Bow

General
A Two-Handed ranged weapon that causes piercing damage, there are a variety of bows in Guild Wars. The Ranger's Marksmanship attribute improves the damage of and is sometimes a requirement for this weapon type. Skills from this attribute can only be performed when equiping a bow.

Bow Classes
In general, there are five different classes of bows: 1 Range is approximated in the radius of the aggro circle. 2Flight Time is for a target at Short Bow range distance.

Max damage range of a bow is always 15~28, regardless of bow class.

Bow Types
The following table lists bow types for each bow class:

Additionally, the Ascalon Bow is a special type of bow whose class depends on where it is acquired from.

Factions Campaign
It is currently unknown what type Factions bows are.
 * Amber Bow
 * Bramble Hornbow
 * Bramble Longbow
 * Bramble Shortbow
 * Jade Bow
 * Plagueborn Bow
 * Naga Longbow
 * Naga Shortbow

Upgrades and Modifiers
The weapon upgrades for the bow are Bow String (prefix) and Bow Grip (suffix).