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Short Bow

A bow entry from the weapons shelf, with its stat block and sourcing notes in one place.

Data note — compiled from public sources. The patch label and the last-checked date are recorded on this page; verify the numbers against your own build before you rely on them.

Short Bow — in-game item icon
In-game item icon. Game imagery © Moon Studios / Private Division.

About the bow

Short enough to carry through a doorway, plain enough that nobody asks where it came from. The limbs are laminated in layers you can count at the nock, and the string sits close to the belly, which makes for a quiet draw and an unglamorous, honest shot. This is a poacher's tool: loose once, then move. It will not punch through plate and does not pretend otherwise. Most owners learn to pick their moment rather than their target. The Skyfall Shot rune rewards that patience, dropping an arrow from above on anything that has stopped paying attention.

Stat block

Recorded values for Short Bow, quoted as the game prints them.
Stat Value
Damage 10
Poise Damage 10
Critical 20% chance to deal 150% damage
Stamina Cost 23
Focus Gain 10
Dexterity Requirement 10
Durability 100
Weight 30.0
Innate Rune Skyfall Shot

How to obtain it

  • Buy one from Whittacker in Sacrament, whose rotating stock always includes a random bow, so the Short Bow appears only some visits.
  • Fillmore and Finley also list it occasionally, in the Orban Glades and Sacrament respectively.
  • Forge it at a Workbench from 4 Copper Ingots, 6 Pine Planks and 1 Human Bone, once the recipe has been researched at a scribe table.
  • Also a low-chance drop from ordinary enemies and chests in the early regions.

Where it is found

Area
Sacrament
Region
Isola Sacra
Source
Whittacker's rotating bow stock

Crafting materials

No crafting recipe recorded for this entry.

Kept nearby

Linked records from the same archive, useful on the same road.