How to Fish WikiFor How to Fish 1.1.3
Bow

Bow in How to Fish: Where to Buy It, Damage and Aiming

The 1.1.0 Bow: €25 from the hooded trader on a random mini island, 250 damage per arrow, and the only way to unlock Hobin Rood.

Wandering NPC islet (mini island) stall
Shop data for How to Fish 1.1.3
Price€25 (euros)
Damage250 base; arrow upgrades (to level 12) scale damage
Where to buyWandering NPC islet (mini island) stall
TierNot ranked in the reviewed tier lists (they predate 1.1.0)

What the Bow and arrow are good for

The Bow is a challenge weapon from The Islet Update: silent single arrows with an Archery kill bonus of 1.5x.

Its practical job is Hobin Rood, which needs an arrow to land the killing blow on any creature. Some players also take it to the Manta for the challenge.

Where to buy the Bow

Find the Wandering NPC mini island (rocky, archery targets, a hooded man in green on a round wall) and pay him €25. He takes euros only.

Get the euros from Crab Carcass catches (€4 to €6), Money in a bottle (€15) or the Manta (about €60). Arrow and quiver upgrades are sold here too, for euros.

How do you aim with the bow?

Draw and release: hold the draw, aim and let go, one arrow at a time. Quiver upgrades raise the draw speed from 1 to 1.25 at the first level.

The Bow takes dollar-bought attachments from the normal gun shops; players settle on the Red Dot Sight with the Laser Sight and skip the scope. Patch 1.1.2 made reload rebindable, so check your key if an older video's key does nothing.

Bow compared with the guns

Its 250 damage per arrow matches the guns only when they are heavily upgraded; players report about 300 at maximum arrow upgrades. Its fire rate is not published.

None of the popular tier lists rank it, because they predate 1.1.0.

PriceDamageFire rateMagazine
PistolPistol$5025 per bullet (160 at bullet tier 12)0.15 s between shots, semi-automatic10 rounds (17 with Extended Mag)
ShotgunShotgun$1503 per pellet, 25 pellets per shot (28 per pellet at tier 12)0.22 s between shots, semi-automatic2 shells (no Extended Mag slot)
SMGSMG$65024 per bullet (70 at tier 12)0.05 s between shots, automatic30 rounds (40 with Extended Mag)
Sniper RifleSniper Rifle$3,800200 per bullet (500 at tier 12)1.00 s between shots5 rounds (8 with Extended Mag)
Assault RifleAssault Rifle$20,00040 per bullet (100 at tier 12)0.07 s between shots, automatic30 rounds (40 with Extended Mag)

Tier letters are an opinion from a published tier list, shown with the numbers that back or contradict them.