Millwood Greatbow | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

carried me through midir and sister friede, i ****ing adore this mf thang, medieval rpg lookin' ass

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carried me tru ringed city ^^ judicators for the loose with that one. the swamp area i cleared nearby 100% with the bow duo high bullshit mob density.

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uh oh, big boomers

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The area you find this in is buggy af. I somehow clipped through the hill and died when fighting one of the trees. That and one of the wolves close to where the bow is would keep disappearing and reappearing until I killed it.

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My old trusty machine gun, after 500hr i decided to run machine gun build.

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oh boy, i miss this beast in Elden Ring....

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HELL YEAH! A greatbow for strength builds!

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The fact that this bow does more damage than Onislayer no matter your stats means this bow should have been nerfed or Onislayer should have been buffed. Its not right when a pure strength great bow does more damage on a dex build than a dex great bow

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Equip any weapon with Perseverance weapon art (faster the better). Activate perseverance as soon as the Knight begins aiming at you. Pick up the bow, reactivate Perseverance, then use a homeward bone to gtfo

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It's possible to cheese the two knights with a bow from the ledge close to where you originally fight the boss wolf. When you first get to the specific spot there's 2 wolves laying there. You can shoot them from below and their arrows will just hit the ground. If you're doing this area straight after Cathedral and haven't been able to upgrade your bow you'll need a lot of arrows obviously (un-upgraded shortbow hits for around 17). Still, I think it better than clearing that whole area and losing your souls on a suicide run when you're at that level.

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Got it with the club on lv1 deprived. Thanks all, ez run

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Honestly, it's only a suicide run when you're low leveled. Otherwise, bring a good shield and sword at a later level (or some good late game spells if you're a caster) and you're pretty much set. Just try and pick off the knights one at a time. At this point, the wolves shouldn't be too much of a problem and the trees go down in a few hits.

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"if it ain't got kick, it just ain't worth it"

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got summoned as a blue because i forgot i had the covenant on, so i proceeded to help a washing pole host by infinitely shooting arrows at the invader. needless to say he ran away and then noped the **** out of there

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i met a guy in the arena that used this, and he absolutely wrecked me. it was insane. i kept rolling because i couldnt tell when he was going to shoot. every time i rolled more than 3 times, i would get hit right when i got up. he messaged me later saying sorry, and he also told me a good counter for this weapon. not everyone is a crybaby saltlord, so if you kill someone and they're clearly don't know what their doing, message them. tell them what they're doing wrong. help them out. we all have sucked at the game at least once, and you should know more than anyone how it feels to be killed by a good player. please be nice out there guys, and praise the sun \o/

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Artillery Support

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that one moment when the invader puts on the obscuring ring and tries to snipe you and you get close to figure out that they have no draw time whatsoever and hit you instantly and start doing melee attacks with it that kill you in seconds

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Is there any other arrows I can use except the milwood arrows?

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This is just filthy.... but I love it

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Its a God-damn RPG!!

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"By simply meeting the requirements, this weapon hits harder than the Dragonslayer Greatbow, arguably because of the lack of range." Wouldn't the lack of range make this not correct. But either way I tested and the Ammunition matter way more than the Bows in terms of actual range and falloff, even on the onislayer greatbow with the hawk ring the millwood arrows have bad range and falloff compared to dragonslayer arrows, while onislayer arrows retain damage and accuracy on the millwood bow without the hawk ring

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i didn't have enough strength to use it one handed but i did two handed? how tf do you use a bow with one hand? by using your magnum dong?

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how come no ones is talking about the lore description?! "used these greatbows to face they're sworn enemy, the abyss dragon" THAT DOESN'T PEAK ANYONE'S INTEREST?!

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If you get a headshot with an onislayer greatarrow powered by this greatbow s weapon art, would the target have time to dodge the explosion?

