Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20160609071212/@comment-26397825-20160625113223

Basically. Crossbow bolts are shorter and heavier in thikness than an arrow. You can technically fire a bolt with a bow, or fire an arrow with a crossbow, but the arrow has a chance of shattering from the force of the string being put on it in a crossbow and bolts won't go as far from a bow.