossbow with a pistol grip buttstock | 150,000 Kronars120,000 Lirums <br />108,240 Dokoras <br />150 LTBpoints <br />150 Tickets <br />150 Scrips <br /> |
| Carved ban-minahle light crossbow bearing a cambrinth medallion on the stock | 125,000 Kronars100,000 Lirums <br />90,200 Dokoras <br />125 LTBpoints <br />125 Tickets <br />125 Scrips <br /> |
| Carved ban-minahle light crossbow bearing a circular cambrinth medallion on the stock | 125,000 Kronars100,000 Lirums <br />90,200 Dokoras <br />125 LTBpoints <br />125 Tickets <br />125 Scrips <br /> |
| Carved birch stonebow with a bright white leather sling | 37,500 Kronars30,000 Lirums <br />27,060 Dokoras <br />37.5 LTBpoints <br />37.5 Tickets <br />37.5 Scrips <br /> |
| Carved birch stonebow with a bright white leather sling (2) | 62,500 Kronars50,000 Lirums <br />45,100 Dokoras <br />62.5 LTBpoints <br />62.5 Tickets <br />62.5 Scrips <br /> |
| Carved cedar stonebow with a beige leather sling | 37,500 Kronars30,000 Lirums <br />27,060 Dokoras <br />37.5 LTBpoints <br />37.5 Tickets <br />37.5 Scrips <br /> |
| Carved cedar stonebow with a beige leather sling (2) | 62,500 Kronars50,000 Lirums <br />45,100 Dokoras <br />62.5 LTBpoints <br />62.5 Tickets <br />62.5 Scrips <br /> |
| Carved cypress stonebow with a pale pink leather sling | 37,500 Kronars30,000 Lirums <br />27,060 Dokoras <br />37.5 LTBpoints <br />37.5 Tickets <br />37.5 Scrips <br /> |
| Carved cypress stonebow with a pale pink leather sling (2) | 62,500 Kronars50,000 Lirums <br />45,100 Dokoras <br />62.5 LTBpoints <br />62.5 Tickets <br />62.5 Scrips <br /> |
| Carved ebony stonebow with black leather sling | 37,500 Kronars30,000 Lirums <br />27,060 Dokoras <br />37.5 LTBpoints <br />37.5 Tickets <br />37.5 Scrips <br /> |
| Carved ebony stonebow with black leather sling (2) | 62,500 Kronars50,000 Lirums <br />45,100 Dokoras <br />62.5 LTBpoints <br />62.5 Tickets <br />62.5 Scrips <br /> |
| Carved inkhorn crossbow | 7,500 Kronars6,000 Lirums <br />5,412 Dokoras <br />7.5 LTBpoints <br />7.5 Tickets <br />7.5 Scrips <br /> |
| Carved mahogany stonebow with a dark brown leather sling | 37,500 Kronars30,000 Lirums <br />27,060 Dokoras <br />37.5 LTBpoints <br />37.5 Tickets <br />37.5 Scrips <br /> |
| Carved mahogany stonebow with a dark brown leather sling (2) | 62,500 Kronars50,000 Lirums <br />45,100 Dokoras <br />62.5 LTBpoints <br />62.5 Tickets <br />62.5 Scrips <br /> |
| Carved pine stonebow with a pale yellow leather sling | 37,500 Kronars30,000 Lirums <br />27,060 Dokoras <br />37.5 LTBpoints <br />37.5 Tickets <br />37.5 Scrips <br /> |
| Carved pine stonebow with a pale yellow leather sling (2) | 62,500 Kronars50,000 Lirums <br />45,100 Dokoras <br />62.5 LTBpoints <br />62.5 Tickets <br />62.5 Scrips <br /> |
| Carved willow stonebow with a silvery leather sling | 7,500 Kronars6,000 Lirums <br />5,412 Dokoras <br />7.5 LTBpoints <br />7.5 Tickets <br />7.5 Scrips <br /> |
| Cherrywood lockbow with a leather wrapped stock | 178,118 Kronars142,494.4 Lirums <br />128,529.949 Dokoras <br />178.118 LTBpoints <br />178.118 Tickets <br />178.118 Scrips <br /> |
| Clockwork-driven mikkhalbamar stonebow with baroque tel'athi mechanisms | 594,752 Kronars475,801.6 Lirums <br />429,173.043 Dokoras <br />594.752 LTBpoints <br />594.752 Tickets <br />594.752 Scrips <br /> |
| Cloudbark stonebow wrapped by enaada awash in fiery hues | |
| Copper-tipped bone-handled crossbow | 312 Kronars249.6 Lirums <br />225.139 Dokoras <br />0.312 LTBpoints <br />0.312 Tickets <br />0.312 Scrips <br /> |
| Copper-tipped ironwood crossbow | |
| Copperleaf dako'gi crossbow set with a bone scrimshaw boltplate | 150,006 Kronars120,004.8 Lirums <br />108,244.33 Dokoras <br />150.006 LTBpoints <br />150.006 Tickets <br />150.006 Scrips <br /> |
| Copperwood crossbow inlaid with coral along the stock | 10,625 Kronars8,500 Lirums <br />7,667 Dokoras <br />10.625 LTBpoints <br />10.625 Tickets <br />10.625 Scrips <br /> |
| Crossbow crafted from fine Katamba-black wood that has been carved to suggest the shapes of long bones | 7,500 Kronars6,000 Lirums <br />5,412 Dokoras <br />7.5 LTBpoints <br />7.5 Tickets <br />7.5 Scrips <br /> |
| Curved cobwood crossbow cradling a chaos chalcedony crown | 5,312,512 Kronars4,250,009.6 Lirums <br />3,833,508.659 Dokoras <br />5,312.512 LTBpoints <br />5,312.512 Tickets <br />5,312.512 Scrips <br /> |
| Curved drop-trigger crossbow | 1,525 Kronars1,220 Lirums <br />1,100.44 Dokoras <br />1.525 LTBpoints <br />1.525 Tickets <br />1.525 Scrips <br /> |
| Damaris latchbow | 162,500 Kronars130,000 Lirums <br />117,260 Dokoras <br />162.5 LTBpoints <br />162.5 Tickets <br />162.5 Scrips <br /> |
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Guild-Specific Abilities
- Rangers and Thieves can SNIPE with any bow-type ranged weapon, allowing them to attack while remaining hidden. Requirements: 40th circle.
- Barbarians and Rangers with 30 in both Agility and Reflex receive the load-from-hand time when loading from a quiver.