Ascension crossbow

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Template:Dual wield

Ascension crossbow
Release	4 June 2013 (Update)
Members	Yes
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Quest item	No
Tradeable	Yes
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Unknown
Disassembly	Unknown
Value	Unknown
Value	Unknown
High Alchemy	540000 coins
High Alchemy	540000 coins
Low Alchemy	360000 coins
Low Alchemy	360000 coins
Destroy	Drop
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
Exchange	125,758,405 coins (info)
Buy limit	2
Weight	1.3 kg
Examine	A crossbow crafted by Ocellus.
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Concept art for the Ascension Crossbow

The ascension crossbow is a crossbow requiring level 90 Ranged to wield. It has an off-hand counterpart and is able to fire all bolts including Ascension bolts, made with 90 Fletching.

Obtaining one yourself (without trading with another player or through the Grand Exchange) requires defeating Legiones in the level-81-Slayer dungeon Monastery of Ascension located northwest of Oo'glog, east of Mobilising Armies.

The crossbow is made by taking one each of the six ascension signets dropped by the legiones (Ascension signet I, Ascension signet II, Ascension signet III, Ascension signet IV, Ascension signet V, Ascension signet VI), along with a dragon crossbow and 100 ascension shards to Ocellus outside the monastery. It can be converted to the off-hand ascension crossbow for another 100 shards.

Assuming one obtained each signet on the 64th kill, it would cost 147,051,242 coins to create an ascension crossbow. If you do a co-op slayer tasks only one key is needed for entry for both party members. A pop-up confirmation will appear for the second party member before entering the lair. When the ascension boss is killed, the party member who dealt the most damage, will receive the drop regardless of who opened the door with a keystone. A signet, if dropped, will only be given to the party member who has received drop. The other party member will be left with no loot, therefore it is recommended to solo the ascension bosses for signets.

Only the mainhand dragon crossbow will work; neither the off-hand nor the 2-handed bow are accepted by Ocellus.

It degrades in the same manner as drygore weaponry, lasting for 10 hours until it must be repaired by Bob for 2 million coins or a lower amount on your armour stand depending on your Smithing level.

The crossbow and its off-hand counterpart both provide full protection against the four main factions in the God Wars Dungeon, in the same manner as the Zaryte bow, Nex armour, and Shard of Zaros. However, they do not protect against Zaros followers in the Ancient Prison.

The crossbow, and the off-hand variant can be dyed with either barrows, shadow, or third-age dyes. This process is irreversible and will make the crossbow untradeable.

Players on a budget may consider dual-wielding an ascension crossbow with off-hand death lotus darts. When first attacking a target, the main hand weapon is used and thus its ammo is lost far more often than the offhand ammo. Therefore, this combination negates the high upfront cost of the off-hand ascension crossbow and greatly reduces the loss of indirectly expensive/untradeable death lotus darts while sacrificing a relatively small amount of damage.

Combat Stats

Requirements			Degrades
90			Yes
Class			Slot
Ranged
Tier
90
Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		-		-
Accuracy		2458		-
Style		Bolts
Range		? (edit)
Speed		Fastest (2.4s)
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				0		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0		0		0
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Comparison with other Ranged weapons

Two-handed

Name		Reqs	Cost	Accuracy (Tier)	Notes
	Seren godbow	92	923,416,219	2577 (92)	Has a special attack, Crystal Rain, which deals damage depending on the target's size in Game squares Supplies its own ammunition, disallowing the use of Bane ammunition Has a 9 square attack range, which decreases the distance a player needs to move in order to attack targets Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat, and costs 4,800,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
	Noxious longbow	90	163,230,298	2458 (90)	Has a special attack, Mirrorback, that summons a mirrorback spider which reduces and reflects damage for ten seconds Has a 9 square attack range, which decreases the distance a player needs to move in order to attack targets Degrades: has 30,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 5 hours), and costs 4,500,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
	Decimation	87	65,339,204	2287 (87)	Has a special attack, Locate, all of your attacks hit all available targets within 3 tiles of your main target (i.e. all of your attacks become area-of-effect attacks) for 10 seconds Supplies its own ammunition, disallowing the use of Bane ammunition Has a 9 square attack range, which decreases the distance a player needs to move in order to attack targets Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 10 hours), and costs 4,500,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
	Wyvern crossbow	85	24,191,474	2178 (85)	Passive effect: damage-over-time effect that ramps up in damage the longer it is in combat against a specific foe that is treated as a poison Has a 9 square attack range, which decreases the distance a player needs to move in order to attack targets Degrades: has 30,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 5 hours), and costs 4,125,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
	Strykebow	85 85	13,534,872	2178 (85)	Passive effect: stores damage received in combat (must remain equipped) Has a special attack, Deep burn which traps the target in a column of fire using the stored damage from the passive effect As a shieldbow, it allows the use of defence abilities at a cost to damage dealt Has a 9 square attack range, which decreases the distance a player needs to move in order to attack targets Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 5 hours), and costs 5 dark bows (387,220 coins) to repair
	Hexhunter bow	80	169,376,270	1924 (80)	Passive effect: +12.5% damage and +10% hit chance boost against magic-classed enemies. Has a 7 square attack range. Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat, and costs 2,000,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
	Royal crossbow	80 70 60 Song from the Depths	357,584	1924 (80)	Must reach the Queen Black Dragon's fourth phase and brandish it when she uses her extremely hot flames to initially obtain one Has a 9 square attack range, which decreases the distance a player needs to move in order to attack targets Degrades: has 30,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 5 hours), and is repaired using royal crossbow parts (25% per part)
	Attuned crystal bow	80 50 90 Plague's End The Eyes of Glouphrie	Attuned crystal weapon seed, 2000 harmonic dust	1924 (80)	Has a chance (up to 12%, based on Agility level) to deal +25% damage Supplies its own ammunition, disallowing the use of Bane ammunition Has a 7 square attack range. Degrades: has 50,000 charges of combat (double charges used outside of Prifddinas; a minimum of about 8 hours inside), and can be repaired by Eluned/Islwyn for a minimum of 200,000 coins
	Zaryte bow	80	8,816,585	1924 (80)	Supplies its own ammunition, disallowing the use of Bane ammunition Can be wielded in the God Wars Dungeon to protect from the four central factions Has a 7 square attack range. Degrades: has 60,000 auto-attacks, and costs 2,000,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
	Sunspear (ranged)	78 River of Blood	Free after River of Blood quest, 600,000 to reclaim	1829 (78)	Can switch combat styles to Sunspear (melee) or Sunspear (magic) Has a 7 square attack range. Degrades: has 15,000 charges of combat, and costs 600,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand.
	Hand cannon	75 61 Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf	804,514	1694 (75)	Uses hand cannon shot as its ammunition Can also explode and do damage to the player using it (the higher the Firemaking level the lower the chance) Has a 9 square attack range, which decreases the distance a player needs to move in order to attack targets

