Compound Bow

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A high-tech bow made of durable alloy, can launch arrows at high velocity. Requires arrows to fire.

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Weapon

Type

Bow

Ammo used

Stone Arrow

Flame Arrow

Tranquilizer Arrow

Metal Arrow

Toxicant Arrow

Melee damage

10.0

Ranged damage

75 / 75 / 27 / 175.5 / 27

Rate of fire

0.37 RPS

Reload time

0.66 seconds

DPS

27.75 / 27.75 / 9.99 / 64.935 / 9.99

Item

Weight

12.0

Durability

55.0 (-0.1 per use)

Single use

Added in

v190.0

Spawn Command

cheat giveitemnum 372 1 0 0
or
cheat gfi CompoundBow 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_WeaponCompoundBow.PrimalItem_WeaponCompoundBow'" 1 0 0

Crafting

Required level

Level 79

Engram points

40 EP

Crafting XP

20 XP

Prerequisites

Crafted in

Required stations

Refining Forge

Ingredients

95 × Polymer, Organic Polymer, or Corrupted Nodule

85 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

75 × Cementing Paste or Achatina Paste

Overview

The Compound Bow in ARK: Survival Evolved is an advanced bow and the only bow able to fire armor-piercing Metal Arrows. When firing anything other than the metal arrows however, the Compound Bow actually deals less damage than a Crossbow. Since torpor gain from Tranquilizer Arrow scales with damage, it is less efficient for taming as well.

Unlike the wooden pull-back Bow, the Compound Bow has an actual sight.

Players have to pull the arrow around 90% back way to get the maximum damage output. The actual maximum damage output requires players to shoot more rapidly and consume more arrows. Additionally, overpulling the arrow shakes the screen, which would cause a decrease in accuracy.

Incredibly useful for pvp and for killing magmasaurs since they take reduced damage from firearms and the compound bow is not a firearm.

Video

Walkthrough showing crafting requirements and damage

Weapons

For a side-by-side comparison of all weapons, see the Weapons page! For a comparison of reload and draw times, see Weapon Mechanics!

Melee

Electric Prod • Lance • Pike • Shield (Wooden, Metal, Riot, Tek) • Spear (Flaming) • Sword (Tek) • Tek Claws • Club

Ranged

Primitive	Bola • Bow (Compound, Tek) • Crossbow • Flare Gun • Slingshot • Boomerang

Firearms	Assault Rifle • Charge Lantern • Fabricated Sniper Rifle • Flamethrower • Harpoon Launcher • Longneck Rifle • Minigun • Pistol (Fabricated) • Shotgun (Pump-Action) • Tek Phase Pistol • Tek Railgun • Tek Rifle • Tek Shoulder Cannon

Attachments	Flashlight • Holo-Scope • Laser • Scope • Silencer

Ammunition

Bullets	Bullet (Simple, Advanced) • Shotgun Ammo (Simple) • Rifle Ammo (Simple, Advanced) • Sniper Bullet (Advanced)

Projectiles	Arrow (Stone, Tranq, Metal, Flame) • Boulder • Cannon Ball • Chain Bola • Grappling Hook • Jar of Pitch • Net Projectile • Pheromone Dart • Spear Bolt (Tranq) • Stone • Tranquilizer Dart (Shocking) • Zip-Line Anchor

Other	Charge Battery • Element • Element Shard • Flamethrower Ammo • Gasoline

Tools

Chainsaw • Glow Stick • Hatchet (Stone, Metal) • Lasso • Metal Sickle • Mining Drill • Pick (Stone, Metal, Climbing) • Pliers • Taxidermy Tool • Torch • Whip

Emplacements

Auto Turret (Heavy) • Ballista Turret • Cannon • Catapult Turret • Minigun Turret • Plant Species X • Rocket Turret • Tek Turret

Explosives

C4 Detonator (C4 Charge) • Cannon Shell • Cruise Missile • Grenade (Smoke, Poison, Cluster, Tek, Tek Gravity) • Water Mine • IED • Plant Species Z Fruit • Rocket Launcher (RPG, Homing Missile) • Rocket Pod • Tek Grenade Launcher

Traps

Bear Trap (Large) • Oil Jar • Plant Species Y Trap • Tripwire Alarm • Tripwire Narcotic

Spawnables

Scout Remote • Unassembled Enforcer • Unassembled Mek • Unassembled TEK Hover Skiff

Taming

Plants

Amarberry • Azulberry • Citronal • Longrass • Mejoberry • Narcoberry • Rockarrot • Savoroot • Stimberry • Tintoberry

Meat

Meat (Raw, Cooked, Jerky) • Prime Meat (Raw, Cooked, Jerky) • Fish Meat (Raw, Cooked) • Prime Fish Meat (Raw, Cooked) • Raw Mutton • Cooked Lamb Chop • Spoiled Meat

Kibble

Base	Basic • Simple • Regular • Superior • Exceptional • Extraordinary

Augmented	Basic • Simple • Regular • Superior • Exceptional • Extraordinary

Egg-based	Allosaurus • Ankylo • Araneo • Archaeopteryx • Argentavis • Baryonyx • Bronto • Camelsaurus • Carbonemys • Carno • Compy • Dilo • Dimetrodon • Dimorph • Diplo • Dodo • Featherlight • Gallimimus • Glowtail • Ichthyornis • Iguanodon • Kairuku • Kaprosuchus • Kentrosaurus • Lystrosaurus • Mantis • Megalania • Megalosaurus • Microraptor • Moth • Moschops • Oviraptor • Pachy • Pachyrhino • Parasaur • Pegomastax • Pelagornis • Pteranodon • Pulmonoscorpius • Raptor • Rock Drake • Quetzal • Rex • Sarco • Spino • Stego • Tapejara • Terror Bird • Therizinosaurus • Thorny Dragon • Titanoboa • Trike • Troodon • Vulture

Tools

Weapons	Slingshot • Wooden Club • Bow → Crossbow → Compound Bow (Tranq, Flame) • Longneck Rifle (Tranq, Shocking) • Harpoon Launcher (Tranq) • Electric Prod • Flamethrower (Ammo) • Rocket Launcher (RPG, Homing Missile) • Catapult Turret (Boulder) • Cannon (Cannon Ball)

Armor	Ghillie Armor (Mask, Chestpiece, Gauntlets, Leggings, Boots)

Other

Taming Food	AnglerGel • Beer Jar • Black Pearl • Broth of Enlightenment • Clay • Feces • Deathworm Horn • Eggs • Giant Bee Honey • Golden Hesperornis Egg • Leech Blood • Mushroom (Aggeravic, Aquatic, Ascerbic, Auric) • Nameless Venom • Organic Polymer • Plant Species R Seed • Plant Species X Seed • Plant Species Y Seed • Plant Species Z Seed • Rare Flower • Rare Mushroom • Reaper Pheromone Gland • Snow Owl Pellet • Stone • Sulfur • Sweet Vegetable Cake • Wyvern Milk

Narcotics	Bio Toxin • Narcotic

Taming Ingredients	Ammonite Bile • Chitin • Oil • Obsidian • Sap • Sparkpowder

Other	Bug Repellant

Compound Bow

Overview

Video

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