# Elven bow

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Name

elven bow

Appearance

runed bow

Damage vs. small

1d2

Damage vs. large

1d2

To-hit bonus

+0

Weapon skill

bow

Size

one-handed

Base price

60 zm(+10/positive enchant)

Weight

30

Material

wood

An elven bow is a launcher for arrows. When unidentified, it is a runed bow. You should not bash monsters with it, or throw it—instead, wield it in your hands, then throw arrows (or fire them from your quiver).
For non-elven characters, an elven bow is basically the same as a regular bow. Elves, however, get the following bonuses:

+1 to-hit bonus when using an elven bow (in addition to their normal bow bonus)[1]
+1 multishot bonus when firing elven arrows from an elven bow[2]
+1 damage bonus when firing elven arrows from an elven bow[3]
SLASH'EM
In SLASH'EM, an non-cursed elven bow has a 1 in 3 chance of adding an additional shot to the multishot roll, meaning a player that would normally only shoot 1 arrow will shoot d2 arrows 33% of the time, a player that would normally shoot d2 arrows will shoot d3 arrows 33% of the time, etc.[4] This bonus does not apply to dark elven bows.

References

↑ dothrow.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1294

↑ dothrow.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 135

↑ uhitm.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 668

↑ dothrow.c in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2, line 175

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