Falcon Bow
The Falcon Bow is a refined Rito-made bow in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, valued for its extended range and faster draw speed.
Key Takeaways
The Falcon Bow combines Rito craftsmanship with a practical long-range shooting profile, making its handling and regional availability more important than raw attack alone.
Rito-made ranged weapon
The Falcon Bow is a refined bow created by a master Rito craftsman, giving it a distinct identity among the region’s conventional bows.
Longer reach and quicker draw
Its defining mechanical advantages are extended arrow range and faster draw speed, helping it support accurate shots before arrows begin to droop.
Regional availability
Players can obtain it through exploration in the Hebra Mountains and Tabantha Frontier, including treasure chests and certain enemy encounters.
Useful for ranged combat
The combination of reach and draw speed makes the Falcon Bow a practical choice when distance, aiming time, and projectile travel matter.
Not the Great Eagle Bow
The Falcon Bow should not be confused with the Great Eagle Bow, the Rito Champion weapon associated with Revali and a separate legendary armament.
Overview
The Falcon Bow is a standard Rito-made bow in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, defined by its longer-ranged arrows and faster draw rather than a special multishot or story-exclusive function.
The Falcon Bow is a refined bow associated with the Rito and their weapon-making tradition. Its defining handling advantages are an extended effective range and a faster draw speed, allowing Link to aim and release arrows efficiently while keeping useful distance from a target. Those traits give it a distinct role among ordinary bows without making it a unique Champion weapon or a replacement for every specialized ranged option.
In practical terms, the Falcon Bow suits encounters and exploration where arrow placement matters more than a bow-specific special effect. Its projectiles remain useful over longer sightlines before their flight arc becomes pronounced, while the quicker draw supports more responsive follow-up shots. Arrow Fuse materials still determine the attached arrow's added effect or utility; the bow itself should therefore be understood as the ranged platform, not as a fixed bundle of arrow properties.
The weapon belongs to the regional pool associated with the Hebra Mountains and Tabantha Frontier. It can appear through exploration, including treasure chests, and can also be obtained from certain enemies in those areas. This makes it a practical regional find rather than an item whose identity depends on a major plot reveal. Readers looking for it should distinguish the standard bow from other Rito-associated weapons and verify the specific chest or enemy route used for their current playthrough.
The Falcon Bow is distinct from the Great Eagle Bow, the legendary armament associated with the Rito Champion Revali. That comparison matters because both weapons share Rito connections, but the Falcon Bow is a normal roster bow whose appeal comes from its handling characteristics and availability in regional exploration. It is also listed as Hyrule Compendium entry 450, giving collectors a reason to record it even after a stronger or more specialized bow has entered their inventory.
Statistics
Attack and durability are the game’s own published values, not a 0–100 scale. Taken from the project’s verified weapons database, not from generated text.
- Strength14
- Durability35
- Range40
- ClassRanged
- TraitFaster draw
- ConditionStandard
- Compendium#450
Figures verified against Consolidated Game Weapons Database.
Compared to similar bow weapons
| Weapon | Durability | Class | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falcon Bow | 35 | Ranged | 40 |
| Dusk Bow | 40 | Ranged | 40 |
| Royal Guard's Bow | 20 | Ranged | 30 |
| Great Eagle Bow | 60 | Ranged | 40 |
| Duplex Bow | 18 | Ranged | 40 |
Attack and durability are the game’s own published values. From Consolidated Game Weapons Database.
How to Obtain
- No quest, vendor, DLC, or New Game Plus requirement is established for the regional chest and enemy sources. The bow is obtainable during the normal game, subject to reaching the Hebra or Tabantha areas.
- 01Travel to Sherfin’s Secret Hot Spring in the Hebra Mountains, within the Tabantha region. Search the ice-covered area for the treasure chest associated with this location; opening the chest can provide the Falcon Bow.
- 02The Falcon Bow can also appear in treasure chests and from certain enemies in the Hebra Mountains and Tabantha Frontier. These regional sources are alternatives rather than a single vendor or quest reward, so chest and enemy availability may vary by location.
Mechanics and Handling
The Falcon Bow’s handling is defined by two practical traits: it draws arrows faster than an ordinary bow and keeps them effective over a longer distance. The faster draw reduces the time spent holding ZR before releasing a shot, while the extended range lets arrows travel farther before their trajectory begins to drop. Neither trait changes the bow into a multi-shot weapon; each release fires one arrow unless an external effect changes the shot.
