DayZ: Find Crossbow, Bolt Crafting + Damage & Range

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DayZ players are rightly excited, because finally the crossbow comes back into the game and we tell you all the important information about the location, bolts and bolt types and much more!

What's this about? With the latest DayZ Update 1.21 the crossbow comes back into the post-apocalypse. In this article we will show you everything you need to know about the new stealth killer:

• Where can you find the crossbow in DayZ?
• Where can you find bolts & how do you build your own?
• Which attachments can you use?
• How much damage does the crossbow/bolt, what is the max range & Co.

Find a crossbow in DayZ - these are the places you have to look for it

You can find the crossbow in DayZ everywhere on the map. The spawn points are everywhere where you can also find hunting supplies as well as castles and more rarely in military camps. The exact spawn locations of the crossbow are:

• Castles
• Hunter's high places (Deer Stand)
• Animal shelters
• Military camps in the Tier 2 area of the map (Chernarus & Livonia)

In total, however, you won't find the one crossbow, because in the current version of DayZ there are five different ones.

Find bolts for the crossbow & craft them yourself - Here's how to do it

If you own a crossbow, you also need bolts as ammunition, which you can find in exactly the same places as the crossbow itself. So at high seats, military camps (T2), castles and animal shelters. Here, however, you will find only one of the three bolt variants, the steel bolt. In the game it is simply called "bolt". But you can also craft two different "Improvised Bolts":

How to craft improvised bolts in DayZ:.

• Improvised Bolt: Combine Knife and Short Stick to get a bolt.
• Improvised. Bolt with Springs: Combine your improvised bolt with a spring to get a bolt with springs.

The difference between the two improvised bolts is damage, maximum range, and effective range. We'll go into more detail about the damage values later. This much can be revealed: Improvised bolts with springs are the better choice!

What attachments fit on the crossbow in DayZ?

The current version of the crossbow allows you to attach many different scopes and sights. Also the crossbow comes with a Picatinny rail and so you can mount all sights that fit on a M4, Pioneer or LAR. And these following scopes & sights fit on the crossbow:

• Red Dot
• Combat Sights
• ATOG 4x
• ATOG 6x
• RVN
• Starlight Optic (NVG)

Note: With update 1.21, sights are already zeroed to a certain point, which differs depending on the weapon. On a LAR the ATOG 6x can be set for 600 meters, on a crossbow it is 100 meters.

Damage, max & effective range of the crossbow in DayZ.

Basically, the crossbow always does 125 damage and 85 shock damage at a maximum range of 20 meters. You can only improve the maximum effective range, bullet speed, and accuracy with your choice of bolts.

Range and damage values of all bolts:

Important hints & tips for the crossbow and bolts in DayZ 1.21

• Crossbow firing & reloading is audible to players up to 25 meters away.
• Infected players will not be able to hear any sounds coming from the crossbow.
• You can pick up your bolts after firing.
• Depending on the condition of your knife when making a bolt, its quality is better or worse (Currently, this has no effect on its stats).
• The crossbow requires a total of 28 slots in the inventory (4x7).
• You can reload in different ways:
  • Press R - Cocks the string.
  • Hold R - Cocks the string & inserts bolts.
  • Press R 2x - Removes a loaded bolt from the crossbow.
• When firing the crossbow its condition decreases, this can be repaired with epoxy.
• The crossbow cannot suffer from jamming.