PK Crossbow Vs Hunter Crossbow

[Jivebot]

Which one is stronger? The PK one shows an actual damage statistic but the Hunter one doesn't and I cant really tell much difference just using them

[Emma]

From my testing on ng+ hard difficulty the pk xbow is actually better. I really like the design of the huntress xbow but since the devs had the brilliant (actually very stupid) idea of turning this game into an rpg you have to use the numbers to make sure something is better. To answer your question better. Yes, the pk xbow. Why? Well obviously because you get blueprints to craft all kinds of bolts. From normal bolts, to elemental bolts. Something the huntress xbow doesn't offer. Why? Ask the devs.. cause sure as hell ain't making any sense. And to make matters worse it's a dlc item. Something that's supposed to be better than normal stuff you get in game. Don't believe me? Try it out on the hardest difficulty. In normal and easy diffs it doesn't make much of a difference so you can go with either. But in hard difficulty the huntress xbow is pretty much garbage. Top that off with the fact that you can't craft any bolts all. And the normal bolts you can use must be traded with the huntress and they don't come cheap. You gotta farm tokens in stealth missions which are pretty tedious to do only to buy normal bolts. In that regard the PK xbow is way better. Higher damage and blueprints for all bolts.

[Diskuid]

The Hunter Crossbow is better, but not for much, their best attractive is its passive and that it has 1 extra shot. About the bolts I wouldn't really complain, they are pretty easy to get.

Check this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-gX1o3GrDs

[Sithicus]

PK crossbow does a bit more damage, I've got maxed out Ranger gear and I can kill screamers & spitters with a single head shot using PK-crossbow in close to mid range. If I use Hunter's crossbow they still have a sliver of health left and I needed to finish them with another shot or using another weapon.

[Serpent]

so from what i read. you are bar from crossbow if i want to play another playthrough with survivor side? because you need to rank 9 huntress and they didn't give you elemental/aliment bolt blueprint too? that suck. plus survivor perk is not much better than pk too.........

edit. just watch the video so you can carry the huntress crossbow to newgame but the fact that you can't make new bolt is bothering me. assuming you play new game with huntress xbow what happen if i ran out of huntress bolt? it became obsolete in my stash until i can do quest for her again?

[Sithicus]

Yeah, it seems that you'll need to either advance the story to the point where you can get into Central Loop or join a multiplayer game.

Speaking of crossbows, now you can use a glitch and obtain Carnage Crossbow from Bloody Ties, which uses the same ammo as PK crossbow.