Fletcher's Trestle - Archery Mod
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An abandoned rangers' lookout, found in forests, taigas, hills and savannas. A dormant garrison waits on its platform.
Three emplacements and the unwound body of a Bolt Warden. The chest beside it always holds a Mechanical Trigger to wind it back up.
A Bolt Warden's eyes and clockwork heart glow while it mans its post.
Bolt Wardens crew emplacements, reload at the crossbow's own speed, and fire on anything hostile in their cone.
Mount any crossbow on an Emplacement, fit a quiver, and the wardens do the rest. Range counts across the ground, so walls and towers pay off.
A swivel-mounted trestle: the crossbow follows its target and stops at the edge of its firing cone.
Every Bolt Warden takes the look of the logs it was built from, oak to warped, bamboo included.
Off duty, wardens potter between their posts, tinker with the crossbows, and salute you as you walk by.
Shaving Horse, Steam Box, Fletching Table, Dipping Vat and Crossbow Bench: every bow part is made by hand.
Soften shaved limbs over a fire. Pipes and hoppers can run it for you.
Every wood makes a different bow. Mix limbs, risers and strings, and with the server option on, laminate two woods into a composite.
Skeletons, strays, bogged and pillagers carry modular weapons made from the woods around them.
Tame an eagle: it fetches your arrows, stoops on targets you mark with a spyglass, flies at your wing and guards you.
Targets that read your shot groups, training dummies, arrow slits, and a garrison on the horizon.
Weave flax into linen in 17 colours and string feather garlands between nails.
Grow flax, shave and steam your limbs, then tune the bow at the Fletching Table.
Modular Arrows in a Target
Archery Target UI
Fletching Table UI
Shooting at an Archery Target with a Modular Bow