Karil's crossbow



Karil's crossbow is a ranged weapon that is part of Karil the Tainted's set of barrows equipment. Karil's crossbow is a two handed weapon, unlike other crossbows, and requires 70 Ranged to wield. As a crossbow, Karil's crossbow requires ammunition; it uses bolt racks. It is currently the only crossbow which uses bolt racks as ammunition. It is also popular while defeating TzTok-Jad. This is the only Barrows weapon that does not require 70 Attack to use. Karil's crossbow is also somewhat popular among player-killers because of its ranged attack bonus being nearly that of a Rune crossbow, however with the speed and strength of a Magic shortbow, along with the fact that since the ammunition is non-retrievable, the cape slot can be switched from Ava's accumulator to a cape that provides defence bonuses.

Being part of Karil's barrows set, if Karil's crossbow is wielded along with all of the other pieces of equipment in Karil's barrows set the player receives a special attack. On successful attacks with Karil's crossbow against a player, there is a chance that it may temporarily lower that player's Agility level. This weapon cannot be made using the Fletching skill.

This weapon is weaker than the Rune crossbow in the aspect of ranged bonus, making it the second strongest crossbow in the game. It also has a much lower max hit than a rune crossbow (when said crossbow is using rune bolts), and while the speed is greater, it is typically considered a much weaker weapon than a rune crossbow. Many players are concerned about this, as Karil's crossbow is much more expensive to maintain and has a higher requirement, however this issue may be backed up by the fact that the Karils crossbow ISNT realistically a crossbow, but is infact an upgraded Shortbow and Arrows.

This weapon can be fixed at by Bob at Bob's Axes in Lumbridge, Tindel Merchant in Port Khazard, or at an armour stand in a player-owned house. It is recommended that an armour stand is used, as it saves money based on the player's smithing level. Karil's crossbow can be fixed at any degrade stage.

Repair
'' * - Karil's crossbow is only tradeable when undamaged or fully broken. ''

Trivia

 * Karil's crossbow seems to be based off the real life Chu-ke nu （諸葛弩）, an ancient Chinese crossbow that used a rapid fire system.
 * Karil's crossbow appears to have originated from the Eastern Lands as its ammunition is sold by an Eastern Lander named Ak-Haranu.
 * Karil's crossbow is the only Barrows weapon that does not need an attack level to wield.
 * Despite being called a Crossbow, it's speed and weaponry strength reflects being an upgrade from a Magic Shortbow with Rune Arrows. The fact that Karil's Crossbow is 2-handed, has the same speed as a Shortbow, and uses ammo that is slightly stronger than that of Rune Arrows support that a Karil's Crossbow has more in common with a Shortbow than a Crossbow. Another fact is that Karil's crossbow cannot be used with a Mithril Grapple. This might conclude that the only reason its named a crossbow is by its appearance.
 * Sometimes, the firing animation and damage "splat" do not match. When this happens, nothing happens when the player fires the crossbow. When the player puts down the crossbow before reloading again, a bolt is seen flying from the player and doing damage. This is most likely caused by lag.