Bows

Bows
Category	Bow

A Bow is a type of ranged Weapon which can shoot projectiles at enemies.

Overview

A Bow is a ranged Weapon which deals Damage by shooting projectiles. The player can utilize their Stats, Ability, and any other benefits they might have.

Upgrades

The Stats and overall capabilities of Bows can be upgraded in various ways. Below is a brief description of all possible Bows upgrades.

ExampleThis section is used to preview upgrade examples compared to a single recognizable item. The applied upgrades are not always possible on the exact item used. Artisanal ShortbowDamage: +40 Shortbow: Instantly shoots! This item can be reforged! ❣ Requires Combat Skill 4. RARE BOW	Upgrade	Description
Artisanal ShortbowDamage: +40 Soul Eater V Your weapon gains 10x the Damage of the latest monster killed and adds it at the end of your next hit. Punch II Increases arrow knockback by 6 blocks. Power IV Increases bow damage dealt by 32%. Shortbow: Instantly shoots! This item can be reforged! RARE BOW	Enchantments	Enchantments improve the overall effectiveness of your Bows by increasing its Stats and adding extra utility, such as saving arrows.
Precise Artisanal ShortbowDamage: +40 Strength: +18 (+18) Crit Chance: +11% (+11%) Crit Damage: +32% (+32%) Shortbow: Instantly shoots! Precise Bonus Deal +10% extra damage when arrows hit the head of a mob. RARE BOW	Reforges	Reforges directly increase the Stats of your Bows, and sometimes provide additional bonuses.
Artisanal ShortbowDamage: +40 Shortbow: Instantly shoots! This item can be reforged! # EPIC BOW #	Recombobulator 3000	The Recombobulator 3000 increases the Rarity of your Bows by one, which allows for other upgrades to grant more Stats.
Artisanal ShortbowDamage: +70 (+30) Strength: +30 (+30) Shortbow: Instantly shoots! This item can be reforged! RARE BOW	Potato Books	Both Hot Potato Books and Fuming Potato Books directly increase the Stats of your Bows by +2 Damage and +2 Strength up to a maximum of 15 Potato Books.
Artisanal ShortbowDamage: +40 Strength: +5 [+5] Shortbow: Instantly shoots! This item can be reforged! RARE BOW	The Art Of War	The Art Of War directly increases the Stats of your Bows by +5 Strength. The Art Of War can only be applied to an item once.
Artisanal Shortbow ✪✪✪✪✪Damage: +40 Shortbow: Instantly shoots! This item can be reforged! RARE DUNGEON BOW	Essence Upgrading	Some Bows can have stars applied onto them, which increase their Stats by 2% for each one applied. Others can be converted into Dungeon Bows using Essence, allowing you to also apply Master Stars which increase the item's effectiveness while in Dungeons.
⚚ Artisanal ShortbowDamage: +40 Shortbow: Instantly shoots! This item can be reforged! RARE BOW	Miscellaneous	Some upgrades are item-specific and not available for all Bows.
Artisanal ShortbowDamage: +40 ◆ Golden Rune 3 Shortbow: Instantly shoots! This item can be reforged! RARE BOW	Cosmetics	Some upgrades are fully cosmetic and do not offer any gameplay benefits, such as Runes.

A detailed overview of each type of upgrade is listed below.

• Enchantments
• Reforges
• Recombobulator_3000
• Potato_Books
• Art_Of_War
• Essence_Upgrading
• Miscellaneous
• Cosmetics

Enchantments

Enchantments improve the overall effectiveness of your Bows by increasing its Stats and adding extra utility, such as saving arrows. You can enchant your items directly using an Enchantment Table, or by combining your item with an Enchanted Book in an Anvil.

Regular enchantments appear as blue text, while ultimate enchantments appear as bold pink text on your item, below its Stats.

