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Sniper Bolt in Dark Souls Remastered.

Sniper Bolt

In-game description

Weapon type: Bolt

Attack type: Thrust

Red feather bolts used with the Sniper
Crossbow. Their long range makes them
effective for sniping.

Locations

Merchant purchase

Sen's Fortress

Cost: 250 Souls

Stock: ∞

Requirements

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

1. Ring both bells and climb the fortress beyond Andre, passing the boulders and swinging blades until you reach the open roof.
2. 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.
3. Buy Sniper Bolt from the Crestfallen Merchant's ammunition inventory.

Merchant purchase

Anor Londo

Cost: 250 Souls

Stock: ∞

Requirements

• Keep the Giant Blacksmith alive and friendly.

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Buy Sniper Bolt from the Giant Blacksmith's ammunition inventory.

Merchant purchase

Royal Wood

Cost: 400 Souls

Stock: ∞

Requirements

• Access Artorias of the Abyss.
• Keep Marvellous Chester alive and friendly.

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Buy Sniper 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

Sen's Fortress

Requirements

• Open Sen's Fortress.

1. Ring both Bells of Awakening and enter the fortress beyond Andre. Climb past its traps, swinging blades and boulder routes until you reach the open roof.
2. Find the broken upper walkway used to jump into the Crestfallen Merchant's tower. Look beneath that gap for the broad platform holding a corpse.
3. With enough health to survive the fall, drop onto that platform and collect the Sniper Crossbow and 12 Sniper Bolts. Continue down toward the lower roof platforms to return to the fortress route.

Notes for this route

• Aim for the visible platform under the gap. Running off another roof edge can drop you into the fortress or kill you.

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.
• Long-range bolt: Has 53 base physical attack and a longer effective range than Standard or Heavy Bolts. It can be fired by any of the four crossbows, not just Sniper Crossbow.
• Aiming limitation: Equipping Sniper Bolts does not add a bow-style aiming view. Crossbows still use their normal firing controls. Longer reach helps a properly lined-up shot; it does not make the projectile home in on the target.
• Supply: The fortress corpse gives 12 bolts with Sniper Crossbow. The Crestfallen Merchant and Giant Blacksmith sell unlimited stock at the same price. Chester supplies them in the DLC at a higher price.