![]() ![]() Because of this it is useful to cross-train your dwarves with hammering skill, so that they will be better able to stand their ground in a fight, but a marksdwarf fighting a similarly armed and armored enemy with a melee weapon will usually lose either way. Nonetheless, marksdwarves that are approached by enemies will engage in melee combat with them, using the butt of their crossbows like hammers. Since marksdwarves can drop targets at range, they do a much better job taking down fleeing thieves and retreating goblin ambushes that your regular soldiers might not be able to catch. different metal armor.)Īs can be expected, targets that are stationary are much easier to hit than those that are moving. See also superior metal for comments on different metal bolts vs. (* metal being better than bone being better than wood. If you have a skilled bowyer and are confident your fortress design and/or melee soldiers can keep your marksdwarves safe from enemy engagements, then easily-produced, high-quality wooden or bone crossbows will be just as accurate and deadly as metal crossbows. Only the quality of the crossbow and skill of the marksdwarf determine accuracy, whereas the quality and material* of the bolts determine the damage delivered. The material that the crossbows are made of is irrelevant to ranged combat (but see melee combat). Bolts may miss the target and fly a bit further than intended, potentially striking another foe, but never a friendly. Z-levels up or down count equally against the distance when measuring this range, subtracting from the total x-/y-axis distance, so shooting from a high wall or tower effectively reduces that 20-tile maximum. Ranged combat Ĭrossbows shoot bolts as their ammunition, and marksdwarves will engage targets up to 20 tiles distant, provided they have a clear line of sight to them. 2) For similar reasons, denser woods are proportionally preferable to lighter ones for both crossbows and ammo. All are vastly superior to wood or bone.) Similarly, metal bolts are far superior to wood/bone, with (in order) Steel, Iron, Bronze/Bismuth Bronze, and Copper being preferred, with Silver a distant last. (* For blunt-force weapons (including crossbows in melee): Steel and Silver(!) seem to be slightly preferable, but Iron, Bronze (including Bismuth Bronze), and Copper are all a very close second. For this reason, you may want to make your military crossbows out of a metal*, and leave the bone/wood crossbows for hunters or wall defenders. However, if an enemy closes into melee range with a marksdwarf, they will use their crossbow as a hammer. ![]() The quality of a crossbow influences its accuracy (along with the skill of the marksdwarf), while the quality and material of the bolts influences the damage done on a successful hit.ġ) All materials perform equally well as a ranged weapon. Crossbows can be made from a variety of materials, be they wood, bone or metal, which has no effect on accuracy or damage. ![]()
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