I find this confusing. I have a bow that says level 19, which works fine. I bought some arrows that said 15, and couldn't use them until I hit 15.
This is one of several things for which I've not seen a written explanation.
I hope eventually the wiki will answer such things, but for the moment they are deep dark mysteries.
Actually, about the only criticism of VG going live I've seen that I agree with is that the docs suck... IMO at least.
