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.
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.
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.