Bow · Crossbows

Storm Ripper

The bolts will tear through your enemies like a particularly nasty gale.

Damage

230

220 Pierce · 10 Lightning

Block

parry ×1.5

Weight

1.5

Max level

Materials fromAshlands· in the developers' Ashlands medium test kit

Item IDCrossbowRipperLightningSpawnspawn CrossbowRipperLightning 1 4

Recipe

Crafted at

Black Forgelevel 4

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

Upgrades by level

Level	Damage	Block	Durability	Station lvl	Materials
1	220 Pierce160 Chop10 Lightning	3	200	4	1× Ripper 8× Flametal 1× Iolite
2	223 Pierce160 Chop10 Lightning	3	250	5	8× Flametal 1× Iolite
3	226 Pierce160 Chop10 Lightning	3	300	6	16× Flametal 2× Iolite
4	229 Pierce160 Chop10 Lightning	3	350	7	32× Flametal 4× Iolite

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

Craft it and upgrade to level 4:

One Storm Ripper, broken down to what you gather (bars smelted from ore, with the coal the smelter burns):

Stats

Skill: Crossbows
Reload time: 3.5 s
Knockback: 210
Backstab bonus: ×3
Block armor: 3
Parry bonus: ×1.5
Movement speed: -5%
Tool tier: 6
Durability: 200 (+50 per level)
Weight: 1.5

Hits to kill in the Ashlands

Creature	Health	Per hit	Hits	2★ hits
Volture	200	167.3	2	4
Charred Marksman	200	87.1	3	7
Charred Twitcher	220	87.1	3	8
Lava Blob	300	90.6	4	10
Dvergr Rogue	350	167.3	3	7
Charred Warrior	600	87.1	7	21
Asksvin	800	167.3	5	15
Bonemaw	1,100	167.3	7	20
Fallen Valkyrie	1,500	167.3	9	27
Morgen	1,600	90.6	18	53
Fader	25,000	87.1	287	—

Level 4 Storm Ripper, 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	Weight
Arbalest	200	209	1.5
Ripper	220	229	1.5
Wound Ripper	220	229	1.5
Root Ripper	230	239	1.5
Storm Ripper	230	239	1.5
Nord Crossbow	264	288	1.5
Thunderblood Crossbow	319	358	1.5
Frostfire Crossbow	332	374	1.5