Compound Bow

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Compound Bow
Compound Bow.png
A high-tech bow made of durable alloy, can launch arrows at high velocity. Requires arrows to fire.
Type Bow
Ammo used Stone Arrow (100)
Flame Arrow Scorched Earth Icon.png (100)
Tranquilizer Arrow (?)
Metal Arrow (100)
Toxicant Arrow Logo Mobile.png ()
Melee damage 10.0
Ranged damage 75 (Stone Arrow.png)
75 (Flame Arrow (Scorched Earth).png)
27 (Tranq Arrow.png)
175.5 (Metal Arrow.png)
27 (Toxicant Arrow (Mobile).png)
Rate of fire 0.37 RPS
Reload time 0.66 seconds
DPS 27.75 (Stone Arrow.png)
27.75 (Flame Arrow (Scorched Earth).png)
9.99 (Tranq Arrow.png)
64.935 (Metal Arrow.png)
9.99 (Toxicant Arrow (Mobile).png)
Weight 12.0
Durability 55.0
Durability per use 0.1
Single use No
Added in v190.0
Spawn Command
cheat giveitemnum 376 1 0 0
cheat GFI CompoundBow 1 0 0
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_WeaponCompoundBow.PrimalItem_WeaponCompoundBow'" 1 0 0
Required level Level 79
Engram Points 40 EP
Crafting XP 10 XP
Crafted in Fabricator
Tek Replicator
Required Stations Refining Forge.png Refining Forge

Overview[edit | edit source]

The Compound Bow in ARK: Survival Evolved is an advanced bow and the only bow able to fire armor-piercing Metal Arrows. When firing anything other than the metal arrows however, the Compound Bow actually deals less damage than a Crossbow. Since torpor gain from Tranquilizer Arrow scales with damage, it is less efficient for taming as well.

Unlike the wooden pull-back Bow, the Compound Bow has an actual sight.

Players have to pull the arrow around 90% back way to get the maximum damage output, but the actual maximum damage outputting requires players to shot a little bit more rapidly, and consuming more arrows. Additionally, overpulling the arrow shakes the screen, result in difficult aiming and poor accuracy.

Incredibly useful for pvp.

Video[edit | edit source]

Walkthrough showing crafting requirements and damage