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TheSteel Bow (Japanese:鋼の弓Steel Bow) is a commonbow which is available in every game of theFire Emblem series. As one of the steel series of weapons, it is the mid-range bow and is more powerful than theIron Bow, while still being inferior to theSilver Bow inmight,weight, andaccuracy. Like almost all bows, it is effective against flying units.
Stats
In the mainFire Emblem series
Forged stats
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| Game | Icon | Level | Might | Weight | Hit | Crit | Range | Uses | Worth | WEXP | Other effects and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (★) | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 1–3 | -- | 45 | -- | GrantsAnti-Fliers when equipped. Learned combat arts:Heavy Draw (20 SP) |
| Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (★★) | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 1–3 | -- | 65 | -- | GrantsAnti-Fliers when equipped. Learned combat arts:Heavy Draw (20 SP) |
| Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (★★★) | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 70 | 5 | 1–3 | -- | 105 | -- | GrantsAnti-Fliers when equipped. Learned combat arts:Heavy Draw (20 SP) |
| Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (★★★★) | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | 3 | 70 | 5 | 1–3 | -- | 180 | -- | GrantsAnti-Fliers when equipped. Learned combat arts:Heavy Draw (20 SP) |
| Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (★★★★★) | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | 3 | 75 | 10 | 1–3 | -- | 330 | -- | GrantsAnti-Fliers when equipped. Learned combat arts:Heavy Draw (20 SP) |
| Three Houses | 11 | 10 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 1,364 | 2 | Dealsbonus damage to | ||
| Engage (+1) | 12 | 7 | 80 | 5 | 2 | -- | ? | -- | Dealsbonus damage to | ||
| Engage (+2) | 12 | 7 | 85 | 5 | 2 | -- | ? | -- | Dealsbonus damage to | ||
| Engage (+3) | 14 | 6 | 85 | 5 | 2 | -- | ? | -- | Dealsbonus damage to | ||
| Engage (+4) | 14 | 6 | 90 | 10 | 2 | -- | ? | -- | Dealsbonus damage to | ||
| Engage (+5) | 16 | 5 | 90 | 10 | 2 | -- | ? | -- | Dealsbonus damage to |
In otherFire Emblem series titles
| Game | Icon | Type | Might | Range | SP cost | Refine cost | Prerequisites | Unusable by | Inheritable | Other effects and notes |
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| Heroes | 6 | 2 | 100 | -- | Iron Bow | -- | ✓ | Dealsbonus damage toflying units. |
| Game | Icon | Level | Might | Weight | Hit | Crit | Range | Uses | Worth | WEXP | Other effects and notes |
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| Warriors | C | 40 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3,000 | -- | Dealsbonus damage toflying units. | |
| Warriors: Three Hopes | D | 40 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 70 | 1,000 | -- | Dealsbonus damage to May have up to two randomweapon attributes at random. |
Locations
Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light
Gaiden
| Dropped by | Alm's party:Act 1,Southern Outpost, enemyArcher Celica's party:Act 3,Desert Stronghold, enemyWolff |
