Sephiria Crossbow – Stats, Enhancements, and Best Builds

Overview

The Sephiria crossbow (officially listed as the "Large Crossbow") is a ranged weapon introduced in Sephiria patch 0.7.35. It fires arrows from a magazine, with each arrow able to pierce up to 2 enemies. The crossbow's special attack consumes MP to fire a reinforced arrow that penetrates all enemies, while the dash attack launches a mine that explodes after 3 seconds.

The crossbow has a probabilistic artifact activation coefficient of 120%, meaning random proc artifacts trigger 20% more often than with the standard sword and shield.

Base stats:

How to Obtain

The crossbow is a base weapon available in every run, not a drop from specific enemies or bosses. It was added in patch 0.7.35 and can be selected as your starting weapon or found during a run. At initial release, the magazine capacity was 6, but this was increased to 10 in patch 0.7.36.

The crossbow can be enhanced twice at an anvil. The first enhancement changes the weapon's core behavior, and the second enhancement builds on the first. There are 8 first-tier enhancements and 16 total variants (including second-tier forms).

Crossbow Enhancements

Each enhancement changes the crossbow's stats and mechanics. The values below show the stat changes relative to the base crossbow.

Large Crossbow: Reloading Device

• Normal attack damage reduced by 45%.
• Special attack replaced with Advanced Reload: consumes 25 MP to reload at 400% speed.
• Magazine capacity: 20 (+10), Rate of fire: 8.3 (+5.3), Reload: 2.5 (+0.5).

This enhancement turns the special attack into a fast-reload tool. The actual attack speed is 8.33 attacks per second.

Acceleration Core

• Attack speed stacks as you attack, up to +60% of base attack speed.
• Magazine capacity: 10 (−10), Magazines: 9 (+8), Rate of fire: 6.7 (−1.6), Reload: 4 (+1.5).
• Total ammunition capacity: 90 rounds.

The Acceleration Core is widely considered one of the strongest crossbow variants. It reduces magazine size but increases the total number of magazines to 9, allowing sustained fire without reloading. The stacking attack speed bonus makes it excellent for normal attack builds and proc-heavy builds. Community reports highlight its synergy with on-hit effects, such as stun procs and palace cards, because the high attack speed triggers effects frequently.

Crossbow: Twins

• Normal attack fires 2 projectiles.
• Movement speed increases firing speed.
• Magazine capacity: 10 (−10), Magazines: 2 (+1), Rate of fire: 4.2 (−4.1), Reload: 2.5.

The Twins enhancement fires two arrows per magazine but reduces firing speed. It synergizes with movement speed artifacts, as higher movement speed increases attack speed.

Large Crossbow: Shot Barrier

• Normal attack changes to Gunpowder Bomb, a melee-range attack with 80% increased damage.
• Magazine capacity: 5 (−5), Rate of fire: 1.8 (−1.2), Reload: 1.6 (−0.4).

This turns the crossbow into a close-range weapon. Normal attacks become melee attacks that hit all targets in range.

Gunpowder Herb Conversion

• Critical hit chance for weapon attacks increases by 35%.
• Critical hits charge 1 bullet.
• Magazine capacity: 7 (+2), Rate of fire: 1.8, Reload: 1.6.

This enhancement enables infinite magazine if you reach 65% critical hit chance. It is a strong option for critical hit builds.

Explosive Device

• Normal attack damage increases by 10%.
• Magazine capacity: 2 (−3), Magazines: 2 (+1), Rate of fire: 6.3 (+4.5), Reload: 2.4 (+0.8).

Fires 4 rounds in quick succession before reloading. The last arrow in each magazine benefits from Crown of Humility and Golden Crown of Pride effects.

Large Crossbow: Special Bolt Enhancement

• Special attack range increased and damage increased by 30%.
• Magazine capacity: 10, Magazines: 2 (+1), Rate of fire: 3, Reload: 2.

Rapid Fire Mechanism

• Consecutive special attacks (within 2 seconds) deal +10% damage per cast, up to +50%.
• Stats unchanged from Special Bolt Enhancement.

Large Crossbow: Flame Mine

• Weapon attack damage reduced by 20%, but damage type changes to fire attribute.
• Magazine capacity: 6 (−4), Rate of fire: 5 (+2), Reload: 1.5 (−0.5).

This enhancement converts the crossbow to fire-based damage, making it suitable for fire attribute builds.

Guidance Module

• Special attack cost reduced to 3 MP.
• Additional MP increases special attack damage by 0.9% per point.
• Special attacks track nearby enemies.
• Stats unchanged from Flame Mine.

