Iucounu
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ARK Survival Evolved has a bit of archery, pretty good but maybe not great.
You can choose how much string tension you apply to each bow shot, basically trading fire rate for damage. There are flint arrows, tranquilizer arrows (essential for taming dinosaurs) and metal arrows (only for the Compound bow). Some DLCs also contain fire arrows.
The Wooden bow is mostly useful against small birds. The Crossbow reloads slower than a bow, but is useful throughout the game due to its decent damage; it can also fire arrows underwater and shoot grappling hooks (maybe not underwater, haven't tried). The Compound bow is even more powerful but also more expensive, and once you've reached that level firearms are usually more effective. For underwater use there's a Harpoon Launcher.
I can't remember any levelling skill directly related to shooting accuracy or damage, but it takes experience points to unlock more advanced weapons (which has the same result in practice), and of course player skill to find the required materials to craft them.
You can choose how much string tension you apply to each bow shot, basically trading fire rate for damage. There are flint arrows, tranquilizer arrows (essential for taming dinosaurs) and metal arrows (only for the Compound bow). Some DLCs also contain fire arrows.
The Wooden bow is mostly useful against small birds. The Crossbow reloads slower than a bow, but is useful throughout the game due to its decent damage; it can also fire arrows underwater and shoot grappling hooks (maybe not underwater, haven't tried). The Compound bow is even more powerful but also more expensive, and once you've reached that level firearms are usually more effective. For underwater use there's a Harpoon Launcher.
I can't remember any levelling skill directly related to shooting accuracy or damage, but it takes experience points to unlock more advanced weapons (which has the same result in practice), and of course player skill to find the required materials to craft them.
