ItemClassicRetailClassicForever

Bow Pullback

The creak of a bow being drawn.

Art: Trueshot Lodge loading screen · Blizzard Entertainment. Trueshot Lodge: drawing the string

0:00 / 1.0s

Download MP3MP3 ~206k · 25 KB iPhone ringtone (.m4r)iPhone ringtone .m4r · 1.0s OGG / DiscordDiscord soundboard .ogg · fits ≤5.2s

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

Where you hear it

bowpullback02.ogg captures the creak of a bowstring being drawn. It is most audible on shots with a cast time, such as Aimed Shot, where the hunter visibly holds the draw. Paired with the release it forms a complete draw-and-fire clip. The sound has a tense, building quality. It lasts about a second.

TriggerPlays as the bowstring is drawn back before a shot, most noticeable on cast-time shots such as Aimed Shot.

In the game client

Client path	`sound/item/weapons/bow/bowpullback02.ogg`
FileDataID	567675
Expansion	Classic
Game versions	Retail, Classic, Forever
Duration	1.0s
Sample rate	22,050 Hz
Channels	Mono
MP3 size	25 KB
M4R size	15 KB
OGG size	14 KB

Other bow sounds in the client

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
Bow pullback 3sound/item/weapons/bow/bowpullback3.oggFDID 567679
Bow pullback 2sound/item/weapons/bow/bowpullback2.oggFDID 567683
Bow precast loopsound/item/weapons/bow/bowprecastloop.oggFDID 567670
Arrow hit (take C)sound/item/weapons/bow/arrowhitc.oggFDID 567671
Arrow hit (take A)sound/item/weapons/bow/arrowhita.oggFDID 567672

Use it as

Notification sound

Over a text, a tense one-second creak registers instantly and is hard to confuse with a stock phone chime.

Discord soundboard

On a soundboard the 1.0-second Bow Pullback clip lands and finishes before anyone has to stop talking.

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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