When maximum MP exceeds 150, the special attack drone's appearance and explosion radius are enhanced (not stated in the tooltip).

Mini Cannon

• Normal attack fires a grenade with 75% increased damage.
• Magazine capacity: 5 (−1), Rate of fire: 2 (−3), Reload: 2 (+0.5).

Large Crossbow: Unstable Lightning Mark

• 40% chance to fire a Lightning Arrow on normal attack.
• Lightning Arrow deals 160% lightning damage and hits adjacent enemies once.
• Magazine capacity: 5 (−5), Magazines: 2 (+1), Rate of fire: 4 (+1), Reload: 2.

Lightning Arrows count as normal attacks and benefit from normal attack damage and weapon attack effects.

Mark Stabilization

• Lightning Arrows inflict electric shock on hit.
• Electric shock damage increases by 25%.
• Stats unchanged from Unstable Lightning Mark.

Cloud Catcher

• Lightning Arrow hits generate 3 dark clouds.
• Stats unchanged from Unstable Lightning Mark.

Large Crossbow: Frost Shroud

• Special attack replaced with Frost Shroud: consumes 30 MP to gain a 10-second buff increasing normal attack damage by 10% and changing damage to ice attribute.
• Magazine capacity: 12 (+2), Rate of fire: 3.3 (+0.3), Reload: 2.

Quick-Freeze Crystal

• Frost Shroud no longer consumes arrows while active.
• Stats unchanged from Frost Shroud.

Expansion Device

• Frost Shroud fires frostbite bullets that pierce enemies.
• Magazine capacity fixed at 5.
• Stats unchanged from Frost Shroud.

Kagumede

• Attacks apply a poisoning debuff: 20 chaos damage per second for 10 seconds, increasing damage taken from all debuffs by 20%.
• Magazine capacity: 10, Rate of fire: 3, Reload: 0.8 (−1.2).

Form of Karim

• Enhances the performance of jellyfish-type companions.
• Stats unchanged from Kagumede.

Pallet Bee Palace

• Poison stack limit increases by 3.
• Magazine capacity: 10, Rate of fire: 3.6 (+0.6), Reload: 0.8.

M-9199

• Normal attacks penetrate enemies and deal 15% increased damage.
• Special attack replaced with Bullet Condensation: consumes 10 MP to combine all bullets in the magazine into one, dealing 25% additional damage per condensed bullet.
• Magazine capacity: 7 (−3), Rate of fire: 2.3 (−0.7), Reload: 1.4 (−0.6).

XRA-9

• Using the last bullet in a magazine reduces all magic book and proc artifact cooldowns by 25%.
• Magazine capacity: 10 (+3), Rate of fire: 2.3, Reload: 1.4.

Uses and Builds

The crossbow supports multiple build archetypes:

1. Normal Attack Builds: The Acceleration Core is the standout choice, providing up to +60% attack speed and 90 total rounds. Combined with on-hit artifacts like Doll Bell (stun chance), it can lock down enemies. Community reports describe this as a "boss shredder" build capable of stun-locking bosses.

2. Critical Hit Builds: Gunpowder Herb Conversion provides +35% crit chance and infinite magazine at 65% total crit. This is the highest-DPS crossbow build currently achievable, according to player reports.

3. Special Attack Builds: The Guidance Module converts the special attack into a homing drone with damage scaling based on maximum MP. It synergizes with MP-increasing artifacts.

4. Elemental Builds: Flame Mine (fire), Frost Shroud (ice), and Unstable Lightning Mark (lightning) convert the crossbow to elemental damage, enabling attribute-specific builds.

5. Debuff Builds: Kagumede applies poison, and its damage amplification effect synergizes with other debuff sources.

Version History

• 0.7.35: Crossbow added with 16 enhancement variants (6 tier-2, 10 tier-1).
• 0.7.36: Base magazine capacity increased from 6 to 10.
• 0.9.1: Electric shock reworked; Lightning Arrow enhancements adjusted.
• 0.9.6: Gunpowder Herb Conversion crit chance increased by 5% and bullet charging added. Flame Mine reworked. Wound debuff changed to chaos damage.
• 0.9.8: Guidance Module damage scaling reduced by 0.1%. Solis Kineris critical damage reduced by 17%.
• 0.10.14: M-9199 and XRA-9 added. Pallet Bee Palace added.
• 0.11.0: Damage display changed to show numbers; Reloading Device damage penalty adjusted from 46% to 45%.

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