Elden Ring Bow Weapon Guide: List, Stats, Skills, Locations

Last Updated on: 9th April 2022, 05:39 pm

Weapons are offensive types of equipment that are used to inflict damage against Enemies and Bosses. There are a lot of weapon types. In this weapon guide, we are going to talk particularly about the Bow.    

Requiring Arrows as ammunition, Bows are ranged weapons that can be used to inflict damage on hostile characters from afar. They grant no guard protection, encouraging users to maintain distance. 

Below are all the Bows in Elden Ring and all you need to know about them. 

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Albinauric Bow

The Albinauric Bow is a good weapon for long-range combat. It scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity.   

“Longbow featuring delicate silverwork. Wielded by Albinauric wolfback archers. 

This bow requires dexterity over strength to master.” 

Stats	Physical: 82  Critical: 100  Range: 50
Required Attributes	Strength: 7  Dexterity: 18
Attribute Scaling	Strength: E  Dexterity: D
Skill	Mighty Shot – performed from an oblique stance. Ready the bow, then pull the bowstring to its limit to enhance the power of the shot, penetrating the enemy’s guard.
Locations	– Dropped by Albinauric Wolfback Archers around the Consecrated Snowfield. – Dropped from the stationary rooftop archers inside the Ordina Gaol.

Black Bow

The Black Bow is a good Weapon for Bow Builds. It scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity. 

“Longbow carved from black wood to resemble a blade. One of the most difficult bows to master. 

The blade-like body of the bow is light and cuts through the air. 

Though a longbow, it can be wielded similarly to a shortbow.” 

Stats	Physical: 70  Critical: 100  Range: 50
Required Attributes	Strength: 9  Dexterity: 20
Attribute Scaling	Strength: E  Dexterity: D
Skill	Barrage – used as the bow is held horizontally. Ready the bow, then fire off a rapid succession of shots faster than the eye can see.
Locations	Found on a corpse on a rooftop, northeast of the Avenue Balcony site of grace, in the Leyndell, Royal Capital.

Erdtree Bow 

The Erdtree Bow is a good weapon that deals holy damage. It scales primarily with Strength, Dexterity, and Faith. 

“Longbow featuring Erdtree styling. In times of old, when faith and battle went hand in hand, this weapon was created in tandem with the Golden Arrow. 

Scales all arrow damage with faith, revealing its true worth when used with holy-infused arrows.” 

Stats	Physical: 40  Holy: 50  Critical: 100  Range: 50
Required Attributes	Strength: 8  Dexterity: 12  Faith: 14
Attribute Scaling	Strength: E  Dexterity: E  Faith: D
Skill	Mighty Shot – performed from an oblique stance. Ready the bow, then pull the bowstring to its limit to enhance the power of the shot, penetrating the enemy’s guard.
Locations	Found in a treasure chest on a balcony overlooking Erdtree Sanctuary.

Horn Bow  

The Horn Bow is a good weapon for hunter warriors. It deals additional Magic Damage and scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity. 

“Longbow made from animal horn. Wielded by the master hunters of the ancestral followers. 

Imbues arrows fired with magic damage. 

Reveals its true worth when used with magic-infused arrows.” 

Stats	Physical: 65  Magic: 30  Critical: 100  Range: 50
Required Attributes	Strength: 10  Dexterity: 14  Intelligence: 12
Attribute Scaling	Strength: E  Dexterity: D  Intelligence: E
Skill	Mighty Shot – performed from an oblique stance. Ready the bow, then pull the bowstring to its limit to enhance the power of the shot, penetrating the enemy’s guard.
Locations	Found on a corpse in Siofra River, under the stairs leading to Hallowhorn Grounds.

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Longbow 

The Longbow is a good weapon for long-range combat. It scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity. 

“Longbow made to fire arrows over great distances. Compared to a shortbow, arrows fired reach further and deal more damage. 

To use a bow, arrows must also be equipped.” 

Stats	Physical: 80  Critical: 100  Range: 50
Required Attributes	Strength: 9  Dexterity: 14
Attribute Scaling	Strength: E  Dexterity: D
Skill	Mighty Shot – performed from an oblique stance. Ready the bow, then pull the bowstring to its limit to enhance the power of the shot, penetrating the enemy’s guard.
Locations	– Starting equipment for the Samurai Class – Purchased from Twin Maiden Husks at the Roundtable Hold for 1,200 Runes.

Pulley Bow  

The Pulley Bow is a good weapon for long-range combat. It scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity. 

“Longbow which utilizes a series of pulleys and strings. The complex mechanism, which required advanced mathematical and mechanical understanding to craft, was likely made by a certain genius who learned Golden Order Fundamentalism. 

Enhances precision while shooting, enabling arrows to fly much further distances.” 

Stats	Physical: 77  Critical: 100  Range: 55
Required Attributes	Strength: 11  Dexterity: 11
Attribute Scaling	Strength: D  Dexterity: D
Skill	Mighty Shot – performed from an oblique stance. Ready the bow, then pull the bowstring to its limit to enhance the power of the shot, penetrating the enemy’s guard.
Locations	Found on a sitting corpse (at the top of a siege tower near Mt. Gelmir campsite. The tower is located to the north of Gelmir Hero’s Grave site of Grace).

Serpent Bow 

The Serpent Bow is a good weapon for long-range combat. It scales primarily with Dexterity. 

“Malformed bow in the shape of a pair of poisonous snakes. Imbues arrows with poison through pagan magic, revealing its true worth when used with poison-infused arrows. 

Used by assassins known as the Formless Serpents.” 

Stats	Physical: 75  Critical: 100  Range: 50
Required Attributes	Strength: 8  Dexterity: 15  Arcane: 11
Attribute Scaling	Strength: E  Dexterity: D  Arcane: D
Skill	Mighty Shot – performed from an oblique stance. Ready the bow, then pull the bowstring to its limit to enhance the power of the shot, penetrating the enemy’s guard.
Locations	Found by a pool of rot in Abandoned Cave.

If you love the Bow and want to use it as your weapon in Elden Ring, we hope that this weapon guide helped you take your pick.