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{{Infobox main|weapon
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<onlyinclude>
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| name = Greatbow
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{{infobox main|weapon|
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| image = GreatBow.png
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|name = Greatbow
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| description = A powerful greatbow. Fires a heavy arrow long distances.
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|image = GreatBow.png|Great bow
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| type = Equipment
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|description = A powerful greatbow. Fires a heavy arrow long distances.
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| type2 = Weapons
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|type = Equipment
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| tech level = Neolithic
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|type2 = Weapons
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| class = Neolithic
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|class = Neolithic
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| damage = 17
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|damage = 18
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| damage type = Arrow
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|range = 32
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| armorPenetration = 15
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|accuracyTouch = 93
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| range = 29.9
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|accuracyShort = 85
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| accuracyTouch = 65
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|accuracyMedium = 75
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| accuracyShort = 85
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|accuracyLong = 50
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| accuracyMedium = 75
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|mode = Single-Shot
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| accuracyLong = 50
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|warmup = 90
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| accuracyAvg = 75.4
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|cooldown = 84
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| mode = Single-Shot
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|burst = 1
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| warmup = 120
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|DPS = DPS
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| cooldown = 90
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|velocity = 49
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| burst = 1
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|buy = {{icon|wood|50}}
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| DPS = DPS
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|sell = {{icon|silver|125}}
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| velocity = 49
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|mass base = 1.2
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| production facility 1 = Crafting spot
 
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| production facility 2 = Fueled smithy
 
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| production facility 3 = Electric smithy
 
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| resource 1 = Wood
 
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| resource 1 amount = 60
 
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| marketvalue = 104
 
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| mass base = 3
 
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| stoppingPower = 1.5
 
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| research = Greatbow
 
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| work to make = 9000
 
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| meleeattack1dmg = 9
 
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| meleeattack1type = blunt
 
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| meleeattack1part = Limb
 
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| meleeattack1cool = 2.0
 
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| meleeattack1ap = 13
 
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| meleeattack2dmg = 9
 
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| meleeattack2type = poke
 
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| meleeattack2part = Limb
 
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| meleeattack2cool = 2.0
 
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| meleeattack2ap = 13
 
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| MeleeWeaponAverageDPS = 4.5
 
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| MeleeWeaponAverageAP = 13
 
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| page verified for version = 1.2.2753
 
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| skill 1 = Crafting
 
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| skill 1 level = 6
 
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| has quality = True
 
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| weaponTags = Neolithic, NeolithicRangedHeavy, NeolithicRangedChief
 
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| thingSetMakerTags = RewardStandardQualitySuper
 
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| tradeTags = WeaponRanged
 
 
}}
 
}}
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{{Info|The '''greatbow''' is a moderately heavy, single-shot ranged weapon which deals a slightly higher amount of damage per shot; slightly longer time between shots; slightly longer range and high overall accuracy.}}
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</onlyinclude>
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{{info|The Greatbow is a light, single-shot ranged weapon in RimWorld which deals a slightly higher amount of damage per shot; slightly longer time between shots; slightly longer range and high accuracy.}}
  
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== Acquisition ==
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=== Combat performance ===
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Great bows can be manufactured at [[fueled smithy|any]] [[electric smithy|smithy]] once the [[Research#Greatbow|greatbow]] research has been completed; from {{Required Resources}} and {{Ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}} of work. A crafting level of at least 6 is required.
 
  
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Great bows can also be purchased from neolithic [[Trade#War_merchant|war merchants]] and orbital combat suppliers, or obtained from the following [[raider#Humanlike|raider]] kinds:
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It takes 3 shots to the torso to kill an unarmored human with a greatbow, or around 5 shots against a human with a normal armor vest. The greatbow can also instantly remove digits, cripple eyeballs and cause lethal brain damage if the victim's skull is unprotected. Limbs can be crippled in 2 shots against an unarmored human.
  
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
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! Raider Kind !! Chance !! Average Quality !! Health
 
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|-
 
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| Heavy Archer || 42.22% || Normal || 50-180%
 
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|-
 
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| Archer Chief || 93.25% || Normal || 100%
 
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|}
 
  
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== Analysis ==
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Since the greatbow has a slightly longer than typical time between shots, is single-shot in nature and has a fairly long range, it's best to pair the greatbow with a competent shooter to make the most of it. A healthy level 8 traitless shooter, level 4 careful shooter or level 10 trigger-happy can somewhat efficiently use the greatbow up to 22 cells. However, a level 13 traitless shooter, level 10 careful shooter or level 15 trigger-happy shooter is advisable to efficiently use the greatbow up to its maximum range of 32 cells.
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The greatbow is the most powerful pre-industrial ranged weapon. Roughly on par with weak firearms like [[autopistol]]s and [[revolver]]s, it is rapidly outclassed by most other guns. Due to the research required, crafting greatbows usually not a great idea. However, a greatbow obtained from other means, such as a quest, event, or by trade, can be useful in the early game.
 
  
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As a weapon, the greatbow dominates all ranged weapons for its tech level. For a bow, it has great accuracy and range. While the {{AP}} is worse than even a [[short bow]], the damage easily makes up for it. With the highest range before [[bolt-action rifle]]s and a relatively short cooldown, the greatbow is ideal for both preventing, and escaping from, hunted animals going manhunter. It's worth noting that the greatbow has a longer warmup than cooldown, which is reversed for the other two bows. This synergizes well with [[Aiming Time]] reductions.
 
