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Lightning Arrow

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Lightning Arrow: 20 base mana. Available on current weapon types.

Development source reviewed on 29 October 2026. In-game availability is unverified.

Ability information#

PropertyValue
Base mana20
AvailabilityAvailable on current weapon types

Requirements#

  • Requires the equipped weapon’s assigned primary/secondary slot, normally 70/90 base weapon skill and (unless overridden below) 70/90 base Tactics. Use Best Weapon Skill can satisfy the weapon threshold with base Swords, Macing or Fencing.

Effects#

  • Adds a 29–40 energy-damage bolt to a surviving primary victim and up to two randomly chosen additional eligible victims within five tiles of the primary hit’s recorded location.
  • Additional victims must also be visible, alive, legally harmful indirect targets, within the attacker’s weapon range and line of sight.

Weapon assignments#

WeaponAbility slotStatus
Magical ShortbowPrimaryCurrent source assignment

Notes#

  • The primary bolt is skipped if the primary victim has died. Normal attacking weapon and talisman slayer checks are bypassed while Lightning Arrow is current.
  • Base mana is reduced by the shared ability skill-total discount and Lower Mana Cost rules; a second paid ability within the three-second cooldown costs double.

Related references#

Source notes

Show 5 references

These references identify the reviewed shard files. Source presence does not establish live availability.

  1. Projects/UOContent/Items/Weapons/Abilities/LightningArrow.cs:28
    Secondary target search
  2. Projects/UOContent/Items/Weapons/Abilities/LightningArrow.cs:38
    Energy damage and two-target cap
  3. Projects/UOContent/Items/Weapons/BaseWeapon.cs:2171
    Slayer exclusion
  4. Projects/UOContent/Items/Weapons/Abilities/WeaponAbility.cs:122
    Shared skill thresholds and mana rules
  5. Projects/UOContent/Items/Weapons/ML Weapons/MagicalShortbow.cs:18
    Weapon ability assignment

Category: Weapon abilities