—In-game description, Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem.
The Steel Bow (鋼の弓 Hagane no Yumi) 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 Shortbow (鋼の近撃弓 lit. Steel Proximity Bow), 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: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light
Name | Type | ||||||
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Steel Bow |
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WLv | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | Worth |
3 | 28 | 7 | 80% | 0% | 2 | 3 | 560 |
Effect | |||||||
Effective against Flying Units. |
Fire Emblem Gaiden
Name | Type | |||
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Steel Bow |
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Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt |
3 | 70% | 0% | 1~5 | 1 |
Effect | ||||
Effective against Flying Units. |
Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem
Name | Type | ||||||
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WLv | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | Worth |
3 | 28 | 9 | 90% | 0% | 2 | 7 | 560 |
Effect | |||||||
Effective against Flying Units. |
Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
Name | Type | |||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Rng | Wt | Worth |
B | 50 | 14 | 70% | 2 | 8 | 3,000 |
Effect | ||||||
Effective against Flying Units. |
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
Name | Type | |||||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | WEx | Worth |
D | 30 | 10 | 60% | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 3,200 |
Effect | ||||||||
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TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga
Name | Type | ||||||
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WLv | WHp | Power | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | Worth |
8 | 40 | 10 | 65% | 0% | 2 | 8 | 2,000 |
Effect | |||||||
- |
Fire Emblem: Binding Blade
Name | Type | |||||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | WEx | Worth |
D | 30 | 9 | 65% | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 720 |
Effect | ||||||||
- |
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade and Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Name | Type | |||||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | WEx | Worth |
D | 30 | 9 | 70% | 0% | 2 | 9 | 1 | 720 |
Effect | ||||||||
- |
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Name | Type | |||||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | WEx | Worth |
D | 35 | 9 | 70% | 0% | 2 | 9 | 2 | 840 |
Effect | ||||||||
- |
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Name | Type | |||||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | WEx | Worth |
C | 35 | 10 | 80% | 0% | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1,050 |
Effect | ||||||||
- |
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
Name | Type | |||||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | WEx | Worth |
D | 35 | 8 | 80% | 0% | 2 | 8 | 3 | 770 |
Effect | ||||||||
- |
Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem
Name | Type | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | WEx | Worth |
D | 35 | 8 | 80% | 0% | 2 | 3 | 770 |
Effect | |||||||
- |
Fire Emblem Awakening
Name | Type | ||||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | WEx | Worth |
C | 35 | 9 | 80% | 0% | 2 | ? | 910 |
Effect | |||||||
- |
Fire Emblem Fates
Name | Type | |||||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Avo | Rng | WEx | Worth |
C | ∞ | 11 | 75% | 0% | -5% | 2 | ? | 2,000 |
Effect | ||||||||
Ability to double -3. |
Name | Type | |||||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Avo | Rng | WEx | Worth |
C | ∞ | 11 | 75% | 0% | -5% | 1-2 | ? | 0 |
Effect | ||||||||
Ability to double -3. |
Item Locations
Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem
Method | Location |
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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. 7 • Ch. 8 • Ch. 11 • Ch. 12 • Ch. 13 • Ch. 17 Book 2: Ch. 5 • Ch. 7 • Ch. 8 • Ch. 9 • Ch. 15 |
Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
Method | Location |
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Inventories | Generation 1: Brigid |
Vendors | Generation 1: Ch. 2 Generation 2: Ch. 7 • Ch. 8 |
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
Method | Location |
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Armories | Ch. 9 • Ch. 14 • Ch. 17B |
TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga
Method | Location |
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Shops | M10 • M12 |
Fire Emblem: Binding Blade
Method | Location |
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Inventory | Dorothy |
Armories | Ch. 7 • Ch. 10B • Ch. 11A • Ch. 13 • Ch. 14 • Ch. 17B • Ch. 18B • Ch. 19B • Ch. 20A |
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
Method | Location |
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Inventories | Eliwood/Hector's Stories: Wil (Normal Mode only) • Geitz |
Armories | Lyn's Story: Ch. 10 Eliwood's Story: Ch. 15 • Ch. 17 • Ch. 20 • Ch. 23 • Ch. 29 Hector's Story: Ch. 16 • Ch. 18 • Ch. 21 • Ch. 24 • Ch. 25 • Ch. 31 |
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Method | Location |
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Armories | Ch. 5 • Ch. 9A • Ch. 10B • Ch. 17 • Serafew • Port Kiris • Bethroen • Narube River |
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Method | Location |
---|---|
Inventories | Shinon • Geoffrey |
Vendors (Easy/Normal) | Ch. 12 • Ch. 13 • Ch. 14 • Ch. 15 • Ch. 16 • Ch. 17 • Ch. 18 • Ch. 19 • Ch. 20 • Ch. 21 • Ch. 23 • Ch. 24 • Ch. 25 • Ch. 26 • Ch. 28 • Endgame |
Vendors (Hard) | Ch. 10 • Ch. 12 • Ch. 14 • Ch. 16 • Ch. 18 • Ch. 20 • Ch. 21 • Ch. 23 • Ch. 24 • Ch. 25 • Ch. 26 • Ch. 27 • Ch. 28 • Endgame |
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Method | Location |
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Dropped | Part 1: Enemy Archer (Ch. 2) |
Inventories | Astrid • Rolf |
Vendors | Part 1: Ch. 6 • Ch. 7 • Ch. 8 • Ch. 9 • Endgame Part 2: Ch. 3 • Endgame Part 3: Ch. 2 • Ch. 3 • Ch. 4 • Ch. 5 • Ch. 6 • Ch. 7 • Ch. 8 • Ch. 9 • Ch. 10 • Ch. 11 • Ch. 12 • Ch. 13 • Endgame Part 4: Prologue • Ch. 1 • Ch. 2 • Ch. 3 • Ch. 4 • Ch. 5 • Rebirth |
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
Method | Location |
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Inventories | Gordin (Hard Mode only) • Sedgar • Jeorge |
Armories | Ch. 5 • Ch. 7 • Ch. 8 • Ch. 9 • Ch. 10 • Ch. 11 • Ch. 13 • Ch. 14 • Ch. 15 • Ch. 16 • Ch. 18 • Ch. 20 • Ch. 22 • Online Shop |
Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem
Method | Location |
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Inventories | Gordin (Only if he was not recruited in the Prologue) • Warren • Norne • Robert • Tomas (BS1) • Wolf (BS2) • Robert (BS4) |
Armories | Ch. 3 • Ch. 5 • Ch. 7 • Ch. 9 • Ch. 15 • Ch. 19 |
Fire Emblem Awakening
Method | Location |
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Dropped | Ch. 7 • Ch. 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' Hideout • Kidnapper's Keep |
Merchants | Arena Ferox • Border Pass • Ylisstol • Breakneck Pass • Border Sands • The Farfort • The Twins' Turf • Peaceful Village |