Bows Skill ID

The skill ID for Bows in Valheim, with raiseskill and resetskill commands to set your level from the console.

About

Bows is a skill and a weapon class. Bows shoot equipped arrows and cannot be retrieved. Holding down the primary attack button draws the bow back, improving accuracy and damage when the arrow is released. Blocking cancels a draw without firing the arrow. Bows have 2.5 seconds of draw time at skill level 0, which decreases to a draw time of 0.5 seconds by level 100. However the bow can only be fired every 0.8 seconds which can be reached at skill level 85.

Overview

Bows is one of Valheim's character skills, tracked under the internal ID Bows. Determines damage, stamina cost and draw time with Bows.

Experience is gained at 1.5 per arrow when hitting a creature.

At max level (100) it grants +131% damage and knockback, -33% stamina usage, -80% draw time.

Adjust your level from the console with raiseskill Bows 10 to add 10 points, or resetskill Bows to wipe it back to 0.

Skill ID	Bows
Description	Determines damage, stamina cost and draw time with Bows.
Effect at Max Level	+131% damage and knockback, -33% stamina usage, -80% draw time
Experience Gain	1.5 per arrow when hitting a creature

Command reference: raiseskill
Command reference: resetskill

Command Builder

Amount

Increases your Bows skill by 10 points (max level is 100).

Example Commands

Increases your Bows skill by 10 points. Max level is 100.

Resets your Bows skill to 0.

Weapons That Use Bows

Leveling & Death Penalty

Every Valheim skill ranges from level 0 to 100, and its bonus grows as the level climbs — the +131% damage and knockback, -33% stamina usage, -80% draw time above is the full value you reach at level 100. Bows earns experience at 1.5 per arrow when hitting a creature, so it climbs fastest when you use it deliberately.

Dying is the catch: each death drains roughly 5% of your level in every skill, Bows included, so a hard-won level erodes quickly on a dangerous run. To claw it back without the grind, run raiseskill Bows 10 — that adds ten levels at once, and you can pass any amount (or a negative number to lower it). Prefer a clean slate? resetskill Bows wipes the skill back to 0.