Crossbow

Using the crossbow with electric bolts in front of a pickup for the weapon.

The poison crossbow.

For information about the weapon from Heretic, see Ethereal crossbow.

The crossbow is a weapon in Strife. The crossbow uses two different types of bolts: electric bolts and poison bolts. Electric bolts are a basic ammunition that deal low damage against any target; firing them is noisy and will set off alarms and alert enemies. Poison bolts are useless against machines, but are fatal to human targets such as peasants and acolytes, who will be instantly killed in a stealthy manner.

The ammo capacity for electric bolts is 50, and 25 for poison bolts. Both are doubled (making the capacity 100 and 50, respectively) upon finding an ammo satchel. Picking up a crossbow gives 8 electric bolts.

This weapon can be obtained inside the Sanctuary or through accepting the quests from Rowan or Harris.

Electric bolts can be bought from the main weapon store in Tarnhill at 5 coins for 20 electric bolts. Poison bolts can be bought from Irale's black market, next door to the main weapon store for 200 coins, about midway into the game.

Data

Crossbow data
Thing type	2001 (decimal), 7D1 (hex)
Enum	MT_CROSSBOW (194)
Appears in	Strife demo Strife full version Strife Veteran Ed.
Radius	20
Height	16
Class	Weapon Pickup
Flags	1 (decimal) 00000001 (hex)
Flags list	0: Can be picked up
Flags2 - VE	0 (decimal) 00000000 (hex)
Spawns	MT_ELECARROW (electric) MT_POISARROW (poison)

Weapon attributes
Weapon slot	1
Included ammo	8 electric bolts (16 on skills 1 & 5)
Max ammo	50 electric (100 with ammo satchel) 25 poison (50 with ammo satchel)
Ammo type	Electric bolts Poison bolts
Shots per minute	65.6

State	Sprite	Frames
Before pickup	CBOW	1 [A]
Wielded	XBOW	1 [A] (electric) 1 [H] (poison)
Firing	XBOW	9 [BCDEFGKLM] (electric) 6 [BCDEIJ] (poison)

Electric arrow ranged attack
Type	Projectile
Enum	MT_ELECARROW (102)
Velocity	30 map units per tic (1050 map units per second)
Damage	10-40
Radius	10
Height	10
Sprite	AROW (in flight) ZAP1 (impact)
Frames	1 [A] (in flight) 11 [ABCDEFEDCBA] (impact)
Sound	DSXBOW (firing) DSSWISH (in flight) DSFIRXPL (impact)
Flags	67088 (decimal) 00010610 (hex)
Flags list	4: No blocklinks (Inert) 9: No gravity 10: Drops off ledges 16: Projectile
Flags2 - VE	0 (decimal) 00000000 (hex)

Poison arrow ranged attack
Type	Projectile
Enum	MT_POISARROW (103)
Damage	500-2000
Sprite	ARWP (in flight) SPRY (impact, hit)
Frames	1 [A] (in flight) 7 [ABCDEFG] (impact, hit)
Sound	DSXBOW (firing) DSSWISH (in flight)

Data not listed is the same
as for the electric bolt.

Appearance statistics

In the IWAD the crossbow is first encountered on these maps per skill level:

Single-player
Game	1-2	3	4-5
Strife	MAP01: Sanctuary	MAP01: Sanctuary	MAP01: Sanctuary

Multiplayer
Game	1-2	3	4-5
Strife	MAP01: Sanctuary	MAP01: Sanctuary	MAP01: Sanctuary

The IWAD contains the following numbers of crossbows per skill level:

Single-player
Game	1-2	3	4-5
Strife	2	2	2

Multiplayer
Game	1-2	3	4-5
Strife	91	93	93