Ammo pouch

Ammo pouch number, noting how much ammo is in the bag (with an asterisk at 1,000+ ammo).

Ammo pouches were a type of ammo bag that could hold stacks of ammo, that is, shot or bullets used by gun-wielders (as opposed to quivers, which contain stacks of arrows used by bow-wielders and crossbow-wielders).

On its icon on the action bar where the ammo pouch was equipped, an ammo pouch would display the total number of the bullets that the ammo pouch held (the number of shots remaining), up to three digits (999), and would switch to displaying an asterisk (*) for holding 1,000 or more ammo. These did not have to be the same type of bullet, but each slot in the ammo pouch would hold only one kind of bullet.

When the currently equipped stack of bullets ran out of bullets, an ammo pouch would automatically re-equip another stack of the same type of bullet, if one existed in the ammo pouch. This way the player would not have to worry about reloading, simply placing several stacks of the same bullets in the ammo pouch. It was advisable to not mix kinds of bullets in a ammo pouch in order to avoid having shooting occasionally halt, waiting for a manual reload.

Though any character could equip and fill them, an ammo pouch primarily was of benefit to a hunter, whose role, mechanics, and attacks depended on using large amounts of ammo, especially due to the autoshoot capability. Other classes that were able to use guns, mainly as devices to just pull mobs, simply used a handful of bullets in normal bags, if not a throwing weapon.

Currently available ammo pouches:

Quiver	Level	Slots	Capacity	Cost	Source
[Small Ammo Pouch]	-	6	6000	4	Hunter Starting Gear
[Small Shot Pouch]	-	8	8000	10	Vendor
[Small Leather Ammo Pouch]	-	8	8000	Crafted	Leatherworking (30)
[Medium Shot Pouch]	10	10	10000	10	Vendor
[Hunting Ammo Sack]	15	10	10000	Quest	[5-30] Vyrin's Revenge, Loch Modan
[Bandolier of the Night Watch]	18	12	12000	Quest	[30] The Night Watch, Duskwood
[Heavy Leather Ammo Pouch]	30	14	14000	Crafted	Leatherworking (150)
[Thick Leather Ammo Pouch]	40	16	16000	Crafted	Leatherworking (225)
[Ribbly's Bandolier]	50	16	16000	Drop	Ribbly Screwspigot, Blackrock Depths
[Gnoll Skin Bandolier]	55	16	16000	10 1530	Alterac Valley Vendors
[Smuggler's Ammo Pouch]	68	18	18000	10	Honored: The Consortium
[Knothide Ammo Pouch]	60	20	20000	Crafted	Leatherworking (325)
[Netherscale Ammo Pouch]	70	24	24000	Crafted	Leatherworking (350), Revered:Honor Hold/Thrallmar
[Dragonscale Ammo Pouch]	75	28	28000	Crafted	Leatherworking (415), Honored:The Kalu'ak

Note: Prior to Patch 3.1.0, ammo pouches granted a haste effect, increasing the rate of fire, of 10 to 15 percent (depending on level). This was removed in Patch 3.1.0, replaced with hunters receiving a 15% boost to Auto Shot speed. The patch also increased the number of remaining shots that can be displayed on the action bar.

Cataclysm

Cataclysm Class Preview: Hunter | 2010-04-09 16:00 |  Nethaera

A major change coming for the hunter is the removal of ammunition. Guns, bows, and crossbows will now do damage without consuming ammunition at all. There will be no more ammo slot on the hunter’s character display. Any ammunition that a hunter has at the time of the change will become gray sellable items. Existing quivers will be converted into large bags -- though each hunter can only have one and non-hunters will not benefit from this change -- and we will not be making any additional quivers.

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Patch changes

• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Converted to regular bags.
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): No longer increases attack speed.
  
• Patch 1.3.0 (2005-03-07): Fixed a bug where Ammo Pouch and Quiver bonuses were stacking together. Now only the better bonus should be considered.