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Disambig This article is about the vaulted Legendary Boom Bow. For the Mythic variant of this weapon, see TNTina's Ka-Boom Bow.
Boom Bow
Boom bow
Details
Category Battle Royale Weapons
History
Introduced 8.20 Content Update
Vaulted Patch 9.30

The Boom Bow was a Crossbow weapon available in Battle Royale with a cross of an Explosive weapon. It was formerly available in Legendary rarity only.


It uses Shells as its ammo. Upon the arrow hitting anything, it creates a small explosion. This made it much easier to hit targets on the ground, and many people considered this to be overpowered. The weapon has no crosshair and instead uses a velocity and distance tracker similar to the other throwable weapons (like Clingers). While holding down fire, the bow will charge up and increase distance, velocity and speed of the bow. Regardless if the bow is shot poorly or not, any damage from it will not change. After charging the bow for 1.25 seconds, it achieves maximum power. A headshot deals 130 damage.

The Boom Bow deals damage similar to a regular bullet with a direct hit with a blast radius created on impact damaging people that aren't directly hit.

With the release of Patch 9.30, the Boom Bow became a new addition to Vault, having it made exclusively available in Creative. It was vaulted because it was very overpowered.

The Boom Bow was unvaulted for 24 hours during the Winterfest event.

The Boom Bow's Mythic variant, TNTina's Ka-Boom Bow, was introduced in the 12.00 Patch, this time as a reward for defeating TNTina near The Rig. Only one can be found per match.


Stats

Boom Bow
Boom bow
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 115
Damage 115
Fire Rate 1
Magazine Size 1
Reload Time 1.3
Structure Damage 100

Missing Variants

(NOTE: There isn't any proof of how other variants will impact the damage of this weapon yet)

Boom Bow
Boom bow
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 95
Damage 95
Fire Rate 1
Magazine Size 1
Reload Time 1.7
Structure Damage 80
Boom Bow
Boom bow
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 100
Damage 100
Fire Rate 1
Magazine Size 1
Reload Time 1.6
Structure Damage 85
Boom Bow
Boom bow
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 105
Damage 105
Fire Rate 1
Magazine Size 1
Reload Time 1.5
Structure Damage 90
Boom Bow
Boom bow
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 110
Damage 110
Fire Rate 1
Magazine Size 1
Reload Time 1.4
Structure Damage 95
Boom Bow
Boom bow
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 120
Damage 120
Fire Rate 1
Magazine Size 1
Reload Time 1
Structure Damage 100

Sounds

  • Boom Bow Pullout

  • Boom Bow Shoot

  • Boom Bow Reload

  • Boom Bow Pickup

  • Boom Bow Drop

Availability

Chapter 1

Rarities Chest Floor Loot Supply Drop
Legendary

Texture

Patch Legendary
Since 8.2

Content Update

Boom bow

Changes

Patch Notes

Vault Log

Patch Vault Unvault
9.3 Legendary

Trivia

  • This is one of the only Explosive weapons that can do headshot damage easier than any other explosive.
    • It is also the only Explosive weapon that uses Shotgun Ammo.
  • This is the only weapon that requires charging to maximize power, distance, and speed.
  • The Boom Bow was first teased in the Season 8 loading screen.
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