Missile weapon

Missile weapons are one of the weapon types found in MUME. Many missile weapons inflict considerable amounts of damage, while requiring little strength to wield. Thus these weapons are mostly used by thieves, but are viable for other light classes, such as clerics. While powerful, using them is more complicated than other weapon types, as they require their users to have appropriate missiles on hand.

Longbows

These bows take longer to fire, but inflict more damage. This makes them ideal for attacking a target that is engaged with another character, as you cannot be interrupted, but you get more damage out of each arrow.

• embellished longbow - A very powerful longbow.
• yew longbow - A powerful longbow.
• longbow - A weak longbow.

Shortbows

These bows fire faster, but inflict less damage than longbows or crossbows. This makes them ideal for attacking a target that is engaged with you, as you will be able to fire more arrows without being interrupted. They are also used frequently to disrupt other player's

• black horn shortbow - a very fast shooting bow.
• orkish shortbow - a fast shooting bow.
• elven shortbow - a fast shooting bow.
• shortbow - a fast shooting, weak bow.

Crossbows

Crossbows shoot slowly, but inflict a good amount of damage. They are also effective against armoured opponents. They also have the benefit of being loaded before being shot. You can load a crossbow, and as long as you do not remove it it will remain loaded. A loaded crossbow shot cannot be interrupted, and fires very quickly.

• crossbow - a powerful crossbow.
• light crossbow - a less powerful crossbow.

Sling

Slings are a weak missile weapon. They inflict little damage and have poor accuracy, but their speed is fast. They see little use, but they have one benefit; you can find more sling stones just by searching for them in proper areas.

• sling - the only sling weapon