  
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* Compared to a [[recurve bow]] of the same quality, the greatbow has overall better damage and range. A recurve bow one or two quality levels above can have better {{DPS}} at the short-medium range though.
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On average, the greatbow is best paired with a careful shooter until level 12, and with a trigger-happy shooter beyond that point.
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* Compared to autopistols and revolvers, the greatbow is more accurate from a distance, and has higher max range. However, both handguns outdamage the greatbow up close.
 
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* The greatbow is actually very similar in role to the [[bolt-action rifle]], just with worse stats. A bolt-action rifle has better {{DPS}}, range, long-range accuracy as a greatbow of the same quality.
 
  
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The main issue of this weapon is the research required - greatbows are a dead-end project, and greatbows themselves are quickly outclassed by guns that can be looted and crafted early. Therefore, actually doing the research is often a waste of time. Should you find or craft a particularly high quality greatbow, however, it might remain competitive in the early game. The main advantage of greatbows is their cost, not using any components or steel that could be otherwise spent on other options.
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===Obtaining===
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Great bows can be purchased from neolithic war merchants and orbital combat suppliers, or obtained from the following [[raider#Humanlike|raider]] kinds:
  
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=== Quality comparisons ===
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'''Tribal:'''
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High quality greatbows can occasionally be obtained as a [[quest]] reward. Particularly high quality greatbows can be better than many types of guns.
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* Heavy Archer - 44.3% (normal [[quality]] on average, 50-220% health)
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* Chief - 87.5% (superior quality on average, 70-300% health)
  
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* A masterwork greatbow beats an excellent (and lower) bolt-action rifle at any range the bow can reach, though its {{AP}} and max range are still shorter.
 
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* Up close (12 tiles), a greatbow 1 quality level higher generally beats a bolt action, e.g. good greatbow > normal bolt-action. The one exception is that an excellent greatbow is still inferior to a good bolt action rifle.
 
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* At medium (25 tile) range and beyond, an excellent greatbow is outperformed by a poor bolt-action.
 
  
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=== Stats ===
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Great bows can also be manufactured at [[fueled smithy|a]] [[electric smithy|smithy]] once the [[research#Greatbows|greatbows]] research has been completed; from 50 [[wood]] and {{ticks|18000}} of work.
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Against an unarmored human, a greatbow can kill with 3 hits to the torso, 2 hits to the head or neck, or 1 hit to the brain; cripple or destroy limbs in 2 hits; and destroy eyes and digits with a single hit. It'll generally take around 4 hits (~19.5 seconds average) to incapacitate that human from pain shock.  
 
  
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{{Weapon Stats Table}}
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===Conclusion & Comparison===
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Although the greatbow is an outdated weapon, that doesn't mean it's a weapon to be underestimated in the slightest; it has a higher sustained damage output than all other neolithic tier weapons, and can even hold its own against low-tier modern firearms like the [[autopistol]] and [[revolver]]. The greatbow even offers superior damage output to the [[bolt-action rifle]] until 14 cells. The only neolithic weapon that can really compete with the greatbow is the [[pila]] since a single pilum can instantly destroy a vital organ or cripple a limb, instantly killing or severely hindering the enemy's combat capacity.
  
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== Version history ==
 
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* [[Version/0.3.410|0.3.410]] - Added
 
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* At some point between Beta 18 and 1.2 it was nerfed. Accuracy was decreased from Touch accuracy was changed from 93% to 65%, range was decreased from 32 to 30 and damage from 18 to 17. It was also increased in weight from 1.2 to 3.0.
 
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* [[Version/1.5.4062|1.5.4062]] - Received a new texture.
 
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<gallery>
 
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GreatBow Old.png|Texture prior to 1.5
 
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</gallery>
 
  
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Interestingly, when talking about higher quality levels, the greatbow will slowly start to dominate the substantially more expensive bolt-action rifle in terms of DPS, achieving complete domination by masterwork quality for both weapons. This is because the bolt-action rifle already near-maxes out its accuracy at normal quality so it doesn't gain that much from being above good quality, but the greatbow will continue to make improvements in that aspect. Unless the extra 5 cells of range and higher projectile velocity of the bolt-action rifle matters, then you're actually better off using the greatbow.
  
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{{Nav|weapon|wide}}
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[[Category:Equipment]] [[Category:Weapons]] [[Category:Neolithic Weapons]]
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That being said though, the [[assault rifle]] is also a very strong competitor because of its superior damage output and almost identical range, but the greatbow's higher damage per shot means that it may be better at crippling limbs in some situations.
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[[Category:Ranged Weapons]] [[Category:Single-Shot Weapons]] [[Category:Bows]]
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==Graphs==
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The graphs assume a normal quality greatbow against an adult human that's out in the open in clear weather. For DPS, projectile speed has also been factored into the equation, with the weighting based on the base amount of attacks that it'll take to put the aforementioned target into pain shock.
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[[File:GreatBowAccuracyNoTrait.png|494px|Great Bow's accuracy with various shooters without any trait.]]
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[[File:GreatBowDPSNoTrait.png|494px|Great Bow's DPS with various shooters without any trait.]]
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[[File:GreatBowAccuracyCarefulShooter.png|494px|Great Bow's accuracy with various shooters with careful shooter.]]
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[[File:GreatBowDPSCarefulShooter.png|494px|Great Bow's DPS with various shooters with careful shooter.]]
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[[File:GreatBowAccuracyTriggerHappy.png|494px|Great Bow's accuracy with various shooters with trigger-happy.]]
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[[File:GreatBowDPSTriggerHappy.png|494px|Great Bow's DPS with various shooters with trigger-happy.]]
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[[Kind::Weapons| ]]
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{{nav|weapon|wide}}
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[[Category:Weapons]]
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[[Category:Equipment]]

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