Ethereal crossbow
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The Ethereal Crossbow is a weapon from Heretic. It is a stringless wooden crossbow that fires glowing green bolts (Ethereal Arrows) for ammunition. When fired, it launches a spread of three bolts, the central one dealing 10-80 damage and the other two dealing 2-16, for a total of 14-112 damage. The bolt in the centre can damage ghost monsters, but the ones on the sides cannot. All three bolts auto-aim separately, making the weapon more accurate when pointed at an enemy at midrange than when firing at a wall or at long range. Under the influence of a Tome of Power, its rate of fire is slightly faster, and it fires a spread of five bolts, the central three of which are capable of damaging ghosts. The center three deal 6-48 damage each, and the ones at the sides do 2-16 damage, for a total of 22-176 damage. Maximum capacity is 50 shots, or 100 with the Bag of Holding.
The weapon is already available on the first level of the game, E1M1: The Docks, although it is hidden in a secret room there. However, the Crossbow can be found in non-secret areas on each subsequent level of the episode.
Strategy
The Crossbow delivers medium to high damage against all enemies at medium-close combat. The Crossbow is also effective at longer ranges, but not as much as other weapons such as the Dragon Claw and the Hellstaff. The Ethereal Crossbow also has a mild repulsive effect, which allows the player to throw enemies back out of melee range.
Data
Crossbow data | |
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Weapon number | 3 |
Damage | 10-80 (normal center bolt) 6-48 (powered center bolt) 2-16 (side bolt) |
Included ammo | 10 (15 on skills 1 & 5) |
Max ammo | 50 (100 with Bag of Holding) |
Ammo type | Ethereal Arrows |
Shot type | Projectile |
Velocity (normal center bolt) | 30 map units per tic (1050 map units per second) |
Velocity (powered center bolt) | 32 map units per tic (1120 map units per second) |
Velocity (side bolt) | 20 map units per tic (700 map units per second) |
Shots per minute | 80.77 (regular) 100.0 (powered) |
Sound | BOWSHT (firing) HRNHIT (impact) |
Appears in | Heretic |
Thing type | 2001 (decimal), 7D1 (hex) |
Radius | 20 |
Sprite | WBOW (before pickup) CRBW (wielded) FX03 (projectiles) |
Class | Weapon Pickup |
Weapons from Heretic | ||||||
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Slot: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Staff | Elven wand | Ethereal crossbow | Dragon claw | Hellstaff | Phoenix rod | Firemace |
Gauntlets of the Necromancer |