Trueshot Longbow  

OK, so I may not have a ranger, and I won't ever be able to wield a TLB but for all of you who say "don't waste your time making a TLB, just go but one" you are missing one of the points to making the bow yourself: You are making the bow YOURSELF. There is a certain amount of pride that comes with using something that you crafted with your own two hands (and some other tools, but you get the picture). I had a monk that tailored for a while, and don't ask me why, but wearing home made cured silk felt different than wearing some of the armor that I had to buy. So yes, making this bow can be a time consuming and frustrating job, but the pride that comes with pulling out your own, personal, self made bow, and then using it to sink an arrow into an unsuspecting target is like nothing else.

Allright, is this a practical joke by Verant on the Ranger class or what?

I have tried a total of 17 times to make this bow, from levels 16-22, and fletch skills from 103-138. I am now 23rd lvl, and My fletch is 148, and I'm going to try again. I have gotten items to buff DEX and WIS (even going so far as to camp for 6 HOURS to get the Tesament of Vanear) and it still didn't help. My DEX is 116 and my WIS is 95.

I'm going to keep trying, but right now I'm hunting in SK, and if I find Koldir Thunderhoof (named Centaur) I'm gonna KEEL HIM and get the Runed Oak Bow, which has slightly better stats than the Trueshot. However, he's a rare spawn and the ROB is a rare drop for him, he usually drops the Thunderhoof Quiver. There's another named Centaur named Coloth Meadowgreen that drops the Runed Oak Bow, but he's like lvl 35 and he'd turn me into a grease spot...

Jo'Brill Solwynd
23rd Cycle Half-Elven Ranger of Tunare
Revered Souls Guild
Morell-Thule

Bows are quite good for pullers, much faster than casting.
When done correctly, nice damage can be done with a bow and many arrows.
As for range, my experience... over 150 is not a good thing. The MOB will not know where you are to follow you and will run off in random directions, potentially bringing friends back later.

The Trueshot is a very nice bow for rangers. The stats are very very nice as far as bows go. Well worth the time and trouble of making it on your own. Being a Warrior, I have to use something else.. presently using a rough darkwood. With archery up to 162ish, i get normal damage around 28 or so and crits of 56 or 58.

Fletching is a great skill for any who can use a bow... agreed that you may not need to get far above skill 60, but being above 101 is a matter of pride.

As for cost of attaining master, following the mentioned bowers guide inexpensive fletching table, you should be able to get it for around 100 or so pp easily. After that, it does become more expensive, but not near the 1000 stated below.

Make arrows before attempting the bows, the practice is much cheaper on them.

Does anyone know what the Wooden Heart that Jyle Windshot gives is for? It's a no drop/lore Item.
I'd just like to know whether I should destroy it or should my level 12 ranger keep it for another quest I might be able to do now or later.

Chaenda Deathstryke
Ranger of 12 Summers
Spirit Wolves of Silvermyst
Druzzil Ro Server

Im not a big player, rarley get the time to do anything on eq, but I have fletched and fletched alot, im lvl 36 now and just finally hit 148 fletching skill today, decided i would give it a go trying to make the trueshot. None of my stats are that great, ddn't know what i was doing when I made up the character. But after 3 failures I got my succsess. I think my dex is at 91 and wisdom might be 83, int is lower than my kneecaps. But I did it, I say just keep getting materials every now and then, I had enough for 20 attempts, and give it a go. I know Im very happy I tried it

I made 17 attempts at this bow with fletching skill between 122 and 141. I failed every time. I hope this will discourage others from trying this quest with a fletching skill below 150. It will be a while before I attempt it again. I am SO sick of hunting clockworks! I suspect those who have made the bow below 150 have a VERY high wisdom. But in that case, the ranger may be lacking in more necessary skills like strength and agility.

I got the trueshot long bow for 100pp in northj freeport did i get ripped off or did i get a good deal

please respond

RAnger of the 15 season
I play on the vesshan server currently trying to finish the ivy etched sleeves quest need help killing the inferno goblin wizard
DENUVASE

i think there is a rain caller if you forget one what thing you need to take out

ok question on the trueshot i give 4 lanterns to winshot and dont get treant wood i get wood chips??? upon further reading it says something about guild cloke or robe not to sure but where do i get that or is it needed???????? please help

I want to add to the excellent information that Navarra Meritage gave on completing the Trueshot Longbow quest. Here are some other tips.

