Ranged Weapon

Ranged Weapon

Ranged Weapons are among the most common and most useful items that can be placed upon your characters. The majority of these possessions come with the bonus of making a character an archer or add similar wounding text to the character who bears them.

List of Cards with the Ranged Weapon Item Class

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Bow of the Galadhrim (1R33)	Elven	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be Legolas. Each time Legolas wins a skirmish, you may wound a minion.
	Elven Bow (1C41)	Elven	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be an Elf. Bearer is an archer.
	Elven Bow (4U62)	Elven	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be an Elf. Bearer is an archer.
	Naith Longbow (6C21)	Elven	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be an Elf companion. Archery: Exert bearer to discard the top card of your draw deck. If it is an card, exert a minion.
	Bow of the Galadhrim, Gift of Galadriel (7R18)	Elven	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be Legolas. Each time you play an skirmish event during a skirmish involving Legolas, you may heal him.
	Legolas' Bow (11R23)	Elven	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be an Elf. Bearer is an Archer. If bearer is Legolas, each time you exert him to play an condition or event, you may heal him (limit once per phase).
	Elven Bow (15C13)	Elven	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be an Elf. Bearer is an archer.
	Arwen's Bow (18R4)	Elven	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be an companion. Archery: If bearer is Arwen, discard 2 cards from hand to wound a minion.
	Aragorn’s Bow (1R90)	Gondor	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be Aragorn. He is an archer. Archery: Exert Aragorn to wound a minion; Aragorn does not add to the fellowship archery total.
	Faramir's Bow (4R118)	Gondor	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be Faramir. He is an archer. Skirmish: If Faramir is skirmishing a Man or a roaming minion, exert Faramir to wound that minion.
	Ranger's Bow (4C131)	Gondor	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be a Ring-bound Man. Skirmish: If bearer is skirmishing a Man or a roaming minion, exert bearer to wound that minion.
	Gondor Bow (7U94)	Gondor	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be a Man. If bearer is a knight, he or she is strength +1. Skirmish: Exert bearer to wound a minion he or she is skirmishing if that minion bears a Fortification.
	Bow of Minas Tirith (11U58)	Gondor	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be a Man. At the start of the archery phase, if bearer is at a battleground site, you may exert him or her to make the fellowship archery total +1.
	Aragorn’s Bow, Ranger's Longbow (15R56)	Gondor	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be Aragorn. He is an archer. Archery: Add a threat to wound a minion with the lowest strength.
	Faramir's Bow, Ithilien Longbow (17R29)	Gondor	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be a ranger. If bearer is Faramir, he is an archer. The site number of each minion skirmishing a ranger is +1. Skirmish: Exert bearer twice to exhaust a minion Faramir is skirmishing.
	Dúnadan's Bow (18U45)	Gondor	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be a ranger. Archery: Discard 2 cards from hand to make the fellowship archery total +1.
	Rohirrim Bow (5C88)	Rohan	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be a Man. Archery: Exert bearer and discard this possession to wound a minion.
	Rohirrim Javelin (7C248)	Rohan	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be a Man. Archery: Discard this possession to make the fellowship archery total +1.
	Riddermark Javelin (11U151)	Rohan	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be a Man. Archery: Discard this possession to make the fellowship archery total +1 (or +2 if the fellowship is at a plains site).
	Rider’s Bow (13U135)	Rohan	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be a Man. If bearer is mounted, he or she is strength +1. Each time bearer wins a skirmish, you may choose a Shadow player who must wound one of his or her minions.
	Éomer's Bow (18R95)	Rohan	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be a Man. If bearer is mounted, he or she is strength +1. Archery: If bearer is Éomer, exert him to choose a Shadow player who must exert one of his or her minions.
	Long Battle Bow (11C89)	Men	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be a minion. Bearer is an Archer. When you play this possession, you may make the Free Peoples player exert his or her man.
	Corsair Bow (18U61)	Men	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be a minion. Bearer is an archer. Each time a companion is killed during the archery phase, you may control a site.
	Southron Bow (4R247)	Raider	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be a Man. Bearer is an archer. While you can spot another Man, the minion archery total is +1.
	Raider Bow (7C155)	Raider	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be a Man. Bearer is an archer and Ambush .
	Corsair Ballista (8C52)	Raider	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be a corsair. While you have initiative, bearer is an archer and fierce.
	Isengard Siege Bow (11U191)	Uruk-hai	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be a minion. While bearer is at a battleground site, it is an Archer.
	Lurtz's Bow, Black-Fletch Bow (18R119)	Uruk-hai	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be an Uruk-hai. When you play this possession on Lurtz, you may draw a card. Archery: If bearer is Lurtz, discard 2 cards from hand to exert an unbound companion.
File:HDG-EN32S016.0 portrait.jpg	Black Arrow (32HC16)	x20px Esgaroth	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must Bard. Archery: Exert Bard and discard this possession to wound a minion twice. If that minion is Smaug, wound it again.
File:HDG-EN32S041.0 portrait.jpg	Orkish Bow (32S241)	Sauron	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be a [Sauron] Orc. Bearer is an archer. When you play this possession, you may discard a [Dwarven] weapon. The Free Peoples player may exert its bearer to prevent this.​

