Darksteel Longbow

Darksteel Longbow
Weapon details
Linked Attribute(s): Marksmanship Damage Type(s): Piercing damage Bow Class: Longbow
Salvage
Common: Cannot be salvaged Rare: Cannot be salvaged

The Darksteel Longbow is a weapon which is available in the Guild Wars: Eye of the North Prerelease Bonus Pack.

Weapon stats

Longbow

• Piercing Dmg: 15-28 (Requires 9 Marksmanship)
• Armor penetration +20% (Chance: 20%)
• Damage +15%
• Energy -5
• Two-handed

Collector / Weaponsmith counterpart

This weapon's stats can be fully duplicated with:

• A perfect sundering Bowstring
• One of the following:
  • A max inscribable longbow and a perfect "Brawn over Brains" inscription
  • A bow crafted by Gertrud in Vasburg Armory or Telamon in Leviathan Pits

Notes

• This longbow can be upgraded with a Bow Grip, but any new mods added to this weapon cannot be salvaged.
• This item is always customized for the character that the /bonus command was used with. However, this command can be reused on each character, consistently respawning the weapon.
• Although the weapon is customized for the character, heroes can still use it. When using the /bonus command while a hero has it equipped, it creates a second item in the character's inventory that can be used normally.
• It cannot be placed in the trade window.
• It cannot be dropped.

Dye

Dye affects the entire bow. The default color looks to be yellow.

Trivia

• The design of this weapon is one of the finalists in ArenaNet's second Design-a-Weapon Contest which ran in 2007. It was designed by Marko Cvetkovic.

• Darksteel in Magic the Gathering is a metal of such hardness and strength that it can scratch both adamantium and Diamond. This could be a reason as to why the salvaging tools can not remove the upgrades on this bow.

• A Darksteel Bow would be impossible to use because no entity would be able to string such a bow, let alone put enough tension on the bowstring to fire an arrow.