Piercing Arrow

Overview

Name:	Piercing Arrow
Weapon Type:	Archery
Weapon Skill Type:	Physical
Skill Level:	40 (Rangers only)
Quest:	[[]]
Description:	Ignores enemy's defense. Amount ignored varies with TP.
Sneak Attack:
Aligned with:	Light Equipment (Light Gorget) Snow Equipment (Snow Gorget)

Notes:

• Typically does less damage than Flaming Arrow.

Properties

Skillchains	In­du­ra­tion In­du­ra­tion Level 3 Skillchains  Light →  Light =  Light  Fu­sion →  Frag­men­ta­tion =  Light  Frag­men­ta­tion →  Fu­sion =  Light  Dark­ness →  Dark­ness =  Dark­ness  Gra­vi­ta­tion →  Dis­tor­tion =  Dark­ness  Dis­tor­tion →  Gra­vi­ta­tion =  Dark­ness Level 2 Skillchains  Li­que­fac­tion →  Im­pac­tion =  Fu­sion  Dis­tor­tion →  Fu­sion =  Fu­sion  In­du­ra­tion →  Rever­be­ra­tion =  Frag­men­ta­tion  Gra­vi­ta­tion →  Frag­men­ta­tion =  Frag­men­ta­tion  De­to­na­tion →  Com­pres­sion =  Gra­vi­ta­tion  Fu­sion →  Gra­vi­ta­tion =  Gra­vi­ta­tion  Trans­fixion →  Scis­sion =  Dis­tor­tion  Frag­men­ta­tion →  Dis­tor­tion =  Dis­tor­tion Level 1 Skillchains  Im­pac­tion →  Li­que­fac­tion =  Li­que­fac­tion  Scis­sion →  Li­que­fac­tion =  Li­que­fac­tion  Rever­be­ra­tion →  Im­pac­tion =  Im­pac­tion  In­du­ra­tion →  Im­pac­tion =  Im­pac­tion  Im­pac­tion →  De­to­na­tion =  De­to­na­tion  Com­pres­sion →  De­to­na­tion =  De­to­na­tion  Scis­sion →  De­to­na­tion =  De­to­na­tion  Li­que­fac­tion →  Scis­sion =  Scis­sion  De­to­na­tion →  Scis­sion =  Scis­sion  Trans­fixion →  Rever­be­ra­tion =  Rever­be­ra­tion  Scis­sion →  Rever­be­ra­tion =  Rever­be­ra­tion  Rever­be­ra­tion →  In­du­ra­tion =  In­du­ra­tion  In­du­ra­tion →  Com­pres­sion =  Com­pres­sion  Trans­fixion →  Com­pres­sion =  Com­pres­sion  Com­pres­sion →  Trans­fixion =  Trans­fixion (A)
	Trans­fixion Trans­fixion Level 3 Skillchains  Light →  Light =  Light  Fu­sion →  Frag­men­ta­tion =  Light  Frag­men­ta­tion →  Fu­sion =  Light  Dark­ness →  Dark­ness =  Dark­ness  Gra­vi­ta­tion →  Dis­tor­tion =  Dark­ness  Dis­tor­tion →  Gra­vi­ta­tion =  Dark­ness Level 2 Skillchains  Li­que­fac­tion →  Im­pac­tion =  Fu­sion  Dis­tor­tion →  Fu­sion =  Fu­sion  In­du­ra­tion →  Rever­be­ra­tion =  Frag­men­ta­tion  Gra­vi­ta­tion →  Frag­men­ta­tion =  Frag­men­ta­tion  De­to­na­tion →  Com­pres­sion =  Gra­vi­ta­tion  Fu­sion →  Gra­vi­ta­tion =  Gra­vi­ta­tion  Trans­fixion →  Scis­sion =  Dis­tor­tion  Frag­men­ta­tion →  Dis­tor­tion =  Dis­tor­tion Level 1 Skillchains  Im­pac­tion →  Li­que­fac­tion =  Li­que­fac­tion  Scis­sion →  Li­que­fac­tion =  Li­que­fac­tion  Rever­be­ra­tion →  Im­pac­tion =  Im­pac­tion  In­du­ra­tion →  Im­pac­tion =  Im­pac­tion  Im­pac­tion →  De­to­na­tion =  De­to­na­tion  Com­pres­sion →  De­to­na­tion =  De­to­na­tion  Scis­sion →  De­to­na­tion =  De­to­na­tion  Li­que­fac­tion →  Scis­sion =  Scis­sion  De­to­na­tion →  Scis­sion =  Scis­sion  Trans­fixion →  Rever­be­ra­tion =  Rever­be­ra­tion  Scis­sion →  Rever­be­ra­tion =  Rever­be­ra­tion  Rever­be­ra­tion →  In­du­ra­tion =  In­du­ra­tion  In­du­ra­tion →  Com­pres­sion =  Com­pres­sion  Trans­fixion →  Com­pres­sion =  Com­pres­sion  Com­pres­sion →  Trans­fixion =  Trans­fixion (B)
Modifiers:	STR: 16%; AGI: 25%

Damage Multipliers by TP: 1000 TP 2000 TP 3000 TP 1.00 1.00 1.00

Critical Hit Rate by TP: 1000 TP 2000 TP 3000 TP

Ignores enemy's defense by TP: 1000 TP 2000 TP 3000 TP 0% 35% 50%

Horizon Changes

• Piercing Arrow's primary skillchain attribute is now Induration instead of Reverberation.

Levels

• Piercing Arrow is only natively available to Rangers. While other jobs can obtain the required 40 Archery skill, they must use Ranger as their support job in order to gain access to Piercing Arrow.
• Archery skill level 40 is obtainable by the following jobs at these corresponding levels:

Job	Rating	Level
Ranger	A-	13
Samurai	C+	14
Thief	C-	14
Warrior	D	15
Red Mage	D	15
Ninja	E	16