ItemClassicRetailClassicForever

Bow Release

The twang of a bowstring letting an arrow fly.

Art: Trueshot Lodge loading screen · Blizzard Entertainment. Trueshot Lodge, the hunter order hall

0:00 / 0.4s

Download MP3MP3 ~222k · 12 KB iPhone ringtone (.m4r)iPhone ringtone .m4r · 0.4s OGG / DiscordDiscord soundboard .ogg · fits ≤5.2s

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

Where you hear it

bowrelease.ogg is the twang of a bowstring as an arrow leaves. For Classic hunters, whose Auto Shot fires on a steady timer, it is the rhythm of every fight. Warriors and rogues who pulled with a bow heard it too. The sound is a fraction of a second long and very clean. Its sharp attack makes it a crisp notification.

TriggerPlays when a character fires a shot from an equipped bow.

In the game client

Client path	`sound/item/weapons/bow/bowrelease.ogg`
FileDataID	567674
Expansion	Classic
Game versions	Retail, Classic, Forever
Duration	0.4s
Sample rate	22,050 Hz
Channels	Mono
MP3 size	12 KB
M4R size	6 KB
OGG size	7 KB

Other bow sounds in the client

Bow release 02sound/item/weapons/bow/bowrelease02.oggFDID 567673
Bow release 03sound/item/weapons/bow/bowrelease03.oggFDID 567682
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
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

Use it as

Notification sound

Over a text, a sharp 0.4-second twang registers instantly and is hard to confuse with a stock phone chime.

Discord soundboard

On a soundboard the 0.4-second Bow Release 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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