Thunderbolt

The Thunderbolt mod gives arrows from the Paris, Dread, Paris Prime, Attica, Cernos and Daikyu a 7.5% chance per rank of exploding on impact for a maximum of 30% chance at Rank 3, dealing 250 damage to the target, as well as to nearby enemies within 10 meters of the blast (scaled by distance).

Tips

 * Pair with a high-rank Multishot mod for maximum effect. Calculating per shot, you'll have a 48.9 % chance of at least one explosion at max rank for both Split Chamber and Thunderbolt. The chance for two explosions is 8.1 %
 * When facing groups of enemies at medium to long range, maximize splash damage by aiming for a nearby wall or floor surface rather than directly at an enemy.
 * Since explosive damage is unaffected by the amount of time you've charged the shot, rapid snap shots can be very effective at quickly taking out large groups of enemies.
 * Currently, the mod has no effect on bows' stealth properties; killing an unaware enemy with an explosive arrow will not trigger an alarm. However, missing a shot will still be noticed by enemies, be it explosive or not.
 * This mod pairs well with the Attica due to the latter's high volume of fire compared to other bow-type weapons, ensuring a very high chance of bolts exploding within a short period of time. Combined with the higher ammo capacity, using Thunderbolt on this weapon is very effective.
 * However, Thunderbolt's damage doesn't scale, can't be improved and only gives a very low average dps (damage per shot) boost of 75 (single target) while elemental damage mods will boost your weapon damage for 60% at the cost of 9 calibration points. It is recommended to not use this mod against enemies above level 20.