ItemClassicRetailClassicForever

Bow Precast Loop

The held tension of a bow at full draw.

Art: Trueshot Lodge loading screen · Blizzard Entertainment. Trueshot Lodge: holding aim

0:00 / 3.8s

Download MP3MP3 ~195k · 90 KB iPhone ringtone (.m4r)iPhone ringtone .m4r · 3.8s OGG / DiscordDiscord soundboard .ogg · fits ≤5.2s

How to install it on a phone, Discord, Windows or a stream

Where you hear it

bowprecastloop.ogg is designed to loop for as long as a shot is being prepared. Because it loops cleanly, it can be stretched to almost any length. It is noticeably quieter than other bow sounds, measured around -21 LUFS. Players mostly hear it under other combat noise. It works best as a subtle background notification.

TriggerA looping sample that plays while a bow shot is being cast or channelled.

In the game client

Client path	`sound/item/weapons/bow/bowprecastloop.ogg`
FileDataID	567670
Expansion	Classic
Game versions	Retail, Classic, Forever
Duration	3.8s
Sample rate	22,050 Hz
Channels	Mono
Loudness	-21.1 LUFS
MP3 size	90 KB
M4R size	56 KB
OGG size	48 KB

Other bow sounds in the client

Arrow hit (take C)sound/item/weapons/bow/arrowhitc.oggFDID 567671
Arrow hit (take A)sound/item/weapons/bow/arrowhita.oggFDID 567672
Bow release 02sound/item/weapons/bow/bowrelease02.oggFDID 567673
Bow releasesound/item/weapons/bow/bowrelease.oggFDID 567674
Bow pullback 02sound/item/weapons/bow/bowpullback02.oggFDID 567675
Bow pullback 03sound/item/weapons/bow/bowpullback03.oggFDID 567676
Bow pullbacksound/item/weapons/bow/bowpullback.oggFDID 567677
Bow pullback 1sound/item/weapons/bow/bowpullback1.oggFDID 567678

Use it as

Notification sound

Over a text, a quiet loop that stretches to any length registers instantly and is hard to confuse with a stock phone chime.

iPhone

Tap iPhone ringtone (.m4r) above and choose Download.
Open the Files app, go to Downloads and open the file.
Tap Share, then Use as Ringtone (iOS 26).
Pick it in Settings, Sounds & Haptics, Ringtone or Text Tone.

Full iPhone steps, including older iOS

Android

Tap Download MP3 above.
Open Settings, Sound & vibration, then Phone ringtone or Default notification sound.
Tap My sounds, then +, and pick the MP3 from Downloads.

Full Android steps, Pixel and Samsung

Discord

Download the OGG or MP3 above.
Open Server Settings, Soundboard, Upload Sound, and pick the file.
Name it and choose an emoji. You need the Manage Expressions permission.

Discord takes clips up to 5.2 seconds and 512 KB; this one fits.

Windows

Windows sound schemes only take WAV files, so convert the MP3 to WAV first (Audacity or any audio converter does it in one export).
Open Settings, System, Sound, More sound settings, then the Sounds tab.
Pick an event such as Notification, click Browse, choose the WAV, then Apply.

OBS alert

Download the MP3 above.
In your alert tool (Streamlabs or StreamElements) set it as the alert sound file.
Or in OBS add a Media Source with the MP3, untick Loop, and fire it with a hotkey.

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