First, you should have a skill level of master in fletching. The cheapest way to do that is to 1) obtain items that raise your charisma so you can buy and sell cheaper when fletching arrows and raising your skill, and 2) obtain items that raise your wisdom over 100 so that you can learn the fletching skill quickly. If you do not have enough charisma and wisdom, getting your fletching skill to above 100 will be expensive and time-consuming.

Second, if you examine the characteristics of the Trueshot Longbow, it's obvious that it is a shaped bow because you need a plane to construct it. If you consult a good fletching guide, you'll see that a shaped ash bow trivials at 148. To complicate matters, you have to ask yourself about the microservo. Is it the equivalent of a cam? If so, a 1-cam shaped oak bow trivials at 192. So why am I saying this? You must plan for the failure rate that will occur when you attempt to make a Trueshot Longbow and your fletching skill is less than 192.

So, here's how I made a Trueshot Longbow with my fletching skill of 106. First, buy four lanterns in North Freeport from the General Goods merchant near the bank. Then give the four lanterns to Jyle Windshot in West Freeport. He's in the Inn on the second floor and often Lady Shae is just outside his room. Then, on the boat from Antonica to Faydwer, buy 16 Kiola nuts (need two empty backpacks). Be sure to hide or camo yourself if you miss the boat. Sometimes pirates or a named giant, Gornit, will kill you.

Then, when you get to Butcherblock, before going into Kaladim, buy 16 water flasks from the merchants in the stone huts just outside the entrance. Give Tumpy Irontoes 1 kiola nut and 1 water flask and he gives you a Tumpy Tonic. Repeat this 16 times. Then go find Trantor Everhot and give him the Tumpy Tonics two at a time. This will result in 8 dwarven wires. (At this point you have 4 lanterns and 8 dwarven wires).

Kill rogue clockworks in Steamfont until you have 8 microservos (they stack now). Then when heading to Kelethin, kill widow spiderlings in Greater Faydark. They often give up two spiderling silks. You'll need 4 of these.

Finally, go to Maesyn Trueshot and begin the process. If you have 4 treant wood pieces, 8 dwarven wires, 8 microservos, 4 spiderling silks, and your plane tool, you will get four chances to construct a longbow.

For me, at a level of 106 in fletching, that is all it took. If you try and do not succeed after the first four attempts, then repeat the above and try four more times. The mathematical odds are favorable that you will make it within the first eight tries when your fletching skill is at 106.

Talyena
Ranger of the 16th Season
The Seventh Hammer

GREETINGS TO ALL WHO SEEK THE POWER OF THE TRUESHOT!

For those of you who are either new to being a Ranger or have just begun your quest, I am listing here the easiest way to go get your Trueshot. Before starting the quest however, there are two questions that must be answered!


WHY THE TRUESHOT?

The Trueshot is a lovely bow, with nice damage stats (dmg 20, dly 45, range 100, wt 3, RNG only) – particularly as many of the high-end range bows must be either quested for or are drops in zones that you need to be 30+ to survive in.

A Trueshot can be fletched by somebody as low as level 10, if they’re lucky and if they’ve spend some time fletching. Also, you NEED the Trueshot if you intend to quest for the Raincaller, which is the same dmg/dly/wt, but has 200 range, STR+6 DEX+6, plus five charges of Firestrike (also RNG only). (As of July 2001 I have heard the Raincaller quest is nerfed due to the FV/Toxx storyline that has plagued LFay; but I have not confirmed this as I have not yet attempted to quest the Raincaller).

Rangers are the ONLY class that can do critical hits with their bows – and, a curse of the hybrid class – ranger can ONLY do critical hits with their bows; they cannot do critical hits with any of their other weapons! (yes, fellow rangers, it sucks, I know, I know!)

The Trueshot is also a test of your fletching ability. So that begs the second question:


WHY SHOULD I FLETCH?

