Composite Weapons Quest

General

 * This quest covers creating the basic Composite Bow, Composite Crossbow, and Composite Atlatl. Once you create your weapon, check out the Composite Weapons Upgrade quest to enhance it.

Step 1: Crafting the Stave

 * 1) Hunt Great Mattekars until you find two Great Mattekar Horns. (VERY low drop rate)
 * 2) Head to Ayan Baqur and hand your two Great Mattekar Horns to Yuan Hanzu. You'll receive two Shaped Great Mattekar Horns.
 * 3) Hunt Lugians until you find two Large Lugian Sinews.
 * You expertly cure the lugian sinew.
 * You expertly cure the lugian sinew.


 * You combine the horn and sinew into a bow arm.
 * You combine the horn and sinew into a bow arm.


 * 1) Repeat this step to get 2 arms for the stave.
 * You combine the two arms into a stave.
 * You combine the two arms into a stave.

Step 1b: Crafting the Stock for the Crossbow

 * 1) Hunt Golems made of wood such as Wood Golems, Small Wood Golems and Forest Lords until you find a Wood Heart.
 * 2) Hand your Wood Heart to Barnar the Tinker in Cragstone at 25.3N 49.1E to receive a Crossbow Stock.

Step 2: Crafting the String

 * 1) Hunt Drudge Raveners until you find three Ravener Guts.
 * You apply the oil liberally to the string.
 * You apply the oil liberally to the string.
 * You apply the oil liberally to the string.
 * You apply the oil liberally to the string.


 * 1) Attach the string to the bow stave or crossbow stock with stave (weapon skill check).
 * You deftly attach the string to the stave.
 * You deftly attach the string to the stave.


 * You deftly attach the string to the stave.
 * You deftly attach the string to the stave.

Step 3: Adding a Handle

 * 1) Notes:
 * 2) * If you want to add the highest tier handle, skip this step and go directly to the Composite Weapons Upgrade quest.
 * 3) * You can upgrade the handle to your weapon at any time by simply adding another Bone Handle to your weapon.
 * 4) Hunt Dark Revenants (some other Undead Creatures also drop the thighbone) until you find a Dark Revenant Thighbone.
 * 5) * You intricately carve the bone into a handle.
 * 6) Attach the Bone Handle to your Composite Bow or Composite Crossbow to increase its stats.
 * 7) * You deftly attach the handle to the bow.

Step 1: Crafting the Stave

 * 1) Hunt Great Mattekars until you find two Great Mattekar Horns.
 * 2) Head to Ayan Baqur and hand your two Great Mattekar Horns to Havala bint Mylos. You'll receive two Carved Great Mattekar Horns.
 * 3) Hunt Lugians until you find two Large Lugian Sinews.
 * 4) Repeat this step to get 2 arms for the stave.
 * 5) Next you need to strengthen the stave using Grievver Spike Oil.
 * 1) Repeat this step to get 2 arms for the stave.
 * 2) Next you need to strengthen the stave using Grievver Spike Oil.
 * 1) Next you need to strengthen the stave using Grievver Spike Oil.

Step 2: Strengthening the Stave

 * 1) Hunt Spiked Grievvers until you find three Grievver Spikes (low drop rate).
 * 2) Repeat 3 times.
 * 3) Use the oil on the stave to strenthen it (Alchemy Skill Check).
 * 1) Use the oil on the stave to strenthen it (Alchemy Skill Check).
 * 1) Use the oil on the stave to strenthen it (Alchemy Skill Check).
 * 1) Use the oil on the stave to strenthen it (Alchemy Skill Check).

Step 3: Adding a Handle

 * 1) Notes:
 * 2) * If you want to add the highest tier handle, skip this step and go directly to the Composite Weapons Upgrade quest.
 * 3) * You can upgrade the handle to your weapon at any time by simply adding another Bone Handle to your weapon.
 * 4) Hunt Dark Revenants (some other Undead Creatures also drop the thighbone) until you find a Dark Revenant Thighbone.
 * 5) Attach the Bone Handle to your Composite Atlatl to increase its stats.
 * 1) Attach the Bone Handle to your Composite Atlatl to increase its stats.

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Update History

 * During the Come What Follows event, a Composite Weapons Upgrade quest was introduced.
 * During the Corrupted Sovereigns event, a Composite Atlatl was added.
 * The above write up is for the best possible Composite Bows and Xbows which are made from Great Mattekar Horns, Ravener Guts, Large Lugian Sinews, and a Dark Revenant Thighbone.
 * A bow or xbow made from Fire Auroch Horns is white instead of orange, and adds +2 melee instead of +6
 * Using Sclavus Tongues instead of Ravener Guts for the string (Fine Oiled String) results in a modifier of +90% instead of +110% for bows, and +120% instead of +140% for xbows (for weapons without the handle),
 * Using Small Lugian Sinews instead of Large Lugian Sinews results in speed 40 instead of speed 35 for bows, and speed 120 instead of speed 90 for xbows.
 * Using an Undead Thighbone for the Bone Handle results in different spells, lower modifiers and lower difficulties.
 * Using an Undead Thighbone for the Bone Handle results in different spells, lower modifiers and lower difficulties.