Bolt

Bolts are the ammunition used by the Crossbow.

BioShock
There are three different types of bolts in BioShock. Bolts that do not shatter on impact are recoverable by the player.

Steel-Tip Bolt


The Crossbow's steel-tip bolts do high piercing damage, and are effective against all targets. Steel-tip bolts can be bought and found in abundance, furthering increasing their versatile use.

Incendiary Bolt


The Crossbow's incendiary bolts do high fire damage, will ignite flammable objects, and are effective against all targets. Incendiary bolts can be bought and found in limited quantities.

Trap Bolts


The Crossbow's trap bolts do high piercing damage, and are effective against all targets. These bolts will not break on impact, and no head shot bonus is applied. The main feature of these bolts, however, is not their ballistic damage but their second stage. Shortly after impact, a tiny charge or spring inside the trap bolt fires a claw-like attachment, which trails an electrical tripwire, at the surface across from it. This wire does high electric damage to enemies in contact where most will die on impact, and then becomes expended. Trap bolts can be found and manufactured in limited quantities.

Note: if the player fires a Trap Bolt at an enemy, and the enemy dies without the tripwire being released, the bolt will be recoverable.

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