Starting with dual wielding/bows

Nagus · April 2014

Is it possible to start dual wielding or bows during Coldharbor anymore? I remember doing it during the beta weekend that I participated in.

KerinKor · April 2014

I found no bows in Coldharbour at all on any of the four characters I ran through there over the last two days.

Shimond · April 2014

You get a bow every time when you leave coldharbor. If you spend time hunting down and looting chests there's a good chance you'll get some kind of one handed weapon to pair with the starter sword.

Casdha · April 2014

The Mobs will drop the best loot in that area, as of now, I have gotten weapons and armor both from them. Maybe you will get lucky. That is the only way I know of now. The only way I've seen you can pick up two items from the table is to get a sword and board. I had to get my second sword from a mob.

Mulk · April 2014

I thought there was a bow on the table you pick your starter weapon up from.

At any rate, as was pointed out you can get a bow on exit.

And, honestly, it doesn't take too long to level a weapon to the point of usability if you decide you want to try a different weapon, or if the weapon you want to try hasn't dropped for a while. Don't let it discourage you.

silent88b14_ESO · April 2014

There were several weapons on the table in cold harbor. What exactly they were may vary, but I only found there were more than one by circling the table and paying close attention. Weapon drops are more plentiful so you should be able to find an offhand weapon eventually. I didn't see a bow in cold harbor but there was one in the sealed urn provided by the Prophet after you awaken in Tamriel. Of note I did not receive the cold harbor ring in my reward urn. Did anyone else get one?

Brugalt · April 2014

I don't think there is a cold harbor ring anymore.

Shimond · April 2014

Weird, every character I've made just has the sword, shield, ice staff and heavy maul option on the table. Thought it was static there.

silent88b14_ESO · April 2014

I found the sword but missed the shield.

Hawtsauce · April 2014

I was troubled by the same thing , I wanted to start playing DW + Bow right away on my NB.

The solution - gather maple and iron and make them yourself , it requires no skill pt investment and materials are very easy to find. You will need to purchase 1 crafting component from the tradeskill vendor for each item you craft, cost is realatively cheap. I cant remember what is is called - for Dark Elf it is Obsidian shard, for High Elf it is Adamant , etc. You can very easily craft a full set of armor and a few weapons

kijima · April 2014

I ran three characters through Coldharbour last night, all of them had the sword, shield, ice staff and heavy maul option on the table. Nothing else.

One of my characters looted a bow, but the others didn't get a bow till much later. My main didnt get a bow until halfway through the roost, which hurt as that character is a bosmer with a bow...

mutharex · April 2014

kijima wrote: »

I ran three characters through Coldharbour last night, all of them had the sword, shield, ice staff and heavy maul option on the table. Nothing else.

One of my characters looted a bow, but the others didn't get a bow till much later. My main didnt get a bow until halfway through the roost, which hurt as that character is a bosmer with a bow...

When you leave Coldharbour and talk to the Prophet, you get an urn with inside an armor and a bow.

spidur · April 2014

Nagus wrote: »

Is it possible to start dual wielding or bows during Coldharbor anymore? I remember doing it during the beta weekend that I participated in.

Originally it gave you the option in Beta, to have bow, duel weild, sword and shield, 2 handed and the destructive/healing staves. They've changed it now to sword and shield, destructive stave and 2 handed mace. But have dramatically increased the loot drop in the Coldharbour area, compared to that of Beta.

If you get the start sword, loot mobs, stay for several levels, your bound to get another 1 handed sword, plus you get armor, and a bow upon leaving Coldharbour through main quest, so it all works out

kijima · April 2014

Here's the thing, only once out of three. Trust me when I say this, I was counting on that bow for my little bosmer girl who is new to the city.