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“A weighty but more powerful bow.”
—In-game description, Shadow Dragon and Shin Monshō

The Steel Bow (鋼の弓 Hagane no Kyū) is the second most common Bow that exists in the Fire Emblem series. This Bow awards more Weapon Experience to its wielder than the Iron Bow does. An enemy-exclusive close-ranged version of the weapon, the Steel Proximity Bow (鋼の近撃弓), also appears in Fire Emblem: Fates.

The Bow is no exception to the standard relationship shared between Iron and Steel weapons, in the sense that the latter is both stronger and more expensive than the former. Despite this, however, the fact that the Steel Bow is heavier and less accurate than the Iron Bow sometimes renders the extra power that it possesses to be redundant. To this end, most bow-users are better off wielding either Iron Bows or Short Bows until they become strong enough to equip heavier bows without suffering any Attack Speed penalties.

Weapon Stats

Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi

Template:WeaponStatFE1&3 |Steel Bow |Bow |3 |28 |7 |80% |0% |2 |3 |560 |Effective against Flying Units. |}

Fire Emblem Gaiden

Template:WeaponStatFE2 |Steel Bow |Bow |3 |70% |0% |1~5 |1 |Effective against Flying Units. |}

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Template:WeaponStatFE1&3 |Steel bow iconSteel Bow |Bow |3 |28 |9 |90% |0% |2 |7 |560 |Effective against Flying Units. |}

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Template:WeaponStatFE4 |FE4Steelbow Steel Bow |FE4 Bow Bow |B |50 |14 |70% |2 |8 |3,000 |Effective against Flying Units. |}

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Template:WeaponStatFE5-11 |FE5steelbow Steel Bow |FE5 Bow Icon Bow |D |30 |10 |60% |0 |2 |12 |1 |3,200 | - |}

TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga

Template:WeaponStatTS |SteelBowTRS Steel Bow |TS Bow Bow |8 |40 |10 |65% |0% |2 |8 |2,000 | - |}

Fire Emblem: Binding Blade

Template:WeaponStatFE5-11 |Steelbow Steel Bow |Bow Bow |D |30 |9 |65% |0 |2 |9 |1 |720 | - |}

Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken and Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Template:WeaponStatFE5-11 |Steelbow Steel Bow |Bow Bow |D |30 |9 |70% |0% |2 |9 |1 |720 | - |}

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Template:WeaponStatFE5-11 |FE9steelbow Steel Bow |FE9 Bow Bow |D |35 |9 |70% |0% |2 |9 |2 |840 | - |}

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Template:WeaponStatFE5-11 |FE10steelbow Steel Bow |FE10 Bow Bow |C |35 |10 |80% |0% |2 |10 |3 |1,050 | - |}

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

Template:WeaponStatFE5-11 |FE11steelbow Steel Bow |FE12 Bow Bow |D |35 |8 |80% |0% |2 |8 |3 |770 | - |}

Fire Emblem: Shin Monshō no Nazo ~Hikari to Kage no Eiyū~

Template:WeaponStatFE12-13 |FE11steelbow Steel Bow |FE12 Bow Bow |D |35 |8 |80% |0% |2 |3 |770 | - |}

Fire Emblem: Awakening

Template:WeaponStatFE12-13 |Steel Bow FE13 Icon Steel Bow |BowIconFE13 Bow |C |35 |9 |80% |0% |2 |? |910 | - |}

Fire Emblem: Fates

Template:WeaponStatFE14 |Steel Bow |BowIconFE13 Bow |C |Infinite |11 |75% |0% |(-5%) |2 |? |2,000 |Ability to double -3 |}
Template:WeaponStatFE14 |Steel Proximity Bow |BowIconFE13 Bow |C |Infinite |11 |75% |0% |(-5%) |1-2 |? |0 |Ability to double -3 |}

Item Locations

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Method Location
Dropped Book 1: Enemy Archer (Ch. 8) • Enemy Sniper (Ch. 9) • Enemy Hunter (Ch. 15)
Inventory Book 1: Gordin
Book 2: Gordin
Armories Book 1: Ch. 7Ch. 8Ch. 11Ch. 12Ch. 13Ch. 17
Book 2: Ch. 5Ch. 7Ch. 8Ch. 9Ch. 15

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Method Location
Inventories Generation 1: Briggid
Vendors Generation 1: Ch. 2
Generation 2: Ch. 7Ch. 8

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Method Location
Armories Ch. 9Ch. 14Ch. 17B

TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga

Method Location
Shops M10 • M12

Fire Emblem: Binding Blade

Method Location
Inventory Dorothy
Armories Ch. 7Ch. 10BCh. 11ACh. 13Ch. 14Ch. 17BCh. 18BCh. 19BCh. 20A

Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken

Method Location
Inventories Eliwood/Hector's Stories: Wil (Normal Mode only) • Geitz
Armories Lyn's Story: Ch. 10
Eliwood's Story: Ch. 15Ch. 17Ch. 20Ch. 23Ch. 29
Hector's Story: Ch. 16Ch. 18Ch. 21Ch. 24Ch. 25Ch. 31

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Method Location
Armories Ch. 5Ch. 9ACh. 10BCh. 17SerafewPort KirisBethroen • Narube River

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Method Location
Inventories ShinonGeoffrey
Vendors (Easy/Normal) Ch. 12Ch. 13Ch. 14Ch. 15Ch. 16Ch. 17Ch. 18Ch. 19Ch. 20Ch. 21Ch. 23Ch. 24Ch. 25Ch. 26Ch. 28Endgame
Vendors (Hard) Ch. 10Ch. 12Ch. 14Ch. 16Ch. 18Ch. 20Ch. 21Ch. 23Ch. 24Ch. 25Ch. 26Ch. 27Ch. 28Endgame

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Method Location
Dropped Part 1: Enemy Archer (Ch. 2)
Inventories AstridRolf
Vendors Part 1: Ch. 6Ch. 7Ch. 8Ch. 9Endgame
Part 2: Ch. 3Endgame
Part 3: Ch. 2Ch. 3Ch. 4Ch. 5Ch. 6Ch. 7Ch. 8Ch. 9Ch. 10Ch. 11Ch. 12Ch. 13Endgame
Part 4: PrologueCh. 1Ch. 2Ch. 3Ch. 4Ch. 5 • Rebirth

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

Method Location
Inventories Gordin (Hard Mode only)SedgarJeorge
Armories Ch. 5Ch. 7Ch. 8Ch. 9Ch. 10Ch. 11Ch. 13Ch. 14Ch. 15Ch. 16Ch. 18Ch. 20Ch. 22Online Shop

Fire Emblem: Shin Monshō no Nazo ~Hikari to Kage no Eiyū~

Method Location
Inventories Gordin (Only if he was not recruited in the Prologue) • WarrenNorneRobertTomas (BS1) • Wolf (BS2) • Robert (BS4)
Armories Ch. 3Ch. 5Ch. 7Ch. 9Ch. 15Ch. 19

Fire Emblem: Awakening

Method Location
Dropped Ch. 7Ch. 16
Inventories Morgan (Only if his/her starting class wields Bows as its weapon of choice) • Noire
Armories Plegia Castle Courtyard • The Searoad • The Twins' HideoutKidnapper's Keep
Merchants Arena FeroxBorder PassYlisstolBreakneck PassBorder SandsThe FarfortThe Twins' TurfPeaceful Village

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