Crossbows in Dark Souls II are a type of ranged Weapon that's also similar to Bows but fire crossbow bolts as ammunition instead of arrows. When wielded with one hand, Crossbows can still fired using the auto-aim feature, but to manually aim, players would need to wield the weapon with two hands. Crossbows can also be powerstanced which allows players to fire both weapons at once. The rate of fire is considerably faster than Bows, but the reload animation is what slows down Crossbows. Crossbows are also set apart by their physical damage with crossbow bolts. Infusing vrossbow bolts can also prove to be effective but note that it cannot be infused with Bleed or Poison. This page covers a list of all Crossbows in Dark Souls 2.
All Crossbows in Dark Souls 2
Quick Search of All Crossbows in Dark Souls 2
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 Light Crossbow |
125 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 |
100 - 10 10 |
13 - |
4 - |
- - |
- - |
- | - | 60 3.0 35 |
-Up a ladder near Cardinal Tower in Forest of Fallen Giants. -Sold by Steady Hand McDuff. |
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 Heavy Crossbow |
145 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 |
100 - 10 10 |
20 - |
6 - |
- - |
- - |
- | - | 70 4.0 40 |
-Sold by Weaponsmith Ornifex. -In an iron chest before Covetous Demon, in Earthen Peak (+3). |
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 Shield Crossbow |
112 100 |
0 65 |
0 55 |
0 55 |
0 45 |
0 - 0 45 - 45 45 - 45 |
100 - 10 30 |
19 - |
10 - |
- - |
- - |
- | - | 60 8.0 45 |
Trade the Executioner's Chariot Soul to Straid of Olaphis. | |
 Avelyn |
85 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 |
100 - 10 10 |
25 - |
15 - |
- - |
- - |
- | - | 40 6.0 35 |
Illusory wall in Undead Crypt in the room before the hallway with the dual greatshield wielding enemies. | |
 Sanctum Repeating Crossbow |
76 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0+ |
0- 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 |
100 - 10 10 |
20 | 15 | 10 | 10 | C | 35 10.0 40 |
DLC Item: Crown of the Sunken King
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 Sanctum Crossbow |
169 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0+ |
0- 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 |
100 - 10 0 |
13 | 4 | 10 | 10 | C | 45 3.0 40 |
DLC Item: Crown of the Sunken King
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| + This weapon deals dark damage, but has 0 base damage. Bonuses from scaling and Dark Clutch ring apply to it. | ||||||||||||||||
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For melee builds these are a lifesaver (no need to waste points into magic for ranged attacks).
My advice is, pick a crossbow that you like in the early-mid game, then upgrade it all the way to +10. Yes, its worth it because you'll be using it the whole game. My favourite is Heavy Crossbow as you can get it with free +3 in Earthen Peak. The machine gun crossbows are best but they are only found late game so they are useless unless you go for NG+.
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At what faith/int lv does the elemental infusion do more damage than raw?
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+10
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