Main Article: Enchantments

Name (Clickable)	Level	Description
Power	7	Increases bow damage by 8-65%.
Dragon Hunter	5	Increases damage dealt to Ender Dragons by 8-40%.
Impaling	3	Increases damage dealt to Sea Creatures by 25-75%.
Cubism	6	Increases damage dealt to Magma Cubes, Slimes, and Creepers by 10-80%.
Smoldering	5	Increases damage dealt to blazes by 3-15%.
Snipe	4	Arrows deal +1-4% damage for every 10 blocks traveled.
Flame	2	Arrows ignite your enemies for 3.5-4s, dealing 3-6% of your damage per second.
Overload	5	Increases Crit Damage by 1-5% and Crit Chance by 1-5%. Having a Critical chance above 100% grants a chance to perform a Mega Critical Hit dealing 10-50% extra damage.
Vicious	5	Grants +3-5 Ferocity.
Piercing	1	Arrows travel through enemies. The extra targets hit take 25% of the damage.
Chance	5	Increases the chance of a Monster dropping an item by 15-75%.
Infinite Quiver	10	Saves arrows 3-30% of the time when you fire your bow. Disabled while sneaking.
Dragon Tracer	5	Arrows home towards dragons if they are within 2-10 blocks.
Punch	2	Increases arrow knockback by 3-6 blocks.
Rend	5	Use Left Click ability to rip your arrows out of nearby enemies. Each arrow deals 5-25% of your last critical shot on the target, up to 5 arrows. 2s Cooldown.
Duplex	5	Shoot a second arrow dealing 4-20% of the first arrow's damage. Targets hit take 1.1-1.5x fire damage for 60s.
Soul Eater	5	Your weapon gains 2-10x the Damage of the latest monster killed and applies it on your next hit.
Swarm	5	Increases your damage by 2-10% for each enemy within 10 blocks. Maximum of 10 enemies.
Fatal Tempo	5	Attacking increases your Ferocity by 10-50% per hit, capped at 200% for 3 seconds after your last attack.
Inferno	5	Every 10th hit on a mob traps it for 5s and deals 1.25-2.25x of that hit's damage over the trap duration.
Ultimate Wise	5	Reduces the ability mana cost of this item by 10-50%.

Reforges

Reforges directly increase the Stats of your Bows, and sometimes provide additional bonuses.

Basic reforges can be applied to your item at the Blacksmith in the Hub for Coins, while more advanced reforges require a Reforge Stone and Reforge Anvil to apply. You can only apply a single reforge to any given item at a time.

Reforges appear in front of your item's name. If it includes a reforge bonus, that bonus is displayed above the Rarity tag.

Main Article: Reforges

Stat Abbreviations
Damage DMG Strength STR Health HP Defense DEF Speed SPD Intelligence INT Crit Chance CC Crit Damage CD Bonus Attack Speed AS Ability Damage AD	Magic Find MF Pet Luck PL True Defense TD Sea Creature Chance SCC Ferocity FERO Mining Speed MS Mining Fortune MI Farming Fortune FA Foraging Fortune FO Pristine P

• Overview_
• Stats_

Stone & Prefix	Rarity	Applied To	Reforge Bonus
Salmon Opal Headstrong	RARE	Bows	Headstrong Bonus Deal +8% extra damage when arrows hit the head of a mob.
Optical Lens Precise	RARE	Bows	Precise Bonus Deal +10% extra damage when arrows hit the head of a mob.
Spirit Stone Spiritual	RARE	Bows	Spiritual Bonus Grants a 10% chance to spawn a Spirit Decoy when you kill an enemy in a dungeon.

Recombobulator 3000

The Recombobulator 3000 increases the Rarity of your Bows by one, which allows for other upgrades to grant more Stats.

You can recombobulate your item by combining it with a Recombobulator 3000 in a Reforge Anvil, or by talking to Malik. Items can only be recombobulated a single time.

You can differentiate recombobulated items by the Rarity tag.

Main Article: Recombobulator 3000

Potato Books

Both Hot Potato Books and Fuming Potato Books directly increase the Stats of your Bows by +2 Damage and +2 Strength.

You can apply Potato Books to your items with an Anvil. Only 10 Hot Potato Books can be applied to any given item, while 5 Fuming Potato Books can be applied above that to a maximum of 15 total books.

