Recurve Bow
Weapon · WeaponBow0★Recurve Bow is an early bow: 23rd of 25 by attack, so treat it as a stepping stone, at 40 against the 24,000 of Mechanical Bow.
No recipe takes it as an ingredient. Whatever you build is the finished article, so there is no reason to hoard spares.
Details
At 15 weight each it eats carry capacity fast, so bring a mount or park a chest nearby. It sells for almost nothing, so do not bother hauling it to a shop.
Ammunition Recurve Bow Uses
Recurve Bow takes 3 kinds of ammunition — Arrow, Fire Arrow, Poison Arrow — so the damage you actually deal depends as much on what you loaded as on the weapon itself.
| Ammo | Yield | Craft cost |
|---|---|---|
 Arrow | ×10 | Wood ×2, Stone ×2 |
 Fire Arrow | ×10 | Wood ×2, Stone ×2, Flame Organ ×1 |
 Poison Arrow | ×10 | Wood ×2, Stone ×2, Venom Gland ×1 |
Alternatives and Upgrades
Step up from here and you get Poison Bow at 65 attack; step down and it is Three Shot Bow at 40. Weigh the jump against what the next tier costs you before committing the resources.
Other bows at a similar tier, for when you want to weigh this against the rest of its class:
