Hi. I'm new to Pathfinder and even newer with an archer, so I don't understand much about the arrows types.
I've heard cold iron and silver arrows are very good, but I don't understand what it does/when should I use it. Also, is there other special materials arrows I should carry?
Another question refers to Mending. How does it works with arrows. Can I throw an arrow and mend if so I can use it again?
Also, to not create another thread, can you help me out on which magic items an archer should have?
Ps.: I'm making an Eldritch Archer (Figther 1, Wiz 5, EK 10, AA 4).
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Silver, Cold Iron, Adamantine, and Blunt arrows are generally used to bypass the DR that some monsters have. Silver arrows bypass DR/Silver, etc.
Don't buy adamantine arrows. Buy Adamantine weapon blanch and apply it to 10 arrows. It's much cheaper. Buy Ghost Salts as well. Apply to 10 arrows, and suddenly you can murder ghosts and other incorporeal creatures, which would otherwise be much harder to murder. Enjoy!
Mending, if I recall correctly, will generally work on mundane arrows that you use. It won't restore a weapon blanch, and I don't believe it works on magical arrows either.
As far as magic items go....Bracers of Falcon's Aim are pretty great, especially for their cost. Put Adaptive on your bow so you get the most use out of your strength modifier with no risk if you take strength damage.
Ideally, in the end, you should have several Endless Quivers loaded up with:
Durable Adamantine Arrows
Durable Cold Iron Arrows
Durable Mithril Arrows (better than silver, no damage loss)
Durable Blunt Arrows (possibly in a mix of the above materials)
Durable Arrows (of any sort) treated with Ghost Salt Blanch
Before you can afford the actual materials, you should make heavy use of blanches. They're awesome. And always always get durable arrows. It's almost like cheating.
I can't find how much would a durable arrow cost. Can you help me? How much each would cost? Also, can't find anything about blanch.
Durable arrows cost 1 gold each. Then you just add the cost of the special material on top of that.
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You can find weapon blanches here.
(And just in case you'd like clarification on DR, it represents things like werewolves only being harmed by silver weapons - they resist a certain amount of damage from other weapons. If you're hunting werewolves, you want silver bullets/arrows.)
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Buy a lot, and get an Efficient Quiver to store them in combat and a Bag of Holding to refill the quiver if you need it.
Abundant Ammunition from UC gives you unlimited nonmagical ammo for the duration of most fights, so you can try to cast it before combat and save yourself some arrows.
If it's really bugging you, you can get the Endless Ammunition enchantment to make your bow create its own basic ammo, though you'll still need to buy special materials (and probably keep them in an Efficient Quiver). It's also quite pricey - try the other two suggestions first.
Also, to cut costs, don't use special material arrows on foes without DR. There is no point in shooting your average human with an adamantine arrow, it's just a waste of gold.
be sure to store them inside something (a barrel for example) if you're storing them in a bag of holding--pointy objects can puncture the bag and you'll lose the items inside forever (not kidding), as well as ruining the bag, which would be a colossal waste of money.
Bump.
Anybody on the barrel capacity for arrows?
How many arrows do you want to fit in the barrel? A wine barrel is 32 gallons, an oil barrel is 42 gallons, and a beer barrel is 50 gallons. It also doesn't need to be a barrel per se; a backpack will do quite well, or a box -- really, anything that will not be punctured by the tips. (I'd just use an ordinary quiver, but get a good one with a cork-lined bottom.)