How is ranged damage calculated

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I have a dwarven bow of frost and ancient nord arrows.

Dwarven bow – 20 damage
Frost enchantment – 10 damage
Ancient nord arrows – 10 damage

Would it calculate 20+10 to give each arrow 30 damage (ignoring enchantments for now)? Or does it take an average of them, giving each 15 damage? Or does it take the highest, thus 20 damage?

Is the enchantment calculated afterwards (and would it be affected by the sneak bonus/critical hits)?

Best Answer

Yes, by using your weapon you make the arrow stronger so you simply add the arrow's damage to the weapon's damage. IF it is the case that the weapon is enchanted then the weapon is even stronger, so

total damage = weapon damage + enchantment damage + arrow damage

is the right formula. They don't limit it by the average, because that would make those slow bows rather weak. The highest damage doesn't really make sense as then getting better arrows does in most cases not result in getting better damage...

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