Explosive Archer

Compare every surfaced partner effect at base rank and full condensation. Effects marked Unique can still scale by rank, but a second carrier of the same species adds nothing. Two different species carrying the same effect do add together.

Pal / role	Partner effect	Affects	Rank 1	Rank 5
LoomenExplosive payload	Arrow ExplosionUnique	You	15%	30%
Robinquill TerraDraw speed	Bow Charge SpeedUnique	You	15%	30%
RobinquillWeapon amp	Bow DamageUnique	You	10%	35%
SolenneParty-wide attack	Attack (all species unique)Unique	You	30%	80%
Vanwyrm CrystWeak point damage	Weak Point Damage	You	30%	50%

Values verified against current partner-skill rank curves

Every number in this party is a percentage of your attack, including the explosion, so the passive plan is simply to raise attack as high as it goes. The pal-side element passives do nothing for a trainer-damage build.

Bows are the cheapest weapon line to feed in the endgame, and the explosion does not care which one you hold. That combination makes some unusual picks viable. Materials shown are the first craftable tier.

The most attack-weighted ordering on the site alongside the Charge Rifle build, and for the same reason: nothing here scales off anything else.

1. 1AttackFirst, and not close. It drives the arrow, the explosion, the weak-point bonus and Solenne all at once.
2. 2HealthSecond. Charging a shot roots you, and no slot in this party mitigates damage.
3. 3StaminaThird. Bows do not consume it, so this is purely for repositioning between shots.
4. 4Weight and work speedLast. Neither does anything in a boss fight.

A bow is the slowest weapon in the game and this build leans into that rather than fighting it. There is nothing to activate and no status to maintain.

1. 1Check that all five species are different

   Solenne pays nothing if two pals share a species. Note that Robinquill and Robinquill Terra are separate species, so running both is fine, and so is adding the base Vanwyrm alongside Vanwyrm Cryst.

2. 2Eat attack food before the fight

   Attack and defense food replace each other. Take attack: both of your damage sources are percentages of it.

3. 3Charge every shot fully

   Robinquill Terra cuts charge time by 15% to 30%, which is a damage increase in disguise: more full-power shots per minute rather than more damage per shot. Releasing early throws away the bonus you paid a slot for.

4. 4Aim for the weak point

   Vanwyrm Cryst adds 30% to 50% to weak-point hits, and a charged bow shot is the most controllable attack in the game. If you are not landing headshots with a bow, the slot is better spent on Silvegis.

5. 5Keep range, because the explosion does not need you close

   Unlike the Slow Burn party, whose detonation rewards fighting at explosion range, Loomen explosion happens at the arrow, not at you. There is no reason to close distance in this build.

6. 6Do not bother upgrading past what you can afford

   The explosion is a fixed percentage of your attack regardless of which bow you hold, so a large part of this build damage is unaffected by weapon tier. Mechanical Bow arrows cost two Soralite Ingots for ten, so ammunition is rarely the constraint either.

Three things get suggested for this party regularly. Two of them do nothing, and the third is a real trade.

Adding Frostplume for reload speed

The case for it
Frostplume raises reload speed by 20% to 50%, which is the largest weapon-handling number available from a party slot.

Bows nock, they do not reload, so it does nothing here. The pal you actually want for weapon handling is Robinquill Terra, whose bow charge speed is the bow equivalent and is already in the lineup.

Stacking a second equipped-weapon bonus

The case for it
Xenogard, Nyafia, Pupperai and Robinquill all carry the same effect type at 10% to 35%, and different species stack, so carrying several should multiply your weapon damage.

The effect type is shared but the condition is not. Xenogard covers energy weapons, Nyafia shotguns, Pupperai melee and Robinquill bows, and only the one matching your equipped weapon pays out. In a bow party the other three are dead slots.

Chasing the highest-attack bow above all else

The case for it
The Mechanical Bow lists 20,000 attack against the Advanced Bow 5,800, so weapon tier should dominate everything else.

It dominates the arrow, not the explosion. Loomen detonation is a percentage of your attack stat and is identical on every bow in the game, so a meaningful slice of this build damage does not improve when you upgrade. That is also what makes the Three Shot Bow worth an experiment despite its negligible listed attack.

The cheapest endgame party in the library to feed, and none of its members is rare. Robinquill and Robinquill Terra are the same family, so one breeding line supplies both slots.

1. Catch or breed the five palsEvery recruitment route is on the role cards above, pulled from the mapped spawn tables. All five are breedable, so a missing species is a breeding project rather than a wall.
2. Condense all five to rank 5Every headline number is the rank 5 value: 30% explosion from Loomen, 30% charge speed from Robinquill Terra, 35% bow damage from Robinquill, 80% attack from Solenne and 50% weak point from Vanwyrm Cryst. At rank 1 the same party gives roughly half.
3. Reach technology 67 for the Mechanical BowIt needs Soralite Ingots, Carbon Fiber, Paldium Fragments and AI Cores. The Advanced Bow at technology 57 covers the gap and the party buffs are identical.Mechanical Bow materials
4. Stockpile Soralite for arrowsTwo Soralite Ingots craft ten arrows, which is the cheapest endgame ammunition in the game. A bow party can sustain fights that would bankrupt a plasma rifle build.
5. Buy the two player implants onceThe bounty officer sells Vanguard and Stronghold Strategist for bounty tokens. Buy each once, then apply to any pal for gold. Skip Reload Master entirely.
6. Stockpile Mozzarina meat and milkCheeseburgers need Mozzarina meat, milk, flour and tomatoes. Capturing Mozzarina along the coast supplies both.

Keep the build's identity while adapting the lineup to the pals you own or the encounter ahead.

VanwyrmThe base form adds another 20% to 40% weak-point damage, and it is a different species from Vanwyrm Cryst so the two totals add. Swap it for Solenne when you are confident every shot is a headshot.Cryolinx TerraAfter a weak-point hit connects, the next one lands 30% to 60% harder. It suits a bow better than any other weapon, because you are firing deliberate single shots rather than spraying.SilvegisCuts shield damage by up to 80% and regeneration delay by up to 60%. Take it over Vanwyrm Cryst if drawing a charged shot keeps getting you killed.FrostplumeRaises reload speed by 20% to 50%. It does nothing for a bow, which nocks rather than reloads, so it is listed here only to rule it out.