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v0.31:Bolt
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Template:L for Template:Ls. Can be made from Template:L, Template:L, or weapon-grade Template:Ls.
Wooden and metal bolts produce a Template:L of 25 per Template:L or Template:L.
Making bone bolts will take only one bone away from a stack and turn it into 5 bolts.
Wooden and bone bolts are made in a Template:L. Metal bolts are forged at a Template:L or Template:L.
Template:Ls are always required for bolts to be equipped.
Tests show that where even masterwork wooden bolts bounce harmlessly off copper armor, iron bolts pierce without any issue. Bone bolts are significantly better than wood, but metal bolts are still recommended for military use.
Masterwork Bolts
As with other items, high-skill dwarves can make masterwork-Template:L bolts. While they don't care if the bolts are fired and shatter on impact, they do get upset if a bolt gets carried off - say by a retreating enemy with the bolt stuck in him.
Bugs
Tests show that bone and wooden bolts are effective against most[Verify] unarmored targets, like wildlife, but for various reasons are quite useless against some other creatures and armored targets.
The same goes for some metal bolts (silver,copper) with variations depending on the precise metal.[Verify]
Bone bolts are not advisable for weapon traps as only a stack of 5 will be stored per crossbow, making frequent restocking necessary.
It is largely unclear what of the above constitutes a bug and what is intended behaviour.
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[ITEM_AMMO:ITEM_AMMO_BOLTS]
[NAME:bolt:bolts]
[CLASS:BOLT]
[SIZE:50]
[ATTACK:EDGE:100:2000:stab:stabs:NO_SUB:1000]
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