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Initial Dark Souls Remastered item projection from item-editorial-r39

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[[File:Dark-souls-remastered-heavy-bolt-icon.png|thumb|160px|alt=Heavy Bolt inventory icon|Heavy Bolt in Dark Souls Remastered.]]

'''Heavy Bolt'''

== In-game description ==
<blockquote>Weapon type: Bolt 
Attack type: Thrust 
 
Large bolt. 
Used mainly with the Heavy Crossbow. 
 
These weighty bolts inflict high damage, 
but have reduced range. 
</blockquote>

== Locations ==
=== Merchant purchase ===
Undead Burg

Cost: 100 Souls

Stock: ∞

'''Requirements'''
* Keep the male Undead Merchant alive and friendly.

# From Firelink, follow the uphill path past the Hollows and enter the aqueduct passage. Leave by its side exit and climb into Undead Burg. Reach the first bonfire in the room beside the small crossbow tower.
# From the first Undead Burg bonfire, return toward the roof terrace with two spear Hollows. Break the crates beside the terrace to reveal stairs.
# Go downstairs, leave through the side doorway and find the seated merchant on the balcony. Speak to him without attacking.
# Buy Heavy Bolt from the male Undead Merchant's ammunition inventory.

=== Merchant purchase ===
Firelink aqueduct / Lower Undead Burg

Cost: 100 Souls

Stock: ∞

'''Requirements'''
* Keep the female Undead Merchant alive and friendly.

# Use the Basement Key from Undead Parish to open the Lower Burg descent near the Hellkite bridge. Continue past the dogs and assassin ambushes toward the Capra Demon fog.
# Take the stairs beside that fog down toward the Depths entrance. Follow the adjoining tower stairs up to the aqueduct passage.
# Speak through the bars to the merchant, then open the nearby shortcut door back toward Firelink. Her stall can be revisited through that shortcut.
# Buy Heavy Bolt from the female Undead Merchant's ammunition inventory.

=== Merchant purchase ===
Sen's Fortress

Cost: 100 Souls

Stock: ∞

'''Requirements'''
* Open Sen's Fortress by ringing both bells.
* Keep the Crestfallen Merchant alive and friendly.

# Ring both bells and climb the fortress beyond Andre, passing the boulders and swinging blades until you reach the open roof.
# Take a running jump over the gap in the upper walkway leading to a separate tower. Enter that tower and speak to the armored merchant.
# Buy Heavy Bolt from the Crestfallen Merchant's ammunition inventory.

=== Merchant purchase ===
Undead Parish

Cost: 100 Souls

Stock: ∞

'''Requirements'''
* Keep Andre alive and friendly.

# From the Parish church, take the passage toward the building across from the church entrance. Descend to the bonfire, then continue downstairs into the workshop.
# Speak to Andre at his anvil. Buying ammunition does not require an ember or a particular stage of his blacksmithing work.
# Buy Heavy Bolt from Andre of Astora's ammunition inventory.

=== Merchant purchase ===
The Depths / Firelink Shrine

Cost: 100 Souls

Stock: ∞

'''Requirements'''
* Keep Domhnall of Zena alive and friendly.

# Enter the Depths with the key from Capra Demon. Work through the sewers to the large chamber leading toward Gaping Dragon and find the seated merchant beside the locked Blighttown gate.
# After both Bells of Awakening have been rung, look for him beneath the aqueduct near Firelink. Reach his ledge from the cliffside aqueduct approach. His location changes without creating a fresh copy of his finite stock.
# Buy Heavy Bolt from Domhnall of Zena's ammunition inventory.

=== Merchant purchase ===
Anor Londo

Cost: 100 Souls

Stock: ∞

'''Requirements'''
* Keep the Giant Blacksmith alive and friendly.

# Reach the cathedral interior beyond the Silver Knight archers. From the upper floor above the main hall, take the side stairs leading down toward the blacksmith.
# Find the seated giant working at the anvil and speak to him. Open the nearby outside door for a shorter return route. You can shop before defeating Ornstein and Smough.
# Buy Heavy Bolt from the Giant Blacksmith's ammunition inventory.

=== Merchant purchase ===
The Catacombs

Cost: 100 Souls

Stock: ∞

'''Requirements'''
* Keep Vamos alive and friendly.

# From Firelink graveyard, descend into the Catacombs and use the bridge switches to reach the deeper spiral stairways.
# At the broken end of the spiral staircase, look below for the successive ledges. Drop from ledge to ledge toward the opening beside the blacksmith rather than jumping to the bottom.
# Approaching Vamos triggers him to break a wall, opening access to his workshop. Speak to him without attacking. Remastered has a bonfire in this workshop.
# Buy Heavy Bolt from Vamos's ammunition inventory.

'''Notes for this route'''
* Resting deep in the Catacombs before gaining warping can make the return climb difficult.

=== Merchant purchase ===
Royal Wood

Cost: 150 Souls

Stock: ∞

'''Requirements'''
* Access Artorias of the Abyss.
* Keep Marvellous Chester alive and friendly.

# Defeat the Darkroot Basin Hydra, reload and follow the lake edge to the rear cave. Defeat the Golden Crystal Golem and speak to Dusk. After placing the Lordvessel, kill the blue golem near the Archives entrance lift for the Broken Pendant. Return to the cave, use the portal and defeat Sanctuary Guardian.
# Cross the bridge from Oolacile Sanctuary and work through Royal Wood. Before entering Artorias's boss fog, cross the nearby bridge to the seated man leaning against the wall. Speak to Chester and open his shop.
# Buy Heavy Bolt from Marvellous Chester's ammunition inventory.

'''Notes for this route'''
* Killing the real Chester removes this shop. His separate invading phantom is a different encounter.

=== Treasure pickup ===
The Depths

'''Requirements'''
* Open the Depths with the key from Capra Demon.

# Defeat Capra Demon for the Key to Depths, unlock the entrance below Lower Undead Burg and descend through the kitchen and sewer passages.
# Reach the open chamber with Domhnall seated beside the locked Blighttown gate. Return through the adjoining passage to the upper balcony overlooking Gaping Dragon's arena.
# Follow the balcony and stairs to the corpse holding the Heavy Crossbow and 11 Heavy Bolts. This is above the boss arena, so Gaping Dragon does not have to be defeated first.

== Notes ==
* Equipping and firing: Equip in a bolt slot and use a crossbow. Arrows cannot replace bolts.
* Reinforcement and scaling: Ammunition cannot be reinforced. Improve the bow or crossbow itself, and meet that weapon's requirements. This ammunition has no independent attribute scaling; the launcher, distance, hit location and target defenses affect the final damage.
* Physical power versus range: Has 64 base physical attack, the highest physical base value among the bolts. It has shorter effective range than Standard or Sniper Bolts, so the larger base number does not guarantee better distant damage.
* Not a weapon restriction: The description associates it with Heavy Crossbow, but it can be used by the other crossbows as well. Choosing it does not change the crossbow's reload animation or create a different firing mode.
* Supply and DLC: The Depths pickup contains 11 bolts alongside Heavy Crossbow. Chester supplies unlimited Heavy Bolts in Royal Wood, but charges more than the ordinary suppliers.

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Heavy Bolt - Revision history

Ashenborne: Initial Dark Souls Remastered item projection from item-editorial-r39