There are people who debate the worth of fletching to a ranger (or any other class that can weild a bow). The answer is simple, and threefold:

1, Some of the very best bows in the game are fletched. This means they can’t be picked up from dead mobs, and/or must be fletched as part of a quest. You’d be stupid to deny yourself a fantastic bow simply because you felt fletching was an expensive and/or worthless craft.

2, The bows you buy off the vendors are sad. Their damage is low and so is their range; they’re good in a pinch, but unless your STR/DEX combo is pretty good and you have a good bow (see #1 reason above), you will not get many critical hits off them, if at all. If you’re under level 15, the bows bought off the vendors or dropped by mobs are acceptable, but mid-teens+, you need to fletch/quest/loot yourself something better.

3, The only arrows that can hit magical creatures (ie ghouls, willowisps, dragons) are … you guessed it … *fletched*, using silver arrowheads. The lowest trivial level for silvertipped arrows is: 182. It is not to say that you cannot fletch these lovely arrows at lower levels – I have been able to fletch them when my fletching level was as low as 80. Silvertip arrows also fletch for 10/success, vs 5/success all other types.

Fletching is also a great way to kill time when camping mobs or on those long boat rides between continents! Admittedly, you won’t make tons of money fletching, unless you sell your bows or arrows to other players. But trust me … when you’re sitting on a boat or camping a mob, and fletching to kill time, and your group sees “___ has created a class 6/7/8/9/10/11 arrow!” they sit up and take notice!


NOW… THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THE QUEST AFTER YOU’VE FLETCHED YOUR FINGERS OFF:

While you can get the components in any order, here is the easiest/quickest method. Start in WEST FREEPORT. You do not need to start in Kelethin, as all items are obtained through purchase, questing, or looting off mobs. I recommend getting enough materials to make at least 5-10 attempts at the Trueshot, especially if you are not at least a master fletcher.

Since all end components are stackable, I would recommend just getting a stack of each component (2 stacks of the dwarven wire and the micro servers, because you will use 1 of each to get the stave, and another 1 to fletch the bow) and throwing them in the bank for later, if you are successful on one of your first attempts. That way you can make more attempts later and sell/use for quests later.

1. First, you need TREANT WOOD, which is a stackable item. To get it, you need SMALL LANTERNS, which are not stackable, but are usually available off most food vendors (the ones who sell rations, water, bandages, torches). On the second floor of the Hogcaller’s Inn in WEST Freeport, find JYLE WINDSHOTS and hail him. He may or may not respond to you; it’s been a while so I can’t remember exactly what he says. Give him the small lanterns (you can give up to 4 at a time) and he will give you either treant wood (stackable) or a “wood heart” (treant heart) which are not stackable. You will need ONE treant wood per attempt.

2. Get on the boat to Butcherblock at Freeport. Preferrably get SOW put on you before you leave, because you will want to get on and off the boat fast, otherwise you get stuck on the island you buy the nuts at until the next boat passes! You are off to the Sisters’ Isle in the Ocean of Tears for KIOLA NUTS, needed for the TUMPY TONIC quest, which will get you DWARVEN WIRE. (If you brewing skill is high enough, you can brew it yourself, but frankly, when the quest is so easy, why bother?) These are very easy to get but there is one unfortunate thing: The kiola nuts do NOT stack. So make sure you have plenty of open slots so you can get lots of Tonic. (You will need 2 dwarven wires per attempt, which will take 4 kiola nuts to get). Side note: the Tonics DO stack, so really, you just need to worry about open slots to get the nuts.

3. At the first island the boat STOPS at (will be on the right) run off the boat to the building directly across from the dock (slightly uphill). There is a woman behind the bar selling rations, etc. The KIOLA NUTS look like chick peas, and since they do not stack they have no number either. They cost about 2gp each and you will need FOUR for every attempt at the Trueshot. Buy as many as you want and run back to the boat! If you get stuck... well, practice your fishing or something. Try to avoid aggro’ing the NPCs here, notably the Pirate, if you’re low level.

4. Jump back on the boat and get off at Butcherblock, and head for SOUTH KALADIM. In Tumpy's place you'll find TUMPY behind the bar, hail him and he'll ask/tell you something about his famed skills as a brewer or something. Give him 1 water FLASK (cannot be forraged POD of water) and 1 kiola nut. You can give him 2 flasks (don’t stack) and 2 nuts at once. He'll give you back a TUMPY’S TONIC, and I believe he also give you exp. (exp is only worthwhile if you’re a low lvl).

