Bow Of The Serpent

Bow Of The Serpent

A strong bow that frames each shot in between two serpent's maws. Let your arrows strike with the calculated savagery of a viper in waiting!
Type	Bow
Level	20
Damage	-
Speed	-
Defence	-
Gem Slot	50% chance to roll with 1 gem slot
Location	Lore Weapon, Craftable

Bow Of The Serpent is the best bow for critical strike damage. Bow Of The Serpent is a bow that adds crit chance and crit damage. It belongs to the serpent weapons of the Lunar New Year Trader.

Enhancements by Level

Each upgrade at the Hunter raises a copy by one level and unlocks the next enhancement. The levels count from the copy's own level, so a level 9 copy unlocks them at levels 10 to 14. Rarity sets how many upgrades a copy takes: one for common, up to five for legendary.

Upgrade	Unlocks At	Enhancement	Effect
1	Level +1	Poison Damage	Adds Poison Damage equal to 10% of base damage
2	Level +2	Poison Damage	Adds Poison Damage equal to 10% of base damage
3	Level +3	Critical Strike Chance	+6% Critical Strike Chance
4	Level +4	Critical Strike Damage	+22% Critical Strike Damage
5	Level +5	Critical Strike Damage	+22% Critical Strike Damage

Skills

These skills make bows stronger or add new moves to them.

Skill	Tree	Cost	Effect
Swiftshot Sustenance	Survivor	2	30% chance to spawn a stamina orb when defeating an enemy with a bow.
Bee Sting	Ranger	3	When you draw your bow while in the air, your fall is slowed down for a short time. Every shot gives you a small push to get more air time. Cost: 10 stamina per second
Blessed Arrows	Ranger	3	When scoring a critical hit with a bow, you will regenerate 20 mana.
Chain Reaction	Ranger	5	Every enemy hit with an Exploding Arrow has a 20% chance to trigger a secondary explosion for 50% damage in a small radius.
Dexterity	Ranger	1	Increases your Dexterity attribute by 1 Increases Bow and Dagger damage by 5% per Attribute Point
Eagle Eye	Ranger	3	Greatly increases the zoom while aiming with a bow.
Multi Shot	Ranger	3	When using regular arrows there is a 20% chance to spawn a flurry of arrows that spread slightly. This will cost additional arrows, but will not trigger on special arrows.
Multi Shot Spread	Ranger	4	Adds a 25% chance to spawn an additional projectile to your "flurry of arrows" from the "Multi Shot" skill. This additional projectile does not subtract from your stack of ammunition.

Lore

Two snake heads frame every shot with their open jaws. The bow is meant to strike with the patient savagery of a waiting viper. Its world copy lies in the Ouroboros Temple, a Fell-held temple just east of Brightwich in the Nomad Highlands. The ouroboros is a snake biting its own tail, the same symbol that crowns the Staff Of The Serpent. The serpent weapons honour the year of the snake and the Lunar New Year.

Everything named above, at a glance:

Name	Image	Type
Nomad Highlands
Staff Of The Serpent		Staff

Notes

Its companions are the Staff Of The Serpent and the Sword Of The Serpent. All three are crafted by Mei-Yin Chen, the Lunar New Year Trader, who also makes the Serpent Warrior armour set. Bandits stole her staff and sword when they ambushed her wagon. Once both are returned, her quest Prove Yourself Worthy asks for a stronger Flame before a trip into the Nomad Highlands Shroud. The bow is one of the unique items of the Nomad Highlands in the Set List.

Everything named above, at a glance:

Name	Image	Type
Staff Of The Serpent		Staff
Sword Of The Serpent		One-handed Sword
Lunar New Year Trader
Nomad Highlands

How to Get Bow Of The Serpent Guide

The Lunar New Year Trader makes it from Gold Bars, String, Conifer Logs and Ectoplasm Aggregate. Crafting needs a sheltered spot. Crafted copies are Rare, at item level 46.

The map is pinned to Vukah Cave Passage, the marked place nearest to it.

Bow Of The Serpent map location:

Map credit by Map Genie.

Compared With Other Bows

The strongest legendary bows at level 50, sorted by damage per hit.

Weapon	Image	Damage
Amber Bow		147
Antler Bow		147
Arsonist's Bow		147
Avalanche Starter		147
Banebringer		147
Bow Of The Twin Moons		147
Breaching Bow		147

All Bows

Springlands

Bows found or crafted in the Springlands:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Bow	3	-	-	Craftable
Forest Longbow	1 to 50	-	-	Springlands
Hunter's Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Springlands
Ornate Wood Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Springlands
Pine Shortbow	1 to 50	-	-	Springlands
Wildwood Shortbow	1 to 50	-	-	Springlands
Wolf's Snarl Longbow	1 to 50	-	-	Springlands

Revelwood

Bows found or crafted in Revelwood:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Arsonist's Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Revelwood
Banebringer	1 to 50	-	-	Revelwood
Nightwind Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Revelwood
Talion's Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Lore Weapon, Craftable
Tarred Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Revelwood

Nomad Highlands

Bows found or crafted in the Nomad Highlands:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Antler Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Nomad Highlands
Bow Of The Serpent	20	-	-	Lore Weapon, Craftable
Brisk Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Nomad Highlands
Composite Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Nomad Highlands
Shadowbane	1 to 50	-	-	Nomad Highlands

Kindlewastes

Bows found or crafted in the Kindlewastes:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Amber Bow	1 to 50	-	-	-
Draconian Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Lore Weapon, Craftable
Forsaken	1 to 50	-	-	Kindlewastes
Ignited Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Kindlewastes
Spiked Bow	40	-	-	Kindlewastes
Traitor's Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Kindlewastes

Albaneve Summits

Bows found or crafted in the Albaneve Summits:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Avalanche Starter	1 to 50	-	-	Albaneve Summits
Devilish Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Albaneve Summits
Dragon's Wing	1 to 50	-	-	Lore Weapon, Craftable
Horned Beast Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Albaneve Summits
Snowflake Splicer	1 to 50	-	-	Albaneve Summits

Veilwater Basin

Bows found or crafted in the Veilwater Basin:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Fell Impaler Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Fell Enemy Drop
Temple Keeper's Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Veilwater Basin
Rattlesnake Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Veilwater Basin
Drak Whistle Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Veilwater Basin
Fell Commander Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Fell Enemy Drop
Tomb Raider's Bow	1 to 50	-	-	Veilwater Basin

Cinder's Cradle

Bows found or crafted in the Cinder's Cradle:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Bow Of The Twin Moons	1 to 55	-	-	-
Firefeather Bow	1 to 55	-	-	-
Lunar Tides Bow	1 to 55	-	-	-
Phoenix Bow	1 to 55	-	-	-
Breaching Bow	46	-	-	Craftable
Spearfisher Bow	46	-	-	Craftable

Hollow Halls

Bows found in the Hollow Halls:

Name	Image	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Silvershot Bow		1 to 50	-	-	Hollow Halls Loot

Shroud Lairs

Bows found in the Shroud Lairs:

Name	Image	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Winged Shadow		1 to 50	-	-	Shroud Lair Loot

Other

Bows from other sources:

Name	Image	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Fell Sentinel Bow		1 to 55	-	-	-

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