Potato Book bonuses appear as a yellow (+20) next to your item's Health and Defense Stats.

Main Article: Potato Books

The Art Of War

The Art Of War directly increases the Stats of your Bows by +5 Strength.

You can apply The Art Of War to your items with an Anvil. The Art Of War can only be applied to an item once.

The Art Of War's bonus appears as a gold [+5] next to your item's Strength Stat.

Main Article: The Art Of War

Essence Upgrading (Item Stars)

You can use Essence to upgrade certain items or convert them into Dungeon Items. Each item level upgrade grants a +2% stat bonus, and if the item is a Dungeon Item, a +10% bonus while in Dungeons.

Dungeon Items grant stat boosts while you are in Dungeons based on your Dungeoneering Skill level.

Master Stars can only be applied to Dungeon Bows that have all five ✪ Dungeon Stars added. They increase the Stats of your item by an additional 5% per star when in the Master Mode of any dungeon floor.

All this can be done by talking to Malik, Igor, or Alwin. Master Stars can be applied using an Anvil.

Both ✪ Stars and ✪ Master Stars appear in the item's name.

Main Article: Essence

Main Article: Master Stars

Miscellaneous

Some upgrades are item-specific and not available for all Bows.

• Fragments

Fragments

Some Bows can be upgraded with specific fragments, which increases their Stats.

You can upgrade your item with fragments by crafting them together in a Crafting Table.

These upgrades are portrayed by a ⚚ in front of its name in the same color as its Rarity.

Cosmetics

Some upgrades are fully cosmetic and do not offer any gameplay benefits.

• Runes
• Book_Of_Stats

Runes

Runes apply a cosmetic particle trail to your Bows while walking around.

You can apply Runes to your items with the Runic Pedestal. Only a single Rune can be applied to any given item.

Runes appear as ◆ Rune Name 1 under the Enchantments on your items.

Main Article: Runes

All Bow Runes

Name	Description	Trail Effects
◆ Gem Rune	Create a gem effect behind your arrows!	Green Star Particles.
◆ Lava Rune	Shoot magma arrows!	Dripping Lava Particles.
◆ Smokey Rune	Create a burnt trail behind your arrows!	Black Smoke Particles
◆ White Spiral Rune	Show your elegance with white spiraling arrows!	White Spiraling Particles
◆ Fire Spiral Rune	Inferno arrows!	Spiraling Torch Particles
◆ Ice Rune	Your arrows are icy cold!	Puffs Of Snow Particles
◆ Magical Rune	Your arrows have a magical shine!	Purple Particles
◆ Bite Rune	Obtained rarely from slaying the Tarantula Broodfather.	Double Green Star & Dripping Lava Particles
◆ End Rune	Obtained vary rarely from slaying Voidgloom Seraph.	Black Smoke with Purple Dust Particles
◆ Golden Rune	Flaunt your wealth with golden arrows!	Various Golden Items
◆ Wake Rune	Your arrows are calming waves!	Water Splashing Particles

Book Of Stats

The Book Of Stats adds a cosmetic kill-counter to the lore of your item.

You can apply the Book of Stats to your items by combining them in an Anvil. Only a single Book of Stats can be applied to any given item.

You can differentiate items with the book of stats from items without by the kill counter in the lore.

Main Article: Book Of Stats

Bows

• Bows
• Slayer_Bows
• Dungeon_Bows
• Special_Bows

These are all the Bows that exist in the game.

