Tetrix's Bowman Guide

This page is currently under construction, kindly do not edit my work unless permission is granted by me. Tetrix 04:59, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

So, you have decided to choose Bowman as a job? Your choice is great! However, you may want to know a lot about Bowman. You have come to a right place. This guide will guide you to become a powerful bowman. I will only create a guide on Hunter to Ranger, but not Crossbowman, however.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Bowman?

• Bowman is a job in MapleStory that uses bow or crossbow to attack.

How to become a Bowman?

To become a Bowman, you must be Level 10 or above with the DEX stats of 25. Once you fulfill the requirements, proceed to find Athena Pierce in Henesys, which is located in a house, far right side of Henesys Park.

What are the Pros and Cons of Bowman?

Pros

• Bowman uses ranged attack, so bowman may not get hurt easily at a distance.
• Bowman have high accuracy, which means monsters with high avoidability will not be a problem for bowmans, such as Hodori.
• Bowman can fire arrows much further than Magician.
• Bowman have the highest knock-back, because all bows have knock-back rate.
• Bowman can fire arrows without using arrows itself at Hunter level.
• Bowman is powerful and important to party at Bow Master level, because of the skill Sharp Eyes and Hurricane.

Cons

• Bowman have weak melee attack using bow, although bowman does not always use melee attack.
• Bowman have low HP, which cannot kill a very strong boss monsters by himself.
• Lower-levels weapons is relatively expensive.
• Arrows will be consumed quickly at lower-levels.
• Bowman cannot shoot very near range, and will hit enemy with a bow. Unless Mortal Blow is applied.

Archer

Now you need some monsters to kill to level up. Note that this is one way to level up. Another way is doing quests to level up. Also, you may wish to participate the Kerning City Party Quest.

AP Points

• For bowmans, you must have the STR stats and DEX. STR must be 5 points higher than your level.
• For example, if your level is 15, your STR must be 20. The rest of the points is added to DEX.
• But at higher levels, you may wish to stop adding STR and focus on adding DEX to strengthen your character.
• DEX raises your maximum attack, while STR raises your minimum attack.
• If you add STR, your attack will be more consistent.
• However, if you add DEX only, not only you cannot wear higher-levelled equipments and weapons, your damage will be more widespread. (If you know your Maths well, you will understand.)

Training

This is a recommended list of monsters you may want to train on.

• Level 10 to 20 - Slime
• Level 20 to 30 - Ghost Stump or Wooden Mask
• Level 25 to 30 - Wild Boar
• Level 25 to 30 - Rooster or Duck
• Level 25 to 30 - Party Quest (Kerning City)

Skills

Icon	Skill Name	Description	Type	Mastered	Element	Prerequisites
	Archer Mastery	Grants proficiency in the fundamentals of Archery. Increases Accuracy, Avoidability, Range, Speed, and Max Speed. You can use the skill without consuming arrows.	Passive	15	x	-
	Critical Shot	Increases Critical Hit Rate.	Passive	20	x	-
	Arrow Blow	Shoots arrows at multiple enemies.	Active	20	x	-
	Double Jump	Allows you to double-jump to cover more distance. Double-tap the ↑,↑ arrow keys to jump once in midair. Press the ↓,↓ arrow keys to descend quickly.	Supportive	10	x	-

The Blessing of Amazon

Main article: The Blessing of Amazon

This skill increases accuracy with a Master Level of 16. You must add 3 SP points to this in order to use the other two skills.

Critical Shot

Main article: Critical Shot

This skill allows you to perform a critical attack with a Master Level of 20. This skill is extremely important if you want to hit higher damage. Instead of the normal damage, which is shown in orange numbers, this shows up in red numbers. You must max this skill in order to become a strong Bowman.

The Eye of Amazon

Main article: The Eye of Amazon

This skill increases the range of attack with a Master Level of 8. This skill is important in order to fire arrows at monsters at far distance. You need 3 Blessing of Amazon to add this.

Focus

Main article: Focus

This skill increases your Accuracy and Avoidability for a period of time with a Master Level of 20. Not neccessarily needed, but you may want to add it. You need 3 Blessing of Amazon to add this.

Arrow Blow

Main article: Arrow Blow

This skill fires an arrow with more damage with a Master Level of 20. Not a very useful skill, but requires 1 Arrow Blow to unlock Double Shot.

