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PassiveRed Branch Shortbow is a Light Bow in Elden Ring. The Red Branch Shortbow scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity and is a good Weapon for ranged Combat .
Shortbow of polished red wood. Fashioned by a master craftsman and wielded by pages.
A bow which requires dexterity rather than strength to master.
Where to Find Red Branch Shortbow in Elden Ring
The Red Branch Shortbow weapon can be found at the following locations:
- Leyndell Royal Capital: Drops from a Page on the study, past the group of Oracle Envoys. [Elden Ring Map here]
- Tombsward Ruins: Drops from the 2 Pages in the underground area.
- Royal Moongazing Ground: Drops from the 3 Pages in the stairs east from the site of grace
Elden Ring Red Branch Shortbow Notes & Tips
- Weapon Skill: Barrage
- This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War.
- Red Branch Shortbow can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones
- Sell Value:
100 Runes - Base drop rate is 4% (at 100 Discovery)
- Drops from Pages and High Pages, despite the fact that they wield crossbows, not bows.
- NOTE: As of Patch 1.09, the scaling values of this weapon were changed. Please refer to the Upgrades Table of this weapon below.
- Other notes and player tips go here
Moveset & Videos in Elden Ring for Red Branch Shortbow
- Videos for the Red Branch Shortbow Coming Soon
Red Branch Shortbow Upgrades in Elden Ring
Please see the Upgrades page to understand the weapon bolstering process.
Requires regular reinforcement with Smithing Stone [1], Smithing Stone [2], Smithing Stone [3], Smithing Stone [4], Smithing Stone [5], Smithing Stone [6], Smithing Stone [7], Smithing Stone [8], and Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.
This upgrade can be enchanted with Magic or boosted with Consumables.
| Attack Power | Stat Scaling | Passive Effects | Damage Reduction (%) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Red Branch Shortbow | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Sta | Str | Dex | Int | Fai | Arc | Any | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Bst | Rst |
| Standard | 65 | - | - | - | - | 20 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +1 | 68 | - | - | - | - | 20 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +2 | 72 | - | - | - | - | 21 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +3 | 76 | - | - | - | - | 22 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +4 | 80 | - | - | - | - | 23 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +5 | 83 | - | - | - | - | 24 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +6 | 87 | - | - | - | - | 24 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +7 | 91 | - | - | - | - | 25 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +8 | 95 | - | - | - | - | 26 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +9 | 98 | - | - | - | - | 27 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +10 | 102 | - | - | - | - | 28 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +11 | 106 | - | - | - | - | 28 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +12 | 110 | - | - | - | - | 29 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +13 | 114 | - | - | - | - | 30 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +14 | 117 | - | - | - | - | 31 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +15 | 121 | - | - | - | - | 32 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +16 | 125 | - | - | - | - | 32 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +17 | 129 | - | - | - | - | 33 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +18 | 132 | - | - | - | - | 34 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +19 | 136 | - | - | - | - | 35 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +20 | 140 | - | - | - | - | 36 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +21 | 144 | - | - | - | - | 36 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +22 | 147 | - | - | - | - | 37 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +23 | 151 | - | - | - | - | 38 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +24 | 155 | - | - | - | - | 39 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Standard +25 | 159 | - | - | - | - | 40 | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
AnonymousThis weapon is so damn odd when you think about it. Considering that Pages don’t use shortbows and prefer a crossbow. Normally enemies drop weapons you see them using. Cut content perhaps? Such a curious weapon, and it’s very fun to use too.
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Got one randomly on a new build that was conveniently dex at tombsward first try the other day. I wasn’t trying for it… just passing on my flask upgrade run. Vindicated me because I have farmed for this thing on other characters so I have felt pain.
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This dropped for me from a page in Raya Lucaria Academy. Near the site of grace, Church of Cuckoo.
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I understand that light bows are supposed to be smaller, but jeez, it looks like a freaking toy bow you get for your five year old!
This is the best Light Bow in the game for Dex or Balanced Str/Dex users. It has a little less damage than the Misbegotten Shortbow but weighs 0.5 less, and the Range of 29 as opposed to the Misbegotten's 25 more than makes up for a little less base damage.
If you are a Str purist the only Light Bow worth your consideration is the Misbegotten, UNLESS you literally only use a bow to pull ranged enemies, in which case you should check out the Harp Bow, which hits like a wet noodle, but weighs the least.
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I don't get why this drops from an enemy that visibly uses a crossbow
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It also drops at the academy of Raya Lucaria from the one pulley crossbow wielding guy in the hall after dropping down from getting the 2nd glintstone key
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What is with the weapon balance in this game? All these shortbows just seem like worse versions of the shortbow
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The one from tombsward ruins have a ash of war on them. That's why a very rare drop.
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I was watching a video on this for the weapon in tombsward ruins. Showed it drops with a ash of war rappid hit or barrage? Confused
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Wanted to see if there was a better shortbow than the starter or the Composite, and found this beauty. Came South Caelid really early, around lv45. With only 115 discovery, I thought farming this was going to be ***** of a grind, but I got this to drop from the Page at Redmane around the 6th or 7th try. Makes me just as happy as my early Flamberge drop in DS3.
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At plus 18 and 64 dexterity composite bow is objectively better but only by a very small amount
132+44 vs 132+42
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Confirming I got the drop from the lone High Page (fire crossbow guy) in the hallway before Azur's Glintstone Staff, above the Church of the Cuckoo grace in Raya Lucaria Academy.
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Also drops from those flaming crossbow wielding guys in the magic castle
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got it from the guy with the thrusting sword and crossbow in redmane castle, not sure what that enemy is called.
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The pages in Gelmir Hero’s grave also have a chance to drop the bow
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Man if these upgrade and scaling numbers are accurate this weapon is objectively worse than the basic short bow. Same damage worse scaling.
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at +17 and still E strength and D dex scaling, 129+30 dmg with 35 dex. whoops.
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Had this drop from an assassin near the beginning of the capital city (passed the snowman and up the stairs). He also dropped page hood.
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Drop from the crossbow page in that one hallway in Academy of Raya Lucaria.
I'm pretty sure this can drop from any Page, not just specific ones. Considering it works in Caria Manor and one of the Hero Graves.
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Dropped for me in Caria Manor, from the assassins on stairs just before boss. The bow has just slightly higher damage than basic shortbow.
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had this in my inventory before i even fought Margit. Anyone have any idea why?
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It can drop from the guards at the tombsward ruins before the scythe thats there
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I had this drop from the bow wielding enemies on the stairs leading up to Royal Knight Loretta. No idea about drop rate.
Why does this drop from an enemy that uses a crossbow?
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