Just started playing Destiny 2 would really like a bow. Can anyone explain where to get one?

[Lateral]

I have beyond light and witch queen expansions, Is there any bow I can get with these 2? If so, where can I get them?

[The One They Call Dante]

Hi there!

Most weapons can be found as random drops in the wild. However, there is a way that you can get a bow to drop from the Wellspring activity when the weapon is the daily reward.

[Lateral]

What is the Wellspring activity, and how will I find my daily rewards?

[Lateral]

I read if I finish beyond light I also get a decent bow?

[The One They Call Dante]

There are a number of bows available in game. However, the drops are random in nature.

Completing the Witch Queen campaign grants you access to the Wellspring activity, which is a 6 person activity that has the chance to drop a guaranteed weapon. One of the weapons in rotation is the There is also a bow available on Europa, that you can also obtain over the course of the Beyond Light campaign.

For a complete list of available bows, please check out the link below.

https://www.light.gg/db/category/1?etc=weapons&page=1&f=10%28combat%20bow%29

[Mez Koo]

Lots of different sources for bows but most are random. If you're free to play then best hope is probably playing vanguard strikes until you get the vanguard bow or hope that banshee or xur sells one.

The fastest way to get one would be to buy the Forsaken pack (included in the legacy collection) to use a cipher to unlock Le Monarque from the monument kiosk.

[Dosbilliam, Boring but Practical]

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

The fastest way to get one would be to buy the Forsaken pack (included in the legacy collection) to use a cipher to unlock Le Monarque from the monument kiosk.

This thread reminds me of a time right after Forsaken came out that Banshee had thrown a Bow Bounty at me before I'd even gotten one. Think this was also around the time before there was a single Legendary Trace Rifle.

[Nakos]

Originally posted by Absolomb:

What is the Wellspring activity, and how will I find my daily rewards?

The Wellspring activity is a six person, match-made event that takes place on the Throne World. You can do it after you complete the main story campaign for Witch Queen. It's repeatable.

It alternates between "Attack" and "Defend" and it has several preferred rewards which also rotate. (There is a Bow, an Auto Rifle, a Grenade Launcher and a Sniper Rifle. All of them are from the basic Witch Queen collection of weapons).

You can look at the front page of Light.gg to see what the current Wellspring activity is. Currently (as of this writing) it's Defend and the reward is Father's Sins (the sniper). That'll shift daily.

There are lots of sources for Bows, but most of them are random.

There are also a few Exotic bows that can be purchased from the Kiosk in the Tower, although the prices on those will be expensive for a new player.

[DakotaThrice]

Based on the content you said you owned you should be able to acquire the following bows:

• Whistler's Whim - Trials of Osiris
  
• Arsenic Bite - Dares of Eternity (Rotation 1)
  
• Fell Taradiddle - Wellspring
  
• Biting Winds - Europa activities
  
• Lunulata-4b - world drops
  
• Strident Whistle - Vanguard Ops
  
• Accrued Redemption - Garden of Salvation

There may be others in the Dares of Eternity lootpool but we won't know for certain until we've had a full rotation. Biting Winds stands out as once you have Variks' bounties unlocked through his sabotage upgrades you can farm the bounties at any time. Similarly as mentioned already you can farm Wellspring for Fel Taradiddle on days that it's available.

[SenseiDecay]

Originally posted by The One They Call Dante:

Hi there!

Most weapons can be found as random drops in the wild. However, there is a way that you can get a bow to drop from the Wellspring activity when the weapon is the daily reward.

This is probably the worst bow in the game though, the reticle is tiny and the bow blocks a huge chunk of your view.

[Lateral]

Thanks everyone for your help.

[Lateral]

Originally posted by DakotaThrice:

Based on the content you said you owned you should be able to acquire the following bows:

• Whistler's Whim - Trials of Osiris
  
• Arsenic Bite - Dares of Eternity (Rotation 1)
  
• Fell Taradiddle - Wellspring
  
• Biting Winds - Europa activities
  
• Lunulata-4b - world drops
  
• Strident Whistle - Vanguard Ops
  
• Accrued Redemption - Garden of Salvation

There may be others in the Dares of Eternity lootpool but we won't know for certain until we've had a full rotation. Biting Winds stands out as once you have Variks' bounties unlocked through his sabotage upgrades you can farm the bounties at any time. Similarly as mentioned already you can farm Wellspring for Fel Taradiddle on days that it's available.

Which of these is the easiest to acquire as a new player?

[Dosbilliam, Boring but Practical]

Originally posted by Absolomb:

Originally posted by DakotaThrice:

Based on the content you said you owned you should be able to acquire the following bows:

• Whistler's Whim - Trials of Osiris
  
• Arsenic Bite - Dares of Eternity (Rotation 1)
  
• Fell Taradiddle - Wellspring
  
• Biting Winds - Europa activities
  
• Lunulata-4b - world drops
  
• Strident Whistle - Vanguard Ops
  
• Accrued Redemption - Garden of Salvation

There may be others in the Dares of Eternity lootpool but we won't know for certain until we've had a full rotation. Biting Winds stands out as once you have Variks' bounties unlocked through his sabotage upgrades you can farm the bounties at any time. Similarly as mentioned already you can farm Wellspring for Fel Taradiddle on days that it's available.

Which of these is the easiest to acquire as a new player?

Probably Strident Whistle or Arsenic Bite, since Trials is an endgame activity with a large gate to pass before you have access, Wellspring requires getting through the Witch Queen campaign, Biting Winds needs a bit of progress through the Beyond Light campaign, Lunalata's completely random, and Garden's a raid.

Dares of Eternity and Vanguard Ops are both F2P activities you can jump into right now, with the former being generally more useful in numerous ways. :P

[Chariot]

Would definitely suggest Lunulata or Strident if your trying to get into bows, Both can roll strong AOE perks which is what bows want very much, The newest one this season can also get dragonfly and frenzy, Both good perks.

[ralphtobybob]

It is somewhat random. Some times I get lots of one type of weapon, then suddenly they stop, like the Title, an smg with the classy contender perk. Mostly I've been getting stasis bows, but for awhile there were drops of a solar bow with the immolation or whatever perk.
Just do random stuff like Xur's weekend strikes - you can buy a legendary engram with shards, then with the reward thingie after you finish the strikes.
I do strikes, special events but at times when I have a left over planet or gunsmith bounty and don't want to do more strikes, I just wander around doing stuff. Sometimes lost sectors will finish up a bounty faster than just wandering around.
Sure sometimes I just get socks and shirts but other times I get exotics. Check w/vendors you have access to also. Some offer stuff for sale and there is usually a second page with stuff.
You can participate in events and lost sectors on planets that you don't own the DLC for, you just can't buy bounties.

[Indigo]

Talk to Banshee44 in the tower he usually has one for sale, if he doesnt check xur tomorrow, he arrives at reset and you can check destiny the game reddit to find him, and xur might be selling a bow as well

If you have the current season theres a bow reward to work for there. If you have Witch Queen like you say do the missions for weapon crafting and one should give with a red outlined bow for you to get a pattern to extract and craft.