Crossbow

The Crossbow is a selectable weapon in 20 Minutes Till Dawn. It costs 20000 souls.

Stats

• Damage: 20 -> 120
• Fire rate: 6.7
• Projectiles: 1
• Ammo: 1
• Reload time: 1
• Pierce: 1

Weapon Ability

Hold to charge your shot. Charging increases the projectile's damage, size, and piercing, up to 120 base damage (x6 normal damage) and 999 piercing at max charge.

• The crossbow can be charged up to 10 levels, in 1.5 seconds.
  • Increasing your Fire Rate makes the Crossbow charge faster.
• The tip of your arrow will glow while the crossbow is being charged.
• A sound cue will play when the crossbow is charged to its maximum.

Formulae

The formulae for calculating damage/size/piercing are given in the following table.

Stat	Formula
Damage	$basedamage\times (1+(0.5\times chargelevel))$
Size	$basesize\times (1+(0.25\times chargelevel))$
Pierce	Charge level 1-9: equal to $chargeLevel$ Charge 10: $999$

Stacking Upgrades

The damage increase stacks with upgrades and abilities which are affected by weapon damage, such as:

• Splinter
• Hina's Clone

Level 20 Evolutions

The crossbow has 3 available evolutions when the player reaches level 20.

icon	evolution	description	notes
	Quantam Bolt	When your bullets reach the edge of the screen, they warp to the opposite end.
	Quick Load	Your Crossbow charges much faster.	Increases reload speed as well, but decreases damage by 50%
	Wind Bolt	Move Speed +25%, Walk Speed +100%. Your bullet damage is increased by bonuses to your Move Speed.

Tips

With only 1 projectile and 1 ammo, the Crossbow has an innate disadvantage against large swarms of enemies. There are a few ways you can turn the tide to your favor:

• Increasing your Fire Rate and Ammo.
• Using summons, which provide additional firepower.
• Using upgrades that fire extra projectiles after firing your last ammo:
  • Fan Fire - Shoot 10 additional bullets in circle around for 15% damage.
  • Ice Shard - Shoot 3 additional ice shards that inflict Freeze.
• Using lightning from Electro Mage and Divine Wrath.

Due to its 1 ammo stat, the Crossbow does benefit from "last ammo" upgrades like Holy Arts. By using such upgrades, its disadvantage from 1 ammo becomes a strength.

Beneficial Upgrades

Type	Img	Name	Effect	Notes
Synergy		Mini Clip	Reload Rate +100% Bullet Damage +50% Max Ammo -5	Works best if you don't increase your Fire Rate.

Sprites

Reloading

Changelogs

• 0.6.3: Weapon changes:
  • Fire Rate increased from 4 to 6.7.
  • Changed the Crossbow's mechanics, from "Standing still to increase the bolt's damage (up to +10)" to "Hold to charge your shot, increases the bolt's damage, size and piercing".