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Killer Bow
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The Killer Bow (Japanese: キラーボウ Killer Bow) is an uncommon bow which was introduced in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem and has appeared in every game since. As one of the series of killer weapons, it has a greatly enhanced crit stat compared to regular bows, which gives it a very high chance of inflicting critical hits and makes it an extremely dangerous weapon.
Stats
In the main Fire Emblem series
Game | Icon | Level | Might | Weight | Hit | Crit | Range | Uses | Worth | WEXP | Other effects and notes |
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Mystery of the Emblem and Archanea Saga | ![]() |
Bow: 6 | 8 | 3 | 100 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 1,000 | -- | Deals bonus damage to flying units. |
Genealogy of the Holy War | ![]() |
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14 | 3 | 100 | -- | 2 | 50 | 10,000 | -- | Grants Critical when equipped. Deals bonus damage to flying units. |
Thracia 776 | ![]() |
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11 | 9 | 70 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 3,200 | 1 | Deals bonus damage to flying units. |
The Binding Blade | ![]() |
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9 | 7 | 80 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 1,400 | 1 | Deals bonus damage to flying units. |
The Blazing Blade | ![]() |
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9 | 7 | 75 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 1,400 | 1 | Deals bonus damage to flying units. |
The Sacred Stones | ![]() |
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9 | 7 | 75 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 1,400 | 1 | Deals bonus damage to flying units. |
Path of Radiance | ![]() |
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9 | 7 | 75 | 30 | 2 | 15 | 1,050 | 2 | Deals bonus damage to ![]() |
Radiant Dawn | ![]() |
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8 | 9 | 80 | 30 | 2 | 25 | 2,000 | 2 | Deals bonus damage to ![]() |
Shadow Dragon | ![]() |
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8 | 6 | 80 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 1,600 | 2 | Deals bonus damage to ![]() |
New Mystery of the Emblem | ![]() |
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8 | -- | 80 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 1,600 | 2 | Deals bonus damage to ![]() |
Awakening | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 80 | 30 | 2 | 30 | 1,680 | 2 | Deals bonus damage to ![]() |
Fates | ![]() |
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7 | -- | 75 | 25 | 2 | -- | 3,000 | 1 | −10 avoid when equipped. Deals bonus damage to ![]() Critical hits deal ×4 damage instead of ×3. Sells for 1,000 gold. |
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | ![]() |
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4 | 4 | 80 | 20 | 1–3 | -- | ![]() |
-- | Grants Anti-Fliers when equipped. Learned combat arts: Hunter's Volley (20 SP) |
Three Houses | ![]() |
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9 | 11 | 80 | 25 | 2 | 20 | 1,680 | 2 | Deals bonus damage to ![]() |
Engage | ![]() |
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7 | 7 | 75 | 30 | 2 | -- | 3,000 | -- | Deals bonus damage to ![]() |
Engage (Lyn variant) |
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9 | 7 | 75 | 30 | 2 | -- | 100 | -- | Deals bonus damage to ![]() |
Engage (Lyn variant; enemy, arena/The Lady of the Plains) |
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7 | 7 | 75 | 0 | 2 | -- | 100 | -- | Deals bonus damage to ![]() |
Engage (Lyn variant; enemy, Chapter 10) |
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9 | 7 | 75 | 10 | 2 | -- | 100 | -- | Deals bonus damage to ![]() |
Forged stats
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Game | Icon | Level | Might | Weight | Hit | Crit | Range | Uses | Worth | WEXP | Other effects and notes |
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Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | ![]() |
