There are several categories that show in the bottommost range slot line of the stats pane of the client .

Read also the topics of the Guide Playing Crossfire :

• #Shoot a Ranged Weapon
• #Cast a Spell
• #Use a Skill
• #Applying an Item

See also the player command rotateshoottype .

Available range attacks in server/socket/info.c :

• range_none:
  • “Range: nothing”
• range_bow:
  • FLAG_APPLIED; “Range: %s (%s)”, query_base_name(op, 0), op→race ? op→race : “nothing”
• range_magic:
  • settings.casting_time == TRUE
    • casting_time == 0; “Range: Holding spell (%s)”, pl→spell→name
    • casting_time > 0; “Range: Casting spell (%s)”, pl→spell→name
    • casting_time < 0; “Range: spell (%s)”, pl→contr→ranges[range_magic]→name
  • else “Range: spell (%s)”, pl→contr→ranges[range_magic]→name
• range_misc:
  • “Range: %s”, pl→contr→ranges[range_misc] ? query_base_name(pl→contr→ranges[range_misc],0): “none”
• range_golem:
  • “Range: golem (%s)”, pl→contr→ranges[range_golem]→name
  • “Range: nothing”
• range_skill:
  • “Skill: %s”, pl→chosen_skill!=NULL ? pl→chosen_skill→name : “none”
• range_builder:
  • “Builder: %s”, query_base_name( pl→contr→ranges[ range_builder ], 0 )
• default:
  • “Range: illegal”