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Friday, October 14th 2016, 4:42am

Scout: How to use bow and arrow ( I am a noob, 1 day old) in Runes of Magic

Hello there,

I am very new here, and there is a lot i am still trying to figure out,
one of the reason why I went for scout is so that i could use range attacks,
but at this point i am unable to use my bow and my 999 arrows,
the only attacks i can perform is with my dagger.
I am practically level 0 in experience (tech at Lv 7),
so I would appreciate your patience with me.

http://imgur.com/bUv2fG5

*** Edit: Solution ***

Hi Thanks a lot Everybody for your kindness and prompt responses, I just couldn't tell the difference of how the game processed the action of shooting an arrow. The skills from the Skill Window (k) as mentioned earlier by +Rukifellth2792, are the actual buttons that initiate the attack of shooting an arrow, the bows themselves on my Backpack ( B ) can only be used to be equipped in the Character overview menu ( C ) and not as attacking commands. In other words, when it comes to hunting with a bow an arrow, The bows and the arrows are treated as equipment. Directly, they cannot be used for engaging the monsters.


To attack with archery, you need range skills (which in fact are the attacking commands) that you can drag from the skills menu ( K ) into the quick command menu (such as in slot 1, 2, 3 etc). You need to equip the bow and arrows before you can use the range skills. I guess my biggest confusion was that the arrows themselves, look just like the skills when it comes to "icons", so i couldn't tell the difference between an attacking command and a piece of equipment (as i was trying in vain to kill a rabbit with a piece of equipment that cannot be used as an attacking command). So to those of you in the future who might encounter the same problem as i did:



A) You must 1st acquire a bow & arrows:
>>>you can buy bows from Samirat in step A3, however, to make a bow by yourself:
A-1) Go & Talk to Jalinkun (Carpentry instructor); become an apprentice=>
acquires the Carpentry skills http://imgur.com/h4UNkkM
A-2) Get The materials to make a bow (if you dont have one already)
A-2-i) How to make Ash Timber in Runes of Magic?, click on the arrow to add to crafting queue ( http://imgur.com/ZMb77ez )
A-2-ii) Click on "open Crafting Queue" ( http://imgur.com/q9Qbyid )
A-2-iii) Check the desired materials, and click on start crafting queue ( http://imgur.com/RFuxxiS )


>>> To Buy arrows and Bows:
A-3) Visit Samirat [Weapon Merchant] across from Carpentry
A-3-i) Buy Quiver Arrows (optional a LongBow, or a Rough Bow) ( http://imgur.com/ojY5jhR )


B) Then Equip your Bow and Arrow:

B-1) Click "C" and the Character Overview window will pop up
B-2) Change from melee to Range ( http://imgur.com/LJOhrMi )
B-3) At the bottom left theres the range weapon slot ( http://imgur.com/iIv1WIs/ )
B-4) Select your bow of preference, followed by your arrows ( http://imgur.com/cFKfoSi/ )


C) Finally Equip your Attacking Skills for bow:
C-1) open up skills menu ( K ) a ( http://imgur.com/44VenbY )
C-2) Hover over the icons, and drag them to the command menu
C-3) Dont forget the other skills on 3rd tab ( http://imgur.com/)



Now, to do the actual hunting:
Left click a monster (within range)
use the command for activating the skill (1 , 2, 3, etc)
If the target is too far away, skills will show in red.
Move closer to target to use such skills.
RIP in peace, little rabbit ( http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/rip-in-peace )

This post has been edited 24 times, last edit by "luingiorno" (Oct 15th 2016, 11:59am)


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Friday, October 14th 2016, 6:20am

Bow and arrows don't have a normal or "white attack" like a dagger. I notice you have multiple bows equipped on your skill bar.... and none of those icons correlates to a skill aside from shot. Open up your skill window "K" and look under the scout general and scout specific tab. You should find some skills like "Wind Arrows" or "Vampire Arrow." Drag those onto your skill bar and you should be good.

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Friday, October 14th 2016, 1:59pm

Did you load the arrows? Are they in the small box next to the bow on the character screen?

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Friday, October 14th 2016, 4:15pm

If you right click on a stack of arrows in your backpack they should immediatly pop into your quiver and be ready to use. Note: Not all scout skills actually use arrows.
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Friday, October 14th 2016, 7:31pm

Scouts also have an auto attack called auto shot, but unlike the melee white hits, you need to manually engage it for it to go off (yellow around the skill). Based on your screenshot you seem to have the bow and arrow equiped alright so just a matter of using autoshot and the other skills.
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Friday, October 14th 2016, 9:42pm

Open up your skill window "K" and look under the scout general and scout specific tab. You should find some skills like "Wind Arrows" or "Vampire Arrow." Drag those onto your skill bar and you should be good.

looking at the SS, this is all you need to do.

also put shot and autoshot on your action bar. to engage autoshot modus (this is NOT the same skill as regular "shot", you can use both concurrently), simply right click it on your action bar when you have a target.
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