Bow

Shooting with the Bow

The Bow is a ranged weapon in ARK: Survival Evolved. Its engram costs 11 engram points, becomes available at level 10 and needs the Slingshot first. As its description says, it needs arrows to fire. The ARK Wiki describes it as a decent ranged option that shoots Stone Arrows and Flame Arrows at a good rate, while Tranq Arrows turn it into a taming tool as well. A shot can also be charged, which raises the speed and damage of the arrow.

Crafting and repair

It is made in the inventory from 15 Wood (or Fungal Wood) and 50 Fiber. Crafting takes 10 seconds and gives 5 XP, and a repair costs 7.5 Wood and 25 Fiber.

Durability and arrows

Each shot uses 1 of its 50 durability points, for 50 shots in total. Arrows are loaded by dragging them onto the bow in the inventory. After a shot they can often be picked up again by walking over the spot where they landed, but they always return as Stone Arrows whatever type was fired, and some break on impact or vanish first.

Hunting and taming notes

• Many creatures take extra damage from headshots, and the torpor from Tranq Arrows rises with that bonus.
• Unlike the Crossbow, the Bow does not work underwater. Firing into water from above is possible, but the arrow will not get far.
• A weapon melee attack cancels a drawn shot.
• When knocking out a creature to tame it, the wiki recommends a spare bow or repair materials, since larger creatures sometimes need more arrows than one bow can fire.

The bow weighs 7, and the Crossbow supersedes it. Loot is another source, with 308 crate types that can contain it, among them Aberration White, Allosaurus and Alpha Carnotaurus. Our records list it on 9 maps.