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Bow Before Me
Fallout 76 Perk

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Bow Before Me

Your bows and crossbows ignore 40% armor and have a 10% chance to stagger.

lvl
6
P.
Perception

Bow Before Me is a Perception perk in Fallout 76 with 2 ranks, unlocked at level 6. Its top rank costs 2 Perception points to equip. It falls under the Bows category.

It affects 9 weapons.

Your arrows always hit where their armor isn't.

Bow Before Me Builds

Level 50
s12
p9
e7
c2
i8
a13
l5
arq
Fallout 76 build
Level 300+
s2
p15
e5
c6
i8
a10
l10
Bow Ghoul
Bow Ghoul build
Level 300+
s6
p15
e7
c5
i5
a10
l8
Low-health archer
Fallout 76 build
Level 300+
s10
p13
e7
c6
i3
a12
l5
Stealth Survivalist
Bow/Stealth/Melee build
Level 300+
s2
p15
e6
c3
i8
a10
l12
Bow Build sneakish Ghoul
bow build
Level 300+
s3
p15
e7
c3
i4
a15
l9
Bloodborn Archer
Stealth Archer build
Level 300+
s4
p15
e5
c5
i5
a10
l7
Reverse Onslaught Bow
Fallout 76 build
Level 300+
s4
p15
e3
c3
i11
a10
l10
Ghoul Archer
Furious Archer build
Level 300+
s5
p15
e6
c5
i6
a10
l9
Unyielding SATS Bow
Unyielding Bloodied Stealth VATS Bow build
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builds

Ranks

RankEffectCost
Your bows and crossbows ignore 20% armor and have a 5% chance to stagger.1 point
Your bows and crossbows ignore 40% armor and have a 10% chance to stagger.2 points

Effects

Target's Armor
 
x0.8
 with bows or throwing knives
Target's Armor
 
x0.6
 with bows or throwing knives

Affects

Bows (3)
Bow
194
AP Cost28
Fire Rate43/10s
FiringSemi-Auto
Ammo1 Arrow
Compound Bow
244
AP Cost20
Fire Rate20/10s
FiringSemi-Auto
Ammo1 Arrow
Crossbow
253
AP Cost28
Fire Rate3/10s
FiringBolt Action
Ammo1 Bolt
Unique Bows (2)
Burning Love
compound-bow
Assassin's

Fire Damage

244
282/6s
AP Cost20
Fire Rate20/10s
FiringSemi-Auto
Ammo1 Arrow
Piercing Love Bow
compound-bow
Last Shot

Poison Damage

244
1786/38s
AP Cost20
Fire Rate20/10s
FiringSemi-Auto
Ammo1 Arrow
Thrown Blades (4)
Meat Cleaver
413
AP Cost20
Sheepsquatch Shard
150
112
3920/35s
AP Cost20
Throwing Knife
315
AP Cost20
Tomahawk
506
AP Cost20

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Bows, throwing, and melee weapons do +100% sneak attack damage.
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Gain more VATS accuracy based on your PER.
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80% chance to find extra meat from animal corpses.
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Center Masochist
+75% ranged damage when attacking the torso.
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Focus fire to gain +3% accuracy and damage per shot.
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Crack Shot
Small guns have 30% more range and 30% more accuracy when aiming down sights.
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Deal Sealer
Deal +10% damage for each impairment your target has.
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Down Ranger
You do +20% ranged damage to far enemies.
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Exterminator
Your attacks ignore 75% armor of any insect.