Mystery of the Emblem
| Inventory | Book 1:Gordin Book 2:Gordin |
| Dropped by | Book 1:Chapter 8, enemyArcher •Chapter 9, enemySniper •Chapter 15, enemyHunter |
| Armory | Book 1:Chapter 7 •Chapter 8 •Chapter 9 •Chapter 11 •Chapter 12 •Chapter 13 •Chapter 17 Book 2:Chapter 5 •Chapter 7 •Chapter 8 •Chapter 9 •Chapter 15 |
Genealogy of the Holy War
| Inventory | First Generation:Brigid |
| Vendor | First Generation:Chapter 2 Second Generation:Chapter 7(If Brigid's Steel Bow wasn't inherited) •Chapter 8(If the Chapter 2 Steel Bow wasn't inherited) |
Thracia 776
| Capture orsteal | Chapter 2x, enemyHunter, enemyWarrior •Chapter 9, enemyArcher •Chapter 8x, enemyHunter (×7), enemyGomez •Chapter 15, enemyHunter (×4) |
| Inventory | Chapter 13, temporary LeonsterArch Knight (×2) |
| Armory | Chapter 9 •Chapter 14 •Chapter 17B |
The Binding Blade
| Inventory | Dorothy |
| Armory | Chapter 7 •Chapter 10B •Chapter 11A •Chapter 13 •Chapter 14 •Chapter 17B •Chapter 18A •Chapter 19B •Chapter 20A •Chapter 23 |
The Blazing Blade
| Inventory | Eliwood's Tale:Wil* •Geitz Hector's Tale:Wil* •Geitz |
| Dropped by | Hector's Tale:Chapter 15, enemySealen* |
| Armory | Lyn's Tale:Chapter 10 Eliwood's Tale:Chapter 15 •Chapter 17 •Chapter 20 • Chapter 23 (bothversions) •Chapter 29x Hector's Tale:Chapter 16 •Chapter 18 •Chapter 21 • Chapter 24 (bothversions) •Chapter 25 •Chapter 31x |
The Sacred Stones
| Dropped by | Chapter 12A, enemyMaelduin* |
| Dropped by (Skirmish)* | Bonewalker* •Wight* •Maelduin* |
| Treasure | Tower of Valni Floor 6, northchest* •Lagdou Ruins Floor 3, southchest* |
| Armory (in-chapter) | Chapter 5 •Chapter 9A •Chapter 10B •Chapter 17 |
| Armory (World map) | Serafew •Port Kiris •Bethroen •Narube River |
Path of Radiance
| Inventory | Shinon •Geoffrey* |
| Steal | Chapter 13, enemyNorris •Chapter 17-4, enemyPaladin (reinforcement) •Chapter 20, enemySniper •Chapter 21, enemyWarrior •Chapter 22, enemyWarrior •Chapter 23, enemyPaladin •Chapter 25, enemyWarrior •Chapter 26, enemySniper •Chapter 28, enemySniper(Hard only), enemyWarrior(Hard only) |
| Armory | Chapter 10* •Chapter 12 •Chapter 13* •Chapter 14 •Chapter 15* •Chapter 16 •Chapter 17* •Chapter 18 •Chapter 19* •Chapter 20 •Chapter 21 •Chapter 22* •Chapter 23 •Chapter 24 •Chapter 25 •Chapter 26 •Chapter 27* •Chapter 28 •Endgame |
Radiant Dawn
| Inventory | Astrid •Rolf |
| Convoy | Part 2:Endgame, automatically from the start |
| Dropped by | Part 1:Chapter 2, enemyArcher |
| Armory | Part 1:Chapter 6 •Chapter 7 •Chapter 8 •Chapter 9 •Endgame Part 2:Chapter 3 •Endgame Part 3:Chapter 2 •Chapter 3 •Chapter 4 •Chapter 5 •Chapter 6 •Chapter 7 •Chapter 8 •Chapter 9 •Chapter 10 •Chapter 11 •Chapter 12 •Chapter 13 •Endgame Part 4:Prologue •Chapter 1 •Chapter 2 •Chapter 3 •Chapter 4 •Chapter 5 •Endgame |
Shadow Dragon
New Mystery of the Emblem
| Inventory | Main story:Cecil(Only ifArcher isKris's starting class) •Gordin(If he was not recruited in the Prologue) •Warren •Norne The Capital Falls:Tomas Red Dragoon:Wolf The Beginning:Roberto That Which Was Done by the Sword Shall Be Undone by the Sword:Norne |