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Ye olde ballistic missile launcher

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I've found an easier way to get to the ledge with the greatbow. From the wolf pit, you can see the two Millwood Knights and their three wolves, along with the greatbow lying on the ground. There's a section of that wall that has a sweet spot you can jump up. It's awful to try and describe as there's no real markers, but there's a section in the middle of that ledge where if you jump into it, you'll be "lifted" just a bit. Try it a couple times and you'll eventually jump onto the ledge, right in front of the knights. This bypasses the Millwood ruins, the forest of terrible trees, and just saves a lot of time in general.

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Perfect for stopping any wall building.

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No bridge is safe.

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WA can be used to kill bosses while you're still behind the fog wall

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"Tactical nuke inbound"

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True strength requirement's 19 (according to two-handing)? I know it's a STR weapon and you gonna place a couple of points on that attribute, just asking.

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No suicide run needed. Just wore my trusty Havel shield and dragonslayer greataxe. Use the shield special to turn to stone and spam that axe weapon art.

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heres a idea: run around and grab the bow, run up the tower, use the WA to knock those archers off their precious tower, then have some fun just sitting there sniping while every one is helpless >:)

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This bow is perfect for most situations. Trying to crack Nameless King's dragon buddy? Two hits needed. Want to interrupt an invader's parry-kill to your buddy? Timed WA. Want to mess with people because you can? Why not? Only issue is range, which you can fix with killing your Giant friend, but who the hell would do that?

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is there anyone willing to trade one i dont currently have the dlc and would try and make it worth your while in souls or loot. message me on ps4 ID: cole1227

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Pretty much the best great bow in the game damage wise, and the weapon art just makes it more so as it adds utility and AoE capabilities. Also, requires no dexterity investment if you start as the knight class. And it's located right next to the milwood battle axe, yet another amazing pure strength weapon that requires no dex investment, and can be acquired rather early. After only 2 bosses.

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Buff the FUGS

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Is that person recommending suicide run ever heard about hidden body spell and Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring. I walk through whole area pick up all items without a single aggro. Spell require 15 Int., ring is free.

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Anyone got this bow theyre willing to drop dont hace aoa dlc yet :(

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Why does range suck so much in ds3 not a single s scaling on any bow lol

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as a man called saint_riot would put it; this weapon in invasions is the Park Ranger Landlord. Because it gets (bonfire) campers to move.

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Boom footshot

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It's funny that the person writing this page doesn't want others editing things on here, and yet so many pages on this wiki are unfinished after years.

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check

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"A suicide run might be necessary here without a friendly phantom," Just use hidden body + lingering ring. You can go there without any trouble, except the big wolf which isn't fooled.

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Should also be noted that since the Greatbows are only usable two-handed, the minimum Strength requirement is 19.

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I summoned some lass for Slave Knight Gael fight, and she just used the Millwood GreatBow. I don't know how the hell she did it, but she didn't even move from him. She kept using the weapon art and stood still, but she didn't get hit once. Here I am getting shot by lightning bolts, and she's just knocking his health down while chilling.

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Forget my last comment. Shooting WA without FP does increase damage by 20%, although explosion still happens ( not sure about explosion damage, but it appears to not change much ).

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If someone doesn't know, if you run out of FP, the weapon art still retains the full damage from impact and explosion, as well as the explosion itself.

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Seems like a lot of people are having trouble getting to the bow, so I will give my two cents.

Approach 1: grab your best regular bow/crossbow and kill the wolves and knights from below (next to the spawn area for the giant wolf). Kill them all with a ton of arrows, the knights stagger if you hit them so they wont shoot back or team up on you since they wont aggro from where you are standing unless you attack them.

Then grab any fire dmg weapon to kill the trees when you attempt to retrieve the bow. The trees will aggro in pairs, at least, but the fire dmg dmg will make the one you are attacking panicked and it wont fight back.

Approach 2 (my current tactic) go balls out dashing for the bow. The trees take forever to attack and, being trees, they wont run after you. The wolves will only aggro once you are almost at the bow and they take a few seconds before they attack.

