What's wrong with the crossbow bolts in The witcher 3?

I'm playing The witcher 3 on Xbox one, and I'm a bit confused with the crossbow bolts stats. For instance, currently I have these stacks in my inventory:

        Quality: Blue (master)    | Yellow (magic)   | Brown (relic)    | Regular (black)
----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------
Level required  | 9               | 14               | 22               | 1 
Quantity I have | 10              | 22               | 20               | Unlimited
Weight          | 0.51            | 1.11             | 3.01             | 0.06
Value           | 8 coins each    | 10 coins each    | 16 coins each    | 0 coins
Damage          | 7-9, +8 silver  | 9-11, +10 silver | 13-15 +14 silver | 9-11
Other effects   | bleeding 15s    |                  |                  |

So I can use the default crossbow bolts, which only do 11 damage at maximum, or swap to the relic ones, which would let me do 29 total damage until I run out of them. Everything is clear, right?

Well... I forgot to add something to the table above. The standard bolts also do a bit of silver damage. +400 silver damage, to be precise. Whaaaat!?

So I can choose between 17 damage (master quality), 21 (magical item), 29 (relic), or... 411 (crappy quality). Seriously? Also, I have an unlimited supply of those, and they don't even weight much, as opposed to the other bolt stacks.

What am I missing here?????

Should I just throw away all the non-standard bolt stacks? (No merchant is willing to buy them... no wonder why!)

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Are all crossbow bolts infinite in Witcher 3?

basic bolts've infinite supply. special bolts're consumables they dont replenish. And for flying creatures, to knock them to the ground.

Is the crossbow useless Witcher 3?

Yeah, the crossbow is only useful for utility, not damage. There might be some mods that fix it, but you're better off using Grapeshot or Dancing Star if you need a damaging ranged attack.

Do you have infinite bolts Witcher 3?

Item ID. Whenever Geralt submerges, a default set of bolts is automatically equipped. These do twice the base damage, and 100 times the silver damage of the above set. These "harpoon bolts" are also infinite, and don't appear in the inventory unless added with a console command.

What is the strongest crossbow in Witcher 3?

The best crossbow you can equip is either the Ursine Crossbow or the Feline Crossbow because of their 15% bonus experience from monsters.

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