This bow is over powered and built specifically for everyone's favourite play style - The Stealth Archer. Love to hear cool ways you use this bow, it's unbelievable speed and it's invisibility cloak! 🐫 MERCH - camelworks.creator-spring.com/ 🐫 twitter.com/Camelworks 🐫 instagram.com/camelworks_official/ 🐫 www.twitch.tv/camelworks 🐫 facebook.com/camelworks/ 🐫 ru-vid.com 🐫 www.patreon.com/Camelworks 🐫 discord.gg/XDGWm72 Skyrim Anniversary Edition Playlist - ru-vid.com/group/PLBMxuCsa_iZpWtDQ_2YAURo5-hGT_Lkcm 00:00 - Intro 01:09 - Starting Quest: In Shadows 02:41 - Inspect Arcadia's Business Ledger For Poison Purchases 03:24 - Inspect Whiterun Halls Of The Dead 04:43 - Inspect Whiterun Stables 06:17 - Inspect Silent Moons Camp 08:00 - Kill The Assassin & Save The Day 08:24 - Collect The Bow Of Shadows 08:28 - Get Your Gold Reward 08:40 - Bow Of Shadow Stats Overview 11:38 - The Fastest Bow In Skyrim 12:52 - Ultimate Assassin's Bow 15:06 - Bow Of Shadow's Lore & Past Games 16:06 - Elder Scrolls Adventure: Redguard 17:01 - Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 17:22 - Elder Scrolls Online 18:11 - Outro
I still prefer the Enhanced Dwarven Crossbow. If I want to turn invisible I can just use the Shadowcloak of Nocturnal which can be easily reactivated via re-entering the sneaking position instead of having to reequip the bow. There's also a glitch for crossbows which cancels the reload time that can be done on all platforms including the Switch.
Fun fact: In TES3 Morrowind, the enchantments for this bow AND the Ring of Khajiit are EDIT: ALMOST identical, in wording and effect. Probably best bow in TES3 too, btw.
Damn my stupid eyes, the enchantment is NOT identical, but very close: TES3: Ring of Khajiit: Invisible 30 secs, + 10-20 pts Fortify Speed for 30 secs, Bow of Shadows: Invisible 30 secs + 20-30 pts Fortify Speed for 30 secs. See the diff? It's like the bow is a slightly stronger version of the ring. Apologies.
@@virn333 If you had the GOTY content (comes with GOG version) you could get all sorts of enchanted arrows and new fletcher shops that sold them. I liked the ones where you could just basically shoot an AOE spell at an enemy because even if you missed you'd still do damage.
when it says "weapon draw" it means when you nock the arrow and pull it back to full strength, as we saw in that video this new bow could fire off faster because of the draw, where as the fire speed is how fast the arrows fly
I think "weapon draw" actually refers to the weapon being drawn from your back. The wording of the enchantment indicates, that both effects are based on the same action. Which means the action that triggers the invisibility is also the action which is 20% faster. How fast your weapon attacks is based on its speed value. So what gives this bow its fast firing rate is its speed value of 0.9375 which is almost twice as high compared to other bows with a value of 0.5 At least thats how i recall things from my modding experience with Oblivion. The easiest way to confirm this would be by comparing two non-enchanted bows with different speed values.
@@Der_Waldmeister I've had it do both, I took it off my back and it made me invisible but sometimes the invisibility doesn't work until im ready to fire the arrow
@@Der_Waldmeister watch the video again the speed at which he nocks the arrow pulls and fires is faster, hence "weapon draw" it's not just taking it out. in archery the term "draw" means to pull the string to it's limit so weapon draw in this case means to get the arrow ready to fire
@@Nobody_Fn_Important The enchantment says "weapon draw" - not "bow string draw". We all know what "draw" means in archery terms. If this bow can be disenchanted and the enchantment can be placed on a melee weapon, then we must assume that it is referring to how quickly the weapon is readied to attack position. Obviously, swords don't have draw strings. That part of the enchantment would be pointless to anything other than a bow if what you're saying is true.
