Thunderblood Crossbow

Recipe

Crafted atBlack Forgelevel 4

• 1× Nord Crossbow
• 20× Bloodgold
• 1× Thunderblood Essence

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

Upgrades by level

Level	Damage	Block	Durability	Station lvl	Materials
1	274 Pierce180 Chop45 Lightning	3	300	4	1× Nord Crossbow20× Bloodgold1× Thunderblood Essence
2	282 Pierce185 Chop50 Lightning	3	350	5	10× Bloodgold1× Thunderblood Essence
3	290 Pierce190 Chop55 Lightning	3	400	6	20× Bloodgold2× Thunderblood Essence
4	298 Pierce195 Chop60 Lightning	3	450	7	40× Bloodgold4× Thunderblood Essence

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	146.3	1	1
Blob	50	167.3	1	1
Leech	60	250.6	1	1
Draugr	100	250.6	1	2
Wraith	100	146.3	1	3
Oozer	150	167.3	1	3
Draugr Elite	200	250.6	1	3
Writhan	400	250.6	2	5
Abomination	800	94.1	9	26
Bonemass	5,000	94.1	54	—

Level 4 Thunderblood Crossbow, 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

Thunderblood Crossbow in other languages

From the game's own localization files (16 languages).