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Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandorais an open-world RPG game that includes typical elements of the genre, such as a vast world to explore and the ability to customize your character with equipment ranging from armor to weapons, all aimed at confronting the RDA and saving Pandora. Strengthening your Na’vi involves not only acquiring weapons and armor but also developing skills.
Skills in this game are organized into multiple trees, each with an associated Apex Challenge that becomes available after acquiring all skills within that tree. Upon reaching this milestone, you must complete the challenge to unlock the corresponding skill.
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How To Unlock The Apex Challenge: The Bow Master
To unlockthe Apex Challenge: The Bow Master, you mustacquire all skills from the Memories of the Maker skill tree. Upon completion of this skill tree, you will gain access to the Apex Challenge quest where you will need tocraft the Energizing Longbow.
The designs to craft this longbow will begiven to you automatically, but that’s the easy part.
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The challenging aspect isacquiring three exquisite materials for it, and this might take some time as you’ll need to go hunting for them.
How To Complete The Apex Challenge: The Bow Master
To craft the Energizing Longbow, you will need theexquisite qualityof these materials:
Where To Find The Dawnsheen Branch
The Dawnsheen Branch can be discovered in theBoulderlands biome of the Clouded Forest, which is the final region you unlock as you progress through the main story.
To obtain the exquisite version,head south to the Resistance Hideoutand soar with your Ikran to the mountaintops. There, you’ll come across numerous Dawnsheen Branches, but you’ll need touse your Na’vi Senses to inspect the plants and identify the exquisite one.
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Check the map picture for a general idea of its location.
Keep in mind that the Dawnsheen Branchcan be anywhere within the biome. So you might need to explore and look around for a bit to find the exquisite version.
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Once you find it,carefully pick the plant, marking the completion of one item out of three.
Where To Find The Shaded Waterweed Bast
The quickest way to acquire the exquisite version of the Shaded Waterweed Bast is by purchasing it using Clan Favor.
Visit the Circle Zeswa Clan Home, andon your right, within a tent, you’ll finda Na’vi merchant. Interact with her to buy the Shaded Waterweed Bast.
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If you’re short on Clan Favor, refer to our guideon how to earn Clan Favor.
If you’ve already made the purchase before,there’s a chance the merchant will restock after a while. Ensure to return after completing a few quests, as she typically refreshes the shop with the required material.
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Another method to obtain the exquisite version of the Shaded Waterweed Bast is bysearching inside the Tranquility Bulb.
These are thelarge pink flowerstypically found in thePillar Canyon biome, and many of them are located to theeast of the Circle Zeswa Clan Home.
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Once you’re there, use your Ikran to fly andinspect the inside of the Tranquility Bulbto locate the required material.
Unlike the first two materials, obtaining theHammerhead Hornrequires hunting a specific animal calledthe Hammerhead Titanothere. However, you need to find a rarer version of this animal.
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A guaranteed spot for encountering this animal isin the Dyer’s Bowl area, locatedclose to where the Resistance Headquarters was.
When you find the Hammerhead Titanothere,inspect the animalto confirm it has the exquisite version of the Hammerhead Horn. Once verified,execute a clean kill by hitting the weakspot on the animal.
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Afterward,harvest the animalto collect the final item needed to craft the Energizing Longbow.
Craft The Energizing Longbow And Acquire The Master Crafter Skill
Now that you have all the items,go to the nearest Crafting Tableandcraft the Energizing Longbow. After doing so, you will successfully complete the Apex Challenge andgain the Master Crafter skill.
Having the Master Crafter skill is advantageous, especially if you regularly craft your own equipment.
This skill enhances the power of your newly crafted equipment, resulting inincreased damage for weaponsandimproved health for gear.