Ansbach's Longbow

Ansbach's Longbow

Attack	74 Physical
Critical	100
Scaling	Str E, Dex D
Requires	Str 9, Dex 43
Effect
Guard
Type	Bow
Attack Type	None
Skill	Fan Shot
FP Cost	0 / 12 / 12
Weight	4.5
Upgrades With	Somber Smithing Stones, to +10
Sell Price	500

The Ansbach's Longbow is a Bow in Elden Ring.

When to Use It

Shadow of the Erdtree. It is found around Shadow Keep in the expansion, which opens only once Starscourge Radahn and Mohg, Lord of Blood are beaten.

Why Players Pick It

Shadow of the Erdtree, and the only other bow with the light-bow moveset. Unique Fan Shot skill, 181 physical at max. Its 43 Dex requirement is the highest of any bow in the game, it is a build commitment, not a pickup. Earned from the Leda/Ansbach invasion event in the Shadow Keep.

Upgrades

It takes Somber Smithing Stones rather than the common kind, one per level up to +10, and it keeps its own skill for good: no Ash of War will replace it and no affinity will re-cut its scaling.

Skill

Fan Shot costs 0 / 12 / 12 FP. This skill uses the bow held horizontally. Readies eight arrows at once, firing them in a fan-shaped arc. It belongs to this weapon alone: no Ash of War will move it onto anything else, and nothing will replace it here.

Build

Its scaling runs Str at E and Dex at D, so Dex is the stat worth levelling, and you need Str 9 and Dex 43 before you can lift it. Because the skill is its own, the build has to come to the weapon rather than the other way round.

Notes

Weapon of Sir Ansbach. A longbow consisting of two bow bodies and two strings. Unusually for a longbow, it can be wielded similarly to a light bow, provided that the wielder has the extraordinary dexterity demanded.

How to Get Ansbach's Longbow Guide

Complete the invasion event involving Needle Knight Leda and Sir Ansbach inside the Shadow Keep on the lower floors of the Specimen Storehouse by siding with either Leda or Ansbach.
It can also be acquired at any moment by killing him outside the event.

Where to find Ansbach's Longbow Location?

Map credit by Map Genie.

All Bows

Name	Physical	Magic	Holy	Crit. Boost	Range	Weight	Str.	Dex.	Int.	Fai.	Arc.	Sell Price	Skill
Albinauric Bow	82 -	0 -	0 -	100 -	50	4.5	E 7	D 18	0	0	0	100	Mighty Shot
Black Bow	70 -	0 -	0 -	100 -	50	4	E 9	D 20	0	0	0	200	Barrage
Erdtree Bow	40 -	0 -	50 -	100 -	50	4	E 8	E 12	0	D 14	0	200	Mighty Shot
Horn Bow	65 -	30 -	0 -	100 -	50	4.5	E 10	D 14	E 12	0	0	100	Mighty Shot
Longbow	80 -	0 -	0 -	100 -	50	4	E 9	D 14	0	0	0	100	Mighty Shot
Pulley Bow	77 -	0 -	0 -	100 -	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	100	Mighty Shot
Serpent Bow	75 -	0 -	0 -	100 -	50	3.5	E 8	D 15	0	0	D 11	200	Mighty Shot