Boltcasters

Crafting recipe for every tier and enchantment, focus cost with your masteries and market prices by city in Albion Online.

CrossbowArtifact itemWarrior journalsBest city: Bridgewatch

Tier

Enchantment

Crafting recipe

Materials

ItemUnit Cost
×20

Pine Planks

best price in Fort Sterling

272
×12

Bar

best price in Thetford

300

Artifacts

ItemUnit Cost
×1

Hellish Bolts

Artifact · not returned

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Per-craft summary

Material cost—Missing the price of Hellish Bolts
Base focus per craft1,715273 with specialization 100
Journals per craft0.2Warrior journals

Sell prices by city

CitySell Price
LymhurstBest39,9847 h ago
Bridgewatch32,99811 h ago

Prices recorded by players with the Albion Online Data Project client. Updated every 4 hours.

Every tier and enchantment

VariantBase focusBest sell priceEst. profit
1,71539,984—
3,00149,997—
5,252——
9,191——
16,085——
3,001——
5,252——
9,191——
16,085——
28,148——
5,252——
9,191——
16,085748,997+206,555
28,148——
49,260——
9,191389,996—
16,085649,997—
28,1481,999,900—
49,260——
86,205——
16,085——
28,1482,399,980—
49,2608,000,000—
86,205——
150,858——

Estimated profit per craft with the same assumptions as the card. — means there are no sell prices from the last 3 days.

Getting more out of it

Where to craft

Bridgewatch

The Crossbow category has a production bonus in Bridgewatch. There you get part of the materials back on every craft.

Return without focus24.8 %
Return with focus47.9 %

Focus and mastery

1,715 → 273

Focus per craft in T4 without specialization and with this item specialization at level 100. As an artifact item, its levels count half for its siblings.

TreeHunter Weapons Crafter

Journals

Blacksmith's Journal (Empty)→Blacksmith's Journal (Full)

Each craft gives 720 fame. A journal fills with 3,600, that is every 5 crafts.

Buy empty journal3,498Martlock
Sell full journal (after tax)3,834Lymhurst
Profit per journal336

About Boltcasters

In T4, Boltcasters is crafted with 20 × Pine Planks, 12 × Bar, and 1 × Hellish Bolts. The Hellish Bolts is not returned by the resource return rate.

It is best crafted in Bridgewatch. Each craft fills Warrior journals. Its specialization belongs to the Hunter Weapons Crafter tree.

With the prices of the last 3 days, the most profitable variant is T6.2: about 206,555 silver per craft selling in Thetford. Base focus per craft goes from 1,715 in T4.0 to 150,858 in T8.4. Between cities, T4.0 sells for up to 21% more: from 32,998 in Bridgewatch to 39,984 in Lymhurst.

Where is Boltcasters best crafted?+

In Bridgewatch, which has a production bonus for this item: the resource return rate goes up to 24.8% without focus and 47.9% with focus.

How much focus does it use?+

1,715 per craft in T4 without specialization. With the item specialization at 100 it drops to about 273.

Is the artifact returned by the resource return rate?+

No. The return rate only gives back the regular materials; the Hellish Bolts is used up in full on every craft.

Prices: Albion Online Data Project · Game data: official Albion Online game files

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