- For the Dark Souls II variant, see Long Bow.
- For the Dark Souls III variant, see Longbow (Dark Souls III).
The Longbow is a bow in Dark Souls.
In-Game Description
- Large bow. Projectile weapon for experienced hunters. Equip arrows to use.
- Hold bow and press L1/RB to aim. Aim for heads of humanoid foes. Press L2/R2 to change type of arrows.
Availability[]
- Found on a corpse in Darkroot Basin along with 16 Feather Arrows and the Hunter Set.
- Rare drop from bow-wielding Undead Crystal Soldiers in The Duke's Archives.
- Drop from bow-wielding Giant Skeletons in Tomb of the Giants.
Characteristics[]
The Longbow has the same range as the Short Bow and deals slightly more damage. In exchange, it requires slightly higher Strength and Dexterity to wield. It is also of "Long Bow" category, giving it a slightly lower rate of fire.
While it has a lower scaling with dexterity than the Black Bow of Pharis, it will usually out damage it, thanks to its higher base damage and strength scaling.
Notes[]
- The Longbow features an unusual bug where the animation for drawing the bowstring back does not occur.
Upgrades[]
Requires: Standard Longbow, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Standard Variation |
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| Longbow | 36 | – | – | – | D | A | – | – |
| Longbow +1 (Titanite Shard ×1) | 39 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
| Longbow +2 (Titanite Shard ×1) | 43 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
| Longbow +3 (Titanite Shard ×2) | 46 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
| Longbow +4 (Titanite Shard ×2) | 50 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
| Longbow +5 (Titanite Shard ×3) | 54 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
| Longbow +6 (L. Titanite Shard ×1) | 57 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
| Longbow +7 (L. Titanite Shard ×1) | 61 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
| Longbow +8 (L. Titanite Shard ×2) | 64 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
| Longbow +9 (L. Titanite Shard ×2) | 68 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
| Longbow +10 (L. Titanite Shard ×3) | 72 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
| Longbow +11 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 75 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
| Longbow +12 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 79 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
| Longbow +13 (Titanite Chunk ×2) | 82 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
| Longbow +14 (Titanite Chunk ×3) | 86 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
| Longbow +15 (Titanite Slab ×1) | 90 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
Requires: Standard Longbow +5, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Raw Variation |
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| Raw Longbow (Large Titanite Shard ×1) | 61 | – | – | – | D | A | – | – |
| Raw Longbow +1 (Large Titanite Shard ×1) | 65 | – | – | – | D | A | – | – |
| Raw Longbow +2 (Large Titanite Shard ×1) | 69 | – | – | – | D | A | – | – |
| Raw Longbow +3 (Large Titanite Shard ×2) | 73 | – | – | – | D | A | – | – |
| Raw Longbow +4 (Large Titanite Shard ×2) | 77 | – | – | – | D | A | – | – |
| Raw Longbow +5 (Large Titanite Shard ×3) | 82 | – | – | – | D | A | – | – |
Requires: Standard Longbow +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Crystal Variation |
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| Crystal Longbow (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 79 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
| Crystal Longbow +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 82 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
| Crystal Longbow +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 86 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
| Crystal Longbow +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2) | 90 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
| Crystal Longbow +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3) | 93 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
| Crystal Longbow +5 (Titanite Slab ×1) | 97 | – | – | – | D | S | – | – |
Requires: Standard Longbow +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Magic Variation |
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| Magic Longbow (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 40 | 43 | – | – | E | D | A | – |
| Magic Longbow +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 43 | 46 | – | – | E | D | A | – |
| Magic Longbow +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 45 | 49 | – | – | E | D | A | – |
| Magic Longbow +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 48 | 52 | – | – | E | D | A | – |
| Magic Longbow +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 51 | 55 | – | – | E | D | A | – |
| Magic Longbow +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) | 54 | 58 | – | – | E | D | A | – |
| Magic Longbow +6 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) | 56 | 60 | – | – | E | D | S | – |
| Magic Longbow +7 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) | 59 | 63 | – | – | E | D | S | – |
| Magic Longbow +8 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2) | 62 | 66 | – | – | E | D | S | – |
| Magic Longbow +9 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3) | 64 | 69 | – | – | E | D | S | – |
| Magic Longbow +10 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1) | 67 | 72 | – | – | E | D | S | – |
Requires: Magic Longbow +5, Blue Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Enchanted Longbow (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) | 54 | 58 | – | – | E | D | A | – |
| Enchanted Longbow +1 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) | 56 | 59 | – | – | E | D | A | – |
| Enchanted Longbow +2 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) | 58 | 61 | – | – | E | D | S | – |
| Enchanted Longbow +3 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2) | 60 | 63 | – | – | E | D | S | – |
| Enchanted Longbow +4 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3) | 62 | 64 | – | – | E | D | S | – |
| Enchanted Longbow +5 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1) | 64 | 67 | – | – | E | D | S | – |
Requires: Standard Longbow +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Divine Variation |
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| Divine Longbow (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 36 | 45 | – | – | E | C | – | A |
| Divine Longbow +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 38 | 48 | – | – | E | C | – | A |
| Divine Longbow +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 40 | 51 | – | – | E | C | – | A |
