Arbalest is an Epic grade Equipment weapon in Counter-Strike Online.
Overview[]
- This weapon can be obtained from Epic Decoder and Star Fragment
A secret weapon created by Kronos with the Cosmic Stone stolen from the Aegis Institute. Its basic attack causes an intermittent explosion, the <Cosmic Wave> that attacks an entire area and causes an additional attack on the target area if sustained long enough, the <Cosmic Black Hole> that fires a black hole ahead to cause damage, and the <Cosmic Armor> that automatically protect against zombie attacks.
Buff[]
- Notify crosshair when successful hit
Special function[]
- <Cosmic Wave>: Spend special rounds to attack an entire area. Sustain for a short time to cause an additional attack on the target area at the end.
- <Cosmic Black Hole>: Can be used after charging, and fires a cosmic black hole forward.
- Cosmic Black Hole charges automatically, and you can carry up to 3 rounds.
- <Cosmic Armor>: Activates automatically in Zombie and Zombie Scenario modes, emits a radiance aura upon hitting enemies enough time while using the Arbalest for a short time. Any fatal damage taken after activation is blocked and the weapon automatically activates Cosmic Wave and the slow debuff will be cleared. A cooldown triggers after using it in a single round.
- Zombie mode activation requirements: Hold the weapon for 80 seconds and hit enemies 20 times
- Zombie Scenario mode activation requirements: Hold the weapon for 60 seconds and hit enemies 20 times
Release date[]
- South Korea: 12 January 2023.
- Taiwan/Hong Kong/China/CSNS: 18 January 2023.
Obtain procedure[]
| Obtain 15 Star Fragment | 
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| Log in into the game | 
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| 200 minutes of game play | 
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| Obtained from the Epic Decoder. (1 type is provided according to each probability among rewards). '2023 Happy New Year's nameplate' included
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Corresponding medal[]
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This medal can be achieved upon acquiring Arbalest and Black Dragon Wings (Permanent) | 10 Honor Points |
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| Requirements | 
Can be obtained from Rare Costume Selection Box |
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Variant[]
- Space Arbalest
- Main article: Space Arbalest
A secret weapon created by Kronos with the Astral Stone crafted based on the Cosmic Stone from the Aegis Lab. It has a basic attack that causes explosions intermittently, strikes all surrounding areas and, if sustained for a certain amount of time, an additional attack on the target area at the end, fires a black hole in front to deal damage, and finally, automatically defends against zombie attacks.
Comparison to Quantum Horizon[]
- Positive
- Higher rate of fire (+8%)
- Higher stun (+33%)
- Larger clip size (+50)
- Neutral
- Same price ($6000)
- Same speed reduction (4%)
- Same reload time (2.0 seconds)
- Negative
- Lower damage (-15 human, -135 zombie, -232 scenario)
- Less accurate (-1%)
- Higher recoil (+1%)
- Lower knockback (+8%)
Gallery[]
Shoot sound
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Trivia[]
- The arbalest (also arblast) was a late variation of the crossbow coming into use in Europe during the 12th century.
- There is a bug that the Cosmic Armor radiance light screen effect somewhat changed to Quantum Horizon's Quantum Dive, and it persists even on next round. (This bug is fixed on Korea patch on March 9th 2023)
- The design and mechanic of this weapon is somewhat similiar to the Ethereal
- The firing sound is somewhat akin to XM8 Carbine.