Crossbows Skill ID

The skill ID for Crossbows in Valheim, with raiseskill and resetskill commands to set your level from the console.

About

Crossbows is a skill and a weapon class. Crossbows shoot equipped bolts and cannot be retrieved. Loading itself takes 4 seconds and uses 4 stamina, however, with the firing, loading, and readying animations, it can only be fired every 6 seconds. Jumping and sprinting resets the loading progress and bolts cannot be loaded while sprinting. After the crossbow is loaded it can be fired at any time at no stamina cost. After firing, another bolt will need to be loaded. The bolts do not stay loaded when switching to other weapons, so a bolt is loaded whenever the item is equipped.

Overview

Crossbows is one of Valheim's character skills, tracked under the internal ID Crossbows. Determines damage, stamina cost and draw time with Crossbows.

Experience is gained at 1 per bolt when hitting a creature.

At max level (100) it grants +131% damage and knockback,-50% reload time.

Adjust your level from the console with raiseskill Crossbows 10 to add 10 points, or resetskill Crossbows to wipe it back to 0.

Skill ID	Crossbows
Description	Determines damage, stamina cost and draw time with Crossbows.
Effect at Max Level	+131% damage and knockback,-50% reload time
Experience Gain	1 per bolt when hitting a creature

Command reference: raiseskill
Command reference: resetskill

Command Builder

Amount

Increases your Crossbows skill by 10 points (max level is 100).

Example Commands

Increases your Crossbows skill by 10 points. Max level is 100.

Resets your Crossbows skill to 0.

Weapons That Use Crossbows

Leveling & Death Penalty

Every Valheim skill ranges from level 0 to 100, and its bonus grows as the level climbs — the +131% damage and knockback,-50% reload time above is the full value you reach at level 100. Crossbows earns experience at 1 per bolt when hitting a creature, so it climbs fastest when you use it deliberately.

Dying is the catch: each death drains roughly 5% of your level in every skill, Crossbows included, so a hard-won level erodes quickly on a dangerous run. To claw it back without the grind, run raiseskill Crossbows 10 — that adds ten levels at once, and you can pass any amount (or a negative number to lower it). Prefer a clean slate? resetskill Crossbows wipes the skill back to 0.