Arbalest

Recipe

Crafted atBlack Forgelevel 1

• 10× Wood
• 8× Iron
• 4× Root

Beyond level 4 at the Forge of Potential: 1× Black Marble Battle Idol per attempt.

Upgrades by level

Level	Damage	Block	Durability	Station lvl	Materials
1	200 Pierce140 Chop	3	150	1	10× Wood8× Iron4× Root
2	203 Pierce140 Chop	3	200	2	5× Wood4× Iron1× Root
3	206 Pierce140 Chop	3	250	3	10× Wood8× Iron2× Root
4	209 Pierce140 Chop	3	300	4	20× Wood16× Iron4× Root

Upgrade cost per level = materials per level × (level − 1), and × 4 at level 4 (Piece.Requirement.GetAmount in the game code). Station level = recipe level + level − 1.

Total cost

Hits to kill in the Swamp

Creature	Health	Per hit	Hits	2★ hits
Skeleton	40	73.1	1	2
Blob	50	73.1	1	3
Leech	60	146.3	1	2
Draugr	100	146.3	1	3
Wraith	100	73.1	2	5
Oozer	150	73.1	3	7
Draugr Elite	200	146.3	2	5
Writhan	400	146.3	3	9
Abomination	800	36.6	22	66
Bonemass	5,000	36.6	137	—

Level 4 Arbalest, primary attack, skill 50 (each hit rolls 55–85% of the damage), after each creature's resistances. Try other levels and skills in the damage calculator.

Compared with similar weapons

Item	Damage	Max level	Stamina	Weight
Arbalest	200	209	0	1.5
Ripper	220	229	0	1.5
Wound Ripper	220	229	0	1.5
Storm Ripper	230	239	0	1.5
Root Ripper	230	239	0	1.5
Nord Crossbow	264	288	0	1.5
Thunderblood Crossbow	319	358	0	1.5
Frostfire Crossbow	332	374	0	1.5

Arbalest in other languages

From the game's own localization files (21 languages).