The knights are the only real danger here. Once you close in they will go for the melee attacks and if you get hit it will give time for the wolves to fight, so keep that stamina up and roll away. Finally, once toy got the bow DON'T RUN BACK. The short drop right in front of you is a much easier choice to clear away from the mobs you just aggro'ed than running through the forest without getting hacked, shot, bitten, burned or frost bite.

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This bow is invaluable when facing down a gank squad as an invader. Millwood arrows with these on a 40/40 str/dex build do 300-400 damage and the other great arrows aren't far behind. One arrow is usually enough to trigger a reactionary estus, the explosions can separate people over ledges or blast a group swapping gestures at the bonfire, and the range is about 3x the limits of the obscuring ring or across the damn map with a Hawk ring. All in all it's just annoying as ***** and will usually lead to a camping group of 3-4 getting pissed off and making a mistake you can capitalize on.

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Suicide run not required, just go in there and get it. If the trees on the way up give you trouble, remember not to pass directly in front of them and that they always make a nasty 'mwaah' sound when they're popping off the guided frost/flame breath attacks. These attacks move slowly and will only occasionally catch you out if you're unlucky or not paying attention.

It's a good idea to knock out the wolves while fleeing, taking advantage of the fact that they singularly jump ahead of you to try and close gaps. They have very low HP, being an enemy that relies on numbers, powerful attacks and agility. One to two hits from a +10 Raw Broadsword was enough for them. You have time to do that.

The annoying Millward knights, who actually look more like viking berserkers if you ask me, are the smallest threat here. Though they hit fast and hard, they move slowly and can't climb ladders. Use plunging attacks, draw them over toward the lighthouse/tower thing. If you have a bow or ranged spells or even a good stash of throwables, you can rain hellfire from above.

Alternatively, just keep up a good pace, watch your stamina and don't get intimidated because there are a lot of them. Standard stuff.

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I get the bow and then i turn back run to the tower and the enemies didnt follow me

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It seems that the weapon arts bow range is much higher then the normal attacks range, as I can still do 600-700 well beyond the 39 range even without hawk ring, and with hawk ring, its dropoff is well after dragonslayer bow's range increment and comperable to onislayers bow range. and im not talking about the explosion

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Reminder: to make the best use of the weapon skill, aim at the enemy's feet, or at the ground in front of them if they're moving. After all, that's exactly how most of the Millwood Knight archers we fight in-game are programmed to aim.

Even if they don't take as much damage from the arrow itself, the combination of the arrow and the explosion can rack up over 1000 damage with just one shot at mid-player levels and full upgrade. Don't bother using the weapon skill if you're going for a head shot, unless there's a wall directly behind the enemy that the arrow can stick to--otherwise you're just wasting FP. You can even fire an arrow in front of your own feet to create a trap that enemies can run into when aggro'd, if you're feeling particularly ballsy.

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Sucks how all the best weapons are locked behind dlc

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i am on pc why i can not zoom wen do weapon art ?

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The bow's AR suddenly dropped drom 717 to 512 with 60 in both strength and dexterity. Anybody knows what's up?

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this weapon has very low range, but those giant knights make it seem like it has 1000 range or something.

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They could of at least mention there's a big ass wolf at the end of the wolf infested snowfield! And these damn ass tree lady things with their frosty breath and Ember flares and their damn grab and frosts breath like wtf! Even the Millwood guys aren't any easier.

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Pointless hitting your target unless there is a wall behind him. The explosive carries on through.

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tried a young white branch to sneak up on the spot - yea, that didn't work

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If you want to grab this bow as fast as possible and bail you can use a shortcut I found. Right next to the bow there's a part of a cliff with a big rock. Run at the cliff next to the rock and you'll notice you go about halfway up it. Run at it and jump and you'll land right on top of the cliff.

