In Sons of the Forest, bows are long-range weapons that can be used to stealthily take out cannibals and monsters from a safe distance. In the game, you can craft a homemade bow and find a modern compound bow that has higher stats.
In this guide, we will tell you how to get this weapon. You'll also learn how to craft and find a variety of bow arrows, ranging from stone arrowheads to carbon fiber arrowheads.
How to Make a Homemade Bow
Luckily, you can craft a bow in Sons of the Forest within the first few hours of the game. To craft it, you will need the following materials: 1 rope, 1 tape and 2 sticks. The latter are the easiest to find, as they lie in large numbers on the ground in the forest. You can also get them by breaking nearby bushes or slender trees by hitting them with almost any tool.
Note: If you are too lazy to collect resources, you can ask your companion Kelvin to find them.
Where to find tape
It can be found in containers lying around near the place where your helicopter crashed. Two Scotch tapes also lie on the coast, not far from one of your spawn points. The screenshots below show the exact location of these items.
Where to find rope
This will be a little more difficult. As a rule, these items lie in caves or near camps. The map below shows the approximate location of the ropes on the island. We decided to show its northwestern part, since it is in it that you will spawn at the very beginning.
The red circle highlights a location located on the coast next to one of your spawn locations. There you are guaranteed to be able to find two ropes. Having obtained all the necessary items, open your inventory, select the recipe for a homemade bow and craft it by clicking on the gear.
Where to find the Compound Bow
You can find a modern bow in only one place - it is hidden in a bunker located in the southwestern part of the island. You will need shovel to get to it. So, go to the place shown in the screenshots below. The site you need is located in the forest thicket. It can be seen from afar, as there is geodetic equipment, a campground and a car next to it.
Then pick up a shovel and start digging in the indicated place. Soon you will dig a hatch. Open it and go down. You will enter the shelter - start moving forward along the corridor, and then turn into the right passage. After going into a small room with a 3D printer, go to the bedroom, and from there enter the bathroom.
Next to the bathroom, you will find a corpse, next to which the compound bow you need will lie. We advise you to return to the corridor after finding the weapon and go straight to the warehouse. There you can find snacks and supplies, which may include the resin needed for a 3D printer.
How to make arrows in Sons of the Forest
At this point in time, you can find 3 types of arrows in the game: stone, printed and carbon fiber. Below we will tell you how to get them.
Stone arrows
They deal the least damage but are the easiest to get as you can craft them yourself using the following materials:
- 2 sticks - above we have already told how they can be mined.
- 4 small stones - can be found almost anywhere on earth. In large numbers lying on the coast.
- 2 Feathers - Dropped by killed birds like seagulls (guaranteed spawn locations are shown on the map below). You can also build a birdhouse to attract birds and collect feathers.
Having obtained all the necessary items, go to inventory, select all the necessary materials and click on the gear to make arrows.
Unsealed arrows
To make them, you first need to find a 3D printer. Four such devices can be found on the island. One of them, by the way, is located in the same bunker as the compound bow. On the map below you can see the approximate location of all relevant devices.
To create 5 arrows, you need 50 resin, which can be found in the storage rooms of bunkers or in cases lying next to abandoned camps. Their location can be seen on interactive map. Having obtained the necessary resources, just go to the laptop near the 3D printer and interact with it.
Carbon fiber arrows
They cannot be crafted or printed - you can only find them in random containers or bunkers. They tend to just lie on tables, in dark corners, or on the floor, so keep a close eye on all areas. Plus, you can just use cheats to receive them.
How to use a bow
First of all, make sure you have arrows. The very first time you use the bow, you will find that it is "not loaded", so press the "K" (R) key to take the arrow and place it on the bowstring.
Then pull the string, aim (there is no sight as such in the game, so you will have to aim at the eye), raising the tip above your target, since ballistics should be taken into account. The farther the enemy is, the higher you will need to raise the tip. When using a homemade bow, there is a good chance that the arrow will simply not reach the enemy, so we advise you to get a blocky version of the weapon as soon as possible.
We also recommend that you practice your archery by shooting various animals, trees and paper targets that are sometimes found in containers. Don't forget that you can pick up fired projectiles - just walk up to them and press the Y (E) key.
How to change arrows
If you have several types of arrows and want to change them, then pick up a bow, tilt the camera down until you see the item change icon, and then press the "K" (R) key. As a result, there will be a change of shells.
That's all the information about bows in Sons of the Forest that you might need. We hope that it will help you make a homemade bow, find a compound bow and get a variety of arrows for them.
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