Pellet Bow
  • Pellet Bow
  • Item Level: 57
  • Speed Modifier: -10
  • Range: +0
  • Two-Hand Damage: 28 to 73
  • Required Strength: 83
  • Required Dexterity: 155
  • Required Level: 42
  • Socketed (0 to 3)

A superior Pellet Bow can also spawn with 2 of the following bonuses:

  • +5% to +15% Enhanced Damage
  • Increase Maximum Durability 10% to 15%
  • +1 to +3 to Attack Rating

How to upgrade a Pellet Bow

Transmute a Low Quality Pellet Bow, an Eld RuneEld Rune, and any Chipped AmethystChipped Gem to create a Normal Quality Pellet Bow.

Pellet BowEld RuneChipped Amethyst
horadric cube interface

How to add sockets to a Pellet Bow

You can add sockets to a Pellet Bow by giving the item to Larzuk as a quest reward. Larzuk will always add 3 sockets (if the iLevel is high enough), the maximum. You can also add sockets with the following horadric cube recipe. This recipes will not work for low or superior quality items.

Transmute a Pellet Bow, a Ral RuneRal Rune, an Amn RuneAmn Rune, and a Perfect AmethystPerfect Amethyst to create a socketed Pellet Bow.

Pellet BowRal RuneAmn RunePerfect Amethyst
horadric cube interface

This recipes will add between 1 and 3 sockets to the item. The game will roll a 6 sided dice, if it rolls higher than 3, the maximum amount of sockets is chosen.

Amount of sockets for a Pellet Bow
RollSocketsOdds
11 socket 1 in 6 (16.67%)
22 socket 1 in 6 (16.67%)
33 socket (max)4 in 6 (66.67%)
43 socket (max)4 in 6 (66.67%)
53 socket (max)4 in 6 (66.67%)
63 socket (max)4 in 6 (66.67%)

The maximum amount of sockets an item can roll with depends on the iLevel of the item. The iLevel is equal to the monster level (mLevel) the item dropped from, the mLevel is equal to the area level (aLevel). Champions will have an mLevel of aLevel+2, Uniques and their minions aLevel+3, and Super Uniques will have a predefined mLevel.

possible sockets for a Pellet Bow
iLvl 0-25iLvl 26-40iLvl 41 and up
333

Vendors that sell Pellet Bows

VendorMin StockMax StockMax Magic Level
Charsi/ 1 Normal / 1 Magic1
Elzix1 Normal / 1 Magic1 Normal / 1 Magic255

Runewords you can make in a Pellet Bow

Runeword
Sockets
BasesRunes
Level
Stats
Zephyr
(original)
2 SocketsMissile Weapon21
7% Chance to cast level 1 Twister when struck+25% Faster Run/Walk+25% Increased Attack Speed-25% Target Defense (Eth Rune)+66 to Attack RatingAdds 1-50 Lightning Damage (Ort Rune)+25 Defense+33% Enhanced Damage
Edge
(1.10)
3 SocketsMissile Weapon25
Level 15 Thorns Aura When Equipped+35% Increased Attack Speed+320 to 380% Damage to Demons+280% Damage to UndeadAdds 154 Poison Damage Over 5 Seconds (Tal Rune)7% Life stolen per hit (Amn Rune)Prevent Monster Heal+5 to 10 to all Attributes+2 to Mana after each Kill (Tir Rune)Reduces all Vendor Prices 15%
Melody
(original)
3 SocketsMissile Weapon39
+3 to Bow and Crossbow Skills (Amazon Only)+20% Increased Attack Speed (Shael Rune)+300% Damage to Undead+9 to Critical Strike (Amazon only)Knockback (Nef Rune)+10 to Dexterity (Ko Rune)+50% Enhanced Damage
ladder only
Mania
(2.6)
3 SocketsWeapon39
5% Chance to cast level 1 Quickness on strikingLevel 1 Fanaticism Aura When Equipped+30% Increased Attack Speed (Shael Rune)+75% Damage to Undead (Eld Rune)+50 to Attack Rating against Undead (Eld Rune)+10 to Dexterity (Ko Rune)+180 to 200% Enhanced Damage
Venom
(original)
3 SocketsWeapon49
Ignore Target's DefenseAdds 466 Poison Damage Over 7 Seconds (Tal Rune)7% Mana stolen per hitPrevent Monster Heal (Mal Rune)Hit Causes Monster to Flee 25% (Dol Rune)Level 28 Poison Explosion (38/38 Charges)

Compared to other Crosbows

Table of base stats
NameSpeedReqstrReqdexDurabilityLevelLevelreqMax Sockets
Pellet Bow-10831553057423
Gorgon Crossbow1171054067504
Colossus Crossbow10163775075566
Demon Crossbow-60141984084635

Prefixes that can spawn on Crosbows

All prefixes
NamePropertyAffix LevelLevel ReqItem TypesRarityGroup
Jagged+10 to 20% Enhanced Damage11WeaponMagic and Rare106
Deadly+21 to 30% Enhanced Damage53WeaponMagic and Rare106
Vicious+31 to 40% Enhanced Damage86WeaponMagic and Rare106

Suffixes that can spawn on Crosbows

All suffixes
NamePropertyAffix LevelLevel ReqItem TypesRarityGroup
of Readiness+10% Increased Attack Speed11WeaponGlovesMagic and Rare6
of Alacrity+20% Increased Attack Speed86WeaponMagic and Rare6
of Frost+1 to Minimum Cold Damage, +1 to 4 to Maximum Cold Damage43WeaponMagic and Rare9