Wild Scout's Shortbow

Wild Scout's Shortbow

The wild scout's shortbow is a power level 3 shortbow that can be crafted at a fletching bench. The recipe is learned from a dragonkin effigy in Takla Kara, the dragonkin vault in central Fractured Plains. It can be ascended at the mystic forge using ascension cores.

Its special effect is 10% increased draw speed, making this weapon draw faster than other shortbows. This does not affect quick actions.

The crystal bow and the undead ranger's bow have slightly higher base damage at all power levels, but they are supposed to have much higher base damage than they do (the undead ranger's bow's special effect is supposed to be increased damage after all), but they fire slower, the crystal bow especially so. They also have the same durability, which means that as long as the crystal bow's shattershot is not being used, then this weapon is the ideal shortbow to ascend.

Stats

Recipe

Requirements
Facility	Fletching Bench
Skill	Experience
Artisan	125
Material	Quantity
Oak Logs	10
Antler	2
Wool Thread	2
Dwellberries	2
Output	Quantity
Wild Scout's Shortbow	1

Recipe tree

Wild Scout's Shortbow

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Journal

The following text is transcribed from the Journal.

There was magic once, in this bow, though it has mostly faded now. Runes were ground down and mixed with plant oils to create a special resin that allowed the Wild Knights to work their magic through the bow, as if they were carrying runes. That magic has faded and the recipe for the mixture is lost to the ages, but these bows are still formidable in their own right. Wild Knights told tales of creatures that lived within the wilds of Ashenfall and that could not be felled by normal bows. Deer with hides that glistened with starlight, sheep with silver fleeces repelled all arrows. They claimed that these magically infused bows were the only ones capable of harming the creatures, though none ever returned with trophies to share.

Update history

This information is based on the changelogs of the game.