Bows / Crossbows

Bows

Image Name Damage1 Range Durability Wt. Requirement2
AddedParam.3
Location Special Note
ShortBow.jpg Short Bow 30/0 50 100 0.6 12/10/0/0
D/E/-/-
4-1 4-2
Vendor (1,500s)
+3 - Quality, Viscous
+7 - Lava Bow (Hard Demon's Soul)
Long Bow 35/0 60 100 1.2 15/12/0/0
D/E/-/-
4-1 4-2
Vendor (3,000s)
+3 - Quality, Viscous
+7 - Lava Bow (Hard Demon's Soul)
compound-short-bow.jpg Compound Short Bow 40/0 50 100 1.0 18/10/0/0
D/E/-/-
1-2 Treasure
4-1 Archer Drop
+3 - Quality, Viscous
+7 - Lava Bow (Hard Demon's Soul)
compoundlongbow.jpg Compound Long Bow 45/0 60 100 2.0 22/12/0/0
D/E/-/-
4-1 Treasure
4-2 Archer drop
+3 - Quality, Viscous
+7 - Lava Bow (Hard Demon's Soul)
whitebow.jpg White Bow 100/0 75 210 1.5 30/24/0/0
E/E/-/-
4-2 Treasure
1-4 Black phantom drop
Can be upgraded using Colorless Demon's Soul
lavabow.jpg Lava Bow 55/0 55 400 2.0 21/16/0/0
D/D/E/-
Upgraded from any +7 bow
Consumes Hard Demon's Soul
Adds flame damage/effect to all fired arrows

Bows (not crossbows) can be used in first-person crosshair mode by pressing [L1]. This is allows for many unique approaches to certain enemies and bosses, as you're able to deal damage from safer distances.

Note: Normally all Bows cannot be buffed with Turpentine, Black Turpentine and Sticky White Stuff.
However, you can buff it in the following manner:

  1. Equip a Bow on the Left Hand.
  2. Equip a weapon that can be buffed on the Right Hand, e.g. a Battle Axe.
  3. Use the weapon buff. The weapon on the right will be buffed.
  4. Press L1 to equip the Bow with 2 hand.
  5. If you shoot an arrow now, the arrows fired will have the weapon buff.

Crossbows4

Image Name Damage Range Durability Wt. Requirement
AddedParam.
Location Special Note
light-crossbow.jpg Light Crossbow 60/0 50 150 2.5 10/0/0/0
-/-/-/-
1-1 Treasure
1-x Vendor (2,000s)
heavy-crossbow.jpg Heavy Crossbow 75/0 55 150 5.0 16/0/0/0
-/-/-/-
3-1 2F Treasure
Nil Gargoyle Crossbow 10/40 60 150 3.0 12/0/16/0
-/-/B/-
3-2
Gargoyle drop

1 The Damage stat dictates how much damage the weapon does. Where the Damage stats for an weapon are X/Y/Z:

  • X is Physical Damage
  • Y is Magical Damage

The Short Bow does 30 Physical Damage.

2 The Requirement stat concerns how high various skills must be in order to wield the weapon. Where the Requirement stats for an weapon are W/X/Y/Z:

  • W is the Strength required
  • X is the Dexterity required
  • Y is the Magic required
  • Z is the Faith required

The Short Bow requires 12 Strength and 10 Dexterity to wield.

3 The AddedParam. rating indicate the level of bonus you receive based on the associated skill when you use a weapon. This rating can be S, A, B, C, D, or E (in order from most to least bonus for the associated skill).

The Short Bow provides a bonus based on strength at a rating of C.

4 Crossbows cannot be upgraded.

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