Ranged combat is just as important as close encounters in Windbound. Getting the drop on enemies with a quick arrow or three will give you an advantage before they can attack, and make them easier to kill.
Windbound's best long-range weapon is the bow. Unlike other weapons that you might have a chance to find in the game, you will have to craft a bow yourself. To make a basic bow, you will need a stick and some floss. The sticks can be cut using your utility knife, but floss can be difficult to find in the first two or three chapters.
Silk Thread can only be obtained by killing Silkmaws. These fuzzy purple balls can be seen hiding in silky cocoons on dense forest islands. Once you are within striking distance, they will attack you as a group. However, they are easy to kill and interacting with their corpses will give you silk thread.
Once you have both materials, open the crafting menu and browse until you see the bow tile icon. Press the craft button to make your first bow. To use the bow, hold down the attack button. This brings up a crosshair that you can aim down, and the number next to the crosshair also tells you how many arrows are available. Release the attack button to shoot an arrow.
There are other bows you can craft in Windbound, but these powerful ones require different materials. You can see the items you need for each bow below.
Hunter's Bow
Plainstalker Arch
- A leather
- Two horns of Plainstalker
- Two silk threads
Storm bow
- Gemme One Storm’s Eye
- A grass rope
- A stick
Arc of Torment
- A jewel from the heart of Leviathan
- A grass rope
- A stick
