List of Bows

This is a list of every weapon in the Golden Sun series that the games categorize as "Bows". This class of weapon is introduced in Golden Sun: Dark Dawn as an additional weapon type that can be wielded by two "semi-caster" Adepts: Karis and Amiti. The Unleashes that can be produced by Bows lean toward the Jupiter element and do not feature any Venus-aligned Unleashes at all.

In Dark Dawn, the game's "Weapon Skill" system causes every attack dealt using a weapon to generate "weapon experience" for that individual weapon on that Adept, which slightly spills over into other weapons of the same category the Adept has not yet mastered. This means that if an Adept sticks with Bows, future Bows will start out with some weapon experience already filled out, thus making them able to be mastered in a shorter amount of time.

Practically every weapon in Dark Dawn now has anywhere between two and four Unleashes it can randomly choose between whenever it attempts to perform an Unleash. A given Adept must build up a weapon's experience in order to unlock each Unleash for its personal list. Once the weapon skill bar is filled to full, the weapon is considered "mastered" and will receive a slight Attack bonus while wielded by that Adept, and the last Unleash in its list will be chosen with a slightly higher probability as well.

Weapons in the following lists are ordered by their sell values.

Introduced in Dark Dawn

Short Bow: Adds 11 Attack. It produces Double Shot (x1.6) as its only possible Unleash. A common weapon purchased for 300 coins at Patcher's Place (and then Carver's Camp), making it permanently unavailable once you follow the path through Konpa Cave's south exit. Sells for 225 coins.

Longbow: Adds 22 Attack. It produces the following Unleashes at random: Double Shot (x1.6) and Snipe Shot (x1.6, may ignore half of Defense). A common weapon purchased for 800 coins at Harapa (and then Kaocho), making it permanently unavailable once you take off for the Clouds of Passaj. Sells for 600 coins.

Composite Bow: Adds 65 Attack. It produces the following Unleashes at random: Double Shot (x1.6) and Arrow Shower (x1.2, may reduce Defense by 25%, hits each adjacent foe). A common weapon purchased for 1,600 coins at Passaj after the Alchemy Forge is revived (and then Te Rya Village and Belinsk), making it permanently unavailable once the Gloom Skorpna battle is initiated at Belinsk's harbor. Sells for 1,200 coins.

Yew Bow: Adds 120 Attack and automatically aligns all basic attacks with Jupiter. It produces the following Unleashes at random: Snipe Shot (x1.6, may ignore half of Defense) and Triple Burst (x1.8). An Artifact weapon received from a man trapped in a hollowed-out tree in Kolima Forest, making it permanently unavailable once you approach the Alchemy Dynamo's pedestal in Belinsk Ruins. Sells for 9,750 coins.

Dragon Bow: Adds 135 Attack and automatically aligns all basic attacks with Mars. It produces the following Unleashes at random: Double Shot (x1.6) and Flame Shot (x1.5, may reduce Attack by 25%). An Artifact weapon found in a chest in Tonfon. Sells for 12,000 coins.

Zephyr's Bow: Adds 140 Attack. It produces the following Unleashes at random: Double Shot (x1.6), Arrow Shower (x1.2, may reduce Defense by 25%, hits each adjacent foe), and Cyclone Shot (x1.6, may reduce Resistances by 40). An Artifact weapon found by inspecting the rightmost archer statue in the Venus area of Apollo Sanctum Gate. Sells for 13,500 coins.

Silver Longbow: Adds 150 Attack and automatically aligns all basic attacks with Jupiter. It produces the following Unleashes at random: Double Shot (x1.6), Undead Bane (x1.7, may inflict Sleep), and Star Dust (x1.4, may reduce Defense by 25%, hits all foes within two spaces of the target). An Artifact weapon that is one of the random outcomes of bringing a Mythril Silver to the Blacksmith in Champa, which is crafted for free. Sells for 15,750 coins.

Sagittarius Bow: Adds 170 Attack. It produces the following Unleashes at random: Triple Burst (x1.8), Star Dust (x1.4, may reduce Defense by 25%, hits all foes within two spaces of the target), and Blue Comet (x2.2, may reduce Resistances by 40). An Artifact weapon that is found as a Worn Bow in a chest in Crossbone Isle, which can then be reforged at the Blacksmith in Champa free of charge. Sells for 21,750 coins.