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5 | 4 | 85 | 20 | 1–3 | -- | ![]() |
-- | Grants Anti-Fliers when equipped. Learned combat arts: Hunter's Volley (20 SP) |
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | ![]() |
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7 | 3 | 85 | 25 | 1–3 | -- | ![]() ![]() |
-- | Grants Anti-Fliers when equipped. Learned combat arts: Hunter's Volley (20 SP) |
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | ![]() |
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9 | 2 | 90 | 30 | 1–3 | -- | ![]() ![]() |
-- | Grants Anti-Fliers when equipped. Learned combat arts: Hunter's Volley (20 SP) |
Three Houses | ![]() |
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10 | 11 | 80 | 35 | 2 | 25 | 2,520 | 2 | Deals bonus damage to ![]() |
Engage (+1) |
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8 | 7 | 75 | 30 | 2 | -- | ? | -- | Deals bonus damage to ![]() |
Engage (+2) |
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9 | 7 | 75 | 35 | 2 | -- | ? | -- | Deals bonus damage to ![]() |
Engage (+3) |
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10 | 7 | 75 | 35 | 2 | -- | ? | -- | Deals bonus damage to ![]() |
Engage (+4) |
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11 | 7 | 75 | 35 | 2 | -- | ? | -- | Deals bonus damage to ![]() |
Engage (+5) |
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12 | 7 | 75 | 40 | 2 | -- | ? | -- | Deals bonus damage to ![]() |
In other Fire Emblem series titles
Killer Bow Slaying Bow
Game | Icon | Type | Might | Range | SP cost | Refine cost | Prerequisites | Unusable by | Inheritable | Other effects and notes |
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Heroes (Killer Bow) |
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5 | 2 | 200 | -- | Steel Bow | -- | ✓ | Grants −1 special cooldown count. Deals bonus damage to ![]() |
Heroes (Killer Bow+) |
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9 | 2 | 300 | -- | Killer Bow | -- | ✓ | Grants −1 special cooldown count. Deals bonus damage to ![]() |
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Game | Icon | Level | Might | Weight | Hit | Crit | Range | Uses | Worth | WEXP | Other effects and notes |
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Warriors: Three Hopes | ![]() |
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60 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 90 | 1,500 | -- | Deals bonus damage to ![]() Increased critical hit rate. |
Locations
Mystery of the Emblem
Inventory | Book 2: Castor |
Armory | Book 1: Chapter 16 Book 2: Chapter 17 • Chapter 21 |
Secret shop | Book 2: Chapter 13 |
Genealogy of the Holy War
Inventory | First Generation: Jamke |
Dropped by | Second Generation: Chapter 8 enemy Maykov (If Jamke's bow wasn't inherited) |
Thracia 776
Inventory | Selphina • Xavier |
Capture and/or steal | Chapter 11, enemy Archer (×2) • Chapter 14, enemy Baldack • Chapter 17B, enemy Arch Knight • Chapter 18, enemy Xavier • Chapter 22, enemy Bow Knight (×3) |
Armory | Chapter 22 |
The Binding Blade
Inventory | Igrene |
Treasure | Chapter 8, chest • Chapter 9, village* |
Armory | Chapter 13 • Chapter 17A • Chapter 23 |
The Blazing Blade
Armory | Eliwood's Tale: Chapter 24 • Chapter 29x Hector's Tale: Chapter 26 • Chapter 31x |
Secret shop | Eliwood's Tale: Chapter 19 Hector's Tale: Chapter 20 |
The Sacred Stones
Treasure | Chapter 15, hidden treasure |
Dropped by (Skirmish)* |
Bonewalker* • Wight* • Maelduin* |
Treasure | Tower of Valni Floor 5, northwest chest* • Lagdou Ruins Floor 4, northeast chest* |
Armory (in-chapter) |
Chapter 17 |
Armory (World map) |
Narube River • Rausten Court |
Secret shop (in-chapter) |
Chapter 14A • Chapter 14B |
Secret shop (World map) |
Grado Keep • Jehanna Hall |
Path of Radiance
Dropped by | Chapter 22, enemy Schaeffer • Chapter 23, enemy Sniper |
Steal | Chapter 20, enemy Paladin |
Treasure | Chapter 13, chest |
Radiant Dawn
Inventory | Shinon |
Disarm and steal* | Part 3: Chapter 3, enemy Sniper (Normal/Hard only) Part 4: Chapter 1, enemy Sniper (Normal/Hard only) • Chapter 3, enemy Sniper |
Armory | Part 3: Chapter 12 • Chapter 13 • Endgame Part 4: Prologue • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Endgame |
