Okay, there have been a lot of theories thrown around about how exactly to get this highly sought after ranged weapon, but none of them seem to work every time with every character alignment, or have enough detail to be clearly understood. Once again, the power of the dvG can finally bring you the definitive guide with no room for error.

The first thing you need is a few hundred Gold. You'll be using this to hire mercenaries and have them wait while midnight rolls around.

The second thing you need is access to two mercenaries. The easiest ones to find are in the Bowerstone South bar, next to the Memorial Garden entrance in Oakvale, and next to the fire pit in Twinblade's Camp.

Now you need to hire two of these mercenaries and have them follow you to Darkwood Chapel of Skorm (get here through Darkwood Camp). There are a number of ways to do this, but the easiest is to go to the Chapel of Skorm (CoS) and then teleport to Oakvale, hire the mercenary here, then recall to CoS. Now teleport to Bowerstone South, hire the mercenary here, then recall back to CoS again. Regardless of how you get them to the CoS, once you're there with them SAVE YOUR GAME IN A NEW SLOT. This is very important, as you still might do something incorrect, and you'll want to do as little legwork as possible to get back here and try again.

The next step is to enter the Chapel, stand in front of one of the worshippers and wait. What we're waiting for is midnight. This is when the "clock" in the top right corner has night on top, sun on bottom and the horizon line is completely flat. The good thing about having the mercenaries here is that they take their pay at the top of the hour. So if it's close to midnight, as soon as you see your Gold taken away, you know the clock just struck midnight.

What to do next seems to be where most of the confusion starts. All you need to do is sacrifice these two mercenaries AFTER they take their midnight pay but BEFORE they take their next payment. This isn't hard, since there's a long window of time here and the sacrifice only takes about 10 seconds to perform.

To demonstrate this fact, the video shows three different runs through the sacrifices. The first is with a perfectly neutral character, and the first sacrifice begins IMMEDIATELY after the midnight pay is taken.

The second is with a mostly evil character, and the first sacrifice begins well after the midnight pay, with the second sacrifice starting barely before the next payment is taken.

The third is with a mostly good character, and the sacrifices take place comfortably in between the midnight and next payment.

Note that you do NOT need to get 1000 points to get Skorm's Bow, as has been reported. None of the three runs ended with even 900 total points. You also don't need to rush through the cut-scenes. You should cancel them when the option pops up, but you don't have to sit there and pound on the Y button.

If you've followed all of these directions to the letter and didn't end up with Skorm's Bow, relax, take a deep breath, then reload your save at the CoS and try again. Try changing the time between the midnight payment and when you begin your sacrifice. Or try letting a little bit of time pass between the first and second sacrifice. You'll note in the video that I didn't rush to begin the second sacrifice immediately after the first one ended.

Good luck, and enjoy the sweet bow.

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