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Crossbows are long-ranged weapons; a type of Bow that uses a mechanically compressed and held bowstring. They tend to fire slower than bows, but cause more damage on a hit. They are similar to bows and guns in use; all three use the shooting skill and related hunter skills. Character stats are applied the same way for each type, although the item stats will be different for each type.

The slow attack speed is much preferred by most hunters who specialize in Inv spear 07 [Aimed Shot], or a heavily Beast Mastery specced hunter (due to talents like Ability hunter serpentswiftness [Serpent's Swiftness]).

Acquiring and Upgrading

Unlike Guns, players cannot craft crossbows. Crossbows must be bought, looted or earned from quests. The availability of crossbows is more limited than the availability of bows and guns in WoW. Draenei Hunters may want bow or gun training as soon as they can get it to remedy this lack of availability.

A crossbow may be enhanced by installing an engineer-crafted scope on it.

Training

Draenei Hunters start with the Crossbow skill. All other Hunters, Rogues and Warriors can learn the Crossbow skill from some trainers (see weapon trainers for details). (The Rogues and Warriors then 'shoot' rather than 'throw'.)

See also

Patch Changes

  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Ammunition no longer needed for bows, guns and crossbows. All quivers converted into regular bags.

Cataclysm Class Preview: Hunter | 2010-04-09 16:00 | Blizzard Entertainment Nethaera

A major change coming for the hunter is the removal of ammunition. Guns, bows, and crossbows will now do damage without consuming ammunition at all. There will be no more ammo slot on the hunter’s character display. Any ammunition that a hunter has at the time of the change will become gray sellable items. Existing quivers will be converted into large bags -- though each hunter can only have one and non-hunters will not benefit from this change -- and we will not be making any additional quivers.

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