Blast Arrow

Blast Arrows are powerful explosive arrows that can be equipped to bows and longbows. They deal fire damage and in turn, inflict burn. They posses a very deadly stagger rate that for the most part will cause many (if not all) enemies to flinch upon being hit by it, in addition to inflicting massive damage. In the case of smaller enemies, they will be blown upwards and plummet down to the earth, causing a lenghty time of inactivity. The blast arrow detonations also cause an area of effect upon impact. In short, Blast arrows are portable explosive barrels.

With that, it is no mistery why the Blast arrows are the most expensive and heavy arrows in the game as well as being multi-purpose. They can be used as a stunning weapon (needing only 1 shot for the most part to stagger), putting in a finishing blow on an enemy or inflicting massive damage on ambush; or scattering a group of enemies.

The blast arrows are a mid-game weapon, often not appearing in shops until you progress to some point in the game. The most early way to get them is to buy them from the merchant in the rest camp south of the Shadow Fort. They later (after Come to Court) will be avaible in the Gran Soren item shop.

It should be noted that the Blast Arrow is a 1-time detonation and so will not stack with Whirling Arrow or similar skills. To also be noted, a blast arrow detonating does not destroy the arrow (as seen with Whirling Arrow).

Tips

 * Being explosive damage, the damage escalates if the enemy is oiled.
 * The damage is not affected by distance travel. You can use this to inflict higher damage to enemies farther away.
 * That being said, using Comet Shot with this is a decent way to handle far off enemies.
 * Damage is a set amount, it can be used to add power to normally weak shots.
 * Is usually considered overkill to use this with three/five/six/ten-fold arrow on anything that isn't a boss. So do it for fun.
 * It staggers enemies very easily, it can knock out a Griffin from the sky with 1 hit, and send small enemies flying Use this to your advantage.
 * It has an area of effect, use it for crowd control.
 * Best not to carry to much of these unless you tend to use them up very quickly. Usually anywhere between 10 and 20 is enough to see you through 1 journey.
 * In addition, to preserve the arrows, it is wise to use powerful 1 arrow moves as to get the best results.