10 Tiny Details Video Games ALWAYS Get Wrong

10. Quivers Weren't Commonly Worn On Backs

We all know what an archer is supposed to look like, right? Bow in hand with a quiver of arrows loaded on their back. It's how these people have been depicted in media for decades - with the likes of Robin Hood being the prime example on the big screen. Likewise, whenever you equip game characters with some arrows of their own, they will proudly have the quiver placed on their backs.

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Much like many other myths spread by the factually-inaccurate Hollywood, quivers were commonly worn on belts at the hip of archers rather than on the back as Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves or Skyrim would have us believe.

While back quivers are commonly used in modern archery and were in fact used in some cultures across history (North America and Africa being some examples), it was far more typical for archers to use belt quivers - especially in medieval Europe - as it was a far more practical place to store them in combat situations.

Even Kingdom Come Deliverance, which prided itself on being historically accurate to its 15th century Bohemia setting, makes the error of placing the quiver on the character's back.

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