Ranged Weapon is one of the four types of equipment that is available in Shadow Fight 3, along with weapon, armor, and helm. Ranged weapons are projectile weapons that are used to damage the opponent from a distance. Ranged weapons cannot be blocked. They become available once the player has completed the training with June in Chapter I.
Ranged weapons are classified based on their rarity: Common, Rare, Epic, Legendary and Unique. The higher the rarity, the better shadow abilities and the stronger the ranged weapons' damage in event fights. All ranged weapons come with Shadow ability, but Common ranged weapons do not have Shadow abilities. Unlike other equipment type, ranged weapons do not have ability slots. Normally, each ranged weapon has 3 charges, meaning it can be used 3 times before it needs to be reloaded. Some ranged weapons only have 1 or 2 ranged weapon charges.
Ranged weapons can be obtained from the store. Otherwise, they can be obtained from chests, booster packs, dropped randomly from main quest fights, marathons, battle passes or be purchased from offers. If the players receive a ranged weapon that is already owned by them, a part of an upgrade bar will fill up. When the upgrade bar fills up completely, the ranged weapon will be upgraded and a number of Shadow Energy will be given to the player. Better chests and booster packs may contain ranged weapons with higher rarity. As for the drops from opponents, the players may obtain ranged weapons with random rarity. It is possible to get a ranged weapons with Epic or Legendary rarity but the chance is small.
Premium ranged weapons (e.g. Fire Lord or Chaos Blade) only can be obtained from a specific event's battle pass or in-game offers and they cannot be obtained from regular booster packs or chests.
Some ranged weapons belong to some equipment sets, which give a fight bonus when fully equipped. When the player collects a certain set for the first time, they can get a reward. The reward for each set only can be obtained once.
Special ranged weapons are limited-time ranged weapons that can only be obtained from the marathon. They are only available during special events; they cannot be obtained anymore when their respective events are over. Once the player have obtained a ranged weapon, then the ranged weapon will stay. Their rarity are classified as Unique and Legendary.
Throwing Axes, Pistols, Bullet Guns and Call of the North battle horn are the ranged weapons with the longest reload time: 13 seconds.
Butcher's Hook and Widow's Hairpins are the ranged weapons with the fastest reload time: being 5 seconds.
King's Grief is the second ranged weapon that has the fastest reload time at 6 seconds.
Harpoons and Blasters are the only ranged weapons that have their Epic and Legendary versions share the same shadow ability as their Rare counterpart.
Battle Horn is the only ranged weapon attack to have the Unbreakable State when used.
Widow's Hairpins and Coveted Vessel are the only ranged weapon, and the items that are a cross-faction. Coveted Vessels is a flask which is originated from the Dynasty, while Widow's Hairpins is needles which is originated from Heralds.
Just A Trophy and Barkhan's Feathers are the only ranged weapon which can alter their shadow abilities when their set is used; Raging Giant for Champion of the Pit and Shadow Aurora for Steppe Prince.