# Steel Bolt recipe for crossbows?
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/steel-bolt-recipe-for-crossbows/2440
**Category:** The Drawing Board
**Created:** [July 28, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/steel-bolt-recipe-for-crossbows/2440 "2013-07-28T01:05:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Whitelight](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Whitelight)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/steel-bolt-recipe-for-crossbows/2440/1 "2013-07-28T01:05:15Z")
Using a small edit of metal arrow shafts atm to construct steel bolts that is similar convention wise to wooden bolts. I would love to see an appropriately balanced recipe for it added to the game when time permits:
{
“result” : “bolt\_steel”,
“category” : “CC\_AMMO”,
“skill\_pri” : “mechanics”,
“skill\_sec” : “archery”,
“difficulty” : 5,
“time” : 5000,
“reversible” : false,
“autolearn” : true,
“tools” : [
[
[“hacksaw”, -1],
[“toolset”, -1]
],
[
[“rock”, -1],
[“primitive\_hammer”, -1],
[“hammer”, -1],
[“hatchet”, -1],
[“toolset”, -1]
]
],
“components” : [
[
[“scrap”, 6],
[“steel\_chunk”, 2]
]
]
},
---
### Author:  [@Morrigi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Morrigi)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/steel-bolt-recipe-for-crossbows/2440/2 "2013-07-29T14:48:13Z")
We just need more options in general for crossbow bolts. Fletched, not fletched, incendiary, steel, fire-hardened, etc.
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### Author:  [@vultures](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vultures)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/steel-bolt-recipe-for-crossbows/2440/3 "2013-07-30T00:29:29Z")
Since bolts are IMHO smaller than ordinary arrows, can we consider creating them from bones?
Since the steel ones rarely break, these would be the opposite end-of-scale, shattering in the victim’s body?
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### Author:  [@Morrigi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Morrigi)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/steel-bolt-recipe-for-crossbows/2440/4 "2013-07-31T02:51:31Z")
They are shorter but of similar mass, and can be much more massive than longbow arrows when you get into particularly high draw weights like the siege crossbow thing that we have. That said, you can already make bone arrowheads. Furthermore, a crossbow bolt shaft made of bone is firmly in the realm of fantasy and has, to my knowledge, never been done. If you google it and all you get is runescape references…
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### Author:  [@darth\_servo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/darth_servo)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/steel-bolt-recipe-for-crossbows/2440/5 "2013-07-31T12:58:03Z")
Well, Runescape & Dwarf Fortress. Also, there’s apparently a carbon crossbow bolt called a “Bone Crusher”…