List of Cards that Interact with the Ranged Weapon Item Class

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Beneath the Mountains (2R1)	Dwarven	Condition	Tale. Plays to your support area. Fellowship: Discard the top 3 cards from your draw deck to play a weapon from your discard pile.
	Song of Durin (3U5)	Dwarven	Condition	Tale. To play, exert a Dwarf. The twilight cost of each weapon is +2. Fellowship: Discard this condition to discard up to 2 conditions.
	Erethón, Naith Lieutenant (4R65)	Elven	Companion • Elf	To play, spot an Elf. While Erethón bears a ranged weapon, he is strength +1 and damage +1, and he does not add to the fellowship archery total.
	Ordulus, Young Warrior (4U80)	Elven	Companion • Elf	To play, spot an Elf. The twilight cost of each ranged weapon played on Ordulus is -1.
	Pengedhel, Naith Warrior (4U81)	Elven	Companion • Elf	To play, spot an Elf. While Pengedhel bears a ranged weapon, he is strength +2 and he does not add to the fellowship archery total.
	Thónnas, Naith Captain (4U86)	Elven	Companion • Elf	To play, spot an Elf. While Thónnas bears a ranged weapon, each minion skirmishing him is strength -2 and Thónnas does not add to the fellowship archery total.
	Taurnil, Sharp-eyed Bowman (5U13)	Elven	Companion • Elf	To play, spot an Elf. While Taurnil bears a ranged weapon, the twilight cost of each Shadow possession is +2, and he does not add to the fellowship archery total.
	Naith Warband (6R23)	Elven	Companion • Elf	To play, spot 3 Elf companions. While Naith Warband bears a ranged weapon, it takes no more than 1 wound during each skirmish phase and does not add to the fellowship archery total.
	Shield of Boromir (2R38)	Gondor	Possession • Shield	Bearer must be a companion. The minion archery total is -1. If bearer is Boromir, each minion skirmishing him does not gain strength bonuses from weapons.
	Andúril, Flame of the West (7R79)	Gondor	Artifact • Hand Weapon	Bearer must be Aragorn. Discard other weapons he bears. He is damage +1 and cannot bear other weapons. Fellowship or Regroup: If the fellowship is at any site 2 or any site 5, play the fellowship’s next site (replacing opponent’s site if necessary).
	Merry, From O'er the Brandywine (1C303)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	While Merry bears a weapon, he is strength +2.
	Hobbit Sword-play (2U103)	Shire	Event	Maneuver: Exert a Hobbit bearing a weapon to wound a minion. That minion’s owner may remove to prevent this.
	Mithril-coat (2R105)	Shire	Artifact • Armor	Bearer must be Frodo. The minion archery total is -1. Each minion skirmishing Frodo does not gain strength bonuses from weapons and loses all damage bonuses.
	Troop of Uruk-hai (1R143)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Damage +1. A character skirmishing this minion does not gain strength bonuses from weapons.
	Isengard Smith (3U60)	Isengard	Minion • Orc	Regroup: Exert this minion to discard a weapon (or all Free Peoples possessions if you can spot 5 companions).
	Trapped and Alone (3U72)	Isengard	Condition	Each character skirmishing an Orc loses all damage bonuses from weapons.
	Black Shapes Crawling (5U48)	Isengard	Event	Maneuver: Spot X Uruk-hai. The Free Peoples player may assign X wounds to your minions. Play X weapons from your discard pile.
	Goblin Armory (1R173)	Moria	Condition	Each time you play a weapon, add . Response: If a Orc is about to take a wound, discard this condition to prevent that wound.
	Goblin Scavengers (1C179)	Moria	Minion • Orc	When you play this minion, you may play a weapon from your discard pile on your Orc.
	Plundered Armories (1C193)	Moria	Condition	Response: If your weapon is discarded, play it from your discard pile (that weapon’s twilight cost is -1).
	Fill With Fear (2U56)	Moria	Condition	While you can spot The Balrog, skip the archery phase. Maneuver: Exert The Balrog to discard a ranged weapon.
