Distance Weapons

Mostly used by archers because of their quick advancement in Distance Fighting.
Crossbows and bows cannot be used by themselves and require Arrows or Bolts to cause damage.
Ammunition can also be used from Quivers, which enable you to place more than 1 stack of ammunition inside them, and also provide light and other bonuses when enchanted. Some ammunition has special effects on the target when used, some bows and crossbows have similar properties or DoT's (damage over time effects).
Bows and crossbows offer another "stat" which is the "Hit%" increase that makes your attacks more likely to hit (the base max hit-chance is 90% for bows and crossbows).

Most stronger bows and crossbows can be enchanted or looted with Attributes, some have special inherent Properties.
For more information and the damage formula take a look at Distance Fighting.

Damage comparison of the best bows and crossbows (fully attributed) on a creature with 30 armor and no damage immunities:

	Ancient Crossbow	100% (reference)
	Triangle Star Bow	104.5% (+4.5%)
	Bow of the Primordial Fire	109.2% (+4.7%)
	Meteorite Crossbow	113.5% (+4.3%)
	Sacred Arbalest	118.1% (+4.6%)
	Shadowfall Crossbow	122.2% (+4.1%)
	The Annihilator	136.3% (+14.1%)

Crossbows

Name:	Attack:	Hit% +	Weight:	Properties:	Att %	Attributes:
Crossbow	0	0%	40.0 oz.	-	-	-
Elven Crossbow	0	1%	45.0 oz.	-		Precise (1), Flawless (1), Fast Hand (1%), Sharpshooter (2%), Slowing Shot (4%)
Enhanced Crossbow	0	2%	55.0 oz.	-		Precise (1), Flawless (2), Fast Hand (2%), Sharpshooter (3%), Slowing Shot (4%)
Envenomed Crossbow	0	2%	58.0 oz.	Poison		Precise (1), Flawless (2), Fast Hand (2%), Sharpshooter (3%), Slowing Shot (4%)
Crystallized Crossbow	0	2%	53.0 oz.	Frost		Precise (1), Flawless (2), Fast Hand (2%), Sharpshooter (3%), Slowing Shot (4%)
Blazing Crossbow	0	2%	58.0 oz.	Burn		Precise (1), Flawless (2), Fast Hand (2%), Sharpshooter (3%), Slowing Shot (4%)
Venom Crossbow	0	2%	62.0 oz.	Poison		Precise (1), Flawless (2), Fast Hand (2%), Sharpshooter (3%), Slowing Shot (4%), Resistance (Poison, 2%)
Ancient Crossbow	0	3%	76.0 oz.	Death		Precise (2), Flawless (3), Fast Hand (3%), Sharpshooter (4%), Slowing Shot (5%)
Meteorite Crossbow	0	3%	72.0 oz.	+2 distance fighting, Lightning Strike		Precise (2), Flawless (4), Fast Hand (8%), Sharpshooter (4%)
Shadowfall Crossbow	2	4%	72.0 oz.	+3 distance fighting, Death Strike		Precise (2), Flawless (3), Fast Hand (5%), Sharpshooter (7%), Slowing Shot (5%)
Sacred Arbalest	2	4%	72.0 oz.	+3 distance fighting, Holy Strike		Precise (2), Flawless (3), Fast Hand (7%), Sharpshooter (4%), Slowing Shot (5%)

Bolts

Name:	Attack:	Weight:	Effect:
Bolt	30	0.8 oz.	-
Hunting Bolt	34	0.8 oz.	-
Piercing Bolt	36	0.8 oz.	-
Power Bolt	40	0.9 oz.	-
Venomshot Bolt	31	0.8 oz.	Poison - inflicts target with poison upon hit, dealing damage starting and counting down from 30, for a total of 465 poison damage.

