# Arrow Shafts Unusuable as Ammo

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arrow-shafts-unusuable-as-ammo/8314>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [December 16, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arrow-shafts-unusuable-as-ammo/8314 "2014-12-16T16:45:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Ember](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/838e76/32.png) [@Ember](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ember)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arrow-shafts-unusuable-as-ammo/8314/1 "2014-12-16T16:45:40Z")

</div>

Are the arrow shafts and arrows without fletching supposed to be unusable as ammo?  
because this makes the self bow as a starter weapon completely useless as by the time I can make usable arrows I can already make the better short bow  
not to mention the only way I can increase archery till I can make fletched arrows is by using a slingshot

Version a9b39e1

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arrow-shafts-unusuable-as-ammo/8314/2 "2014-12-16T16:58:42Z")

</div>

Working as intended, those are crafting ingredients, not functional weapons.  
The self bow being useless isn’t a problem, just don’t use it.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Daidalon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@Daidalon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Daidalon)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arrow-shafts-unusuable-as-ammo/8314/3 "2014-12-16T20:19:40Z")

</div>

If you give me a knife and a stick, I’m fairly positive I could shoot said stick with my bow.

It’ll be as accurate as you expect a flying stick to be, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be easily done.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Ember](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/838e76/32.png) [@Ember](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ember)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arrow-shafts-unusuable-as-ammo/8314/4 "2014-12-16T20:31:29Z")

</div>

yea i agree, atleast let us craft crude arrows that we can use with the crude self bow

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arrow-shafts-unusuable-as-ammo/8314/5 "2014-12-20T22:06:31Z")

</div>

Tell that to all the people who reported “arrows without fletchings are useless” as a bug.  
Supporting that pointless but feasible action isn’t worth the confusion it causes.  
I’m tempted to just nuke the self bow for the same reason.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Daidalon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@Daidalon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Daidalon)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 5:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arrow-shafts-unusuable-as-ammo/8314/6 "2014-12-21T05:00:10Z")

</div>

[quote=“Kevin Granade, post:5, topic:8314”]Tell that to all the people who reported “arrows without fletchings are useless” as a bug.  
Supporting that pointless but feasible action isn’t worth the confusion it causes.  
I’m tempted to just nuke the self bow for the same reason.[/quote]  
… they really did that?

you’re shooting a pointed stick wildly using a bow that looks (and works) like a tree limb held together with twine. Yeah, it’ll probably work, but if you’re trying to hunt anything bigger than small game, you’re an idiot.