Marksmanship

Marksmanship is a combat skill. You fight with a bow, and every round uses arrows made with Carpentry. Every fight also trains Defence and Vitality. Some enemies are weak to ranged attacks.

How to train

Start with Shoot wolves at level 1. New fights open as you level up: see the table below.
Weapon: a bow, starting with Hunting bow (power 9, made with Carpentry). Weapons with more power make fights faster.
Arrows: every round uses some, hit or miss. Use Field arrow first, then Heavy arrow for later fights. Carpentry makes them.
Bring healing items. Your character eats them when HP gets low. Medicine and Cooking make them.
Potion: Marksman's potion (+6 points hit chance, made with Medicine).

Activities

Level	Activity	Loot	Arrows	Sells for
1	Shoot wolves	Wolf pelt	1 × Field arrow per round	4
5	Shoot bandits	Bandit scrap	2 × Field arrow per round	7
8	Shoot the Rootbreaker	Rootbreaker hide	2 × Field arrow per round	12
12	Shoot boars	Boar tusk	2 × Field arrow per round	8
30	Shoot dire wolves	Dire wolf hide	1 × Heavy arrow per round	16
42	Shoot marauders	Marauder loot	2 × Heavy arrow per round	20
68	Shoot ogres	Ogre bone	2 × Heavy arrow per round	28
82	Shoot wraiths	Wraith shroud	2 × Heavy arrow per round	32

"Sells for" is what one action's items sell for, at the level the activity opens, before bonuses. Every skill uses the same XP table: see Levels and XP.

Mastery

Each of the 8 Marksmanship activities has its own mastery level, from 1 to 99. Every completed action gives that activity mastery XP, and higher mastery makes the activity better (table below).

A quarter of that mastery XP (half once Marksmanship is level 99) also goes into the Marksmanship mastery pool, which holds up to 7,400,000 XP. You can spend pool XP on any Marksmanship activity: 1 pool XP gives 1 mastery XP. See Mastery for the exact numbers.

Each activity's own mastery

Activity mastery	Adds to that activity
10	+1 point hit chance
20	+1 point hit chance
30	+1 point hit chance
40	+1 point hit chance
50	+1 point hit chance
60	+1 point hit chance
70	+1 point hit chance
80	+1 point hit chance
90	+1 point hit chance
99	+10 points high-quality chance, +10% chance to spare materials (or arrows)

Pool checkpoints

While the pool is filled to a checkpoint or above, its bonus counts for every Marksmanship activity. If you spend the pool below a checkpoint, that bonus stops until the pool fills up again.

Pool filled	Pool XP	Adds to every activity of the skill
10%	740,000	+5% mastery XP
25%	1,850,000	+10% XP
50%	3,700,000	+5% speed
95%	7,030,000	+3 points hit chance

Gear for this skill

Bowstring wax — +8% speed
Sparring gloves — +10% XP

Gear only helps while it is equipped. A high-quality piece gives 1.5 times the bonus, rounded down. See also every boost for Marksmanship.

Story

Fight from a distance with a bow and arrows. Some enemies are weak to ranged attacks.