Crossbow

The Crossbow is the signature weapon of Stranger from the first person shooter Stranger's Wrath.

Overview
The Crossbow by itself is a simple crossbow that works via a tensile spring mechanism. What makes the Stranger's crossbow unique however, is that it doesn't use normal arrows or bolts as ammunition. Rather, any ammunition the Stranger utilizes as "weapons" are living organisms.

Munitions
The Crossbow is compatible with a number of literal living ammunition known as Live Ammo. These live ammo are such as follows:


 * Zappfly
 * Chippunk
 * Stingbee
 * Fuzzle
 * Stunkz
 * Thudslug
 * Boombat
 * Sniper Wasp
 * Bolamite

Appearances

 * Stranger's Wrath (First Appearance)
 * Stranger's Wrath HD

Trivia

 * The crossbow's concept design was inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci's Crossbow.
 * The final version of the crossbow bears an aesthetic resemblance to a blend between a Roman crossbow known as the Arcuballista and a portable version of the ancient Chinese Chuangzi Nu. The Chuangzi Nu was a crossbow with three individual bows, designed to increase the rate of fire of projectiles. The grooves of Stranger's bow features several wheels that are used to conceal/deploy his crossbow when necessary.
 * Later in the game, a tribe of Grubbs give you a new crossbow, but this change is purely cosmetic and doesn't affect the performance of the crossbow.