The Longbow is a long-ranged weapon from Tinker's Construct.
Function[]
A longbow acts and is used similarly to the Shortbow. However, the longbow takes more time to pull back, and works better (shoots further, more accurately and is more damaging) with "heavier" Arrows than with "light" ones, while the shortbow acts just the opposite, with "lighter" arrows working better. This ability allows the longbow to shoot longer shots that do more damage, since most of the time heavier materials (Manyullyn, Steel, Cobalt) tend to do more harm. As an added bonus, longbow shots have some armor piercing ability, making for a "long range rapier". With the added damage, armor piercing, and longer range, many players use the longbow as a "sniper rifle" of sorts.
Damage chart tested on unarmed Skeletons, spawned creatively.
MATERIAL | ATTACK DAMAGE | ARROW TYPE | DRAW |
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Wood | 8 | Flint Arrowhead, Feather Fletching | Full |
Stone | 1.5 | Flint Arrowhead, Feather Fletching | Full |
Iron | 14 | Flint Arrowhead, Feather Fletching | Full |
Flint | 1.5 | Flint Arrowhead, Feather Fletching | Full |
Cactus | 8 | Flint Arrowhead, Feather Fletching | Full |
Bone | 8 | Flint Arrowhead, Feather Fletching | Full |
Obsidian | 1.5 | Flint Arrowhead, Feather Fletching | Full |
Netherrack | 1.5 | Flint Arrowhead, Feather Fletching | Full |
Slime | 10 | Flint Arrowhead, Feather Fletching | Full |
Paper | 1.5 | Flint Arrowhead, Feather Fletching | Full |
Cobalt | 14 | Flint Arrowhead, Feather Fletching | Full |
Ardite | 14 | Flint Arrowhead, Feather Fletching | Full |
Manyullyn | 14 | Flint Arrowhead, Feather Fletching | Full |
Copper | 12.5 | Flint Arrowhead, Feather Fletching | Full |
Bronze | 13 | Flint Arrowhead, Feather Fletching | Full |
Alumite | 13 | Flint Arrowhead, Feather Fletching | Full |
Steel | 14 | Flint Arrowhead, Feather Fletching | Full |
Bl. Slime | 10 | Flint Arrowhead, Feather Fletching | Full |
Pig Iron | 13.5 | Flint Arrowhead, Feather Fletching | Full |
Creation[]
The Longbow is made in a Tool Forge with two bow limbs, a large plate, and a bowstring.
Arrow accuracy as compared to other bows[]
This was recorded with a all wooden bows and flint arrows. Here's the distance the arrows fell tested on a 9x9 target from 25 blocks away.
Wood longbow: arrows fell 1 block from target
Wood shortbow: arrows fell 3 blocks from target
Vanilla bow: arrows fell 3 blocks from target
Note: The Longbow is somewhat erratic unless you hold for at least one second.
Affecting Traits:[]
The only purpose of the large plate is to change the final durability of the bow.
The left limb determines the base of the bow, and the right acts similar to a handle, affecting the draw speed and the arrow speed.
The bowstring has an effect, but only the default bowstring is available in vanilla TiC. The Natura mod's Flamestring can be used to craft another type of Bowstring.