Composite Bow / Crossbow Quest

I recommend you read through this entire article and decide what components you want to use before you start hunting for materials...

A composite bow / crossbow is made up of several raw materials. These are gained by slaying the relevant nasties. Of course you can always wimp out and trade for them instead... ;]

Raw Material	Desirability (1 = best)	Number needed	Found on	Places to hunt
Wood Golem Heart	N/A	1	Wood Golem	Stonehold
Great Mattekar Horn	1	2	Great Mattekar	Mattecar Cave
Fire Auroch Horn	2	2	Fire Auroch	Stonehold
Large Lugian Sinew	1	2	Giga Lugian	Gharun'dim Lugian Citadel Sho Lugian Citadel
Small Lugian Sinew	2	2	Lithos Lugian	Gharun'dim Lugian Citadel Sho Lugian Citadel
Drudge Ravener Gut	1	3	Drudge Ravener	Dungeon of Corpses
Sclavus Tongue	2	3	Sclavus	Sclavus Castle
Dark Revenant Thighbone	1	1	Dark Revenant	Dark Caves of Nexus Serac Vault
Undead Thighbone	2	1	Lich Lich lord Skeleton	Hall of Metos Lich Spire Lightless Catacombs

A composite bow is comprised of two horns, two sinews, three guts / tongues and one bone (optional). The same applies for a composite crossbow, but a golem heart is also required. Spares are useful if you are trying for a successful skill check on your chosen components (see below).

Once you have a workable set of components they need to be prepared for assembly. Your trade skills will need to be very high to accomplish this with any degree of sucess, so you may want seek out the help of a mage to buff your skills, or even other (trustworthy) players with trade skills superior to your own.

Raw Material	Skill required / location of tradesman	Additional instructions	Successful skill check	Unsuccessful skill check
Wood Golem Heart	Barnar the Tinker - Stonehold	N/A	Stock	N/A
Great Mattekar Horn	Yuan Hanzu - Ayan Baqur	N/A	Shaped Great Mattekar Horn	N/A
Fire Auroch Horn	Yuan Hanzu - Ayan Baqur	N/A	Shaped Fire Auroch Horn	N/A
Large Lugian Sinew	Cooking	Use cooking pot on sinew	Cured Large Lugian Sinew	Cured Lugian Sinew
Small Lugian Sinew	Cooking	Use cooking pot on sinew	Cured Lugian Sinew	Cured Small Lugian Sinew
Drudge Ravener Gut	Alchemy	Combine three then use bloodseeker oil	Excellently Oiled String	Finely Oiled String
Sclavus Tongue	Alchemy	Combine three then use bloodseeker oil	Finely Oiled String	Oiled String
Dark Revenant Thighbone	Fletching	Use whittling knife on bone	Intricately carved handle from high undead	Intricately carved handle
Undead Thighbone	Fletching	Use whittling knife on bone	Intricately carved handle	Carved handle

If you're using high quality components a skill of around 350 is recommended to have a high chance of success. To get medium results with low quality compnents a level of around 300 is still recommended. It's worth noting that as long as the relevant skill is trained you can still process the components, so just about anybody can make a medium quality bow if they want one.

If you're unacquainted with the trade skills - ie you don't have a cooking pot, or have any idea how to make bloodseeker oil, then check out the Asheron's Call Trade Skills website.

Note that you cannot use different components of the same type, ie you must have 2 Shaped Great Mattekar Horns, 1 Shaped Great Mattekar Horn and 1 Shaped Fire Auroch Horn will be useless for the next stage. The same goes for sinews; if you use two different types of sinew on your horns in the next stage you will be unable to combine your composite arms and make your bow!

Right, you've hunted countless Mattekars, you've searched endlessly for an obliging cook, you've even gone to the agonising lengths required to get yourself the best quality handle. It's time to make that bow...

Component	Use on...	To Make...	Skill Check
Sinew	Horn	Composite Arm	None
Composite Arm	Composite Arm	Stave	None
Stave	Stock	Crossbow Stock	None
String	Stave / Crossbow Stock	Bow / Crossbow	Bow / Crossbow
Handle	Bow / Crossbow	Bow / Crossbow with Handle	None

It is unknown at this time exactly what components influence which bow statistics, with the exception of the handle. Range is fixed at 80 yards for all composite bows and crossbows, but damage modifier, melee defense bonus and speed are all effected by the quality and combination of your components.

Type	Attack Skill Bonus	Blood Drinker and (Cross)Bow Mastery	Difficulty	Skill Required
Carved Handle	+2	III	110	170
Intricately carved handle	+4	IV	140	210
Intricately carved handle from high undead	+6	V	170	240