UO Archery Skill Guide

Archery is the ranged combat skill that controls bows, crossbows, and other missile weapons. It kicks in on its own the moment you enter combat holding an archery weapon, and it decides how often your shots connect as well as how likely you are to dodge incoming attacks. Because archers strike from a distance, positioning and movement matter, and firing generally requires you to stand still to loose the shot.

Gains are awarded when you swing and hit with an archery weapon. Faster swings = more checks = faster gains.

Raising Archery unlocks the special maneuvers tied to each ranged weapon:

• At 70 skill you can perform a weapon's primary special move.
• At 90 skill the weapon's secondary special move becomes available.
• Skill gained along the way steadily raises your chance to hit and lowers your chance to be hit.

Archery covers bows and crossbows, and your effective damage scales with Strength, Dexterity, Anatomy and Tactics along with any Damage Increase and Swing Speed Increase on the weapon. The table below lists each archery weapon with its strength requirement, damage, speed and baseline DPS.

Archery weapons — strength requirement, damage, speed, and DPS (data from Stratics).