Crossbow Bolts...?

[Johnman]

Can you not make crossbow bolts anymore? Normal ones I mean? I can make iron, steel and exploding crossbow bolts --- but there is no longer any normal crossbow bolts to be able to made in the crafting menu. Thought I might need the workbench, tried it and still no go.

I'm guess crossbows need a minimum of a iron or steel now and you can no longer make ordinary bolts from rocks, is this correct? Anyone know or was it in the patch notes as i did not see it?

[BattleSquirrel7]

Yes, iron is the first bolt option. Seems they wanted to make everything about progression, plus now there's a halfway legit reason to use the bow. Never used a flaming arrow until A15!

[mardavrio]

Originally posted by BattleSquirrel7:

Yes, iron is the first bolt option. Seems they wanted to make everything about progression, plus now there's a halfway legit reason to use the bow. Never used a flaming arrow until A15!

Same! I've killed hundreds zeds on the server I'm on, almost singularly with the bow (iron, steel and flaming arrows) which in previous alphas was a weapon that I ditched as soon as I got my hands on a pistol and could craft bullets. Now I use gunpowder to make flaming steel arrows. The bow is alot more satisfying now- it's only drawback (pun intended) is in a tight space.

[Killroy]

If not for the crossbow and the Iron Bolts. I would have died my 7th night in A15.


For the record, ♥♥♥♥ the new dog/mine fiasco in certain biomes.

[Johnman]

Well.... i suppose that is a good decsion made. I'm still using my bow but starting to make crosssboww bolts and put them aside to when I progress or decide to change to crossbow.

I agree that the bow is much more fun than I originallly thought and am just entering day 35 and still using it. i could easily have made a crossbow and decided to use it as my primary but I'm very satified and having fun with the bow.

[Sauced Taters]

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