Lore	Name	Rarity	Source
BowDamage: +30 This item can be reforged! COMMON BOW	Bow	COMMON	Crafting Recipe | Unlocked by default.
Decent BowDamage: +45 This item can be reforged! UNCOMMON BOW	Decent Bow	UNCOMMON	Shop Purchase | Gregory in the Dragon's Nest zone during a Dragon fight.
Artisanal ShortbowDamage: +40 Shortbow: Instantly shoots! This item can be reforged! ❣ Requires Combat Skill 4. RARE BOW	Artisanal Shortbow	RARE	Shop Purchase | Weaponsmith in the Hub.
Wither BowDamage: +30 Deals +100% damage to Withers and Wither Skeletons. This item can be reforged! UNCOMMON BOW	Wither Bow	UNCOMMON
Prismarine BowDamage: +50 Strength: +25 Consumes Prismarine Shards in your inventory or Quiver which can harm sea creatures and deal +300% damage to Squids, Guardians and Elder Guardians. This item can be reforged! UNCOMMON BOW	Prismarine Bow	UNCOMMON	Crafting Recipe | Prismarine Shard Collection V.
Savanna BowDamage: +50 All damage dealt with this bow is doubled. This item can be reforged! UNCOMMON BOW	Savanna Bow	UNCOMMON	Crafting Recipe | Acacia Wood Collection VII.
Ender BowDamage: +60 Ability: Ender Warp LEFT CLICK Shoots an Ender Pearl. Upon landing you deal damage to all Monsters in a 8.0 block radius for 10.0% of their ❤ Health. Mana Cost: 50 Cooldown: 45s This item can be reforged! RARE BOW	Ender Bow	RARE	Crafting Recipe | Ender Pearl Collection V.
End Stone BowDamage: +140 Ability: Extreme Focus LEFT CLICK Consumes all your mana, and your next hit will deal that much more damage! This item can be reforged! ❣ Requires Combat Skill 15. EPIC BOW	End Stone Bow	EPIC	Loot | Watchers.
Slime BowDamage: +100 Crit Damage: +50% Will consume Slime Balls in your inventory or Quiver to deal 5x damage to Magma Cubes and Slimes. This item can be reforged! EPIC BOW	Slime Bow	EPIC	Crafting Recipe | Slimeball Collection IX.
Hurricane BowDamage: +120 Strength: +50 Ability: Tempest The more kills you get using this bow the more powerful it becomes! Reach 250 kills to unlock its full potential. Next Upgrade: Double Shot (0/20) Kills: 0 This item can be reforged! EPIC BOW	Hurricane Bow	EPIC	Crafting Recipe | Bone Collection VII.
Runaan's BowDamage: +160 Strength: +50 Ability: Triple Shot Shoots 3 arrows at a time! The 2 extra arrows deal 40% percent of the damage and home to targets. This item can be reforged! LEGENDARY BOW	Runaan's Bow	LEGENDARY	Crafting Recipe | Bone Collection IX.
Explosive BowDamage: +100 Strength: +20 Ability: Explosive Shot Creates an explosion on impact! Every Monster caught in this explosion takes the full damage of the weapon! This item can be reforged! EPIC BOW	Explosive Bow	EPIC	Crafting Recipe | Gunpowder Collection IX.
Magma BowDamage: +120 Strength: +120 Consumes 1 Magma Cream from the Inventory or Quiver to x2 damage per shot. This item can be reforged! EPIC BOW	Magma Bow	EPIC	Unobtainable.
Sulphur BowDamage: +200 Strength: +100 [⚔] Consumes 1 Sulphur from the Inventory or Quiver to double the damage per shot. This item can be reforged! ❣ Requires Combat Skill 24. EPIC BOW	Sulphur Bow	EPIC	Crafting Recipe | Sulphur Collection VII.
Spider Queen's StingerDamage: +180 Arrows shot using this bow have an aura around them that deals 180❁ Damage to nearby enemies. Arrows travel through enemies. This item can be reforged! EPIC BOW	Spider Queen's Stinger	EPIC	Crafting Recipe | Soul String
Venom's TouchDamage: +250 Strength: +100 Fires a volley of 5 arrows. Arrows apply venom to all enemies hit dealing 0❁ Damage every second for 3 seconds. This item can be reforged! EPIC BOW	Venom's Touch	EPIC
Souls ReboundDamage: +450 Your arrows mark enemies you hit for 5 seconds. Marked Enemies don't take damage from you, once the mark expires the target will receive a burst of damage equal to all the damage dealt during the mark increased by up to 20%. This item can be reforged! EPIC BOW	Souls Rebound	EPIC
Dragon ShortbowDamage: +120 Strength: +40 Crit Chance: +15% Crit Damage: +50% Shot Cooldown: 0.5s Dragon Tracer V Arrows home towards dragons if they are within 10 blocks. Shortbow: Instantly shoots! Ability: Dragon Stalker Deal 15% bonus damage to Dragons. This item can be reforged! * Co-op Soulbound * EPIC BOW	Dragon Shortbow	EPIC	Obtainable by defeating Watchers during the Lone Adventurer questline

These Bows are obtained from various Slayers.

