| “ | A type of bow consisting of a horizontal limb, assembly mounted on a stock that can launch projectiles called bolts. It can take down even bigger animals. | „ |
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A type of bow consisting of a horizontal limb, assembly mounted on a stock that can launch projectiles called bolts. It can take down even bigger animals. In-game description
The Crossbow is a ranged weapon in DayZ.
Overview[]
The Crossbow is a type of ranged weapon, consisting of a bow mounted on a stock, which shoots bolts. The crossbow is a quiet weapon, effective in close ranges -- capable of killing unarmored survivors and most infected instantly with a body shot. It is the only weapon with craftable ammunition.
Gameplay[]
The crossbow is a very good weapon to silently kill zombies with. Unlike suppressed weapons, the crossbow does not aggro Infected while shooting. Since the Improvised Bolt is able to be shot 5 times it is a very cheap and effective way of clearing a dangerous area, such as military zones, without aggroing infected. The crude bolt is very inaccurate and the chance of missing at 20 meters or more is quite high. In such cases the Improvised Bolt (feathered) is better even though it ruins faster.
If hit by a bolt it is possible to remove it by bandaging, allowing yourself to use the same bolt.
When holding the crossbow in hand, you can reload it with a bolt stuck in a body or terrain by pressing the fire button.
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Trivia[]
- The Crossbow is based on the real life modern recurve crossbow. Although they see very little use in modern militaries, crossbows are still used for hunting and recreational target shooting. Modern crossbows can have rails mounted onto them, allowing accessories such as optical sights to be easily added.
- The Crossbow in-game was based on the Excalibur Axiom SMF crossbow.
- It was first previewed in a 2013 press release image depicting it with a Crossbow Scope. This item was never added to the game, likely being succeeded by the Handgun Scope, which was attachable to the Crossbow for a time.
- It was introduced in patch v0.44.123800 on the 23rd April 2014 alongside its bolts. It was then subsequently removed in Beta 0.63 alongside other bows awaiting reimplementation on newer technology.
- For some time after its initial introduction, the Crossbow was able to accept optics that fit a Picatinny rail (such as those compatible with the M4-A1). This was later changed to its current optics choices. The weapon was then reverted to re-accept West optics in its reintroduction in 1.21.
- It was reimplemented in 1.21 Experimental with four new camouflages, with the model being upscaled and the in-built quiver arm being removed from the bottom of the model. The original leaf texture model remains but is not currently obtainable.
- A green texture and a black texture are within the files alongside references to spraypainting, indicating there was considerations to allow spraypainting the Crossbow. The black texture currently spawns as a possible variant, but the green texture Crossbow remains to be seen.
Gallery[]
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Standard Crossbow (not spawning) -
Original Preview of Crossbow
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The Crossbow with RV1 RDS Optics
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Crossbow
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Crossbow
(w/ Crossbow Holosight) (no longer possible) -
Looking down the Holosight
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Looking down the Pistol Scope
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The Crossbow with a BUIS Sight (no longer possible)
