Arbalest

Arbalest Icon of the Arbalest from Radiant Dawn. An extremely powerful crossbow. It can also hit adjacent enemies.

Type Bow (Crossbow) First game Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

The Arbalest (Japanese: アルバレスト Arbalest) is a rare crossbow weapon which appears only in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. It is the game's strongest crossbow, and like the other crossbows but unlike regular bows, it can can attack adjacent and distant enemies alike. In exchange its damage calculation completely ignores the user's strength stat and is based only on the Arbalest's own might, giving it a fixed, mostly consistent damage output no matter who uses it. The Arbalest can only be used by members of the Sniper, Marksman, Warrior, and Reaver classes, like all crossbows.

Stats

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes

Locations

Radiant Dawn

Treasure

Part 4: Chapter 4, chest

Trivia

• The Arbalest has the highest might of all weapons available to the player in Radiant Dawn, and the only weapons with higher might are most Judge variants. However, in the Arbalest's case, this means significantly less because it does not take its user's strength into account, making each of its shots weaker compared to ordinary weapons.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Arbalest	The arbalest is a variation on the European crossbow which was first developed in the 12th century. Arbalests are much larger than ordinary crossbows, and its prod (or bow) is made of steel, and both of these elements give their shots greater force than those of ordinary crossbows.
Spanish	Arbalesta	Arbalest
French	Arbalète	Crossbow
German	Arbalest	Arbalest
Italian	Arbalete	Arbalest

Gallery

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  Boyd wielding an Arbalest in Radiant Dawn.