Lore	Name	Rarity	Source
Scorpion BowDamage: +110 Strength: +10 Ability: Stinger Fully charged shots while sneaking Slows the victim and deal 35x your Strength ❁ as damage per second for 6s. Mana Cost: 150 This item can be reforged! ☠ Requires Spider Slayer 3. EPIC BOW	Scorpion Bow	EPIC	Crafting Recipe | Spider Slayer 3.
Mosquito BowDamage: +251 Strength: +151 Crit Damage: +39% Vitality: +20 Ability: Nasty Bite Fully charged shots while sneaking Costs 11% of max mana. Deal +19% damage. Heal for 2x the mana cost. This item can be reforged! ☠ Requires Spider Slayer 7. LEGENDARY BOW	Mosquito Bow	LEGENDARY	Crafting Recipe | Spider Slayer 7.
Juju ShortbowDamage: +310 Strength: +40 Crit Chance: +10% Crit Damage: +110% Shot Cooldown:0.5s Shortbow: Instantly shoots! Hits 3 mobs on impact. Can damage endermen. This item can be reforged! ☠ Requires Enderman Slayer 5. EPIC BOW	Juju Shortbow	EPIC	Crafting Recipe | Enderman Slayer 5.
TerminatorDamage: +310 Strength: +50 Crit Damage: +250% Bonus Attack Speed: +40% Shot Cooldown:0.5s Shortbow: Instantly shoots! Shoots 3 arrows at once. Can damage endermen. Divides your ☣ Crit Chance by 4! Ability: Salvation RIGHT CLICK Can be casted after landing 3 hits. Shoot a beam, penetrating up to 5 foes and dealing 2x the damage an arrow would. The beam always crits. Soulflow Cost: 1⸎ Cooldown: 2s This item can be reforged! ☠ Requires Enderman Slayer 7. LEGENDARY BOW	Terminator	LEGENDARY	Crafting Recipe | Enderman Slayer 7.

These Bows are obtained from Dungeons.