Draw speed and long-range aiming
The Falcon Bow is most useful when a quick follow-up matters or when the target is far enough away for arrow drop to affect aim. Its faster draw supports responsive single-target shots, but the bow still benefits from deliberate aiming when precision is more important than speed. Its longer reach is a trajectory advantage rather than a guarantee of increased damage: arrow type, Fuse effects, target distance, and whether the arrow connects still determine the result.
At extended distances, aim slightly above a distant target as needed and account for the arrow’s travel time. The Falcon Bow’s range property delays the point at which the projectile begins to droop; it does not remove projectile travel or make every arrow hit instantly.
Single-arrow firing and Fuse interaction
The Falcon Bow uses ordinary arrow ammunition and has no firearm-style magazine or reload cycle. After each shot, the next arrow must be nocked and aimed. Arrow effects remain the main way to tailor the shot: Fuse can add properties such as elemental effects, utility effects, or additional damage depending on the attached material. Those results belong to the fused arrow and material combination, not to a permanent special attack built into the Falcon Bow.
The bow itself has no verified multi-shot behavior or conditional weapon trait that changes its basic attack pattern. It therefore suits controlled ranged fire rather than volley-based ammunition conservation or repeated area damage.
Durability and practical use
Like other physical bows, the Falcon Bow has finite durability and will eventually break through use; its long-range and faster-draw properties do not make it unbreakable. Preserve it for situations where its handling matters, such as distant targets, elevated enemies, or shots that require a shorter draw window. When the bow is close to breaking, switching to another bow before a valuable fused arrow is spent can avoid losing the weapon during an important encounter.
Upgrades and Variants
Strengths, Weaknesses and Best Uses
Strengths
- Extended range keeps arrows on a flatter, more useful flight path over distance, delaying the point where they begin to droop.
- Faster draw speed makes it more responsive than a standard bow when a quick aimed shot matters.
- Its Rito design suits deliberate ranged play: the bow rewards positioning and accurate shots rather than relying on a special weapon effect.ada
Weaknesses
- It is not a multishot bow, so it cannot match multishot weapons for repeated-hit burst or material-efficient volleys.
- Its advantages are range and draw speed rather than a unique arrow effect; the chosen arrow or Fuse material still determines the shot's added utility.
- Longer effective reach does not remove projectile travel or drop entirely, so distant moving targets still require aim adjustment.
Best uses
- Use it for opening encounters from elevated positions or across open terrain, where extended range makes the projectile path easier to manage.
- Choose it for quick single-target shots against exposed enemies when a faster draw is more valuable than a multishot volley.
- Pair it with situational arrow Fuse materials when the engagement benefits from controlled, accurate delivery rather than repeated area coverage.
Compared With Similar Weapons
| Weapon | Distinctive behavior | Role and trade-off | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falcon Bow | Balances reach and responsiveness without a verified multi-shot property | Players who want a responsive bow for distant targets and general ranged combat | — |
| Swallow Bow | A close same-family alternative when Rito design and ranged reach matter; exact current stat differences require versioned comparison | A player comparing ordinary Rito bows rather than seeking a special multi-shot effect | — |
| Great Eagle Bow | Trades the Falcon Bow’s simpler single-shot handling for a stronger, resource-heavier volley role; it is a distinct legendary weapon rather than a direct upgrade in every situation | Players who specifically need multi-target or burst arrow output | — |
| Forest Dweller's Bow | A practical adjacent alternative when availability or ordinary bow use matters more than the Falcon Bow’s extended range and faster draw | Early or resource-conscious ranged loadouts without a Rito-bow focus | — |
Lore and Design
The Falcon Bow is presented as a refined weapon made by a Rito master craftsman. Its extended range and faster draw distinguish it from more ordinary bows, while its ability to keep arrows travelling farther before they begin to droop suits the Rito association with long-range combat. This craftsmanship links the bow culturally to the Rito, but the available documentation does not establish a named individual maker or a broader development history.
The Falcon Bow should not be conflated with the Great Eagle Bow. Both are associated with the Rito, but the Great Eagle Bow is specifically identified as the legendary armament of the Rito Champion Revali, whereas the Falcon Bow is a separate weapon found through exploration and treasure acquisition. No further official character relationship or documented real-world design inspiration is established here.
Trivia
- The Falcon Bow is a recurring Rito weapon that appears in both The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, rather than being exclusive to the latter game.
- Its distinctive double-curved design is part of its Rito-crafted identity. Unlike the Falcon Bow, the Great Eagle Bow is the named Champion-associated bow linked to Revali and the Rito Champion legacy.