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'''Ballista arrows''' are essentially giant [[arrow]]s, created at a [[siege workshop]] and used as ammunition by a [[ballista]]. There are two types: simple wooden ballista arrows, which are made by unit of [[wood]] at the workshop, and much stronger metal ones, which first requires the creation of a ballista arrowhead at a [[metalsmith's forge]] and then final assembly with wood at the siege workshop.
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Ballista arrows are created at a [[siege workshop]] and used as ammunition by a [[ballista]]. Wooden ballista arrows are made using one log, and more powerful ones can be made using one log plus a metal [[ballista arrowhead]] from the [[forge]].
  
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For such a big, cumbersome, inaccurate weapon, wooden ballista arrows are surprisingly ineffective, dealing only comparatively minor amounts of blunt damage. Metal ballista arrows, on the other hand, are extremely lethal and can kill two fully-grown [[elephant]]s standing in a line if the arrow hits squarely; any [[goblin]]s you hit will be smeared all over the space on which they stood.
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Wooden ballista arrows are generally ineffective, dealing only minor amounts of blunt damage, but metal ballista bolts can be surprisingly lethal.
  
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Creating arrowheads is tedious and resource-consuming, and both [[catapult]]s and [[ballista]]s train the [[siege operator]] skill when used, at the same rate. Since [[catapult]]s use [[stone]]s you can literally pick up off of the ground, they're a much better practice platform for your operator, whereas a ballista armed with ''metal'' arrows is a much stronger actual weapons platform. As such there's never much reason to produce wooden ballista arrows.
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'''See also:''' [[Siege engine]]
  
 
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