Lore	Name	Rarity	Source
Machine Gun BowGear Score: 135 Damage: +75 Strength: +50 Crit Damage: +12% Ability: Rapid Fire LEFT CLICK Shoots 5 Arrows per second for 8 seconds! Arrows deal 70.0% of what they would normally deal. Cooldown: 100s This item can be reforged! Perfect 35000 / 35000 ❣ Requires Catacombs Skill 2. RARE DUNGEON BOW	Machine Gun Bow	RARE	Loot | Catacombs
Soulstealer BowGear Score: 129 Strength: +50 Intelligence: +157 Replaces the arrows that you shoot with exploding wither skulls! This item can be reforged! Perfect 35000 / 35000 ❣ Requires Catacombs Skill 5. RARE DUNGEON BOW	Soulstealer Bow	RARE
Sniper BowGear Score: 95 Damage: +94 Crit Damage: +1% Allows you to shoot arrows much further! This item can be reforged! Perfect 35000 / 35000 ❣ Requires Catacombs Skill 10. RARE DUNGEON BOW	Sniper Bow	RARE
Undead BowGear Score: 80 Damage: +80 Deals +100% damage to Undead monsters. This item can be reforged! Perfect 35000 / 35000 RARE DUNGEON BOW	Undead Bow	RARE	Shop Purchase | Ophelia in the Dungeon Hub.
Super Undead BowGear Score: 260 Damage: +220 Deals +100% damage to Undead monsters. Your arrows have a 25.0% chance to bounce to another target after it hits something. This item can be reforged! Perfect 52500 / 52500 ❣ Requires Catacombs Skill 16. EPIC DUNGEON BOW	Super Undead Bow	EPIC
Death BowGear Score: 340 Damage: +300 Deals +100% damage to Undead monsters. Your arrows have a 50.0% chance to bounce to another target after it hits something. This item can be reforged! Perfect 52500 / 52500 ❣ Requires Catacombs Skill 28. EPIC DUNGEON BOW	Death Bow	EPIC
Spirit BowGear Score: 350 Damage: +210 Strength: +100 Shot Cooldown:0.8s Deals +2% damage to Undead monsters for every 1% of your missing health. Spirit Item: When turned into a ghost, this item becomes a Ghost Ability. Spirit Ability: Spirit Bomb Shoots a spirit that deals 8000 damage on impact. This item can be reforged! ❣ Requires Catacombs Floor IV Completion. LEGENDARY DUNGEON BOW	Spirit Bow	LEGENDARY	Loot | Catacombs Floor IV Boss Collection | Thorn
Last BreathGear Score: 460 Damage: +200 Strength: +180 Crit Damage: +50% Reduces the defense of your target by 10% of their max ❈ Defense on hit, stacking up to 5 times. This item can be reforged! ❣ Requires Catacombs Floor V Completion. LEGENDARY DUNGEON BOW	Last Breath	LEGENDARY	Loot | Catacombs Floor V Boss Collection | Livid
BonemerangGear Score: 440 Damage: +270 Strength: +130 Ability: Swing RIGHT CLICK Throw the bone a short distance, dealing the damage an arrow would. Deals double damage when coming back. Pierces up to 10 foes. This item can be reforged! ❣ Requires Catacombs Floor IV Completion. LEGENDARY DUNGEON BOW	Bonemerang	LEGENDARY	Crafting Recipe | Spirit Bone

These Bows are Admin Items. They are unobtainable to the average player.

Lore	Name	Rarity	Source
RaygunDamage: +99,999,999 Power L Increases bow damage by 400%. This item can be reforged! ADMIN BOW	Raygun	SPECIAL	Unobtainable | Admin Items

History

SkyBlock Prototype
June 11th, 2019	SkyBlock Release	Bows added, including the Wither Bow, Savanna Bow, Ender Bow, Hurricane Bow, Runaan's Bow, Explosive Bow, and Magma Bow.
July 10th, 2019	Guesting Update	The Telekinesis Enchantment can now be applied to Bows.
August 2nd, 2019	The End Release	Bows now deal less damage if the bow isn't fully drawn.
		Bows will not be able to crit anymore if not fully drawn.
		Fixed Bows dealing more damage when the player switches to a stronger weapon when the arrow hits.
October 10th, 2019	0.7.2	Scorpion Bow and Mosquito Bow Added.
November 18th, 2019	Minor Patch	Fixed having 2 Bows on the hotbar causing the SkyBlock Menu to be deleted by the Quiver Arrow.
March 9th, 2021	0.11.2	Spider Queen's Stinger, Venom's Touch, and Souls Rebound Added.
June 26th, 2019	Minor Patch	Prismarine Bow and Slime Bow Added.
August 2nd, 2019	The End Release	Decent Bow and End Stone Bow Added.
July 7th, 2020	Catacombs Release	Machine Gun Bow, Soulstealer Bow, Sniper Bow, Undead Bow, Super Undead Bow Added.
July 30th, 2020	Minor Patch	Spirit Bow and Bonemerang Added.
September 17th, 2020	0.9.1	Last Breath Added.
October 1st, 2020	0.9.4	Death Bow Added.
May 31st, 2021	0.11.5	Juju Shortbow and Terminator Added.
September 7th, 2021	Minor Patch	Artisanal Shortbow Added.
April 20th, 2022	Crimson Isle Release	Sulphur Bow Added.
September 2nd, 2022	Minor Patch	All Shortbows now display their Cooldown on the item lore.
October 19th, 2022	0.16	Dragon Shortbow Added.

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