whats the best bow?

[Doddery]

since the wiki is outdated did the dlc add any better ones?

[Nerevar]

bone bow. requires 80 handicrafting to make and the unique blueprint (i doubt you can just buy these)

[Doddery]

Originally posted by Nerevar:

bone bow. requires 80 handicrafting to make and the unique blueprint (i doubt you can just buy these)

do you know the location of it

[Nerevar]

of the blueprint ? yes. of the unique indrigent to make it? not yet.

[rcis]

To craft a bone bow, you need bone form last bounty quest in Duneville, rest its easy to get.
But I think it's not worth it, because you can buy bow with similar stats from Sun temple smith very cheaply, so it's a bit a balancing issue.

[Casanova]

Originally posted by Doddery:

Originally posted by Nerevar:

bone bow. requires 80 handicrafting to make and the unique blueprint (i doubt you can just buy these)

do you know the location of it

The location of it is the shipwreck that you visit during the quest Our Mark in this world, to get the quest visit the tavern at Frostcliff.

[Nerevar]

you dont need that quest to find the bow. its always there. you have to defeat the named enemy there. it drops it.

the weapons are not well balanced currently tough.

[Casanova]

Originally posted by Nerevar:

you dont need that quest to find the bow. its always there. you have to defeat the named enemy there. it drops it.

the weapons are not well balanced currently tough.

I just told him to use the quest as a guide since its the first objective anyways and theres no "location marker" there so its kinda vague saying Northwest of Enderal near the small islands.

[Doddery]

Originally posted by Casanova:

Originally posted by Doddery:

do you know the location of it

The location of it is the shipwreck that you visit during the quest Our Mark in this world, to get the quest visit the tavern at Frostcliff.

actually useful thanks

[Cheyenne]

I just crafted, ungraded, and enchanted my bone bow which gave me the following damage stat: Total Damage 124 (bow damage 103+ fire damage 21).

[Zanzus]

Just wana add that if like me you found the blueprint early and sold it not knowing how good it is then it's ID is 010240ef

[Dajjer]

I just did a test play through to see what type of stats I could get. My Snake Bow is working great but I want to start one-shooting some folks now. I had all the ingredients to make the bone bow but not the handcrafting level. And I was one crafting points short of reaching 80.

But I had a slew of rings and amulets and sure enough there was a handcrafting amulet of 12 just waiting for me to wear. I put on the amulet, added three crafting points and voila, the bone bow blue print was available. The bone bow was 93. Better than my snake bow 79, but a three digit hurtem bow was what I was after. So I put some more points in crafting redid the bow and it bumped up to 97. Close. But I didn't want to use up all my crafting points at this stage of the game.

But then it occurred to me, I was still wearing the handcrafting amulet. I swapped out that amulet for my bow amulet and I was either at 107 or 113. It was late and I was tired, and eyes blurry. But I was well over 100, and that did not even include me upgrading the bone bow.Or adding some enchanting damage.

In any event, thanx for pointing out the bone bow. I would have never looked over my blueprints thinking that this was better than a snake bow. And I am also glad I never sold that unique item I earned a while back.

[MikeBob2013]

Originally posted by Dajjer:

I just did a test play through to see what type of stats I could get. My Snake Bow is working great but I want to start one-shooting some folks now. I had all the ingredients to make the bone bow but not the handcrafting level. And I was one crafting points short of reaching 80.

But I had a slew of rings and amulets and sure enough there was a handcrafting amulet of 12 just waiting for me to wear. I put on the amulet, added three crafting points and voila, the bone bow blue print was available. The bone bow was 93. Better than my snake bow 79, but a three digit hurtem bow was what I was after. So I put some more points in crafting redid the bow and it bumped up to 97. Close. But I didn't want to use up all my crafting points at this stage of the game.

But then it occurred to me, I was still wearing the handcrafting amulet. I swapped out that amulet for my bow amulet and I was either at 107 or 113. It was late and I was tired, and eyes blurry. But I was well over 100, and that did not even include me upgrading the bone bow.Or adding some enchanting damage.

In any event, thanx for pointing out the bone bow. I would have never looked over my blueprints thinking that this was better than a snake bow. And I am also glad I never sold that unique item I earned a while back.

Although the Bone Bow is probably the highest (non-enchanted) damage bow out there, you can one-shot enemies with pretty much any bow if it's improved enough and your skill level is high enough (Marksman/Archery skill modifiers, enchantments etc, are a really *big* help).

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1722432919

If you want to do really beastly ranged damage, a Legendary quality bow and a high skill modifier is the only way to go.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1716402687

And don't forget to apply those memory points to all the bow-related perks on the 'Trickster' tree. ;)

[Dajjer]

True that MikeBob. In particular with sneak coupled with the memory tree stuff, I am one-shooting most baddies. As far as legendary bow, is that the one you get through super good crafting?

[MikeBob2013]

Originally posted by Dajjer:

True that MikeBob. In particular with sneak coupled with the memory tree stuff, I am one-shooting most baddies. As far as legendary bow, is that the one you get through super good crafting?

Yes. Once you get your Handicraft skill above 164, it becomes possible to achieve Legendary quality gear.

It's not *strictly* necessary to have a Legendary bow to kick bad guy butt, but it does help! XD

[Dajjer]

Thanks. BTW, I tried recreating what I did last night and the highest I got was 103. That includes amulet, ring, upgrade (I got all the memory perks). Oh well, now that I know the handcraft number, I will shoot (eh hem) for that.