@@Nobody_Fn_Important I know that the whole firing animation is faster. My point was, that the reason for this is the higher speed value of the bow and not its enchantment. For example a sword with a speed value of 1.5 will also swing twice as fast as a sword with a speed value of 0.75
I've never done a stealth archer playthrough. One character ended up with 100 skill in everything except speech, but I didn't really combine sneak and archery (although revisiting that character to play the new content, I see why it's so powerful).
I just realised a not meta benefit of vampirism. Mages couldn't use detect life to find you. Just a cool rpg advantage when combined with their better stealth
TIP: While clearing Champion's Rest, I discovered an easy way to blast unemerged Draugr out of their closed sarcophagai ... cast a PARALYSIS RUNE so that it partially overlaps it, and the detonation will eject em (paralyzed by the rune). Then just shoot or chop em before they can move.
I use a crossbow for my first shot then arm the bow from my quick favorites and go invisible on my wounded prey. Then I find a good spot and hit them again....it is so unfair
This should've happened as soon as you launched it, but soon I will be drinking Thalmor Tears while wearing a Daedric Beanie, warming myself under the Camel Elder Scroll. Keep doing what you're doing, you're the best, and we'll always be here :)
Bow draw speed versus flight speed is easy. Draw speed means the bow is ready to launch another arrow faster. While flight speed simply means the arrow travels faster when fired.
To play around with it, I used cheats to max out my Archery skill and I've been playing with every perk. This bow is amazing, even at a low level this bow is absolute fun. The Quick Draw perk makes the bow feel even faster, and having Ebony arrows so early in the game, since I imagine you can get this bow as early as soon as you get to Whiterun, you'll be a force to be reckoned with especially against dragons. As for builds and ideas, I fully agree with the assassin build, but I honestly believe this bow could make for an amazing bounty hunter Mandalorian like build maybe?? Something where you primarily use the bow, but you can use say the Ebony Blade or Mehrunes' Razor for when enemies get close. A good Shout I see this bow going well with is Drain Vitality. For standing stones, Thief and the Shadow I believe it's called, and with the Aethrium Crown from the Lost to the Ages quest, you can have both on at the same time. I will make a new game, give this a shot (no pun intended), and edit this comment when I've ironed this out a bit more. :) Half update: I was doing some more Anniversary edition quests and ended up fighting Spriggans. The bow, with all the Archery perks, ended up killing the Spriggans with a few shots using Iron arrows.
Haven't tried it yet, but I intend to combine this with the telekinesis arrows, and the ordinator skill perks, (one of the later perks gives +12% fire rate per hit for 15 seconds and it stacks, a volley of the telekinesis arrows should in theory crank the firerate to minigun level, can't wait to try it
This is the ONE thing I wanted you to cover I’m hype. Of course I wanna see the rest of the creation club content but this was number one on my list 😭😭. I must have missed it but does it benefit from smithing perks?
"20% faster draw" is a huge deal.. it's the draw speed that determines the rate of fire. base Zephyr's 30% faster does not affect draw speed like this new bow does.
Wrong it's damage is 21 not 19 and no I don't have any points into overdraw or fortify archery. Not unless they buff the bow of shadows. Or unless Breton gets a hidden bonus damage with bows. Draw speed is how fast you can pull on the bows string with the arrow.
Am I still able to get the bow even if I sided with the stormcloak and Proventus is gone, and so is Bulgruff... Or do I have to go back a couple saves before I started anything that even articulates to the war???
Lmao I did this quest by accident lol 😆 I went to all these places doing other quest and then I started doing parkour all over dragons reach and bam assassin out of nowhere lol I thought it was for me I was like wtf who did I kill lol
I also really love the bow of shadows but I got a bug where it doesn't turn me invisible anymore so I switched to overpowered Costco anybody know work around for that
of course if theirs one thing skyrim needed is a new "best" bow in the game im sure that will make the disease to always end up a archer "sniper" every walkthrough better lol
Has anyone else had troubles with the Bow of Shadows ruining your sneaking? Like there have been several times where the enemy finds me immediately after shooting them once, but it only happens with the Bow of Shadows. My other bows don't seem to have this problem. Or I will be sneaking, go for the crit, and it doesn't crit because they have somehow found me already.