Bargains | Part 2: Chapter 3 |
Shadow Dragon
Dropped by | Chapter 14, enemy Jiol • Chapter 21, enemy Sniper |
Treasure | Chapter 17, chest • Chapter 20x, chest |
Armory | Chapter 22 |
Secret shop | Chapter 17 (×3) |
New Mystery of the Emblem
Inventory | Main story: Castor • Jake • Tomas • Ymir The Beginning: Roberto |
Dropped by | Chapter 15, enemy Sniper |
Armory | Chapter 21 • Online shop* |
Secret shop | Chapter 13 (×3) |
Awakening
Dropped by | Chapter 9, enemy Archer • Chapter 17, enemy Sniper |
Armory | Valm Castle Approach • Kidnapper's Keep |
Merchant (Anna) |
Border Wastes • Port Ferox • The Searoad • Valm Harbor • The Mila Tree • Fort Steiger • Valm Castle Approach • Valm Castle • Great Gate • Mila Shrine Ruins • Dueling Grounds • Mercenary Fortress • The Ruins of Time • Law's End • Desert Oasis • Manor of Lost Souls |
Merchant (SpotPass) |
Ike • Jaffar • Jamke • Katarina • Linde • Lucia • Lute • Lyn • Mareeta • Malice • Nephenee • Quan |
Double Duel | Reward for defeating Sumia's Fliers |
Fates
Inventory | Shura![]() |
Dropped by | Chapter 16![]() |
Armory | Dusk Armory: Level 2 (limit 1) • Level 3 (limit 2) |
Lottery Shop | Dusk Lottery: Silver Prize |
Rank rewards | Battle Rank: 180 (limit 1) |
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Treasure | The Astral Temple, destroy urns (0.08% chance in medium urns) The Inner Sanctum, destroy urns (0.08% chance in medium urns; 0.78% chance in large urns) |
Forging | Silver Bow (100 ![]() |
Three Houses
Killer Bow
Dropped by | Chapter 14 mission ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Event | Death Toll, automatically at the end of the chapter if all of the merchants survived |
Forging | Iron Bow (Black-Sand Steel ×2, 670 G, Professor Level: C+) |
Pagan Altar | Chapter 1 onward, cost 700 Renown (unlimited) |
Killer Bow+
Forging | Killer Bow (Black-Sand Steel ×4, 1,010 G, Professor Level: C+) |
Engage
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Inventory | Fogado |
Emblem Rings | Lyn, when engaged |
Archanea Saga
Inventory | Tomas, Roberto |
Heroes
Killer Bow
Method | Data | |
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Killer Bow | Killer Bow+ | |
Unit (★★★) | Niles: Cruel to Be Kind | — |
Unit (★★★★★) | — | Niles: Cruel to Be Kind |
Slaying Bow
Method | Data | |
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Slaying Bow | Slaying Bow+ | |
Unit (★★★) | Jamke: Prince of Verdane • Leon: True of Heart • Rath: Wolf of Sacae | — |
Unit (★★★★★) | — | Jamke: Prince of Verdane • Leon: True of Heart • Rath: Wolf of Sacae |
Forge | — | Killer Bow+ (200 ![]() ![]() |
Warriors: Three Hopes
Survey Spot | Chapter 6 ![]() |
Armory | Available for purchase upon obtaining the Solicit Mid-Grade Weapons Dealer upgrade. |
Other appearances
Fire Emblem Cipher
The Killer Bow is present as a skill on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher: B06-028N Prince of Verdane, Jamke. It is a manual-activation skill which, for the cost of flipping one bond card, completely disallows the opponent to play an evasion of Jamke's attacks for the rest of the turn, unless Jamke is attacking their lord unit.
Flavor text
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Game | Text (English) |
Text (Japanese) |
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Genealogy of the Holy War | Grants
Critical.* |
ひっさつ
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Thracia 776 | ひこう系に有効
必殺の弓 | |
The Binding Blade | Improves critical hit rate.*
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必殺がでやすい弓 飛行系に有効
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The Blazing Blade | Improves critical hit rate.
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必殺がでやすい弓
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The Sacred Stones | Improves critical hit rate.
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必殺がでやすい弓
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Path of Radiance | A bow with an unusually high chance of
landing a critical hit. |
一撃必殺の弓
必殺の攻撃が出やすくなる |
Radiant Dawn | An uncommon bow that has a high chance of
landing a critical hit. |
必殺の一撃が出やすい弓
少し手に入りにくい |
Shadow Dragon | A bow whose design yields frequent critical hits.
