Archer

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Type: Ranged

The Archer is a skilled warrior in ranged combat, using a bow to rain death from afar. The Archer does not start with any arrows, but has the ability to make them from trees or buy them from an arrow workshop.

• [Left click] - Aim, click and hold, release to shoot
• [Right click] - Make arrows from trees, collect fired arrows, destroy dirt blocks. If your bow is drawn you can right click to cancel your shot.
• [S] - The Archer drops to the ground making him harder to target for enemy archers, and he can also look like dead to naive players and does not collide with enemies.
• [W] (on a tree) - The Archer has learned to climb trees to get a better view of the battlefield, hide himself from enemies and snipe them without getting noticed.

Bow

A bow drawn by an Archer

The bow is the archer's weapon of choice.

Aim with cursor by pressing left mouse. The longer you hold the further you shoot. Release to shoot.

The Bow uses arrows.

A fully charged shot will break a knight's shield block for a moment, confusing him and allowing allies to attack.

Arrows

Arrows are one of the items of the game. They are used as ammunition by the archer, who can make them by chopping a tree (by right-clicking it) or buying them at an arrow workshop. Arrows stuck in terrain or buildings also can be obtained by right-clicking. Arrows are dropped on death and can be looted.

Arrows shot by an Archer can be used by archers to jump on, which allows them to climb over high structures. However they need to be stuck in angle close to 90 degrees.

Archer can carry maximum 250 arrows at once.

Item reference

Image	Item Name	How to Mine One Item
	Arrow	1⁄3 x Tree Block

Gameplay Tips

• Archers can only destroy dirt blocks, making them ill suited for leading raids.

• Archers cannot damage themselves or teammates with arrows.

• Archers are slower and don't jump as high when charging a shot.

• The faster an arrow flies the more damage it inflicts, to a maximum of 1.5 hearts.

• Despite the red charge area being fairly big there are no variations in arrow speed between the beginning of the red charge and the end of the red charge. There are only 3 different levels of base speed.

• A fully drawn arrow (yellow circle around the cursor) breaks a knight's shield block for a moment, stunning him and allowing allies to attack.

• Archers can scale walls using fired arrows as makeshift ladders. Fire at a wall while jumping to quickly scale it.

• Pressing down [S] causes the Archer to lay flat on the ground. Use it to hide in bushes for an ambush, feign death or make yourself harder to target. Enemies do not collide with the Archer when lying down.

• Climb trees to get a safe spot when defending your castle.

• Because the Archer is able to collect fired arrows by right clicking, it is also possible to 'catch' arrows mid flight, but is very difficult to achieve due to latency and arrow speed.

• When making arrows from trees, every right-click makes one arrow. As such, if the Archer right-clicks the block above the very bottom of the tree twice, then destroys the bottom block, they will gain five arrows instead of three, and the twice-notched block above the bottom will fall to the ground, becoming a fully-healed trunk. This process can be repeated until there is only a trunk left. For example, if a tree is five blocks tall, it is possible to get 23 arrows from it, rather than a mere 15.

Update History

Build 263

• Arrows don't stick to shields

Build 262

• Arrows stick to bodies

Build 200

• Arrows now go through bridges

Build 190

• Archer doesn't draw arrow if no arrows
• Wood, stone, gold is automatically picked up only by builder; arrows by Archer; bombs by knight
• Only 50% of arrows drop drom dead Archer
• Bomb can destroy dropped arrows
• Archers can climb trees
• Archer has 3 firing options (indicated by cursor color): slow, normal and charged
• Arrows are generally faster but have a lot more drag
• Arrows damage is based on velocity (dragged/out of screen arrows are weaker)
• Archer can cancel shot with [right mouse] click
• Fixed arrows losing effectiveness when lobbying them
• Archer stomp doesn't do damage
• Archer charge cursor appears only after arrow is drawn
• Fixed killed Archer arrow not firing
• Moved arrow origin 2 pixel higher
• Fixed 3 heart Archer

Build 67

• Slow arrows give half damage

Build 40

• Improved arrow collisions (from circle to line)

Build 32

• Fixed arrow map collisions
• Added fast arrow springy sound hit

Build 24

• Added picking up old arrows
• Start arrows increased to 10
• Arrows can’t be fired immediately
• Arrows are faster