Talk:Bows in Breath of the Wild

Range
Does anyone know what the range number actually means? Because I've been testing some bows. The golden bow is long range, same as phrenic bow, which I assume means its range is 40. I'm going to change that on the page. Also the ancient bow seems to have an even higher range than the long range bows, so I'm assuming its range should be 50 or something. But how can we determine _exactly_ what its range is, unless we know what that number actually measures? Ziggurism (talk) 13:17, 20 June 2017 (UTC)


 * The range of the Bows is listed in the official BotW guide. Presumably, it refers to the distance an arrow will travel before it begins to drop. This has nothing to do with the zoom when aiming the bow (the Falcon Bow can shoot further than the Golden Bow despite the latter having zoom). As the values you've given for the Golden and Ancient Bows are guesses, I will be undoing them. 15:50, 20 June 2017 (UTC)


 * The guide is wrong about many things. It's not the end-all reference. The actual game is the canonical reference. I'll concede that I was guessing about the range of the ancient bows. It's longer than 40, but how long exactly, I don't know. But the Golden bow is definitely the same range as all the long range bow. Golden bow, falcon bow, phrenic bow have the same range. Please test in-game before reverting. Ziggurism (talk) 04:49, 27 June 2017 (UTC)


 * I am well aware that the guide is not correct about a number of things but based on my experience from repeated runs of the Flight Range Mini-Game using both the Golden and Falcon Bows (during March/April when I was making the page for the game), I did not believe that the Golden Bow was the same range as the Falcon Bow and the Phrenic Bow. Due to this, I was more inclined to believe the guide was correct, which is why I reverted originally. However, having now tested from a standing position, I do agree that your ranges are approximately accurate.


 * I also noted that pulling out the Golden Bow after switching Bows seems to force the aiming reticule higher. It's possible this was the cause of the significant decrease in range that I had previously experienced. Another possibility is that the guide was right at launch (and while I was testing the mini-game) but the values had since changed as those were not the intended ranges. It did seem odd to me at the time that a bow "engineered to strike distant targets" was so ineffective at striking distant targets. 17:33, 27 June 2017 (UTC)


 * That's interesting about the golden bow having a lower default aim of the reticle. Perhaps indicative of another hidden stat of bows? Ziggurism (talk) 18:39, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

shot speed
bows have another stat which it would be useful to know about in this table: shot speed. I have noticed for example that the ancient bow, despite being top tier in damage, range, and durability, has a really slow shot speed. Ziggurism (talk) 13:22, 20 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, there is no information about this available in-game or in the official guide so it would be difficult to reliably report in the table. The guide does list "Quick Shot" but as a Yes/No since it appears to refer to which Bows can have the Quick Shot bonus. 15:50, 20 June 2017 (UTC)