Arrows

Arrows are Consumables that are fired from ranged weapons to deal extra damage, create Surfaces, inflict Conditions or produce other effects.

A list of various Arrows in the Inventory window.

Arrows can be looted as well as bought from vendors, but they cannot be crafted.

How arrows work

Arrows in Baldur's Gate 3 follow different rules from the 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons ruleset. Here are some key points of how arrows work in BG3:

• While there are regular arrows in the game, they are unusable miscellaneous items. Every ranged Weapon fires without the need to have ammunition in the characters inventory. Instead, the only usable arrows available in game are special Consumables with many different effects such as offering elemental damage or creating various surfaces. The arrows used by Bows and Crossbows are the same.
• Most arrows can be also used with an  Extra Attack. The exceptions are Arrow of Salving and Arrow of Transposition, which spend the user's wholeaction.
• Arrows cannot be used with off-hand ranged attacks or special attacks such as  Horde Breaker (Ranged).
• Damage from area of effect arrows is not applied to the those near the target, but the conditions are, except for the knock back from Arrow of Roaring Thunder. Also, Arrow of Many Targets deals half-damage to (up to) three nearby secondary targets.
• Unlike in 5th edition, various Arrows of Slaying in the game incur no saving throws, nor do they have a damage roll. Instead the Arrows of Slaying in Baldur's Gate 3 double the base damage of the weapon used to make the attack, making various passives which increase base damage of the weapon, such as the Sharpshooter feat or items like the Flawed Helldusk Gloves very useful in increasing the raw damage output of the shooter.
• Arrow of Ilmater is one of the earliest and cheapest available tools in the game to prevent healing.

Regular arrows

Arrows that can be commonly found across Faerûn or bought from traders.

List of Arrows

Name	Rarity	Value	Trade Level	Type	Effect
Arrow of Aberration Slaying	Very rare	80	6	Damage	Deals weapon damage, damage is doubled against Aberrations.
Arrow of Acid	Common	10	1	Damage/Utility	Deals Weapon Damage + 2d4AcidDRS (Dexterity Save to negate). Creates a permanent  Acid surface AoE: 2 m / 7 ft (Radius).
Arrow of Arcane Interference	Rare	50	6	Damage/Utility	Deals weapon damage. Breaks the targets  Concentration and inflicts  Silenced.
Arrow of Beast Slaying	Uncommon	20	6	Damage	Deals weapon damage, damage is doubled against Beasts.
Arrow of Construct Slaying	Uncommon	10	6	Damage	Deals weapon damage, damage is doubled against Constructs.
Arrow of Darkness	Uncommon	20	1	Damage/Utility	Deals weapon damage. Creates Area:  Darkness that inflicts  Blinded in AoE: 3 m / 10 ft (Radius) for 3 turns.
Arrow of Dragon Slaying	Very rare	80	6	Damage	Deals weapon damage, damage is doubled against Dragons.
Arrow of Elemental Slaying	Uncommon	20	6	Damage	Deals weapon damage, damage is doubled against Elementals.
Arrow of Fiend Slaying	Uncommon	20	6	Damage	Deals weapon damage, damage is doubled against Fiends.
Arrow of Fire	Common	10	1	Damage/Utility	Deals weapon damage + 2d4FireDRS (Dexterity Save to negate). Creates a  Fire surface for 2 turns AoE: 2 m / 7 ft (Radius).
Arrow of Humanoid Slaying	Very rare	80	6	Damage	Deals weapon damage, damage is doubled against Humanoids.
Arrow of Ice	Common	10	1	Damage/Utility	Deals weapon damage + 2d4ColdDRS (Dexterity Save to negate). Creates an  Ice for 2 turns AoE: 2 m / 7 ft (Radius).
Arrow of Ilmater	Uncommon	20	1	Damage/Utility	Deals Weapon Damage + 1d4Necrotic. Target cannot regain Hit Points for 1 turn.
Arrow of Lightning	Common	10	1	Damage	Deals weapon damage + 2d4LightningDRS (Dexterity Save to negate) in AoE: 2 m / 7 ft (Radius).
Arrow of Many Targets	Rare	50	6	Damage	Deals weapon damage and an additional half of that damage to three other targets in range.
Arrow of Monstrosity Slaying	Uncommon	20	6	Damage	Deals weapon damage, damage is doubled against Monstrosities.
Arrow of Roaring Thunder	Uncommon	20	1	Damage/Utility	Deals Weapon Damage. Knocks back  Range: 5 m / 17 ft(Strength Save to negate) that caught in the blast AoE: 2 m / 7 ft (Radius).
Arrow of Salving	Rare	50	6	Utility	Cures a target of Poisoned, Paralysed and  Blinded conditions.
Arrow of Transposition	Rare	50	6	Utility	Teleports the shooter wherever this arrow is fired.
Arrow of Undead Slaying	Uncommon	20	6	Damage	Deals weapon damage, damage is doubled against Undead.
Smokepowder Arrow	Rare	80	9	Damage/Utility	Deals 4d6Fire + 4d6Force and knocks back targets  Range: 3 m / 10 ft that are caught in the blast AoE: 5 m / 17 ft (Radius).

Special arrows

Arrows that are difficult to find and extremely limited in number, not intended for regular use.

List of Arrows

Name	Rarity	Value	Type	Effect
Arrow of Piercing	Common	10	Damage	Deals weapon damage + half of that to creatures directly behind the target.
Barbed Arrow	Common	10	Damage	Deals Weapon Damage and  ruptures the target.

Unusable arrows

Arrows that exist in the world but cannot be used in combat.

• Arcane Harpoon Arrow
• Arrow of Sparrow Slaying
• Arrow
• Ballista Arrow

Unavailable arrows

Arrows that can-not be obtained in the game, but are still able to be spawned using 3rd party tools.

• Arrow of Celestial Slaying
• Arrow of Fey Slaying
• Arrow of Giant Slaying
• Arrow of Ooze Slaying
• Arrow of Plant Slaying

Gallery

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