Crossbow & Bolts — The Evil Within 2 Guide

Name	Notes	Description	How to acquire
Warden Crossbow	-	A unique collapsible crossbow. Its heavy-duty bowstring means that it can shoot heavy projectiles a great distance.	Find in Residential Area
Shock Bolt	Chains from enemy to enemy, knocking them down and stunning them. Stomp downed enemies to kill them instantly. Some enemies will withstand the shock and remain standing up. Can upgrade to increase the number of enemies the electricity chains between, knocking them down. If you shoot a Shock Bolt into a large pool of water, any enemy stepping into it will be shocked for the duration of the effect.	This crossbow bolt releases electric current which arcs from enemy to enemy, stunning them and sometimes knocking them down. It can also be fired at broken fuse boxes and pools of water for special environmental effects.Shock Bolts can be crafted by combining Fuses and Gunpowder.	Find together with Warden Crossbow
Harpoon Bolt	Specializes in knocking enemies down and destroying their limbs. A good early weapon for silent takedowns.	This crossbow bolt impales struck opponents. Harpoon Bolts make no sound when fired, so they can be very useful in certain situations.Harpoon Bolts can be crafted from Metal Pipes.	1. Find nearby the Warden Crossbow 2. Find some scattered around the map
Smoke Bolt	Blocks enemy line of sight. Can confuse enemies and stop them in their tracks, making it useful when you want to escape. If you upgrade your Smoke Bolts, you can gain the ability to Sneak Kill enemies caught inside the smoke.	This crossbow bolt releases a cloud of smoke centered around its impact point.Upgrading your Smoke Bolts at a Workbench can give you the ability to Sneak Kill enemies trapped inside the area of effect.Smoke Bolts can be crafted by combining Smoke Powder and Gunpowder.	1. Find at Union Power and Gas in the Residential Area 2. Find some scattered around the map
Explosive Bolt	Getting hit by the shrapnel does a lot of damage. Bigger enemies get hit by more shrapnel, doing even more damage to them. More shrapnel comes out of one side than the other. A good way to do a lot of damage is to set the Explosive Bolt at an enemy’s feet. Sebastian also takes damage from Explosive Bolts.	The warhead on this crossbow bolt will violently explode when activated, releasing damaging shrapnel into the surrounding area. You don’t want to be near it when it goes off.Explosive Bolts can be crafted by combining Nails and Gunpowder.	1. Find in the basement of Union Auto Repair in the Residential Area 2. Find some scattered around the map
Freeze Bolt	Freezes enemies within a radius.	This crossbow bolt will freeze enemies struck by it. Most enemies will shatter into pieces, though some may only be temporarily frozen or not affected at all.Freeze Bolts can be crafted by combining Condensers and Gunpowder.	1. Find in Torres’s Safe House in the Union Nature Preserve 2. Find some scattered around the map

Warden Crossbow

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A unique collapsible crossbow. Its heavy-duty bowstring means that it can shoot heavy projectiles a great distance.

Find in Residential Area

Shock Bolt

Chains from enemy to enemy, knocking them down and stunning them. Stomp downed enemies to kill them instantly.

Some enemies will withstand the shock and remain standing up.

Can upgrade to increase the number of enemies the electricity chains between, knocking them down.

If you shoot a Shock Bolt into a large pool of water, any enemy stepping into it will be shocked for the duration of the effect.

This crossbow bolt releases electric current which arcs from enemy to enemy, stunning them and sometimes knocking them down. It can also be fired at broken fuse boxes and pools of water for special environmental effects.Shock Bolts can be crafted by combining Fuses and Gunpowder.

Find together with Warden Crossbow

Harpoon Bolt

Specializes in knocking enemies down and destroying their limbs.

A good early weapon for silent takedowns.

This crossbow bolt impales struck opponents. Harpoon Bolts make no sound when fired, so they can be very useful in certain situations.Harpoon Bolts can be crafted from Metal Pipes.

1. Find nearby the Warden Crossbow

2. Find some scattered around the map

Smoke Bolt

Blocks enemy line of sight.

Can confuse enemies and stop them in their tracks, making it useful when you want to escape.

If you upgrade your Smoke Bolts, you can gain the ability to Sneak Kill enemies caught inside the smoke.

This crossbow bolt releases a cloud of smoke centered around its impact point.Upgrading your Smoke Bolts at a Workbench can give you the ability to Sneak Kill enemies trapped inside the area of effect.Smoke Bolts can be crafted by combining Smoke Powder and Gunpowder.

1. Find at Union Power and Gas in the Residential Area

2. Find some scattered around the map

Explosive Bolt

Getting hit by the shrapnel does a lot of damage. Bigger enemies get hit by more shrapnel, doing even more damage to them.

More shrapnel comes out of one side than the other. A good way to do a lot of damage is to set the Explosive Bolt at an enemy’s feet.

Sebastian also takes damage from Explosive Bolts.

The warhead on this crossbow bolt will violently explode when activated, releasing damaging shrapnel into the surrounding area. You don’t want to be near it when it goes off.Explosive Bolts can be crafted by combining Nails and Gunpowder.

1. Find in the basement of Union Auto Repair in the Residential Area

2. Find some scattered around the map

Freeze Bolt

Freezes enemies within a radius.

This crossbow bolt will freeze enemies struck by it. Most enemies will shatter into pieces, though some may only be temporarily frozen or not affected at all.Freeze Bolts can be crafted by combining Condensers and Gunpowder.

1. Find in Torres’s Safe House in the Union Nature Preserve

2. Find some scattered around the map

Crossbows & Bolts