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.
• To save time/coins, I only laminated once during the test crafting. The better construction value will always be because the crossbow is laminated. It does not impact the rest of the stats. Keep that in mind as you review the chart.
• 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