ammunition (WoW)  

Characters have both a ranged weapon slot and a slot for ammunition. While some classes have items that go into the ranged slot that do not use ammo, bullets or arrows are required to fire bows, crossbows, or guns. It should be noted that both bows and crossbows use standard arrows; there are no crossbow bolts.

Of the three classes that can use these weapon types, rogues and warriors will usually be content carrying one or two stacks of ammunition, since it stacks to 200 and is sold that way. While each shot does consume an arrow or bullet, rogues and warriors rarely use more than 2 arrows to initiate a fight. Since their concern is more in getting the attention of their enemies rather than actually dealing damage, any basic ammunition is fine.

Hunters, however, rely on their ranged weapon damage, and ranged weapons typically have lower damage output than melee weapons because the ammunition adds to that damage. For hunters, having good ammunition is important, and is the primary recurring cost for the class beyond basic repairs. Hunters will typically carry a quiver^[1] to get a haste bonus, and sometimes find that these specialized containers do not hold enough arrows for a prolonged excursion out of time.

While most arrows are bought from vendors, either normal vendors or sometimes specialized, as noted below, it should also be stated that engineers can make bullets. With the exception of Thorium Headed Arrows, which are the result of a quest turn-in with the crafted Thorium Shells, (quest,) engineering cannot make any arrows. Engineering also makes guns, so this is not wholly surprising.

Available Ammunition

Basic ammunition becomes available from General Supply vendors at various levels:

Specialized ammo:

1. ^ The bullet equivalent to a quiver is an ammo pouch. For the remainder of the article, arrows will be used to refer to both arrows and bullets except where otherwise noted.
2. ^ There is an older version of this arrow that requires only level 62.