The Crossbow skill allows the character to use both a full size and a hand size crossbow & bolts in combat. Regardless of style a crossbow must be less than 25lbs in draw weight. The bolts must be padded, and each and every event the crossbow and its bolts must be inspected and pass a safety check. The crossbow itself may be padded to add to safety, and if padded it may be used to block melee attacks against the user, though they may not use the Critical Parry, Lethal Parry, or Riposte skills with the crossbow as the blocking weapon. This skill does not allow the player to use a regular bow and arrows.

The Crossbow skill may be coupled with the Weapon Damage skill so that the user may call additional damage when using his/her crossbow, but only the Weapon Damage skill in the primary hand can be applied to a two-handed weapon, such that if a player had Weapon Damage +3 in their primary hand and +2 in their offhand only the +3 would apply to any two-handed weapon they may use. Dusk Elves, Dwarves, and Eldar gain additional bonuses when using a crossbow.

The use of the crossbow is restricted for all Knight & Scholar professions. Please see the profession description for more information.