| Dropped by | Chapter 4, enemyHunter •Chapter 11, enemyHunter •Chapter 15, enemySniper |
| Treasure | Bonus chapters:The Capital Falls,chest |
| Armory | Chapter 3 •Chapter 5 •Chapter 7 •Chapter 9 •Chapter 15 •Chapter 19 •Online shop* |
Awakening
| Inventory | Morgan(only ifArcher is their starting class) •Noire |
| Dropped by | Chapter 7, enemyArcher •Chapter 16, enemyWarrior |
| Armory | Plegia Castle Courtyard •The Searoad •The Twins' Hideout •Kidnapper's Keep |
| Merchant (Anna) | Arena Ferox •Border Pass •Ylisstol •Breakneck Pass •Border Sands •The Farfort •The Twins' Turf •Peaceful Village |
| Merchant (SpotPass) | Catria •Jamke •Linde •Lute •Nephenee •Ulster |
Fates
| Inventory | Niles |
| Dropped by | Chapter 18 |
| Armory | Dusk Armory: Level 1 (limit 1) • Levels 2 and 3 (no limit) |
| Lottery Shop | Dusk Lottery: Silver Prize |
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
| Treasure | Alm's party:Act 4,Rigel Castle Central Hall, examination Celica's party:Act 3,Desert Stronghold War Room, examination The Astral Temple, destroy urns(3.65% chance in small urns, 5.65% chance in medium urns) The Inner Sanctum, destroy urns(3.65% chance in small urns, 5.65% chance in medium urns) |
| Dropped by | Alm's party:Act 1,Southern Outpost, enemyArcher Shared:The Inner Sanctum, random chance from certain enemies |
| Forging | Iron Bow (50 , ★) •Rusted Bow (10 , certain random instances only) |
Three Houses
Steel Bow
| Armory | Available to purchase after gaining access to the Marketplace inChapter 1 (Limit: 3 per month*) |
| Forging | Iron Bow (Smithing Stone × 6,360G, Professor Level: D+) |
Steel Bow+
| Forging | Steel Bow (Smithing Stone × 10,550G, Professor Level: D+) |
| Pagan Altar | Chapter 1 onward, cost 600Renown (unlimited) |
Engage
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| Inventory | Alcryst |
| Event | Chapter 5, automatically upon entering theSomniel |
| Armory | Chapter 9 onward (limit 1) •Chapter 12 (limit 3) •Chapter 15 (unlimited) |
Archanea Saga
| Inventory | Wolf,Roberto |
Heroes
Warriors
| Event | The Dark Pontifex, clear Fort Defense Lv. 26Archer with any rank •Noble Lady of Caelin, clear any of the following with any rank: Timed Attack Lv. 21Cavalier, Fort Defense Lv. 29Caeda, Arena Lv. 42Myrmidon, Arena Lv. 33Myrmidon •Together to the End, clear any of the following with any rank: Arena Lv. 33Myrmidon, Targeted Elimination Lv. 42Archer, Pincer Escape Lv. 30Archer •Princess Minerva, clear Shadow Rush Lv. 22Mage with any rank |
Warriors: Three Hopes
- This list may be incomplete.
| Inventory | Ignatz |
| Armory | Available for purchase upon obtaining theSolicit Lower-Grade Weapons Dealerupgrade. |
| S Rank rewards | Chapter 5 |
Other appearances
Fire Emblem Cipher
The Steel Bow is a common skill inFire Emblem Cipher which is present on four cards, all of which depict unpromoted bow-wielding units:B01-014N Ungaggled Bowman, Gordin,B01-063N Archest Archer, Virion,B05-012N Archer of House Pherae, Wolt, andB06-041N Pirate of Orgahil, Brigid. It is a manual-activation skill which, for a cost of flipping 1 bond card, gives the user a +10 attack increase until the end of the turn.
