Stats
- Damage
- 34
- Range
- 3,400
- Shop price
- 20c
- Rank required
- 1
- Ammo
- Bolt
- Category
- Crossbow
Where it sits on the Anvil ladder
The Weapon Upgrade Anvil runs two ladders: upgrading walks a piece up its own family, while trading jumps sideways into a different weapon — and trades can bypass rank locks the shop enforces.
Cosmetic twins
The Aged Latchet Crossbow is a stat-identical reskin of this weapon. If a shop or pack is charging you for the engraved version, it buys nothing but the engraving.
Comparable weapons
What else fills the same slot, ordered by damage. This family only has a couple of members, so the nearest relative is included too.
| Weapon | Dmg | Range | Cost | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longbow | 60 | 4,000 | 15c | — |
| Recurve Bow | 57 | 3,600 | 25c | 2 |
| Crossbow | 40 | 4,400 | 30c | 2 |
| Latchet Crossbow | 40 | 4,000 | 40c | 3 |
| Aged Latchet Crossbow | 34 | 3,400 | 20c | 2 |
Carrying it
Every shot feeds the forest's awakening timer, so a ranged kill is never free — see noise discipline. It is silent, which means it does not wake anything the way a firearm does — usually the better trade even at 40–60 damage against a musket's 66. Ammunition economics are on the items page.
This is an Agedpiece — one rung below its finished version, which is exactly why it's worth buying. Measured across all seventeen aged/finished pairs the damage penalty runs 8–15%, while range drops much harder. Buy it for the low entry price and the missing rank lock, then feed it to the Anvil.
Keep reading
All 51 distinct weapons with the Anvil ladder.
The four roles a crew settles into.
What this is pointed at, with HP and multipliers.
How the shop opens up as you climb.
Michael for blades, Barbara for guns.
Affording the tier you actually want.
Aged Crossbow questions
How much damage does the Aged Crossbow do in The Mound?
34 damage, with 3,400 range. That ranks it 17 of 36 among weapons with published figures. The game never shows you this number in-game, so it is a community measurement — we publish it only because two independent databases agree on it.
How much does the Aged Crossbow cost?
20c in the shop, and it needs explorer rank 1 before it appears. As an Aged piece it's the cheap entry to its family — the Anvil finishes the job.
What does the Aged Crossbow upgrade into?
The Crossbow, for 20 tokens at the Weapon Upgrade Anvil aboard the Tempestad. It can also trade sideways into a Latchet Crossbow for 25 tokens.