Bows

Bows are a type of ranged weapon that fire arrows as ammunition. Unlike repeaters, the majority of bows are not capable of autofire, especially those obtainable in pre-Hardmode.

The best modifier for bows is Unreal, with the exception of the Wooden Bow and early ore bows, whose lack of knockback make their best modifier Demonic or Rapid instead.

Types

There are currently 32 different bows available in Terraria, 11 of which are Hardmode-exclusive.

Name		Damage	Velocity	Use time	Knockback	Crit		HM	Rarity	Sell	Source
	Aerial Bane Internal Item ID: 3859	55	22	30 (Average)	4.5 (Average)	7%	√	√	08*	5	Dropped by Betsy.
	Blood Rain Bow Internal Item ID: 4381	14	18	19 (Very fast)	3 (Very weak)	4%	√	×	03*	1	Dropped by Wandering Eye Fish and Zombie Merman.
	Boreal Wood Bow Internal Item ID: 2747	6	6.6	29 (Average)	0 (No knockback)	4%	×	×	00*	20	Crafted: 10 ( @  )
	Copper Bow Internal Item ID: 3504	6	6.6	29 (Average)	0 (No knockback)	4%	×	×	00*	70	Crafted: 7 ( @  /  )
	Daedalus Stormbow Internal Item ID: 3029	38 / 43	12.5	19 (Very fast)	2.25 (Very weak)	4%	√	√	06*	8	Dropped by Hallowed Mimics.
	Demon Bow Internal Item ID: 44	14	6.7	25 (Fast)	1 (Extremely weak)	4%	×	×	01*	36	Crafted: 8 ( @  /  )
	Ebonwood Bow Internal Item ID: 655	8	6.6	28 (Average)	0 (No knockback)	4%	×	×	00*	20	Crafted: 10 ( @  )
	Eventide Internal Item ID: 4953	50	10	30 (Average)	2 (Very weak)	4%	√	√	08*	5	Dropped by Empress of Light.
	Gold Bow Internal Item ID: 3516	11	6.6	26 (Average)	0 (No knockback)	4%	×	×	00*	14	Crafted: 7 ( @  /  )
	Hellwing Bow Internal Item ID: 3019	22	6	13 (Very fast)	5.5 (Average)	4%	√	×	03*	250	Found in Shadow Chests and Obsidian Lock Boxes.
	Ice Bow Internal Item ID: 725	39 / 46	20	16 (Very fast) / 21 (Fast)	4.5 (Average)	4%	√	√	05*	5	Dropped by Ice Mimics.
	Iron Bow Internal Item ID: 99	8	6.6	28 (Average)	0 (No knockback)	4%	×	×	00*	280	Crafted: 7 ( @  /  )
	Lead Bow Internal Item ID: 3492	9	6.6	27 (Average)	0 (No knockback)	4%	×	×	00*	420	Crafted: 7 ( @  /  )
	Marrow Internal Item ID: 682	50 / 40	11	19 (Very fast)	4.7 (Average)	9%	×	√	05*	54	Dropped by Skeleton Archers.
	Molten Fury Internal Item ID: 120	31 / 29	8	22 (Fast)	2 (Very weak)	4%	×	×	03*	54	Crafted: 15 ( @  /  )
	Palm Wood Bow Internal Item ID: 2515	6	6.6	29 (Average)	0 (No knockback)	4%	×	×	00*	20	Crafted: 10 ( @  )
	Pearlwood Bow Internal Item ID: 661	9	6.6	27 (Average)	0 (No knockback)	4%	×	√	00*	20	Crafted: 10 ( @  )
	Phantasm Internal Item ID: 3540	50	20	12 (Very fast)	2 (Very weak)	4%	√	√	10*	10	Crafted: 18 ( @  )
	Phantom Phoenix Internal Item ID: 3854	32 / 24	20	18 (Very fast) / 20 (Very fast)	2 (Very weak)	4%	√	√	05*	1	Dropped by Ogre.
	Platinum Bow Internal Item ID: 3480	13	6.6	25 (Fast)	0 (No knockback)	4%	×	×	00*	21	Crafted: 7 ( @  /  )
	Pulse Bow Internal Item ID: 2223	85 / 65	23.25	20 (Very fast) / 22 (Fast)	3 (Very weak)	11%	√	√	08*	9	Purchased from the Traveling Merchant (45).
	Rich Mahogany Bow Internal Item ID: 658	6	6.6	29 (Average)	0 (No knockback)	4%	×	×	00*	20	Crafted: 10 ( @  )
	Shadewood Bow Internal Item ID: 923	8	6.6	28 (Average)	0 (No knockback)	4%	×	×	00*	20	Crafted: 10 ( @  )
	Shadowflame Bow Internal Item ID: 3052	47	11	20 (Very fast)	4.5 (Average)	7%	√	√	05*	2	Dropped by Goblin Summoners.
	Sharanga  Internal Item ID: 5012	36			2 (Very weak)	4%	×	×	05*	120	Crafted: 2 + 10 ( @  /  )
	Silver Bow Internal Item ID: 3510	9	6.6	27 (Average)	0 (No knockback)	4%	×	×	00*	7	Crafted: 7 ( @  /  )
	Tendon Bow Internal Item ID: 796	19	6.7	30 (Average)	1 (Extremely weak)	4%	×	×	01*	36	Crafted: 8 ( @  /  )
	The Bee's Knees Internal Item ID: 2888	23 / 26	8	24 (Fast) / 23 (Fast)	3 (Very weak)	4%	×	×	03*	2	Dropped by Queen Bee.
	Tin Bow Internal Item ID: 3498	7	6.6	28 (Average)	0 (No knockback)	4%	×	×	00*	15	Crafted: 7 ( @  /  )
	Tsunami Internal Item ID: 2624	53 / 60	10	24 (Fast)	2 (Very weak)	4%	√	√	08*	5	Dropped by Duke Fishron.
	Tungsten Bow Internal Item ID: 3486	10	6.6	26 (Average)	0 (No knockback)	4%	×	×	00*	1050	Crafted: 7 ( @  /  )
	Wooden Bow Internal Item ID: 39	4	6.1	30 (Average)	0 (No knockback)	4%	×	×	00*	20	Crafted: 10 ( @  )

See also

• Repeaters
• Guns

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Added Eventide and Blood Rain Bow.

• 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.