Greatbows | Dark Souls Wiki

Greatbows are a Weapon Category in Dark Souls and Dark Souls Remastered. Greatbows are huge long-ranged weapons that fire special great arrow ammunition. There are only 2 Great Bows: Dragonslayer Greatbow and Gough's Greatbow.  They are focused on delivering a single-shot damage to knock off opponents, but this also means they have a really poor firing rate and high stamina cost.

• Pros: Deals high damage with single-shot damage, longer distance than short and long bows and good for knocking off targets.
• Cons: Only useful for surprise attacks from a distance.
• Recommendation: Hawk Ring gives more range to complement the Great Bow one shot capability.

All Greatbows in Dark Souls

		Attack Power Damage Reduction (%)					Aux Effects	Requirements Param Bonus				Durability / Weight - Shot Range
Image	Name												Range	Acquired From
	Dragonslayer Greatbow	90 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	100 0		20 C C+5	20 C C+5	0 - -	0 - -	100 10.0	50	Found in Anor Londo
	Gough's Greatbow	85 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	100 0		27 B B+5	20 C C+5	0 - -	0 - -	100 13.0	55	Obtained from Hawkeye Gough after defeating Black Dragon Kalameet (AotA Only)

• Note: As with regular bows, the listed strength requirement applies regardless of them being used two-handed.
• Only Dragonslayer Arrows and Gough's Arrows can be used with these bows - they are not specific to either bow, though.