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扱いやすく必殺が出やすい弓。飛行系に有効
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New Mystery of the Emblem | A bow whose design yields frequent critical hits.*
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扱いやすく必殺が出やすい弓。飛行系に有効
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Awakening | Increases the likelihood of critical hits.
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必殺が出やすい弓
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Fates | Deals extra damage on critical hits.
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必殺時、特に大ダメージ
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Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | A bow designed to be
especially lethal. |
殺傷能力を高めた弓
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Three Houses (Killer Bow) |
A bow that boasts a high critical-hit rate.
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必殺が高い弓
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Three Houses (Killer Bow+) |
This reinforced killer bow has a high critical hit
rate and has been sharpened to take down foes. |
キラーボウを強化したもの
必殺が高い弓 |
Engage | A bow especially well-suited to
inflicting deadly wounds. Effective: Flying. |
致命傷を与えやすい弓
飛行特効 |
Engage (Lyn variant) |
Bow wielded by Emblem Lyn.
Easily inflicts fatal wounds. Effective: Flying. |
紋章士リンの持つ弓
致命傷を与えやすい/飛行特効 |
Engage (Lyn variant, The Lady of the Plains) |
Bow wielded by Emblem Lyn.
Effective: Flying. |
紋章士リンの持つ弓
飛行特効 |
Engage (Lyn variant, Chapter 10) |
An Emblem's bow. Easy to inflict a
fatal wound with. Effective: Flying. |
紋章士が持つ弓
致命傷を与えやすい/飛行特効 |
Heroes | Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1).
Effective against flying foes. |
飛行特効 奥義が発動しやすい(発動カウント-1)
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Warriors: Three Hopes | This keenly balanced bow is exceedingly lethal.
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Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Killer Bow |
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Japanese |
キラーボウ |
Romanized as KILLERBOW in its internal file names in Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn, Shadow Dragon, and New Mystery of the Emblem. |
Spanish (Spain) |
Arco asesino |
Murderous bow. For space reasons, Path of Radiance and Shadow Dragon abbreviate it to A asesino, and Radiant Dawn abbreviates it to A. asesino. |
Spanish (Latin America) |
Arco Letal |
Deadly Bow |
French |
Arc létal |
Deadly bow |
German |
Meisterbogen |
Master bow. For space reasons, Path of Radiance and Shadow Dragon abbreviate it to Meisterbog. in gameplay. |
Italian |
Arco letale |
Deadly bow. For space reasons, Path of Radiance and Shadow Dragon abbreviate it to Ar. letale in gameplay. |
Dutch |
Moorden boog |
Killer bow. Abbreviated to Moord. boog for space reasons. |
Portuguese |
Arco letal |
Deadly bow |
Korean |
킬러 보우 |
Killer bow |
Simplified Chinese |
必杀弓 |
Critical Bow |
Traditional Chinese |
必殺弓 |
Critical Bow |
Slaying Bow
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Slaying Bow |
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Japanese |
キラーボウ鍛 |
Forged killer bow |
Spanish (Spain) |
Arco ejecutor |
Executor bow |
Spanish (Latin America) |
Arco cruel |
Cruel bow |
French |
Arc meurtrier |
Deadly bow |
German |
Gnadenpfeil |
Mercy Arrow |
Italian |
Arco falciante |
Slashing bow |
Portuguese |
Arco cruel |
Cruel bow |
Traditional Chinese |
必殺弓鍛 |
Forged critical bow |
Gallery
Official artwork
Artwork of the Killer Bow from the Trading Card Game.
Concept art of the Killer Bow from Tellius Recollection: Volume 1.
Artwork of the Killer Bow from Warriors: Three Hopes.
Screenshots
Gordin wielding a Killer Bow in Mystery of the Emblem.
Brigid wielding a Killer Bow in Genealogy of the Holy War.
Ronan wielding a Killer Bow in Thracia 776.
Rolf wielding a Killer Bow in Path of Radiance.
Shinon wielding a Killer Bow in Radiant Dawn.
Python wielding a Killer Bow in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
Bernadetta wielding a Killer Bow in Three Houses.
Heroes artwork
References
See also
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