Double Shot

Main article: Double Shot

This skill fires two arrows at once with more damage with a Master Level of 20. A useful aggressive skill, essential and very important to Bowman. You need 1 Arrow Blow to add this.

Build

• Level 10 - 1 Arrow Blow
• Level 11 - 3 The Blessing of Amazon
• Level 12 - 3 The Eye of Amazon
• Level 13 - 3 The Eye of Amazon
• Level 14 - 2 The Eye of Amazon, 1 Critical Shot
• Level 15 - 3 Critical Shot
• Level 16 - 3 Critical Shot
• Level 17 - 3 Critical Shot
• Level 18 - 3 Critical Shot
• Level 19 - 3 Critical Shot
• Level 20 - 3 Critical Shot
• Level 21 - 1 Critical Shot, 2 Double Shot
• Level 22 - 3 Double Shot
• Level 23 - 3 Double Shot
• Level 24 - 3 Double Shot
• Level 25 - 3 Double Shot
• Level 26 - 3 Double Shot
• Level 27 - 3 Double Shot

Until Level 27, you should have:

• 3 The Blessing of Amazon
• 20 Critical Shot (max)
• 8 The Eye of Amazon (max)
• 1 Arrow Blow
• 20 Double Shot (max)

The rest of the SP from Level 28 to Level 30, you may add on either The Blessing of Amazon or Focus, up to you.

Hunter

How to Advance to Hunter?

1. Once you are Level 30, head back to your job instructor Athena Pierce in Henesys.
2. She will give you a letter, and find the 2nd job instructor, found in Road to the Dungeon.
3. The 2nd job instructor will bring you to a map. You must hunt 30 Dark Marble from Evil Eye or Zombie Mushroom found in the map.
4. Once you have completed it, talk to the 2nd job instructor.
5. She will award you a medal, and bring you out of the map. Head back to Athena Pierce.
6. Talk to Athena Pierce and select "Hunter" to become a Hunter.

Training

This is a recommended list of monsters and quests to fight to train your character. I have included more than one option so that you will not get bored, training on the same monsters.

• Level 30 to 40 - Fire Boar
• Level 30 to 40 - Chicken, Duck or Sheep
• Level 40 to 50 - Stopnow, Nospeed or Freezer (Singapore)
• Level 40 to 50 - Monster Carnival
• Level 40 to 50 - Ludibrium Party Quest
• Level 51 to 60 - Freezer (Singapore) or Trucker
• Level 61 to 70 - Trucker, Selkie Jr. or Slimy
• Level 61 to 70 - Chlorotrap or Emo Slime
• Level 61 to 70 - Dark Fission or Oly Oly
• Level 61 to 70 - Party Quest (Orbis)
• Level 61 to 70 - Monster Carnival

Notes

• Trucker is a better choice for you to train your character from Level 55 to 70, because of its high experience, 160, despite being level 48. Trucker also drop 3 ETCs, which can be sold to shop so that you will get rich easy.
• The Mysterious Path 3 (also known as "MP3") is a very popular spot for training because Selkie Jr. and Slimy have high experiences and low levelled, and that place can be full of people. You may get 'ksed' there frequently and it will be better to train on Trucker until Level 70, if you are really patient.
• Ghost Ship 2, full of Slimy, also will be full of people.

Skills

Icon	Skill Name	Description	Type	Mastered	Element	Prerequisites
	Bow Mastery	Increases the weapon mastery and accuracy of bows.	Passive	10	x	-
	Final Attack - Bow	Grants a chance to deal additional damage after an attack. Must have a bow equipped.	Passive	20	x	Bow Mastery Lv. 3
	Bow Booster	Doubles the attack speed of your weapon. Must have a bow equipped.	Supportive	10	x	Bow Mastery Lv. 5
	Quiver Cartridge	Lets you use 3 different special arrowheads. The quiver fills up again when you use all 3. Press the skill key to change the current arrowhead. You will switch to the next arrowhead automatically if you use all of your current ones. Blood Arrow: Absorbs some damage as HP Poison Arrow: Does poison damage over time, stackable up to 3 times Magic Arrow: Shoots an additional magic arrow when attacking	Supportive	1	x	-
	Covering Fire	Fire arrows while leaping backwards. If you press and hold the skill key, you will fire arrows rapidly while in mid-air.	Active	10	x	-
	Soul Arrow	Increases Weapon ATT and allows you to use Bows without using arrows for a short time.	Supportive	10	x	Bow Booster Lv. 5
	Arrow Bomb	Fires arrows with bombs attached to them to temporarily Stun your target and enemies near your target.	Active	20	x	-
	Physical Training	Improves STR and DEX permanently through physical training.	Passive	5	x	-

Bow Mastery

Main article: Bow Mastery

You must max this skill in order to add Bow Expert at 4th job. Increasing this skill level will allow you to use 3 more skills.