	Retribution (12R101)	Orc	Condition • Support Area	Each time an minion bearing a weapon wins a skirmish, add a burden. Shadow: Discard this condition to play an weapon from your discard pile.
	Scavenging Goblins (12C102)	Orc	Minion • Orc	When you play this minion, you may play an weapon from your discard pile on your Orc.
	Úlairë Cantëa, Lieutenant of Dol Guldur (1R230)	Ringwraith	Minion • Nazgul	Fierce. Skirmish: Exert Úlairë Cantëa to discard a weapon borne by a character he is skirmishing.
	Stricken Dumb (2R80)	Ringwraith	Event	Maneuver: Exert The Witch-king to discard a tale or weapon.
	They Will Never Stop Hunting You (3C84)	Ringwraith	Event	Maneuver: Spot a Nazgûl to reveal a card at random from the Free Peoples player’s hand. Exert a companion bearing a ranged weapon X times, where X is the twilight cost of the card revealed.
	The Witch-king, Black Captain (8R84)	Ringwraith	Minion • Nazgul	Enduring. Each Man skirmishing The Witch-king loses all strength bonuses from weapons.
	Orc Chieftain (1C266)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	When you play a weapon on this minion, add (limit once per turn).
	Orc Swordsman (3C98)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	While this minion bears a weapon, he is strength +2.
	Uruk-hai Troop (12R157)	Uruk-hai	Minion • Uruk-hai	Damage +1. Each character skirmishing this minion loses all strength bonuses from weapons.
	Mithril Mine (1U345)	Site	Site	Underground. Shadow: Remove to play a Shadow weapon from your discard pile.
	Golden Hall (4U338)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. When the fellowship moves to Golden Hall, all Free Peoples weapons must be discarded.
	Fangorn Glade (11S239)	Site	Site	Forest. When the fellowship moves to this site, add for each Free Peoples weapon.
File:HDG-EN32S019.0 portrait.jpg	Percy, Bard's Lieutenant (32HC19)	x20px Esgaroth	Ally • Home 6 • Man	Archer. Each [Esgaroth] Man bearing a weapon may participate in archery fire and skirmishes. Response: If another [Esgaroth] ally is about to take a wound, exert Percy to prevent that wound.
File:HDG-EN31S029.0 portrait.jpg	Ancestral Feuds (31HD29)	x20px Mirkwood	Condition • Support Area	Each time the fellowship moves to site 5, discard each weapon borne by a [Dwarven] companion. Skirmish : Remove [3] to make a [Dwarven] companion strength -X (limit -3), where X is the number of [Elven] allies you spot.
File:HDG-EN31S035.0 portrait.jpg	Great Goblin's Power (31S135)	Moria	Condition • Support Area	To play, spot a [Moria] card. Each time you play a weapon, add [1]. Response: If an Orc is about to take a wound, discard this condition or remove [3] to prevent that wound.
File:HDG-EN32S032.0 portrait.jpg	Ulaire Cantea, Revived (32B232)	Ringwraith	Minion • Nazgul	Fierce. Each time the Free Peoples player transfers a follower, you may exert Ulaire Cantea to discard a weapon
File:HDG-EN32S041.0 portrait.jpg	Orkish Bow (32S241)	Sauron	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be a [Sauron] Orc. Bearer is an archer. When you play this possession, you may discard a [Dwarven] weapon. The Free Peoples player may exert its bearer to prevent this.
File:HDG-EN32S053.0 portrait.jpg	Terrifying Legend (32HC53)	x20px Smaug	Condition • Support Area	Each time a companion is killed, you may discard a weapon (and exert each ally if you spot Smaug). Regroup: Discard a minion from play and remove [3] to discard a Man ally.
File:HDG-EN32S047.0 portrait.jpg	Town Hall (32HC47)	Site	Site	River. Sanctuary. Fellowship: Exert a [Esgaroth] ally to play a weapon from your discard pile (limit once per turn).​

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Loaded Keywords
Numeric	Damage + X	Defender + X	Ambush X	Hunter X	Toil X
Non-numeric	Aid	Archer	Enduring	Fierce	Lurker	Muster	Sanctuary	Ring-bearer	Unhasty
Item Class	[Classless]	Support Area	Armor	Brooch	Box	Bracers	Cloak	Gauntlets	Hand Weapon
	Helm	Mount	Palantír	Phial	Pipe	Ranged Weapon	Ring	Shield	Staff