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Compound Bow
Weapons

Compound Bow

bow.compound

An upgraded bow that can be drawn and held, dealing more damage than the hunting bow.

Damage & Attachments

50
Damage
1
Capacity
0.2°
Aim cone

Ammo Types

Wooden Arrow
High Velocity Arrow
Bone Arrow
Fire Arrow

This weapon has no attachment slots.

Crafting

Wood×100
Metal Fragments×75
Rope×2
Workbench Lvl 1Craft time: 30s

Blueprint

30
Research (scrap)
30
Tech tree node (scrap)
225
Tech tree path (scrap)
Workbench Lvl 1
Requires

Recycling

recyclingSafezone Recycler
Wood×40
Metal Fragments×30
Rope×1(80%)
warningRadtown Recycler
Wood×60
Metal Fragments×45
Rope×1
Rope×1(20%)

Radtown recyclers (found in monuments) give more than the safe-zone recyclers at Outpost and Bandit Camp. A percentage next to a yield is the chance of receiving it.

Repair

buildRepair Bench
Wood×20
Metal Fragments×15
Cloth×12
Condition lost per repair: 20%Blueprint required: Yes

Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.

Looted From

Bronze EggSmall Loot BagUnderwater Advanced CrateWagon - Normal CrateNormal CrateUnderwater Lab - Normal Crate 2Abandoned Military Base ScientistAirfield ScientistArctic Research Base ScientistBradley ScientistCargo Ship ScientistDeep Sea Ghost Ship Scientist
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