Crusader's Crossbow
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| “ | This thing might look like an old crossbow of before. However, it's nothing more than a regular syringe gun!
— Crusader's Crossbow publicity blurb
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The Crusader's Crossbow is a community-made primary weapon for the Medic. The Crusader's Crossbow is a wooden crossbow with a metal barrel attached to a canister which houses an arrow until it is fired. The Medic's icon is present on both the canister and the frame of the Crusader's Crossbow.
The Crusader's Crossbow fires an arrow that travels in a slight arc with a team-colored streak trailing behind it, much like the Huntsman. The Crusader's Crossbow does not require the user to charge their shot before firing, and the time spent reloading is less than the Huntsman; however, the arrows cannot score headshots. Arrows fired from the Crusader's Crossbow will damage enemies and heal teammates, allowing a sharpshooting player to deal damage to an enemy or heal a teammate from a great distance. Any player hit with an arrow fired from the Crusader's Crossbow will appear to have an arrow sticking out of their body, a mere cosmetic effect. Despite the arrows being identical to the Huntsman's, they cannot be ignited by holding the Crusader's Crossbow up to the torches on Degroot Keep or by any similar act.
Arrows function on a reversed damage falloff scale; the further an arrow travels, the greater the amount of damage it will deal or health it will heal. The amount of health replenished is not affected by whether the teammate has been recently damaged. Healing teammates with an arrow fired from the Crusader's Crossbow does not contribute to the Medic's ÜberCharge meter.
A Pyro can deflect an arrow fired from the Crusader's Crossbow back at the Medic, or into their own teammates to give them a health boost. Disguised enemy Spies will be damaged by reflected arrows, rather than healed.
The kill icon for the Crusader's Crossbow was contributed by Psyke.
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Damage, healing and function times
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| Damage | ||
| Point blank | 38 | |
| Medium range | 56 | |
| Long range | 75 | |
| Critical | 113 - 168 - 225 | |
| Mini-crit | 51 - 77 - 101 | |
| Healing | ||
| Healing amount | 75 - 112 - 150 | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 1.4 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Item set
| The Medieval Medic | ||||
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| Effect |
+1 health regenerated per second on wearer | |||
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
| Scrap Metal | Huntsman | Crusader's Crossbow | ||
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| Class Token - Medic | Slot Token - Primary | Scrap Metal | Possible Results | |||||||||||||||
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As a crafting ingredient
| Reclaimed Metal | Gloves of Running Urgently | Crusader's Crossbow | Overdose | |||
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Strange variant
Related achievements
General
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Update history
- The Crusader's Crossbow was added to the game.
- This weapon was added to the Mann Co. Store, made craftable, and included in random drops.
- [Undocumented] Updated the textures of this weapon.
- This weapon was given a unique kill icon.
- Fixed being able to attack teammates using pumpkin bombs and arrows fired.
- Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on tournament servers when the server is restricting the player's weapons using the item_whitelist.
- Fixed being able to heal players with the Equalizer as their active weapon.
- The crafting cost of the weapon was changed from 2 Reclaimed Metal and a Huntsman to 2 Scrap Metal and a Huntsman.
- All Crusader's Crossbows crafted before this patch were upgraded to Vintage quality.
- [Undocumented] Added Strange Quality.
- Updated the shading on the Crusader's Crossbow.
October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)
- This weapon now uses the Syringe Gun's taunt.
June 27, 2012 Patch (Pyromania Update)
- Reload speed time reduced by +40%.
- Added the ability to buy projectile penetration for the Crusader's Crossbow in Mann vs. Machine.
- Fixed floating arrows on carried objects.
- Fixed a teamkill exploit that used the Crusader's Crossbow.
Bugs
- When crouching, the bolts are fired from above the crossbow's actual location.
- The Crusader's Crossbow can heal soldiers with the Escape Plan equipped.
- The world reload animation was not sped up in accordance with the June 27, 2012 Patch increasing reload speed by 40%, so the animation is simply cut-off before the bolt appears loaded.
- When holding the primary fire button, the trigger will move as if shooting multiple bolts in succession.
Trivia
- The lathe of the Crusader's Crossbow appears to be entirely cosmetic - no string is drawn and the lathe is not bent as part of the firing motion.
