v50 Steam/Premium information for editors
  • v50 information can now be added to pages in the main namespace. v0.47 information can still be found in the DF2014 namespace. See here for more details on the new versioning policy.
  • Use this page to report any issues related to the migration.
This notice may be cached—the current version can be found here.

Bowyer

From Dwarf Fortress Wiki
Revision as of 19:42, 20 October 2014 by Larix (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
!!UNKNOWN!!  · xTATTEREDx  · +FINE+  · *SUPERIOR*  · ≡EXCEPTIONAL≡  · ☼MASTERWORK☼
Skill: Bowyer
Association  
Profession Woodworker
Job Title Bowyer
Labor Crossbow-making
Tasks
Workshop
Attributes
  • Agility
  • Creativity
  • Spatial Sense
  • Kinesthetic Sense
v50.14 · v0.47.05
This article is about the current version of DF.
Note that some content may still need to be updated.

The bowyer skill is used to make wooden and bone crossbows at a bowyer's workshop. A dwarf whose highest skill is crossbow-making has the profession of bowyer. A higher level of skill produces higher average quality crossbows.

Although crossbows can also be created from metal by a weaponsmith in a forge, the damage a crossbow deals when fired is determined by the weapon's quality and not their material. The material only affects damage when dwarves swing their crossbows as impromptu hammers during melee combat.

This skill is not used to make bolts, which requires either wood crafting for wooden bolts, bone carving for bone bolts, or weaponsmithing for metal bolts. It is also not used to make metal crossbows at a metalsmith's forge, which again requires weaponsmithing.

V · T · E
Miner
Woodworker
Stoneworker
Ranger
Doctor
Farmer
Fishery worker
Metalsmith
Jeweler
Craftsdwarf
Engineer
Administrator
Military
General
Weapon
Other
Social
Broker
Other
Performance
Music
Spoken
Scholar
Other/Peasant
Unused
Retrieved from "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php?title=Bowyer&oldid=211802"