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{{Item_Infobox|name = Longbow|image = 8-1419133530.jpg|type = Bow|powers = Shooting|notable = [[Bayek]]  
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[[Ratonhnhaké:ton]]}}The longbow is a powerful weapon used to shoot targets that are far away from you. One hit to the heart and you're gone. The longbow appears in [[Assassin's Creed III]] and will appear in [[Assassin's Creed: Origins]].
{{Youmay|the 1th century BCE bow| [[Longbow (Valhalla)|the 9th century CE bow]]}}
[[File:ACO Longbow.png|thumb|250px|Longbow]]
The '''Longbow''' was a [[hunter bow]] common to [[Egypt]] during the 1st century BCE. Due to its accuracy at long range, Egyptians sometimes relied on the bow to send messages by firing arrows affixing with rolled-up papyri.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>


== Design ==
==Weapon Statistics==
The longbow is made out of a bendable wooden stick and a string. The arrows are made of strong wood, feathers on the end for stability during flight and a head made of stone or steel.
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|colspan="5"|''Accurate at long range. Sometimes used to send messages by affixing a rolled-up papyrus to an arrow shaft.''
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== History ==
==Trivia==
*Despite being named and described as a bow longer than average, the actual game model of the Longbow in ''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' is the same size as all other hunter bows.


=== Early use ===
==Appearances==
The recordings of the first longbow being used dates back to 3300 BCE. [[Bayek]] used it around 40 BCE and [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] used first used it around 1775.
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''


=== Modern times ===
==References==
People don't use longbows anymore as we have guns which are faster, more critical and more lethal.
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Latest revision as of 14:29, 12 May 2026

This article is about the 1th century BCE bow. You may be looking for the 9th century CE bow.
Longbow

The Longbow was a hunter bow common to Egypt during the 1st century BCE. Due to its accuracy at long range, Egyptians sometimes relied on the bow to send messages by firing arrows affixing with rolled-up papyri.[1]

Weapon Statistics[edit | edit source]

{{#section:AC:CST/Weapons|"Longbow"}}
Rarity Quality Damage Attributes Availability
Description
Accurate at long range. Sometimes used to send messages by affixing a rolled-up papyrus to an arrow shaft.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • Despite being named and described as a bow longer than average, the actual game model of the Longbow in Assassin's Creed: Origins is the same size as all other hunter bows.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]