Light Crossbow

Light Crossbow
Inventory FBI Files THIS IS A GAGE CHIVALRY PACK ITEM! Bolts can be picked back up Regular ammo pickups are disabled for this weapon. THIS IS A GAGE CHIVALRY PACK ITEM! Bolts can be picked back up Regular ammo pickups are disabled for this weapon.
Gameplay
Unlock Level	17
Inventory Slot	Primary
Weapon Type	Special
Firing Mode(s)	Single shot
Cost	$372,000
Statistics
Magazine	1
Total Ammo	50
Rate of Fire	40
Damage	750
Accuracy	96
Stability	96
Concealment	29
Threat	10
Extra Weapon Statistics Grenade Pickup Rate Min Max Sting Grenade 0 Walk-in Closet: 0 Fully Loaded Aced: 0 0 Walk-in Closet: 0 Fully Loaded Aced: 0 Frag Grenade 0 Walk-in Closet: 0 Fully Loaded Aced: 0 0 Walk-in Closet: 0 Fully Loaded Aced: 0 X1-a Tactical ZAPper 0 Walk-in Closet: 0 Fully Loaded Aced: 0 0 Walk-in Closet: 0 Fully Loaded Aced: 0 Incendiary Round 0 Walk-in Closet: 0 Fully Loaded Aced: 0 0 Walk-in Closet: 0 Fully Loaded Aced: 0 Viper Grenade Round 0 Walk-in Closet: 0 Fully Loaded Aced: 0 0 Walk-in Closet: 0 Fully Loaded Aced: 0 Damage Per Mag Total Damage total 750 37,500 Damage/second 500 510.2 Projectile speed 25m/s Bullet Spread Standing Crouching Sights 1 xx Sights + moving 2 xx Hipfire 2.45 2.45 Hipfire + moving 2.45 2.45 Recoil Min Max Recoil vertical -0.2 0.4 Recoil horizontal -1.0 1.0
Other
Internal name	frankish
Achievement(s)
v·d·e Mod stats

Description
The crossbow was a game-changer on the battlefield. It was simple in its design, cheap in its construction and powerful enough to punch through a knight's plate armor.

The Light Crossbow is a special weapon for PAYDAY 2, introduced in Update #77 as part of the Gage Chivalry Pack DLC.

Overview

The Light Crossbow functions very similarly to the R93 in most aspects except for the increased ammo pool, lack of penetration, and, obviously, magazine size. As such it should be used primarily against common police forces and non-Shield specials. One can however utilize the Explosive Bolts to stun and bypass a Shield's defense.

The weapon is also very concealable, making it an attractive weapon for users of Sneaky Bastard and Low Blow-focused builds. It also has applications in stealth heists; it is one of the few concealable weapons able to kill alerted enemies and guards in one shot on higher difficulties. On heists like Shadow Raid, Scarface Mansion, and Dragon Heist, this weapon's high damage per shot may prevent alerted guards from having a chance to fire their weapon.

Summary

Pros:

• Very high base damage
• Highly concealable
• Large ammo pool

Cons:

• Low rate of fire
• Single-shot
• Cannot easily deal with multiple enemies at the same time without Explosive Bolts
• Heavy projectile arcs requires careful calculations to land hits from medium range onwards
• Explosive Bolts cannot be recovered outside of ammo bags or indirectly from a teammate using the Gambler perk deck

Tips

• Due to its extreme concealment rating and high damage, this weapon is ideal for low-profile stealth and/or Dodge builds.
• Compared to the Heavy Crossbow, the Light Crossbow deals less damage, but has a faster "reload" time after firing a bolt. This can allow users to deal with groups of enemies.
  • Bloodthirst Ace makes its reload speed 0.7 seconds after a melee kill for a brief amount of time, allowing for greater projectile spam to more effectively fight off crowds regardless of the type of ammo it has.
• Surefire Ace allows the projectiles to pierce Maximum Force Responder body armor, taking no more than two bodyshots for a kill on any difficulty. Alternatively, poison projectiles infect Maximum Force Responders through their body armor, stunning and dealing enough damage to kill them from full health over time, even on Death Sentence.

