Shortbow - Baldur's Gate 3 Database

Fashioned together from a rough-cut branch and stinking sinew.

Two-Handed Ranged Weapon

1d6 + 1 (2~7) + Dexterity Modifier
Piercing

Short Bow

Simple

Two-Handed

18m Range

Piercing

This small, agile bow bears a beautiful elven string, easy to draw but tough as steel.

The Shortbow stands as an unembellished member of the Shortbows family of weaponry, devoid of mystical attributes. This simple ranged weapon necessitates the use of both hands to wield effectively.

Hamstring Shot

Two-Handed Ranged Weapon

1d6 (1~6) + Dexterity Modifier
Damage Type: Piercing

Short Bow

Simple

Two-Handed

18m Range

Piercing

Weapon Enchantment +1
Hamstring Shot

Two-Handed Ranged Weapon

1d6+1 Piercing

Short Bow

Simple

Two-Handed

18m Range

Piercing

This length of yew was polished in a lacquer made from the mingled, cooled, and refined breath of a gold and silver dragon.

The Darkfire Shortbow can be purchased from the trader NPC named Dammon, but only once he reached the Last Light Inn in the Shadow-Cursed Lands, during Act 2.

• Weapon Enchantment +2
• Grants Resistance to Fire damage.
• Grants Resistance to Cold damage.

• Hamstring Shot

Ranged Weapon

Short Bow

+2

Two-Handed

18m Range

Conducting a series of increasingly sick rituals - involving the ashes of a gnome and silkworms fed fat on the corpse of a dwarven cleric - the goblin shama Kirruk Redrats created this deadly bow.

Sold by Entharl Danthelon in the Danthelon Dancing Blades store along the bridge of the Wyrmgate.

Blightbringer: Attacking Gnomes or Dwarves with this weapon receives a 1d4 bonus to Attack and Damage rolls.

Prey Decelerator: When this weapon lands a Critical Hit, it also Slows the target creature.

Ranged Weapon

4-9
1d6 + weapon modifying attributes.

Short Bow

+1

Martial

Two-Handed

18m Range

One of the relics of Deep Duerra’s rebellious children. It was to the tremendous surprise of all that Ludmilla, the quiet, the weepy, the daughter most under her mother’s thumb, took up this bow and fired. The arrow flushed, and while Duerra and her blinded court wailed impotently, the children escaped into an uncertain, yet sweetly free, future.

Found inside a chest within the Gauntlet of Shar. (X: -734. Y: -801)

Darevil Precision: While obscured in shadow, the wielder has a 1d4 bonus to their ranged weapon attacks.
Blinding: Shot: Attack has a chance to Blind target on hit.

Two-Handed Ranged Weapon

5-10

Ability score modifier and Weapon Enchantment affect damage.

Short Bow

+2

Two-Handed

18m Range