Bolts

Crossbow bolt

Bolts (or quarrels) are the ammunition for the crossbow. They are available in Ultima V, Ultima VI, Ultima VII, Ultima VII Part Two and Ultima Underworld II.

Description

These are the standard bolts that are sold by bowyers. They are not special in any way and don't deal any extra damage, but will work with any normal crossbow. Thankfully, any adventurer with some skill in magic can upgrade these to the superior magic bolts with the spell Enchant.

Buyable bolts – as well as the need for ammunition for a variety of projectile weapons – first appeared in Ultima V.

Effectiveness of the Ammunition

In Ultima V and Ultima VI, bolts only enable usage of a crossbow. The damage rating depends solely on the crossbow.

In both of Ultima VII and Ultima VII Part Two bolts add +0 onto the basic damage.

In Ultima Underworld II bolts do average 5.5 points of damage.

Trivia

• In Ultima VII Part Two , the spell Create Ammo can be used to create bolts, if crossbows are used as the primary ranged weapons.
• When double-clicking on a bolt while Iolo is in the party in Ultima VII, he will show the Avatar proudly, that the bolt came from Iolo's Bows. Oddly, the code was left in Ultima VII Part Two, despite this now being an impossibility (apart from the ammunition Iolo carries at the start).

See Also

• Weapon values
• Crossbow
• Magic bolts
• Arrows

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