Available modifications

• Ammunition
• Boost

Explosive Bolt	Gage Chivalry Pack v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-50
	Accuracy	-	Stability	-
	Concealment	-	Threat	-
Cost: $9,000 Infinite Granted
More Info. Note(s) N/A Compatible weapons Edit template N/A Internal name wpn_fps_bow_frankish_m_explosive

Poison Bolt	Gage Chivalry Pack v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-15	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-650
	Accuracy	-	Stability	-
	Concealment	-	Threat	-
Cost: $9,000 Infinite Granted	Special Effect(s): 100% chance to poison target
More Info. Note(s) N/A Compatible weapons Edit template N/A Internal name wpn_fps_bow_frankish_m_poison

Concealment	Base game v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	-	Stability	-
	Concealment	+1	Threat	-
Cost: $9,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6
More Info. Note(s) N/A Compatible weapons Edit template Every weapon ingame Internal name wpn_fps_upg_bonus_concealment_p1

Stability	Base game v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	-	Stability	+4
	Concealment	-	Threat	-
Cost: $9,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6
More Info. Note(s) N/A Compatible weapons Edit template Every weapon ingame Internal name wpn_fps_upg_bonus_recoil_p1

Accuracy	Base game v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	+4	Stability	-
	Concealment	-	Threat	-
Cost: $9,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6
More Info. Note(s) N/A Compatible weapons Edit template Every weapon ingame Internal name wpn_fps_upg_bonus_spread_p1

Team Boost	Base game v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	-	Stability	-
	Concealment	-	Threat	-
Cost: $9,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6	Special Effect(s): +3% Experience & money reward for you and your crew.
More Info. Note(s) N/A Compatible weapons Edit template Every weapon ingame Internal name wpn_fps_upg_bonus_team_exp_money_p3

Total Ammo	Base game v·d·e
	Total Ammo	+3	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	-	Stability	-
	Concealment	-	Threat	-
Cost: $9,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6
More Info. Note(s) N/A Compatible weapons Edit template OVE9000 • Platypus 70 • MA-17 Flamethrower • Rattlesnake • Lebensauger .308 • Desertfox • Contractor .308 • R93 • Repeater 1874 • Grom • Nagant • Thanatos .50 cal • Vulcan Minigun • Flamethrower Mk.1 • Plainsrider Bow • Light Crossbow • English Longbow • Heavy Crossbow • Pistol Crossbow • Hailstorm Mk 5 • Cash Blaster Internal name wpn_fps_upg_bonus_total_ammo_p1

Skins

• Common
• Epic
• Skin Trivia

Modernized
+1 Concealment
Community Safe 3

Immortal Python
Achievement Milestone Reward

• The Modernized (Light Crossbow | Modernized) skin bears a set of skulls that correspond to the Death Sentence Risk Level.

Achievements

Heisters of the Round Table Complete any heist on the OVERKILL difficulty or above with 4 players using only Gage Chivalry Pack masks, primary weapons, melee weapons and Ballistic Vests or heavier armors. Unlocks the "Agatha Knight Veteran" mask, "Blooded" material and "Agatha" pattern.

Trivia

• This weapon was based on a medieval Frankish crossbow.
• Strangely, the Light Crossbow's fire mode is locked to full auto. This is rendered moot by its single-shot capacity, though.
• As with its bigger counterpart, the Heavy Crossbow, the concealment is very unrealistic, at 29, despite being visibly more higher in profile than the English Longbow.
• The light crossbow is reloaded incorrectly, as the player simply pulls back the string when reloading, which is not practical in reality, due to the crossbows that the light crossbow is based off having a draw weight of roughly 300 lbs (approx. 136kg); the correct way to draw the string back would be to brace it against the ground with the foot in the stirup (the metal extention on the front of the crossbow) in order to keep it in place, while using either the back muscles or a lever to pull the string back.
• The description claiming the Light Crossbow can pierce plate armour is innacurate, as the neccessary tension to enable this would require a large bow structure with pulleys to achieve (e.g. a Heavy Crossbow).
  • Despite this, neither crossbow is capable of this feat; their bolts will bounce harmlessly off of Maximum Force Responder breastplates and Shields when shot.

Gallery

In-game preview of the Light Crossbow.

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• Secondary
• Melee
• Throwables & Equipment