| Divine Longbow +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 43 | 54 | – | – | E | C | – | A |
| Divine Longbow +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 45 | 57 | – | – | E | C | – | A |
| Divine Longbow +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) | 48 | 60 | – | – | E | C | – | A |
| Divine Longbow +6 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) | 50 | 62 | – | – | E | C | – | S |
| Divine Longbow +7 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) | 52 | 66 | – | – | E | C | – | S |
| Divine Longbow +8 (White Titanite Chunk ×2) | 55 | 69 | – | – | E | C | – | S |
| Divine Longbow +9 (White Titanite Chunk ×3) | 57 | 72 | – | – | E | C | – | S |
| Divine Longbow +10 (White Titanite Slab ×1) | 60 | 75 | – | – | E | C | – | S |
Requires: Divine Longbow +5, White Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Occult Longbow (White Titanite Chunk ×1) | 50 | 54 | – | – | E | C | – | S |
| Occult Longbow +1 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) | 52 | 56 | – | – | E | C | – | S |
| Occult Longbow +2 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) | 56 | 59 | – | – | E | C | – | S |
| Occult Longbow +3 (White Titanite Chunk ×2) | 58 | 62 | – | – | E | C | – | S |
| Occult Longbow +4 (White Titanite Chunk ×3) | 62 | 64 | – | – | E | C | – | S |
| Occult Longbow +5 (White Titanite Slab ×1) | 65 | 67 | – | – | E | C | – | S |
Requires: Standard Longbow +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Fire Variation |
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| Fire Longbow (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 64 | – | 64 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fire Longbow +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 74 | – | 74 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fire Longbow +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 84 | – | 84 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fire Longbow +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 93 | – | 93 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fire Longbow +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 103 | – | 103 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fire Longbow +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) | 113 | – | 113 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fire Longbow +6 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 123 | – | 123 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fire Longbow +7 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 132 | – | 132 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fire Longbow +8 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2) | 142 | – | 142 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fire Longbow +9 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3) | 152 | – | 152 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fire Longbow +10 (Red Titanite Slab ×1) | 162 | – | 162 | – | – | – | – | – |
Requires: Fire Longbow +5, Red Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Chaos Longbow (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 80 | – | 97 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chaos Longbow +1 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 89 | – | 109 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chaos Longbow +2 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 99 | – | 121 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chaos Longbow +3 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2) | 108 | – | 133 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chaos Longbow +4 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3) | 118 | – | 146 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chaos Longbow +5 (Red Titanite Slab ×1) | 128 | – | 158 | – | – | – | – | – |
Requires: Standard Longbow +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Lightning Longbow (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 133 | – | – | 147 | – | – | – | – |
| Lightning Longbow +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 139 | – | – | 154 | – | – | – | – |
| Lightning Longbow +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 146 | – | – | 160 | – | – | – | – |
| Lightning Longbow +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2) | 152 | – | – | 167 | – | – | – | – |
| Lightning Longbow +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3) | 159 | – | – | 173 | – | – | – | – |
| Lightning Longbow +5 (Titanite Slab ×1) | 165 | – | – | 180 | – | – | – | – |
Scaling Percentage Values[]
The following chart lists the scaling percentages when this weapon is fully upgraded. Be advised that:
- Scaling letters are not an accurate indicator of how a weapon scales, players should look at the percentage scaling of a weapon.
- Magic and Enchanted upgrade paths reduce Physical Damage while adding Magic Damage, splitting damage between two types. Strength and Dexterity scaling is drastically reduced while adding Intelligence scaling.
- Divine and Occult upgrade paths reduce Physical Damage while adding Magic Damage, splitting damage between two types. Strength and Dexterity scaling is drastically reduced while adding Faith scaling. Divine adds Divine Auxiliary and Occult adds Occult Auxiliary secondary damage types.
- Fire, Chaos, and Lightning upgrade paths remove all stat scaling and splits damage between two types. Chaos path adds Humanity Scaling.
- Raw upgrade path caps at Weapon Level 10 while drastically reducing physical damage scaling and adding slightly more base damage.
- Crystal upgrade path dramatically increases the base damage of weapons while rendering them unable to be repaired.
- For PvE purposes all weapons will be better on the Standard Upgrade path to +15. This is because the Split Damage of elementally infused weapons is not added together. The values are reduced separately when going through enemy defenses leading to less damage in practice due to the values of each damage type being smaller.
- To learn more about how damage is calculated visit the Damage Calculation page.
| Upgrade Path | Strength |
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Standard +15 |
38% | 140% | - | - |
Raw +5 |
29% | 105% | - | - |
Crystal +5 |
38% | 140% | - | - |
Magic +10 |
11% | 39% | 128% | - |
Enchanted +5 |
8% | 28% | 125% | - |
Divine +10 |
15% | 54% | - | 127% |
Occult +5 |
14% | 50% | - | 150% |
Fire +10 |
All stat scaling bonuses removed, Fire Damage added | |||
Chaos +5 |
All stat scaling bonuses removed, Fire Damage added, scales off held Humanity up to 10 | |||
Lightning +5 |
All stat scaling bonuses removed, Lightning Damage added | |||
Gallery[]
| Bows |
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| Black Bow of Pharis • Composite Bow • Darkmoon Bow • Longbow • Short Bow Dragonslayer Greatbow • Gough's Greatbow |