Crossbow


 * For a similar weapon, see Explosive Tip Crossbow.

The Crossbow is a modern compound Crossbow that is featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops. It is a silent, high-powered weapon, and takes up the Secondary slot. It uses explosive arrow bolts for ammunition and they are affected by gravity over some range in multiplayer. The explosive tip does not explode on contact but instead takes a few seconds to explode.

Campaign
The Crossbow is known to appear in the mission "WMD," which is set in the Ural Mountains, 1968. The crossbow can fire two different types of bolts, including normal or explosive bolts. It can attach a sniper scope, which the player can steady ; it can also zoom in further. The Crossbow also appears in the mision Executive Order for a short amount of time. It has fairly high hip accuracy. Even though the Crossbow is fairly strong, to score a one-shot kill with a regular Crossbow, it needs to hit the enemiy's head or chest.

Multiplayer
The Crossbow also appears in multiplayer, available at level 33. It has no attachments or camouflages available and always fires explosive bolts. Unlike its Single-player counterpart, the multiplayer crossbow fires projectiles that do not drop over distance unlike the ballistic knife. It is one of the weapons used in the Sticks and Stones Wager Match playlist, along with the Ballistic Knife and Tomahawk. It is also the 19th weapon in Gun Game. When a player is hit by an Explosive Tipped bolt, the screen flashes red and an indicator comes up in the shape of an arrow with the word "Stuck" on it, indicating the player has been hit with an explosive bolt.

Attachments

 * Explosive Tip
 * Variable Zoom (Singleplayer Only)

Trivia

 * The Crossbow was possibly included in Black Ops because Major John Plaster, an actual SOG operator, told Treyarch that one of his squad-mates used a bow and arrow during stealth missions.
 * It is possible to cripple enemies with the Crossbow. (Campaign only)
 * This weapon is almost identical to the Explosive Tip Crossbow in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized.
 * The Crossbow has Arctic Camouflage in "WMD".
 * The Crossbow has three bolts attached underneath, but they cannot be used. This is similar to the M1014 of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
 * There is an Achievement/Trophy involving Pack-A-Punched Crossbow bolts in Zombie mode. This confirms the return of the Pack-A-Punch machine and that the Crossbow can be upgraded as well.
 * It is possible to kill a player with the bolt alone, if their health is low enough.