5. Enter NORTH KALADIM and hunt down TRATNOR EVERHOT. I usually found him hanging around in the Farm, usually upstairs (NE side of zone). Hail him and he'll make some comment about being thirsty and lazy and could you please fetch him some Tonics. He wants TWO for him to give you DWARVEN WIRE (nodrop). Give him two and ta-da, more exp and your roll of dwarven wire. You need TWO rolls of this stuff - one to get the staff to make the bow, and another to actually make the bow itself - so 4 Tonics needed. You should be able to give him 4 Tonics at once, but of course, do not stack the Tonics!

6. Next stop – STEAMFRONT MOUNTAINS to kill ROGUE CLOCKWORKS for their MICROSERVOS. These are nodrop items but they DO stack. I have found the best place to hunt these is just south of the Mino caves. (Avoid the Kobold Messenger in this area – he’s bad news.) The Rogue Clockworks also drop various gears/sprockets which you can sell, and some kind of boxes that are for a quest in Ak’Anon. The quest requires 4 boxes at a time and the boxes weigh about 5 each, so I usually just destroy the boxes – but if you want to build faction in Ak’Anon, look up the quest. You will need TWO microservers per attempt at the bow.

* Side note: if you want to do the Ivy Etched quests, the Mino caves are where Lord Meldrath spawns. He’s around lvl 30ish and a lot of upper-lvl players camp him for experience. His skull (lore/nodrop) is used in the Ivy Tunic quest. Give an /ooc to find out if anybody is hunting him and if so if you can be allowed to loot a skull. Usually the upper level players are nice about this given as the quest is useful only to rangers.

7. Head back to GREATER FAYDARK. Your last item is SPIDERLING SILK. These can be obtained in almost any newbie zone off spiderLINGS (not to be mistaken with the large/giant spidER silks). I have found that the easiest place to find spiderlings in the GFay zone is just NE of the “newbie” lift. (For those of you new to GFay, if you have followed the path all the way around the zone from LFay or Felwithe, it is the first lift to Kelethin). Spiderling silks now stack (yay!) and you will need ONE per attempt.

Okay … you have all this stuff, now what?

8. Go to see MAESYN TRUESHOT in the Kelethin Ranger’s Guild. If you’re new to Kelethin, have somebody show you where the bank is. (You take the POD lift, go straight ahead one platform, turn left, go up one platform – that’s the bank – and then go up one more platform, and then turn right and go down a platform to the ranger guild). MAKE SURE YOU CON MAESYN FIRST. If you are not above indifferent to him, he will not give you the quest. (if you cannot get him to give you the quest, run around GFay or Crushbone killing every orc you see; this raises the necessary faction). Hail him and he’ll tell you about the Trueshot. You will also need one MAIN inventory slot open because he will give you a container to combine 1 spiderling silk, 1 microsever, 1 dwarven wire, and 1 treant wood in. COMBINE the items, hand him back the resulting item, and ta-da!

You now hold the TREANTWOOD BOWSTAVE, which is lore but NOT nodrop (which means if you have somebody handy with master fletching abilities and the other necessary components, you can give them the stave to make the attempt at the bow).


BUT WAIT… THIS IS NOT YOUR TRUESHOT YET!

Reminder: The Trueshot is LORE – so if you have one and are attempting to make one to sell or give to somebody, give them your Trueshot to hold onto while you attempt to fletch another one.

9. Open up your well-worn trusty fletching kit. You will need the Treantwood Bowstave you just received, ONE microserver, ONE dwarven wire, and a PLANE. [You can buy the plane off a fletching/bowering supplier; I think in Kelethin I had to go to the supplier on the SE-most platform in Kelethin (Trueshot Fletching supplies? Cannot remember name). There is also a fletching supply merchant standing on the next platform north from the POD lift. Whether or not you are successful, the plane will be returned to you.] Cross your fingers and hit combine … and you may be the lucky new owner of your own crafted Trueshot!


Good luck on your quest, and may all your journeys be adventurous.

Navarra Meritage, ranger of 32 seasons
Amazon Storm guild
Seventh Hammer