Steel bolt recovery

[billyangstadt 272]

Is it a glitch or how it's suppose to be within the game.

Anytime I kill a zed with the xbow, the bolt is gone.

Is it retrievable after a kill?

[billyangstadt 272]

anyone else having this issue?

can it be fixed?

[Unkn0wn (DayZ) 2]

It's supposed to be retrievable, though I've never actually been able to retrieve the bolts myself. I tend not to bother with Xbows.

[skurcey 11]

you need to see it and aim precisely

[billyangstadt 272]

Skurcey,

Losing it isnt the problem, it's after killing a zed, you would think it would be lodged in it's body. The only time I have been able to recover is when it hits an object, not during a kill.

[Riemer 23]

I would like to see it bolts that hit a zombie be inside a zombie's inventory and lootable upon death.

[salty (DayZ) 39]

95% sure it's not intended. Sometimes I find the bolt in the zombies inventory, sometimes I find it lying on the ground nearby, sometimes it's floating in mid air at the point of impact, but most of the time it just disappears completely. I'd use the crossbow more often if bolt recovery was more reliable.

[billyangstadt 272]

I agree, some of us don't have the luxury of silenced weapons(yet), and this is our only alternative.

I hope Rocket can tweak it so they're recoverable. Right now I can only spare 4 or 5, and it's really not worth carry the xbow if I can only use it 5 times.

May aswell have a rifle.

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I'm not asking for the arrows to be infinite, where i can travel with one arrow.

If there's a chance the arrow could break or become dull upon impact, fine.

I just want there to be a chance it can be reused.

[Mutonizer 78]

The problem I've had with them is that yes, all my bolts "stick" on the bodies, but if they fall over the wrong way, then the bolt will be below the body, and since they can't be moved, you can't recover them.

Having them be directly in the inventory on a "hit" would solve the issue. Then only the screwed up iron sight for it would be a problem :)

[PeteOfButcherBay 17]

I've been using crossbow last few days and only lost one or two bolts because i missed and it flew off into the night, my tactic to not losing bolts is this: shoot them in the legs and then get real close to finish them off, usually works quite well when moving stealthily around and taking out Zee's 1 at a time, in a large fight better to run into a building and use the pistol.

[salty (DayZ) 39]

The problem I've had with them is that yes' date=' all my bolts "stick" on the bodies, but if they fall over the wrong way, then the bolt will be below the body, and since they can't be moved, you can't recover them.

Having them be directly in the inventory on a "hit" would solve the issue. Then only the screwed up iron sight for it would be a problem :)

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If this really is the case, you should be able to use the 'Hide Body' option while looking at the target to reveal the bolt.