Flavor text
| Game | Text (English) | Text (Japanese) |
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| Genealogy of the Holy War | Cripples flying units.* | ひこう系に特効 |
| Thracia 776 | ひこう系に有効 すこし威力のある弓 | |
| The Binding Blade | -- | 威力のある弓 飛行系に有効 |
| Path of Radiance | A sturdy bow whose composition makes it slightly difficult to wield. | 威力はそこそこだが 少しあつかいにくい弓 |
| Radiant Dawn | A well-made bow of moderate power. It is a bit difficult to wield. | 少し扱いの難しい弓 威力はそこそこある |
| Shadow Dragon | A weighty but more powerful bow. | 重いが、より威力のある弓。飛行系に有効 |
| New Mystery of the Emblem | A weighty but more powerful bow.* | 鉄よりも威力のある弓。飛行系に有効 |
| Awakening | More powerful than its iron brother. | 鉄よりも威力のある弓 |
| Fates | Makes follow-up attacks more difficult to perform (-3 effective Spd). | 追撃しにくい(-3) |
| Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | A tempered bow with increased power. | 鉄を鍛え威力を高めた弓 |
| Three Houses (Steel Bow) | A weighty steel bow that deals significant blows. | 重いが威力を高めた弓 |
| Three Houses (Steel Bow+) | A reinforced steel bow made strong and remade stronger. | 鋼の弓を強化したもの |
| Engage | A bow made of steel. Effective: Flying. | 鋼で作られた弓 飛行特効 |
| Heroes | Effective against flying foes. | 飛行特効 |
| Warriors: Three Hopes | A weighty steel bow that deals significant blows. | 威力を高めた弓 |
Etymology and other languages
| Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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| Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
| English | Steel Bow | -- |
| Japanese | 鋼の弓 | Romanized asSTEELBOW in its internal file names inPath of Radiance,Radiant Dawn,Shadow Dragon, andNew Mystery of the Emblem. The first four games spell this item's name in hiragana (はがねのゆみ), whileThracia 776 through toPath of Radiance spell it partially in hiragana and partially in kanji (はがねの弓). |
| Spanish | • Arco de acero | • Steel bow. Spelled withde ("of") inThe Blazing Blade,The Sacred Stones,Path of Radiance,Shadow Dragon, andThree Houses. For space reasons,Path of Radiance andShadow Dragon abbreviate it toA de acero. |
| French | • Arc-acier | • Steel bow; spelled with the hyphen fromThe Blazing Blade toPath of Radiance. |
| German | Stahlbogen | Steel bow |
| Italian | • Arco acciaio | • Steel bow; used in most games. For space reasons,Path of Radiance andShadow Dragon abbreviate it toAr. acciaio in gameplay. |
| Dutch | Stalen boog | Steel bow |
| Portuguese | Arco de aço | Steel bow |
| Korean | 강철의 활 | Steel bow |
| Simplified Chinese | 钢弓 | Steel Bow |
| Traditional Chinese | 鋼弓 | Steel Bow |
Gallery
Official artwork
- Artwork of a Steel Bow from theMystery of the Emblem: Book of Strategy Secrets.
- Artwork of a Steel Bow from theTrading Card Game.
- Concept art of a Steel Bow fromTellius Recollection: Volume 1.
- Artwork of a Steel Bow fromWarriors.
- Artwork of a Steel Bow fromWarriors: Three Hopes.
Screenshots
- Gordin wielding a Steel Bow inMystery of the Emblem.
- Lester wielding a Steel Bow inGenealogy of the Holy War.
- Selphina wielding a Steel Bow inThracia 776.
- Rolf wielding a Steel Bow inPath of Radiance.
- Shinon wielding a Steel Bow inRadiant Dawn.
- Python wielding a Steel Bow inEchoes: Shadows of Valentia.
- Bernadetta wielding a Steel Bow inThree Houses.
Heroes artwork
- The Steel Bow as it appears inHeroes.
- The arrow used with the Steel Bow inHeroes.
- TheWatchful Bow as it appears inHeroes, based on the Steel Bow inThree Houses.
- The Watchful Bow's arrows inHeroes, based on the Steel Bow's arrows inThree Houses.
- Artwork ofShura: Righteous Rebel with a Steel Bow.
- Artwork ofAshe: Chivalric Amends with a Steel Bow.
- Artwork ofIgnatz: Worldly Artist with a Steel Bow.
- Artwork ofCyril: Rhea's Attendant with a Steel Bow.
See also
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