Primitive Bow

## Description

The Primitive Bow is a craftable weapon in 7 Days to Die.

It is a medium-range weapon that fires arrows as Ammunition. A Primitive Bow can be used with five different types of arrows: Stone Arrow, Iron Arrow, Steel Arrow, Flaming Arrow, and Exploding Arrow.

It is considered as a starter weapon, because the player can craft it right at the beginning of his game and because of its low cost to craft.

To equip a different type of ammo than the default stone arrows, press and hold R, then select the ammo type you want.

Sneaking attack increases 100% extra damage in A21.

## Combat

During combat, a Primitive Bow is a powerful medium to long range weapon. At short range, however, the player may have trouble because it requires reloading for each shot.

Due to its slow firing rate, a Primitive Bow should be used with care at short range, against more than one enemy or wild animal.

Bows are great for stealth attacks, as firing an arrow doesn't make a sound and won't alert nearby zombies. Hitting a zombie, without killing it, does alert the zombie.

## Crafting

### Required Items

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*The recipe above contains the Resources/Magazines needed for each Quality level of the **Primitive Bow**.
A higher Quality item may provide better stats at the cost of increased material and unlock requirements.*

## Notes

* The damages given are based on the values of the different types of arrows that the bow can use. The bow itself (without arrows) can not cause any damage.
* Aiming slightly above the head usually guarantees a headshot. (this depends on how far away the mob is).
* Arrows and bolts have a chance to apply a Arrow Critical Bleedout debuff, which drains 1 health per second for 50s.

## Tutorial

The video below demonstrates how to aim depending on the distance from the target.

## Gallery

* Dial selection menu for loading arrows in Alpha 14

 .44 Magnum Bullet (AP) ·
 .44 Magnum Bullet (HP) ·
 7.62mm Bullet ·
 7.62mm Bullet (AP) ·
 7.62mm Bullet (HP) ·
 9mm Bullet ·
 9mm Bullet (AP) ·
 9mm Bullet (HP) ·
 Exploding Arrow ·
 Exploding Crossbow Bolt ·
 Flaming Arrow ·
 Flaming Crossbow Bolt ·
 Iron Arrow ·
 Iron Crossbow Bolt ·
 Robotic Turret Ammo ·
 Robotic Turret Ammo (AP) ·
 Robotic Turret Ammo (Shell) ·
 Rocket Frag ·
 Rocket HE ·
 Shotgun Breaching Slug ·
 Shotgun Shell ·
 Shotgun Slug ·
 Steel Arrow ·
 Steel Crossbow Bolt ·
 Stone Arrow ·
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