Ranged Weapons

## Description

Ranged weapons are a class of items held in the Weapon (Range) slot of the Champion's inventory. CoC Xianxia introduces a substantial amount of these along with some new categories, which are:

* Crossbows;
* Pistols;
* Rifles;
* Two-handed firearms;
* Dual-wielded firearms;
* Quad-wielded firearms;
* Throwing weapons; and
* Tomes.

## Strategy

While ranged weapons tend to hit for less damage than their melee counterparts, ranged weapons are particularly useful when fighting flying enemies, distant enemies such as Mimics, or entangling enemies such as sandtraps.

### Stats

The following stats govern the damage done by each weapon category:

* Strength (With Powershot perk)
* Fletching table upgrades
 Crossbows
* Intelligence
 Thrown Weapons
 Firearms
* Intelligence
* Wisdom
 Telekinesis
* Strength (Ghost)

#### Accuracy

**Firearms:**

* + Scope
* + Aim-tech
* + Aimbot

* - Dual-wielding
* - Quad-wielding

**Throwing weapons:**

* + Atlatl

**Generic:**

* + Ring of Deadeye Aim
* - Human Eyes internal mutation

#### Damage

Dual/quad firearms reduces damage done by each shot.

### Perks

For Champions that want to use ranged weapons as their primary means of dealing out punishment, the following perk-chains will enhance your ranged weapon abilities:

#### Job (Basic) Ranger

The Ranger perk-chain primarily focuses on increasing the damage done by bows; however, several of the later perks offer substantial damage increases to all ranged weapons.

#### Job (Advanced) Gunslinger

As the name suggests, the Gunslinger perk-chain favours a gun-wielding champion, with increases to firearm damage, multi-attacks, and critical damage multipliers. Later perks allow firearms to synergise well with high-intelligence and high-wisdom Champions. Additionally, the Marked for Death perk allows the Champion to use sneak attacks while wielding a sniper or bow.

#### Job (Advanced) Hunter

A follow-on perk-chain from the Ranger, the Hunter focuses on augmenting your throwing weapons and further increasing bow damage. Hunters are also able to apply venom to their arrows and bolts, causing additional poison effects to enemies. The effect of this venom varies depending on its source:

* Bee abdomen: Increases lust.
* Manticore tail: Increases lust.
* Scorpion: Reduces speed and toughness.
* Sky Poison Pearl: Reduces speed and toughness.
* Snake fangs: Reduces speed and toughness.
* Spider fangs: Reduces toughness and increases lust.

#### Job (Prestige) Arcane Archer

The Arcane Archer combines the abilities of a Sorcerer with those of a Hunter, providing an increase to speed, intelligence, and bow damage. Can also work with black magic to introduce lust damage to your bow attacks.

#### Mage

One particular perk as a Mage encourages ranged attacks: **Staff Channeling** turns melee attacks with a staff into ranged magical bolts that gain all the advantages of physical ranged weapons. Unfortunately, the rest of the Mage perk-chain either ignores or actively discourages ranged weapons, with the **Traditional Mage** sub-chain requiring the Champion to not have a ranged-weapon equipped at all.

### Racial Perks

* Master Shot
* Elven Thorn Shot
* Elven Twin Shot
* Elven Ranger Armour
* Telekinesis

## Training

CoC Xianxia retains the bow skill stat from the original CoC. This can be viewed by going **Stats** -> **Combat** then scrolling down until you see the **Bow Skill** stat. The bow skill stat can be improved by training with the following individuals:

* Aiko
* Ceani
* Kelt
* Kindra
* Wood Elves

## Equipment List

The following is a somewhat complete list of ranged weapons that can be wielded:

## Description

Ranged weapons are a class of items held in the Weapon (Range) slot of the Champion's inventory. CoC Xianxia introduces a substantial amount of these along with some new categories, which are:

* Crossbows;
* Pistols;
* Rifles;
* Two-handed firearms;
* Dual-wielded firearms;
* Quad-wielded firearms;
* Throwing weapons; and
* Tomes.

## Strategy

While ranged weapons tend to hit for less damage than their melee counterparts, ranged weapons are particularly useful when fighting flying enemies, distant enemies such as Mimics, or entangling enemies such as sandtraps.

### Stats

The following stats govern the damage done by each weapon category:

* Strength (With Powershot perk)
* Fletching table upgrades
 Crossbows
* Intelligence
 Thrown Weapons
 Firearms
* Intelligence
* Wisdom
 Telekinesis
* Strength (Ghost)

#### Accuracy

**Firearms:**

* + Scope
* + Aim-tech
* + Aimbot

* - Dual-wielding
* - Quad-wielding

**Throwing weapons:**

* + Atlatl

**Generic:**

* + Ring of Deadeye Aim
* - Human Eyes internal mutation

#### Damage

Dual/quad firearms reduces damage done by each shot.

### Perks

For Champions that want to use ranged weapons as their primary means of dealing out punishment, the following perk-chains will enhance your ranged weapon abilities:

#### Job (Basic) Ranger

The Ranger perk-chain primarily focuses on increasing the damage done by bows; however, several of the later perks offer substantial damage increases to all ranged weapons.

#### Job (Advanced) Gunslinger

As the name suggests, the Gunslinger perk-chain favours a gun-wielding champion, with increases to firearm damage, multi-attacks, and critical damage multipliers. Later perks allow firearms to synergise well with high-intelligence and high-wisdom Champions. Additionally, the Marked for Death perk allows the Champion to use sneak attacks while wielding a sniper or bow.

#### Job (Advanced) Hunter

A follow-on perk-chain from the Ranger, the Hunter focuses on augmenting your throwing weapons and further increasing bow damage. Hunters are also able to apply venom to their arrows and bolts, causing additional poison effects to enemies. The effect of this venom varies depending on its source:

* Bee abdomen: Increases lust.
* Manticore tail: Increases lust.
* Scorpion: Reduces speed and toughness.
* Sky Poison Pearl: Reduces speed and toughness.
* Snake fangs: Reduces speed and toughness.
* Spider fangs: Reduces toughness and increases lust.

#### Job (Prestige) Arcane Archer

The Arcane Archer combines the abilities of a Sorcerer with those of a Hunter, providing an increase to speed, intelligence, and bow damage. Can also work with black magic to introduce lust damage to your bow attacks.

#### Mage

One particular perk as a Mage encourages ranged attacks: **Staff Channeling** turns melee attacks with a staff into ranged magical bolts that gain all the advantages of physical ranged weapons. Unfortunately, the rest of the Mage perk-chain either ignores or actively discourages ranged weapons, with the **Traditional Mage** sub-chain requiring the Champion to not have a ranged-weapon equipped at all.

### Racial Perks

* Master Shot
* Elven Thorn Shot
* Elven Twin Shot
* Elven Ranger Armour
* Telekinesis

## Training

CoC Xianxia retains the bow skill stat from the original CoC. This can be viewed by going **Stats** -> **Combat** then scrolling down until you see the **Bow Skill** stat. The bow skill stat can be improved by training with the following individuals:

* Aiko (0 - 90?)
* Ceani (? - ?)
* Erma Swiftarrow (? - ?)
* Kelt (0 - 100)
* Kindra (100 - 250)
* Wood Elves (? - ?)

## Equipment List

The following is a somewhat complete list of ranged weapons that can be wielded:

## Datamining

Most code for ranged weapon damage calculations can be found in the combat.as class. Happy mining! ⛏️

ode for ranged weapon damage calculations can be found in the combat.as class. Happy mining! ⛏️