Dual-wield

Name		Reqs	Cost	Accuracy (Tier)	Notes
	Blightbound crossbow and off-hand	92	496,358,591 (main hand) 592,343,565 (off-hand)	2577 (92)	Has a 7 square attack range Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat (but loses 2 charges per hit, so has a minimum duration of 5 hours of combat), and costs 4,500,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
	Ascension crossbow and off-hand	90	125,758,405 (main hand) 125,985,380 (off-hand)	2458 (90)	Has a 7 square attack range Degrades: has 30,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 5 hours), and costs 4,000,000 coins total to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
	Superior Morrigan's throwing axe	88	11,498,028 (main hand)	2343 (88)	Thrown weapon, disallowing the use of Bane ammunition Has a 5 square attack range Has a special attack, Hamstring, which deals 20% extra damage and increases opponent's run energy drain rate Degrades: has 100,000 charges of combat, and degrades to dust No off-hand equivalent
	Superior Morrigan's javelin	88	11,529,528 (main hand)	2343 (88)	Thrown weapon, disallowing the use of Bane ammunition Has a 5 square attack range Has a special attack, Phantom Strike, which inflicts damage over time to the opponent Degrades: has 100,000 charges of combat, and degrades to dust No off-hand equivalent
	Elite Death Lotus dart and off-hand	88 92	25 Death Lotus dart (or off-hand), Death lotus extract	2343 (88)	Untradeable, requires significant progress in the player-owned port to obtain and 5,000 Dungeoneering tokens to buy the extract (one-time use) or obtain with a Lucky charm Thrown weapon, disallowing the use of Bane ammunition Has a 6 square attack range
	Shadow glaive and off-hand	85	12,797,611 (main hand) 12,196,398 (off-hand)	2458 (90)	It has the accuracy of a tier-90 weapon, but the damage of a tier-80 weapon. Thrown weapon, disallowing the use of Bane ammunition Has a 7 square attack range Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 10 hours), and costs 3,000,000 coins total to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
	Death Lotus dart and off-hand	85 92	Ancient bones, 25 Ascension shards	2178 (85)	Untradable, requires significant progress in the player-owned port to obtain Thrown weapon, disallowing the use of Bane ammunition Has a 6 square attack range
	Attuned crystal chakram and off-hand	80 50 90 Plague's End The Eyes of Glouphrie	2 attuned crystal weapon seeds, 2000 harmonic dust	1924 (80)	Has a chance (up to 12%, based on Agility level) to deal +25% damage Thrown weapon, disallowing the use of Bane ammunition Has a 7 square attack range Degrades: has 50,000 charges of combat (double charges used outside of Prifddinas; a minimum of about 8 hours inside), and can be repaired by Eluned/Islwyn for a a minimum of 200,000 coins
	Chaotic crossbow and off-hand	80 80	200,000 (main hand) 100,000 (off-hand)	1924 (80)	Has a 7 square attack range Degrades: has 30,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 5 hours), and costs (total) 3,000,000 coins, or 300,000 coins and 30,000 Dungeoneering tokens to repair
	Armadyl crossbow and off-hand	75	5,594,315 (main hand) 5,598,386 (off-hand)	1694 (75)	Has a 7 square attack range Does not degrade Offers a prayer bonus No ammunition of the corresponding tier

Dyed

• Ascension crossbow (shadow) ^Dye
• Ascension crossbow (third age) ^Dye
• Ascension crossbow (barrows) ^Dye

Trivia

• The God Wars Dungeon protection perk will remain in the game, but may not have been intentional, as per Mod Dean.
  • It was revealed that the reason behind the immunity was because it shared the same repair cost parameter as Nex armour.