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Crossbow

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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Classname Crossbow_Black

Section: Weapons
Weight: 2.7 kg
Inventory size: 9×5 45 slots
Worn or carried in: Shoulder, Melee slot
Durability: 250
Fire modes: Single shot
Spawns on: Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal

5 variants

Characteristics

Repaired with: Epoxy Putty

Fire modes

Single shot: 11 rounds/min

Rate of fire is 60 seconds divided by the delay between shots in the config.

Ammunition damage

Bullet	Health	Blood	Shock	Muzzle velocity
`Bullet_CupidsBolt`	0	0	0	90 m/s
`Bullet_HuntingBolt`	125	100	95	105 m/s
`Bullet_ImprovisedBolt_1`	125	100	85	85 m/s
`Bullet_ImprovisedBolt_2`	125	100	85	90 m/s

Damage of the bullet class from the config, before armor and hit zone multipliers. Muzzle velocity already counts this barrel.

Melee

Attack	Health	Shock	Blood	Reach
Light attack	10	15	100	1.2 m

Compatibility

Ammunition

Bolt

Cupid's Bolt

Improvised Bolt

Attachment slots

Optics

M4-A1 Carry Handle Sights

Marksman Scope

NV-PVS4 Scope

RVN Sights

Matched by config slots and lists. Game scripts block a few combinations on top of this.

Where it spawns

Spawns as loot on Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal: Farm, Town.

	Chernarus	Livonia	Sakhal
Nominal	5	5	5
Minimum	3	3	3
Lifetime	4 h	4 h	4 h
Restock	0	30 s	30 s
Quantity	30–80%	80–0%	80–0%
Loot category	Weapons	Weapons	Weapons
Places	Farm	Farm	Town
Tiers	Tier 2 Tier 3	Tier 1 Tier 2	·

Nominal is how many the economy keeps on the map, minimum is where restocking starts. Lifetime is how long an untouched item lies before cleanup.

types.xml

Vanilla entries from the mission files of each map. Paste one into db/types.xml of your mission to bring back the default.

types.xml · Chernarus

<type name="Crossbow_Black">
    <nominal>5</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>3</min>
    <quantmin>30</quantmin>
    <quantmax>80</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="weapons"/>
    <usage name="Farm"/>
    <value name="Tier2"/>
    <value name="Tier3"/>
</type>

types.xml · Livonia

<type name="Crossbow_Black">
    <nominal>5</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>30</restock>
    <min>3</min>
    <quantmin>80</quantmin>
    <quantmax>0</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="weapons"/>
    <usage name="Farm"/>
    <value name="Tier1"/>
    <value name="Tier2"/>
</type>

types.xml · Sakhal

<type name="Crossbow_Black">
    <nominal>5</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>30</restock>
    <min>3</min>
    <quantmin>80</quantmin>
    <quantmax>0</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="weapons"/>
    <usage name="Town"/>
</type>

Variants

Crossbow

Crossbow_Autumn Chernarus 5

Crossbow_Black Chernarus 5Livonia 5Sakhal 5 This page

Crossbow_Summer Livonia 5Sakhal 5

Crossbow_Wood Chernarus 3Livonia 10Sakhal 3

The same item in other colors or versions. Each one has its own classname and loot settings.

Config

Classname: Crossbow_Black
Config class: CfgWeapons
Inherits from: Crossbow_Base › Archery_Base › RifleCore › DefaultWeapon › Weapon_Base
Model: \dz\weapons\archery\crossbow\crossbow.p3d
Defined in: Addons/weapons_archery.pbo::crossbow/config.bin
Inventory slots: Shoulder, Melee