An elven bow is a launcher for arrows. When unidentified, it is a runed bow. You should not bash monsters with it, or throw it—instead, wield it in your hands, then throw arrows (or fire them from your quiver).

For non-elven characters, an elven bow is basically the same as a regular bow. Elves, however, get the following bonuses:

• +1 to-hit bonus when using an elven bow (in addition to their normal bow bonus)^[1]
• +1 multishot bonus when firing elven arrows from an elven bow^[2]
• +1 damage bonus when firing elven arrows from an elven bow^[3]

References Edit

1. ↑ dothrow.c#line1294
2. ↑ dothrow.c#line135
3. ↑ uhitm.c#line668