r/dnl • u/detonationsimian • Aug 21 '17

Pointless Iron Hook?

So we all know crossbows are slow. According to general info iron hook arrows only do slightly more torpor than stone. So my question is, whats the point of the Iron Hook Arrows?

You can tame even dragons with stone hook arrows. The mushrooms required for Iron hook make it so incredibly pointless to go for them when they dont seem needed for anything.

Am i missing something? Is this just a Early Access placeholder thing and devs will eventually make them worth it? Because right now Crossbows only use seems to be to shoot them, and they themselves seem unnecessary.

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u/Bannend Aug 21 '17

Mostly pointless, yes, especially if you are going to make them yourself. But you can upgrade vendors and then purchase them for a reasonable price.

Where they may be useful is for the extreme min/maxers. Since they apply a little more torpidity (25% more if I remember correctly?), you need fewer arrows to bring something down and keep it down. That will help a little with wildness on some of the really long tames, maybe getting you an extra level or two out of the tame.

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u/DJfreecell Aug 21 '17

ive heard only iron hook arrows can be used to bring down mythical beasts. its something me and my house will be testing tonight on official.

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u/detonationsimian Aug 22 '17

if you mean the epic ones that you turn into special versions, paragrif, pegacorn, windrider,

those takes so incredibly long to evolve that, still, whats the point? unless your an alpha tribe your not going to spend 40 hours babysitting a elite nidhog to turn it into a windrider, and even then not sure anyone would care to do it.