Gallery
See also
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| Weapons | ||||||||||
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| Slot 1 | stock | Scattergun | Rocket Launcher | Flame Thrower | Grenade Launcher | Minigun | Shotgun | Syringe Gun | Sniper Rifle | Revolver |
| unlock | Force-A-Nature | Direct Hit | Backburner | — | Natascha | Frontier Justice | Blutsauger | Huntsman | Ambassador | |
| craft | Shortstop Soda Popper Baby Face's Blaster | Black Box Rocket Jumper Liberty Launcher Cow Mangler 5000 Original Beggar's Bazooka | Degreaser Phlogistinator Rainblower | Loch-n-Load Ali Baba's Wee Booties Bootlegger Loose Cannon | Brass Beast Tomislav Huo-Long Heater | Widowmaker Pomson 6000 Rescue Ranger | Crusader's Crossbow Overdose | Sydney Sleeper Bazaar Bargain Machina Hitman's Heatmaker | L'Etranger Enforcer Diamondback | |
| promotion | — | — | — | — | Iron Curtain | — | — | AWPer Hand | Big Kill | |
| Slot 2 | ||||||||||
| stock | Pistol | Shotgun | Shotgun | Stickybomb Launcher | Shotgun | Pistol | Medi Gun | Submachine Gun | Sapper | |
| unlock | Bonk! Atomic Punch | Buff Banner | Flare Gun | Chargin' Targe Scottish Resistance | Sandvich | Wrangler | Kritzkrieg | Jarate Razorback | — | |
| craft | Crit-a-Cola Mad Milk Winger Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol Flying Guillotine | Gunboats Battalion's Backup Concheror Mantreads Reserve Shooter Righteous Bison | Detonator Reserve Shooter Manmelter Scorch Shot | Sticky Jumper Splendid Screen | Dalokohs Bar Buffalo Steak Sandvich Family Business | Short Circuit | Quick-Fix Vaccinator | Darwin's Danger Shield Cozy Camper Cleaner's Carbine | Red-Tape Recorder | |
| promotion | Lugermorph | — | — | — | Fishcake Robo-Sandvich | Lugermorph | — | — | Ap-Sap | |
| Melee | ||||||||||
| stock | Bat | Shovel | Fire Axe | Bottle | Fists | Wrench | Bonesaw | Kukri | Knife | |
| unlock | Sandman | Equalizer | Axtinguisher | Eyelander | Killing Gloves of Boxing | Gunslinger | Übersaw | — | — | |
| craft | Holy Mackerel Candy Cane Boston Basher Sun-on-a-Stick Fan O'War Three-Rune Blade Atomizer Conscientious Objector Unarmed Combat Wrap Assassin Bat Outta Hell | Pain Train Half-Zatoichi Disciplinary Action Market Gardener Conscientious Objector Escape Plan Bat Outta Hell | Homewrecker Powerjack Back Scratcher Sharpened Volcano Fragment Maul Postal Pummeler Conscientious Objector Third Degree Lollichop Neon Annihilator Bat Outta Hell | Pain Train Scotsman's Skullcutter Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker Ullapool Caber Claidheamh Mòr Half-Zatoichi Persian Persuader Nessie's Nine Iron Scottish Handshake Conscientious Objector Bat Outta Hell | Gloves of Running Urgently Warrior's Spirit Fists of Steel Eviction Notice Conscientious Objector Apoco-Fists Holiday Punch Bat Outta Hell | Southern Hospitality Jag Eureka Effect | Vita-Saw Amputator Solemn Vow Conscientious Objector Bat Outta Hell | Tribalman's Shiv Bushwacka Shahanshah Conscientious Objector Bat Outta Hell | Your Eternal Reward Conniver's Kunai Big Earner Wanga Prick Sharp Dresser Spy-cicle | |
| promotion | Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank | Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank | Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank | Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank | Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank | Golden Wrench Saxxy | Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank | Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank | Saxxy Black Rose | |
| PDA | ||||||||||
| stock | — | — | — | — | — | Construction PDA | — | — | Disguise Kit | |
| PDA 2 | ||||||||||
| stock | — | — | — | — | — | Destruction PDA | — | — | Invis Watch | |
| unlock | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cloak and Dagger Dead Ringer | |
| promotion | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Enthusiast's Timepiece Quäckenbirdt | |
| Taunt | ||||||||||
| various | Home Run (Sandman/Atomizer) | Kamikaze (Equalizer/Escape Plan) | Hadouken (Shotgun/Flare Gun/Detonator/Reserve Shooter) Armageddon (Rainblower) Execution (Scorch Shot) | Decapitation (Eyelander/HHHH/Claidheamh Mòr/Half-Zatoichi/Persian Persuader/Nessie's Nine Iron) | Showdown (Fists/Saxxy/Apoco-Fists/Holiday Punch) | Dischord (Frontier Justice) Organ Grinder (Gunslinger) | Oktoberfest (Kritzkrieg) Medicating Melody (Amputator) Spinal Tap (Übersaw) | Skewer (Huntsman) | Fencing (Knife/Your Eternal Reward/Conniver's Kunai/Saxxy/Big Earner/Wanga Prick/Black Rose) | |
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