Best Bows in BotW | What, Why & Where

"You can get a Swallow Bow right next to Harth." Harth: Oi!

I like that he has an amazing voice that is not too mumbley neither annoying.

The royal bow is usually my go-to bow simply because it's relatively common once you've played enough and it's got a decent durability and attack. Since I can find it pretty often, it's an unlimited bow source and it's pretty good. I appreciate you mentioning them, since they aren't the best but certainly not the worst.

I think the Golden Bow also deserves an honorable mention, thanks to the zoom and very high durability. It is more of a tool than a weapon though.

I’ve started playing botw again just to mess around. These videos are super useful!

One thing you failed to mention is that ancient proficiency set bonus works with the ancient bow, the only bow that does. So together with the set the damage would be 44 x 1.8 = 79,2 game will round it down to 79 damage. Effectively making it the best single shot bow by far. Edit: if you also eat a damage buff the total damage would be 79 x 1.5 = 118,5 but again the game rounds down the number to 118. Also Ancient weapons gets a 50% damage buff against Guardian type enemies. So when fighting guardians the maximum damage would go as high as 118 x 1.5 = 177 damage for a single arrow. In comparison a 5 shot lynel bow with a damage buff will do 48 x 5 = 240 damage if all five arrows hit.

I'm on my 8th Great Eagle bow currently in my 3rd playthrough of BotW. It and the Ancient Bow are my favorites.

The royal guards bow feels especially great to use. An uncommon fact about it is that it has the highest projectile speed out of any bow.

Great stuff. I’m replaying after a couple years and am so glad I found your channel!!!

Another reason why you should keep a 5 shot lynel bow is to arrow farm

Having the durability transfer glitch, and the Royal Guard's bow with massive durability is great

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Ok in master mode now I have the best shields and best bows thanks to your help, can’t wait for the melee weapons video. Btw another great video, they are looking very professional. Also congrats of 1000 subs you have grown very quickly and it just shows how amazing your content is and how many people also love your content.

I’m so glad to have come across your channel :’D it’s super helpful! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge of the game!

played normal mode from 2017 to 2018.. back at it but in master mode and learning glitches and amiibos makes it twice as fun, also getting ready for botw2!! your videos has been helpful!

Thank you for such informative videos! I found your videos on a whim and find them really useful!

Good video. Golden Bow and Phrenic Bow deserve a little mention since they zoom in pretty far..they make some of the Korok seeds a breeze. Also, they are pretty good for hunting animals from a distance, especially deers. They don’t do much damage but in some cases, such as Korok seeds and deer hunting, they are definitely better than other bows.

Love this man tbh just started a 100% casual play through and this is sooooo helpful

Thank you for putting locations and showcasing the bows! Unfortunately I can't get the Twilight Bow because I haven't got the amiibo, but this video was so useful!

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