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if your having problems getting the bow you can kill the trees easy with a fire bomb which makes them flail a bunch and its basically a free kill unless your weapon sucks than the millwood knights are easy with spells. Im using lightning arrow which makes the fight stupid easy

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But it looks like this bow has a C scaling in Strength..

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limit breakers video on this bow is faf

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Is it not worth citing that the Abyss Dragon mentioned in the description is probably Midir from the ringed city dlc?

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"Has an A scaling in Strength and the highest base damage out of all the Greatbows, making it perfect for Strength builds."



STRENGTH BUILD INTENSIFIES

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TROLL TIME!

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It's fun to knock Sister Fried on her butt over and over and over again. The bow trivializes the fight. And...She disappears but the great arrows filling her don't!

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And the trolling montage posters go nuts!!

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The abyss dragon?
That is what cuaght my intention the most, what do you guys think?

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feels so good to watch a host with 3 phantoms and a blue die because he thinks i missed the shot until it blows up sending him flying over an edge to his death.

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The weapon skill causes the shot arrow to deal more damage to the target, and then explode dealing additional damage in the vicinity. The strength of the explosion depends on the type and physical attack power of the arrow used. For a +5 Millwood Greatbow at 60/60 DEX and STR, the weapon art explosion for Millwood Greatarrows dealt 877 damage, for Dragonslayer Greatarrows 855 damage, for Lightning Dragonslayer Greatarrows 667 damage, and for Onislayer Greatarrows 761 damage to the Firekeeper in the Shrine.

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this weapon art was made for me because i m not the best shot but since the arrow explodes it works out

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This with hypermode and 66 strength makes for some great one shot opportunities.

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Someone should fix the name of the bow because it says "Darkmoon Longbow is a weapon in Dark Souls 3. It is part of the Ashes of Ariandel DLC", Instead of Millwood Greatbow is a weapon in Dark Souls 3. It is part of the Ashes of Ariandel DLC.

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500+ damage with millwood arrows at +10

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I saw someone fire 3 arrows in an arc with this bow, anyone know anything about that?

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Possibly the best greatbow not only in DS3 but in the entire souls series. Especially powerful for stealth pvp sniping during invasions. Only needs one attack stat to reach optimal AR as well.

Damage of WA explosion is not reduced with distance at all, so it can be used for extremely long-range shenanigans, i've been able to damage people standing in a middle of Ariandel Chapel's courtyard while being on another side of the bridge with it for full damage.

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Very heavy damage potential. Headshots hit in around 1000 range. For range fall off i find it better to just use regular great arrows, the dmg difference in negligible (plus the hawk ring obv)

The weapon art only triggers if the arrow hits the ground and not on a direct body hit (unless it kills what it was shot at and goes through)

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Note: The weapon art works without FP and without the necessary stats

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How much strength do you need to use this? Does the strength required lower as you use it with 2 hands?

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Darkmoon bow lol

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Now there's a greatbow for proper huge strength builds!

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The DLC is now out on Ps4, does anyone have the bow at +5 with total ar after 40-50 str?

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When exiting tower, instead of heading immediately right, head right(ish) and up a small hill. There will be trees and wolves, kill them and head toward where the big wolf sat, there will be three wolves and 2 bow wielding giants, bow is on corpse here with some arrows

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Where is this located?

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The range is noticeably shorter than the other greatbows at 39 compared to dragonslayer at 50 and onislayer at 63. Not the best sniping bow if that's what you're looking for.

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hit like a truck with 50 strentgh ?

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if only LightningBlade used this on his "death run" video. The results...

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Finally, a great bow that doesn't require too high of a dex stat. My strength character couldn't use the other ones.

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Hardest hitting greatbow. Use it now.

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An abyss dragon?

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The damage on this thing is pretty insane. A WA arrow shot from the un-upgraded version did around 313 damage. And then there's the weapon art that has the huge knockdown effect. Looks like we have a new troll weapon.

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Oh my goddess. That's one hell of a pretty bow. I need it. Now. Please.

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