This bow imbues arrows with the power and speed of lightning.
When attacking, has a chance of casting Thundara.
Basic range: 5

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles description

Lightning Bow (ライトニングボウ, Raitoningu Bō?), also known as Thunder Bow (雷の弓矢, Ikazuchi no Yumiya?) or Bolt Bow, is a recurring bow in the Final Fantasy series. It is often a mid-ranked lightning-elemental bow, and generally appears around the same time the Flame Bow and Ice Bow, sometimes a little earlier or later depending on the game.

Appearances

Final Fantasy V

Bow infused with the power of lightning. Must be used two-handed. Full power from back row.

Description

The Thunder Bow is a low-ranked bow that provides 39 Attack and 70 Hit Rate and is lightning-elemental. It can be bought for 2,500 gil at Crescent.

Final Fantasy Tactics

The lightning bow is a low to mid-ranked bow that provides 6 attack, is lightning-elemental, and can cast Thundara on hit when attacking with it. It can be bought for 3,000 gil at a castle town outfitter after meeting with Cardinal Delacroix at Lionel Castle during chapter 2, and is a rare treasure at Goug Lowtown. Enemy archers may equip the lightning bow when they spawn on levels 15–19.

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light

The Bolt Bow can be bought in Spelvia (After Darkness) for 960 gil. The bow has an attack of 8, and is Light-elemental that can inflict paralysis upon attacking.

Final Fantasy Dimensions

Lightning Bow is a low to mid-ranked bow that provides 35 Attack, 15 Hit Rate, and is both Lightning-elemental and Wind-elemental.

Pictlogica Final Fantasy

Thunder Bow is a rarity 3 bow that provides a minimum of 41 Attack, a maximum of 56 Attack, and is Lightning-elemental. Lightning Bow is a rarity 4 bow that provides a minimum of 50 Attack, a maximum of 83 Attack, and is Lightning-elemental.

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade

Lightning Bow was a weapon the player could collect.

Final Fantasy Record Keeper

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Etymology

[view · edit · purge]Lightning is a sudden electrostatic discharge during an electrical storm between electrically charged regions of a cloud (called intra-cloud lightning or IC), between that cloud and another cloud (CC lightning), or between a cloud and the ground (CG lightning).

[view · edit · purge]Thunder is the sound caused by lightning. Depending on the distance and nature of the lightning, thunder can range from a sharp, loud crack to a long, low rumble (brontide).