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Crownfall

Skillset guide

ArcheAge Archery skills & passives

Ranged bow combat and control.

Archery emblem

Fight from range with focused shots or keep moving while attacking. Positioning and the distance to your target shape how you use its tools.

Archery active skills

Each skill costs one of your 20 points. Some open only after you have spent points elsewhere in Archery.

  • Rapid Shot

    Fire a continuous sequence of ranged attacks.

  • Impact Shot

    Deliver a forceful ranged shot that slows its target.

  • Aimed Shot

    Increase ranged critical damage and accuracy while giving up blocking, parrying, and evasion.

  • Dazzling Shot

    Damage an enemy with a brilliant shot that impairs their vision.

  • Snare

    Root nearby enemies to prevent them from moving.

  • Moving Shot

    Keep moving to build armor penetration and resist pulling effects; stopping ends the active bonus.

  • Survival Instinct

    Ranged critical hits increase movement speed, and activating the skill refreshes Snare and Repelling Shot.

  • Hawk's Claw

    Leap backward, increase ranged critical chance, and prepare an instant explosive shot.

  • Multishot

    Release several shots together to damage and slow enemies.

  • Repelling Shot

    Requires 3 other points in this skillset

    Fire a shot that drives an enemy away and damages targets nearby.

  • Bomb Shot

    Requires 4 other points in this skillset

    Fire an explosive shot that damages nearby enemies and can silence them.

  • Snipe

    Requires 6 other points in this skillset

    Strike a distant enemy with a powerful shot that removes magical shields.

Archery passives

Passives unlock automatically as you invest in a skillset.

  • Wild Instinct

    Unlocks at 3 points

    Increases movement speed.

  • Persistence

    Unlocks at 4 points

    Reduces Archery mana costs while the relevant shooting stances are active.

  • Precision Shooting

    Unlocks at 5 points

    Bow attacks from Archery gain damage as they approach their optimal range.

  • Wild Claws

    Unlocks at 6 points

    Archery critical hits build attack-speed stacks and reduce shooting-skill cooldowns.

  • Sharpshooter

    Unlocks at 7 points

    Increases Archery attack-skill damage.

  • Keen Eyes

    Unlocks at 8 points

    Increases ranged critical chance.

Classes with Archery

The 78 classes made of Archery and two other skillsets. Select a class to open it in the calculator.

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