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Poison Arrow
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Poison Arrow
Description
Added in
v0.32
Item type
Projectile
Obtained through
Crafting
Equipable
No
Upgradable
No
Throwable
No
Spoils
No
Storage
Arrow Basket
Statistics
Other Effects
Poisons what it hits
Damage 
21 with Crafted Bow
33 with Modern Bow
Max. Stack
30
50 with Quiver
Used by
Crafted Bow
Modern Bow


Poison arrows are upgraded arrows added by v0.32 update of The Forest.

Gameplay[]

Poison arrows can be used with a crafted bow or a modern bow. The poison arrow will apply a damage over time poison effect, plus the original damage of an arrow. The effects do not stack.

Successfully poisoned enemies will get slowed movements and will do less damage for a short time. Poison lasts longer but does smaller damage than burning. [citation needed] If successfully poisoned, enemies skin will turn to green. Several shots may be necessary especially for mutants and strongest cannibals for the poison effect to apply.

They can be collected on dead corpses like regular arrows but their poison effect will be removed, needing the player to poison them again if they wish to.

It doesn't matter what poison berry or mushroom type you use to make poison arrows, it will create the same arrow regardless. Using bone arrows to craft poison arrows is a waste, it won't increase their damage or poison.

On the PlayStation 4 version, the player must look down and press R1 to change between arrow types, including poison arrows.

Crafting[]

5
IconPoisonArrow
=
5
IconArrow
+
4
IconTwinberry
OR
4
IconSnowberries
OR
1
IconAmanitaMushroom
OR
1
IconJackMushroom
Poison
Arrows
Any
Arrows
Twin
Berries
Snow
Berries
Amanita
Mushroom
Jack
Mushroom
5
IconArrow
=
1
IconStick
+
5
IconFeather
Arrows Stick Feathers
5
IconBoneArrow
=
1
IconStick
+
5
IconFeather
+
5
IconBone
Bone
Arrows
Stick Feathers Bones

All arrow types can be used to make poison arrows, even modern arrows. However, they will revert back to regular arrows after they are shot.

Storage[]

Poison Arrow can be stored in:

1
IconArrowBasket
=
25
IconStick
Arrow
Basket
Stick

Additional arrow storage can be achieved by making a Quiver, this will increase the carrying capacity from 30 to 50.

1
IconQuiver
=
3
IconRabbitFur
+
1
IconRope
Quiver Rabbit
Fur
Rope

Known Bugs[]

  • It is possible to shoot 2 arrows at once by pressing Left Mouse Button very fast after releasing first arrow.

Gallery[]

Update History[]

Version Changes
v1.0 Items that cannot be crafted due to being at max capacity in inventory now show up in recipe list with an icon showing it cannot be carried
v0.72 Snowberries can now be used like twinberries to poison weapons and arrows

Fixed enemies sometimes not turning green when shot with poison arrows

v0.69b Fixed missing arrow + jack mushroom = poison arrow recipe
v0.66 You can now make poison arrows using poisoned mushrooms
v0.62 (Multiplayer) Dead backpack now preserves item bonuses such as fire, poison or bone arrows
v0.55 Fixed poison arrow effects not being applied to enemies correctly
v0.44 Fixed regression with stick & rock bag changes causing poisoned arrows to not show up as such (but functional anyways) and incendiary upgraded spear to not work correctly
v0.42 New poisoned effect: when shot with poisoned arrows enemy movement is slowed and damage output is reduced for a short time

Added information about poison arrows to survival book

v0.37 Poison arrow can no longer poison player when shooting while sprinting forward
v0.36 Fixed player not being able to climb ropes while affected by poison/cold/thirst etc
v0.34 Fixed bugs when mixing fire/poison/regular arrows on crafting mat

Fixed inventory batching with fire/poison/regular pile of arrows (both to and from the crafting mat), batching arrows will now only grab the targeted type (i.e. control click on poison arrow while having 7 poison arrow and 20 fire arrow in the pile will move only 7 poison arrow instead of 10 arrows with undetermined bonus)

Fixed held arrow type switching when having a mixed fire/poison/regular pile of arrows, also fixes fire staying up on arrow sometimes

v0.33 (Balance) Increased arrow poison tick delay & total duration

Poisoned arrows can now also infect players & animals ! Players can cure it with aloe vera

Added poison arrow bonus green looking material

v0.32 Poison arrows added to the game

New upgrade recipe: Arrows + 4 Twinberry = Poisoned arrows (can be batched) (Poison lasts longer but does smaller damage per tick than fire)




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