Ranged Weapons

General Information

Range weapons have the best hit percentage in the game in the hands of a Warrior or a Soldier when they are leveled in the correct skills. Rifles have a high damage equivalent to the heavy sword, while blowpipes will poison NPCs and PCs with varying results.

List of Ranged Weapons

Blowpipe

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  Location Found - Natives weapon huts, Jungle
• Base Damage - 4 HP
• Base Accuracy - 20%
• Special Notes - Needs ammo (poison darts). Darts are not loaded into the blowpipe, like the rifle, but poison darts are taken directly from their stack. Uses 2 inventory spaces. (Outsiders require native knowledge to use.). Requires 1.5 AP to fire, but the Native skill Basic Blowpipe Use drops this to 1 AP. Initially inflicts 4 HP of damage for 4 XP. Animals take a further 2 HP of damage immediately from poison, while human targets incur 1 HP of damage per action until the poison effect wears off. No XP is gained from poison damage.
  

Poison Darts

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  Location Found - Native weapon huts, Jungle
• Special Notes - Used as ammo for blowpipes. Found as singles or in bundles with up to 9 in a bundle; bundles immediately break out into individual darts, taking 1 inventory space per dart. (Outsiders require native knowledge to use.)
  

Pistol

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  Location Found - Ghost Ship. Can be found with varying amount of ammo already loaded.
• Base Damage - 4 HP
• Base Accuracy - 20%
• Special Notes - Needs ammo (bullets). Holds 4 bullets at a time.
  

Bullets

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  Location Found - Ghost ship.
• Special Notes - Used as ammo for rifles (which hold 2 bullets each) or pistols (maximum of 4 bullets each). Requires 1 inventory space per bullet. (Natives require outsider knowledge to use.)
  

Rifle

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  Location Found - Outsider weapon huts, Jungle. Can be found with varying amount of ammo already loaded.
• Base Damage - 5 HP
• Base Accuracy - 20%
• Special Notes - Needs ammo (bullets). Holds 2 bullets at a time. Requires 2 inventory spaces (regardless of how many bullets are loaded). Must be loaded 1 bullet at a time, costing 1 AP per bullet loaded. Unloading all bullets from a rifle costs 1 AP. (Natives require outsider knowledge to use.)
  

Bullets

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  Location Found - Outsider weapon huts, shipwreck, jungles.
• Special Notes - Used as ammo for rifles (which hold 2 bullets each) or pistols (maximum of 4 bullets each). Found as singles or in boxes with up to 9 in a box; boxes immediately break out into individual bullets, taking 1 inventory space per bullet. (Natives require outsider knowledge to use.)
  

Ranged Weapons Given Away in Contests

Hunting Rifle

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  Base Damage - 5
• Base Accuracy - 20%
• Holder - Cold Seether
• Special Notes - Given as a prize for the The Royal Expedition's Grand Hunt. Neil Tathers won the competition, but gave the weapon to Cold Seether because he had no use for it himself.