Bows

Name:	Attack:	Hit% +	Weight:	Properties:	Att %	Attributes:
Bow	0	0%	31.0 oz.	-	-	-
Ignited Bow	0	0%	34.0 oz.	Burn		Precise (1), Flawless (1), Fast Hand (4%), Sharpshooter (3%), Slowing Shot (2%)
Hunting Bow	0	1%	22.0 oz.	-		Precise (1), Flawless (1), Fast Hand (4%), Sharpshooter (3%), Slowing Shot (2%)
Elven Bow	0	1%	34.0 oz.	-		Precise (1), Flawless (1), Fast Hand (4%), Sharpshooter (3%), Slowing Shot (2%)
Shakirian Bow	0	1%	30.0 oz.	Electrify		Precise (1), Flawless (1), Fast Hand (4%), Sharpshooter (3%), Slowing Shot (4%)
Poisoned Bow	0	1%	30.0 oz.	Poison		Precise (1), Flawless (1), Fast Hand (4%), Sharpshooter (3%), Slowing Shot (2%)
Flaming Bow	0	1%	28.0 oz.	Burn		Precise (1), Flawless (1), Fast Hand (4%), Sharpshooter (3%), Slowing Shot (2%)
Crescent Bow	0	2%	25.0	-		Flawless (2), Precise (2), Fast Hand (4%), Sharpshooter (3%), Slowing Shot (3%)
Crystallized Bow	0	2%	46.0 oz.	Frost		Precise (2), Flawless (2), Fast Hand (5%), Sharpshooter (4%), Slowing Shot (3%)
Fiery Bow	0	2%	38.0 oz.	Burn		Flawless (2), Precise (2), Fast Hand (5%), Sharpshooter (4%), Slowing Shot (3%)
Bow of Judgement*	0	3%	32.0 oz.	+1 distance fighting, Holy Strike	-	-
Vampiric Bow*	0	+2%, +3%*	10.0	+0, +1, +2* distance fighting, Lifedrain Shot, Vampiric Shot		Precise (2), Fast Hand (5%), Sharpshooter (4%), Slowing Shot (3%)
Triangle Star Bow	1	3%	19.0 oz.	Fast Hand (5%), Holy Strike		Precise (2), Flawless (2), Fast Hand (5%), Sharpshooter (4%), Slowing Shot (3%)
Bow of the Primordial Fire*	3	3%	47.0 oz.	+1 distance fighting, Fast Hand (2%), Sharpshooter (2%), Primordial Burn, Primordial Fire Shot		Precise (2), Flawless (2), Fast Hand (5%), Sharpshooter (5%), Slowing Shot (5%), Resistance (Fire, 3%)
The Annihilator*	5	4%	40.0 oz.	+3 distance fighting, Fast Hand (10%), Piercing		Flawless (5), Precise (3), Fast Hand (10%), Sharpshooter (8%)

Arrows

Name:	Attack:	Weight:	Effect:
Arrow	25	0.7 oz.	-
Hunting Arrow	32	0.7 oz.	-
Piercing Arrow	34	0.7 oz.	-
Burst Arrow	-	0.9 oz.	Burst - deals physical damage in a 3 by 3 tile range ( formula = level/3 + magiclevel^(4/3) min damage = formula * 0.3 max damage = formula * 0.7 )
Poison Arrow	20	0.8 oz.	Poison - inflicts target with poison upon hit, dealing 2 damage per turn.
Venomshot Arrow	25	0.7 oz.	Poison - inflicts target with poison upon hit, dealing damage starting and counting down from 25, for a total of 325 poison damage.
Shakirian Arrow	32	0.7 oz.	Electrify - inflicts target with electricity upon hit, dealing 20 damage per turn for 3 one second long turns, for a total of 60 energy damage.

Quivers

Name:	Vol.:	Weight:	Properties:	Attributes:
Quiver	2	5.0 oz.	2 tiles of white light	Precise (1)
Golden Quiver	5	10.0 oz.	4 tiles of white light	Precise (2)
Great Quiver	10	14.0 oz.	+2 distance fighting, +4 speed	Precise (1), Streamlined (4)

Thrown Weapons

The weapons below can be used by themselves, without ammunition, although they are "spent" like ammunition.
Some break right away while some drop to the ground and/or have a chance to break.

Name:	Attack:	Weight:
Headhunter Spear	35	15.0 oz.
Rotspear	32	26.0 oz.
Spear	30	15.0 oz.
Throwing Star	30	2.0 oz.
Throwing Knife	25	2.1 oz.
Wooden Spear	15	10.0 oz.
Ethereal Spear	5	5.0 oz.
Small Stone	5	3.6 oz.
Snowball	0	0.8 oz.