Serpent Bow

Malformed bow in the shape of a pair of poisonous snakes. Imbues arrows with poison through pagan magic, revealing its true worth when used with poison-infused arrows.
Used by assassins known as the Formless Serpents.

The Serpent Bow weapon can be found at the following location:

• Serpent Bow can be found by a pool of rot in Abandoned CaveGrace. [Elden Ring Map here]

• Weapon Skill: Mighty Shot

• This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War

• Can't be buffed by Magic or Consumables

• Serpent Bow can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones.

• Adds a base of 15 Poison build-up to all arrows. This leaves a visible effect on the arrows.

  • Best paired with Serpent Arrows or Poisonbone Arrows for faster poisoning.

  • The poison inflicted is not deadly poison, despite bearing similar design elements to the Serpentbone Blade and the Venomous Fang. See (Poison) for more information.

  • The buildup of Scarlet Rot from Rotbone Arrows is not affected by this bow, since Scarlet Rot doesn't scale with Arcane.

• The Arcane scaling on this weapon does not affect damage. The arcane scaling only affects the build-up of poison, bleed, and sleep passive effects of arrows. This bow is mostly advantageous with builds that integrate medium to high arcane.

  • The other Arcane-influencing Status arrows include Bloodbone Arrows, Sleepbone Arrows, and St. Trina's Arrows.

  • The Black Bow or any Light Bow with Barrage may be more effective for applying status buildup quicker (with shorter range).

• Sell Value: 100.

• NOTE: As of Patch 1.09, the scaling values of this weapon were changed. Please refer to the Upgrades Table of this weapon below.