Final Attack: Bow

Main article: Final Attack: Bow (Skill)

This skill is very important as it can deal damage as high as 250%! Requires 3 Bow Mastery. This skill will fire an extra arrow after you use either Arrow Blow, Double Shot or Arrow Bomb with success rate. Success rate will increase if you increase the level of this skill.

Bow Booster

Main article: Bow Booster

This skill is important as it allows you to train faster. With this skill, you will be able to fire arrow at a faster rate than normally does, with a period of time. Requires 5 Bow Mastery.

Power Knock-Back

Main article: Power Knock-Back

This skill allow you to push multiple enemies to one side, useful if you want to push them away in order to fire arrows.

Soul Arrow: Bow

Main article: Soul Arrow: Bow

Fear that you will run out of arrows? This skill will solve the problem. After you use it, you will be able to fire arrows without using the real arrows! The higher the level, the longer the usage, requires 5 Bow Booster, which would mean you have to add 5 Bow Mastery too.

Arrow Bomb

Main article: Arrow Bomb

This is the most powerful skill as a Hunter, you can now use a skill that can hit 6 monsters at once! An arrow is fired at one enemy and will explode to hit other enemy. However, if you hit a MISS, it will not explode, which is unlikely because Bowman have high accuracy! You would want to add one immediately when you become a Hunter.

Build

This is how I add for my Hunter.

• Level 30 - 1 Arrow Bomb
• Level 31 - 3 Bow Mastery
• Level 32 - 2 Bow Mastery, 1 Bow Booster
• Level 33 - 3 Bow Booster
• Level 34 - 1 Bow Booster, 2 Soul Arrow: Bow
• Level 35 - 3 Soul Arrow: Bow
• Level 36 - 3 Soul Arrow: Bow
• Level 37 - 2 Soul Arrow: Bow, 1 Final Attack: Bow
• Level 38 - 3 Final Attack: Bow
• Level 39 - 3 Final Attack: Bow
• Level 40 - 3 Final Attack: Bow
• Level 41 - 3 Final Attack: Bow
• Level 42 - 2 Final Attack: Bow, 1 Power Knock-Back
• Level 43 - 3 Power Knock-Back
• Level 44 - 3 Power Knock-Back
• Level 45 - 3 Power Knock-Back
• Level 46 - 3 Power Knock-Back
• Level 47 - 3 Power Knock-Back
• Level 48 - 3 Power Knock-Back
• Level 49 - 1 Power Knock-Back, 2 Arrow Bomb
• Level 50 - 3 Arrow Bomb
• Level 51 - 3 Arrow Bomb
• Level 52 - 3 Arrow Bomb
• Level 53 - 3 Arrow Bomb
• Level 54 - 3 Arrow Bomb
• Level 55 - 3 Arrow Bomb
• Level 56 - 3 Arrow Bomb
• Level 57 - 3 Arrow Bomb
• Level 58 - 3 Arrow Bomb
• Level 59 - 3 Final Attack: Bow
• Level 60 - 3 Final Attack: Bow
• Level 61 - 3 Final Attack: Bow
• Level 62 - 3 Final Attack: Bow
• Level 63 - 3 Final Attack: Bow
• Level 64 - 1 Final Attack: Bow, 2 Bow Booster
• Level 65 - 3 Bow Booster
• Level 66 - 3 Bow Mastery
• Level 67 - 3 Bow Mastery
• Level 68 - 3 Bow Mastery
• Level 69 - 3 Bow Mastery
• Level 70 - 2 Bow Mastery, 1 Bow Booster

Until Level 70, you should have:

• 20 Bow Mastery
• 30 Final Attack: Bow
• 11 Bow Booster
• 20 Power Knock-Back
• 10 Soul Arrow: Bow
• 30 Arrow Bomb

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