Bows

Bows are a type of ranged weapon that fire arrows as ammunition. Unlike repeaters, most bows are semi-automatic, however there are a few fully automatic bows that can be obtained late Hardmode.

The best modifier for bows is Unreal, with the exception of Wooden Bows and early ore bows, whose lack of knockback make its best modifier Demonic instead.

Types

Bow		Base Damage										Base Velocity	Use Time	Autofire	Bonus Stat	Acquired from
	Wooden Bow Internal Item ID: 39	4	9	11	13	14	16	17	18	19	20/22	6.1	29 (Average)		--	(x10)   @
	Boreal Wood Bow    Internal Item ID: 2747	6	11	13	15	16	18	19	20	21	22/24	6.6	28 (Average)		--	(x10)   @
	Copper Bow Internal Item ID: 3504	6	11	13	15	16	18	19	20	21	22/24	6.6	28 (Average)		--	(x7)   @   /
	Palm Wood Bow    Internal Item ID: 2515	6	11	13	15	16	18	19	20	21	22/24	6.6	28 (Average)		--	(x10)   @
	Rich Mahogany Bow Internal Item ID: 658	6	11	13	15	16	18	19	20	21	22/24	6.6	28 (Average)		--	(x10)   @
	Tin Bow Internal Item ID: 3498	7	12	14	16	17	19	20	21	22	23/25	6.6(?)	27 (Average)		--	(x7)   @   /
	Ebonwood Bow Internal Item ID: 655	8	13	15	17	18	20	21	22	23	24/26	6.6	27 (Average)		--	(x10)   @
	Iron Bow Internal Item ID: 99	8	13	15	17	18	20	21	22	23	24/26	6.6	27 (Average)		--	(x7)   @   /
	Shadewood Bow Internal Item ID: 923	8	13	15	17	18	20	21	22	23	24/26	6.6	27 (Average)		--	(x10)   @
	Lead Bow Internal Item ID: 3492	9	14	16	18	19	21	22	23	24	25/27	6.6(?)	26 (Average)		--	(x7)   @   /
	Pearlwood Bow Internal Item ID: 661	9	14	16	18	19	21	22	23	24	25/27	6.6	26 (Average)		--	(x10)   @
	Silver Bow Internal Item ID: 3510	9	14	16	18	19	21	22	23	24	25/27	6.6	26 (Average)		--	(x7)   @   /
	Tungsten Bow Internal Item ID: 3486	10	15	17	19	20	22	23	24	25	26/28	6.6(?)	25 (Average)		--	(x7)   @   /
	Gold Bow Internal Item ID: 3516	11	16	18	20	21	23	24	25	26	27/29	6.6	25 (Average)		--	(x7)   @   /
	Platinum Bow Internal Item ID: 3480	13	18	20	22	23	25	26	27	28	29/31	6.6(?)	24 (Fast)		--	(x7)   @   /
	Demon Bow Internal Item ID: 44	14	19	21	23	24	26	27	28	29	30/32	6.7	24 (Fast)		--	(x8)   @   /
	Tendon Bow Internal Item ID: 796	19	24	26	28	29	31	32	33	34	35/37	6.7	30 (Average)		--	(x8)   @   /
	Hellwing Bow   Internal Item ID: 3019	20	25	27	29	30	32	33	34	35	--	6	13 (Very Fast)		Wooden arrows turn into inaccurate flaming bats.
	The Bee's Knees   Internal Item ID: 2888	26	31	33	35	36	38	39	40	41	--	6	22 (Fast)		Wooden arrows turn into lines of bees.	Drop from Queen Bee.
	Molten Fury Internal Item ID: 120	29	34	36	38	39	41	42	43	44	45/47	8	24 (Fast)		Lights wooden arrows ablaze.	(x15)   @   /
	Sharanga  Internal Item ID: 1878 / 5012	35	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	--	51/53	?	?? (Very Fast)		Transforms any suitable ammo into Spectral Arrows.	(x2) + (x10)   @   /
	Marrow Internal Item ID: 682	40	45	47	49	50	52	53	54	55	56/58	11	18 (Very Fast)		Shoots accurate, high-velocity Bone Arrows.	Rare drop from Skeleton Archers.
	Daedalus Stormbow   Internal Item ID: 3029	43	48	50	52	53	55	56	57	58	--	12.5	18 (Very Fast)		Shoots arrows down from the sky; shoots 2-4 arrows but only uses 1 ammo.	Drop from Hallowed Mimics.
	Ice Bow Internal Item ID: 725	46	51	53	55	56	58	59	60	61	62/64	14	20 (Fast)		Shoots Frost Arrows.	Drop from Ice Mimics.
	Shadowflame Bow   Internal Item ID: 3052	47	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	--	11	19 (Very Fast)		Transforms any suitable ammo into Shadowflame Arrows.	Drop from Goblin Summoners.
	Phantom Phoenix Internal Item ID: 3854	24	29	31	33	34	36	37	37	38	--	20	19 (Very Fast)		Occasionally shoots off a Fire Phoenix.	Drop from Ogres.
	Phantasm   Internal Item ID: 3540	50	55	57	59	60	62	63	64	65	--	20	12 (Very Fast)		66% chance to not consume ammo. Fires four arrows per arrow consumed. Fire speed increases over time as it is being fired.	(x18)   @
	Tsunami Internal Item ID: 2624	60	65	67	69	70	72	73	74	75	76/78	10	23 (Fast)		Shoots five arrows per arrow consumed.	Drop from Duke Fishron.
	Pulse Bow    Internal Item ID: 2223	65	70	72	74	75	77	78	79	80	82/84	7.75	21 (Fast)		Shoots a charged arrow.	Traveling Merchant for 45 after defeating Plantera.
	Aerial Bane Internal Item ID: 3859	55	60	62	64	65	67	68	69	70	--	11	30 (Average)		Converts one arrow to five explosive projectiles. Does additional damage to airborne enemies.	Drop from Betsy.

See also

• Repeaters
• Guns

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.4: Added Aerial Bane and Phantom Phoenix.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Added Shadowflame Bow, Hellwing Bow, Phantasm, The Bee's Knees and Daedalus Stormbow.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Added Tsunami, Boreal Wood Bow and Palm Wood Bow.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Added Pulse Bow.

• Desktop 1.2: Added Rich Mahogany, Pearlwood, Ebonwood, Shadewood, Tin, Lead, Tungsten, Platinum, Ice bows and Marrow.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced Copper, Iron, Silver, Gold, Demon, Molten, and Wooden Bows.