So.. I might have already completed the civil war between the Imperials and Stormcloaks, and lets just say Jarl Balgruuf is no longer Jarl Can I still do this quest/bow or is it no longer available?
I think the most powerful bow is the Bow of Boners. A Daedric bow forged in the Furnace of Alchemy Loop, double enchanted with 2,450,000 Chaos Damage and 5,202,011 seconds of Paralyze and imbued with the soul of Nazeem. It has seen legendary battles such as the One Shot Murder of Alduin, the infamous Miraak dick shot, and that time it caused Tamriel to freeze necessitating a reload of Nirn itself. The BoB was last seen in possession of the Last Dragonborn, Lady Caca.
a great combination for clearing humanoid camps and caves ... I've forgotten to take off the cowl before returning to the city and it makes for an interesting challenge to escape (the agro wont drop taking off the cowl once the guards have decided to attack) I like to try to escape instead of reloading the latest quicksave ;)
I have been using it because I just had to make a stealth archer when I saw it! it is pretty OP if you also get the perk that lets you shoot 30% faster with the bows 20% speed it is just ridiculous how fast you can clear a room out when using the right perks and arrows
I've always been more of a warrior/spellsword build fan, but this bow + the grey cowl of Nocturnal + the elemental arrows from the cc made me wanna give the stealth archer a second chance. Needles to say I'm loving it. My character is a black furred khajiit nightingale, thieves guild master and basically the master of shadows
Worth mentioning, the assassin’s journal says that he won’t attempt to kill the jarl while he’s dealing with dragons and the war. If you try to do this quest before dealing with Bleak falls Barrow and the first dragon (I.e with a new character), the assassin flat out will not be in Dragonsreach. I haven’t tested it, but presumably he will also be absent during part of the Civil War quest line as well Edit: As people have pointed out, certain points let the assassin appear and others prevent him. From my experience, the assassin did not appear while I was on the quest Before the Storm, but after completing it and starting Bleak Falls Barrow, the assassin appeared.
I killed him on a fresh playthrough, level 3. Used alt start to start in whiterun and went right to the steward. I earned the 3 levels on the way to and from silent moons, he spawns after you read his journal
I used to make lists at school of what I needed to do, and maps of where I needed to go. It used to consume my mind all the time. Try breath of the wild, my gf showed me that game and it’s incredible.
As a heads up to anyone trying to complete this quest: The Assassin will not spawn until you have triggered the first Dragon attack outside Whiterun. So if you're playing a non-Dragonborn with Alternate Start or haven't started that series of quests for whatever reason, you cannot get the bow. Pretty damn annoying, and I hope someone releases a mod to fix this sometime soon.
Hey man appreciate the information I'm playing a regular playthrough and already did like four or five main story missions when I talk to him he doesn't offer me the option to say that I don't understand how to start this mission I guess mine is glitched there's still no option for me to start that mission from him if anyone has any idea please help thank you I'm on pc
Just started playing Anniversary after not touching the old version for about 6 years. While I was ecstatic to wind up getting this bow, I feel like I got this wayyy too early in the game for how powerful this weapon seems. Literally upgraded in the same session from longbow, to hunting bow, to imperial bow, to this. I am shook. I guess for RP purposes, this will just be the making of my character's reputation as wielder of the BoS. Looking forward to seeing how this plays.
I'm currently playing a Druid that uses a bow. I typically use almost exclusively the Elemental Arrows, but the Bound Quiver is also great if you want basically an unlimited supply of Daedric Arrows.
Where do you get the bound quiver? Another way to get unlimited arrows is to go to solitude, find the guard practising archery. Then follow the archer. When they go inside to sleep. Pick pocket sleeping archer and replace his arrows with any arrow you want. The next day he will practice with your arrow. You can collect as many as you want.
