Hunting Bow
A primitive craftable bow, the classic silent early-game weapon and hunting tool.
Crafting one takes 200× Wood, 50× Cloth, straight from your inventory — no workbench needed. It fires Wooden Arrow, High Velocity Arrow. A recycler breaks one down into Wood, Cloth. See how it stacks up on the weapon comparison tool. 77 skins exist for it — see every Hunting Bow skin with live prices, topped by Legacy Bow.
Damage & Attachments
This weapon has no attachment slots.
Crafting
Blueprint
Default blueprint — known from the start, no research required.
Recycling
Repair
 Wood | ×40 |
 Cloth | ×10 |
Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.
Looted From
Popular Hunting Bow Skins
All skins →77 skins are listed, from $0.67 to $10.36, with a median of $1.00. Each price is the cheapest current listing, checked 2026-11-03.
| Skin | Steam Market | CS.Deals | DMarket | LIS-SKINS | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Crocodile Bow | $1.00 | $0.68 | $0.67 | $0.67 | $0.67 |
 El Diablo Bow | $1.23 | $0.69 | $0.77 | $1.01 | $0.69 |
 Oathkeeper Bow | $1.03 | $0.70 | $0.90 | $0.71 | $0.70 |
 Totem Bow | $1.03 | $0.74 | $1.16 | $0.72 | $0.72 |
 Recycled Hazmat Bow | $1.00 | $0.73 | $0.82 | $0.81 | $0.73 |
 Native Hunting Bow | $1.04 | $0.82 | $0.74 | — | $0.74 |
 Lunar Snake Bow | $1.09 | $0.90 | $0.76 | $0.76 | $0.76 |
 Root Bow | $1.05 | $0.81 | $0.93 | $0.76 | $0.76 |
 Panther Bow | $1.09 | $0.76 | $1.08 | $0.76 | $0.76 |
 Shadowstrike Bow | $1.10 | $2.98 | $2.00 | $0.78 | $0.78 |
 Headhunter Bow | $1.12 | $0.95 | $0.87 | $0.78 | $0.78 |
 Snakebite Hunting Bow | $1.17 | $2.00 | $0.81 | $0.80 | $0.80 |
 Scrapper Bow | $1.38 | $0.80 | — | — | $0.80 |
 Leopard Bow | $1.05 | $0.88 | $0.84 | $0.81 | $0.81 |
 War Story Bow | $1.18 | $0.92 | $1.17 | $0.82 | $0.82 |
 Bushi Zhe Hunting Bow | $1.19 | $0.93 | $0.83 | $0.83 | $0.83 |
 Heart Hunter Bow | $1.18 | $2.00 | $0.83 | $1.10 | $0.83 |
 Chocolate Bunny Bow | $1.41 | $0.83 | $1.40 | $0.92 | $0.83 |
 Triumph Bow | $1.20 | $0.87 | — | $0.83 | $0.83 |
 Eye of Sahara Bow | $1.24 | — | $0.84 | $0.84 | $0.84 |
 Serpent Bow | $1.26 | $1.02 | $1.25 | $0.86 | $0.86 |
 Pumpkin Bow | $1.31 | $0.86 | $0.98 | $1.24 | $0.86 |
 Heavy Machinery Bow | $1.46 | $1.98 | $1.27 | $0.88 | $0.88 |
 Nuke Bow | $1.11 | $0.89 | $0.89 | $0.91 | $0.89 |
 Lunar Horse Bow | $1.20 | $0.95 | $0.94 | $0.90 | $0.90 |
 Chocolate Hunter Bow | $1.05 | $2.00 | $0.90 | — | $0.90 |
 Seafarer Hunting Bow | $1.06 | $1.52 | $1.98 | $0.90 | $0.90 |
 Gingerbread Bow | $1.12 | $0.91 | $0.98 | $0.96 | $0.91 |
 Cargo Heli Bow | $1.35 | $2.00 | $0.99 | $0.91 | $0.91 |
 Carrot Bow | $1.26 | $0.92 | $1.00 | $0.92 | $0.92 |
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