I always have smithing perks upgraded so I usually just spec into glass or elven and make those. 1 Ingot, 1 firewood, 24 arrows. Otherwise, just make steel ones and horde others to use as a treat or for strong enemies
@@Wavewave3161 I think it is too. Phinis (Conjuration master at thr College) and Fallion (Vampire cire dude, btw, he also sells Black Souls Gems) at morthal.
my question is,,,what do you mean your playing a druid ? This is skyrim pretty sure there aren't druids,,,or you role playing a certtain way tthat acts like a druid ? Just curious lol.
I don't know if you'll see this comment, but as a console player, I can't really use mods until I get the achievements, as using mods disables them. So, unless the Unofficial patch team finds away around that, I probably will continue to not use it, unfortunately. Also, love the content and would you consider making a play though of the anniversary edition?
Mines bugged I think, it won’t turn me invisible anymore and now the 20% draw speed stays a while after I swap weapons so I can swing anything faster for a bit
When I've gotten this bow i was SHOCKED as I didn't expect the assassin to be invisible, and it shoot two arrows into my mage character and killed me, was level 20 more or less and even after trying again and launching my strongest spell at his location he still gets one shot in dropping me to near death, you'd think with a bow as OP as that would be a boss battle in a dungeon.
Mine too, the bow is very buggy. Sometimes it works for a couple of days, then stops for some days, then works again. I'm on a vanilla playthrough right now, no mods loaded. Sadly, as for now I haven't found a fix yet...
Honestly I would argue it is overpowered early game but late game sneak archer you already have invisibility and can get MUCH higher burst damage from cross bows or even dragon bone bows...with its own enchantments...soooo idk about it being the best but alright
Just a question on this weapon---sometimes the invisibility doesn't work, though I equip several times---any ideas why? Love this bow, but haven't figured out why the invisibility is erratic. Doesn't need a charge, so that's not it.....any ideas anyone?
I've relied heavily on this now on my playthrough... but it is BUGGED and eventually doesn't work properly. The invisibility becomes unpredictable, sometimes activating when equipping different items, activating or using things, and even quicksaving. Still a really good weapon but its biggest draw is unfortunately unreliable in longer playthroughs when it eventually bugs out (bugged in the same way for a friend too, so it's just a problem with the item sadly) .
I watched my girlfriend continously using the invisibility move, equipping and unequiping thirty times an hour. Needless to say it's bugged out after fifty hours, and now her save is "ruined" even though the bow shoots just fine. That invisibility is insanely powerful and a massive crutch to her potential of seeing the rest of the mechanics in the game. But nope, time to delete the save and reset
This video in particular was a little annoying because he had the main menu theme on repeat, so you're bombarded with his fast talking and a choir of screaming nords. Other than that it really is always a pleasure.
lol, that whole story about not wanting to "speak about this in front of the Jarl" is a very convenient way to justify not bringing a voice actor back into the booth for a single addon. That's all fine when it's just a mod, but it feels weird as part of a repackaged game directly from the creators
Dram is possibly my favourite elder scrolls character, I made a Skyrim build for him and used it for years, thanks to mods it's fairly simple to make an exact rendition of what Dram looks like. Now the bow of shadows is here that just completes character
I actually named my first skyrim character on special edition dram after him. Bow and umbra at my side along with a wide range of spells here I am years later and still play him once a month or so.
Playing on Xbox. I grab the journal from the bandit camp, and I don't get the quest marker. The assassin doesn't spawn at all. What do? 🤷♀️ Edit: be thane of Whiterun, and make sure mods such as immersive citizens (any mod like that one should be disabled) before taking the journal.
Mine broke. The invisibility worked great for a while, but now, the invisibility casts randomly. I noticed it casts most frequently after fast traveling with the bow drawn. Playing on the PS5. Anyone else having this problem?
I literally stumbled on this quest while looking for extra cash to buy a house and was flabbergasted at the great weapon drop at the end of it. My character was relatively low levels and the bow of shadows changed my whole early game experience. I was going for a paladin build but quickly became a sniper.
