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11 While Emma's primary weapon is the katana, Beast of Reincarnation also gives her ranged options that sit alongside her melee kit and her stealth approach. Pre-release material confirms two ranged weapons, the bow and the crossbow, both feeding into a three-slot ammunition system that supports elemental infusions.
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33 Ranged Weapon Types
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65 WeaponReveal SourceRoleNotesBowXbox Developer Direct, January 2026Primary ranged optionUsed for stealth picks and softening priority targets before meleeCrossbowPlayStation State of Play, February 2026Secondary ranged optionSlower draw, heavier hits, complementary to the bow
76 Ammunition System
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98 Emma carries up to three ammunition slots that can be filled with bow arrows or crossbow bolts. Both projectile types support elemental infusions, allowing the player to specialise into fire, poison, or other status applications depending on what the encounter calls for. The slot system means that ranged damage is not a single resource but a small loadout to manage between fights.
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1110 Ammunition is finite within an encounter, which keeps ranged play tactical rather than dominant. Players who lean heavily on the bow or crossbow plan their shots for priority targets, environmental triggers, or targets the katana cannot reach.
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1312 Role of the Bow and Crossbow
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1614 Pick off enemies at range without alerting the rest of a group, opening the encounter with reduced numbers.Soften up dangerous targets before committing to a melee approach, trading a slot for a damage head start.Apply elemental status from the safety of distance, then switch to the katana to capitalise on the burning, poisoned, or otherwise weakened target.Deal damage to flying or distant threats that katana strikes cannot reach.
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1816 Stealth Kills
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2018 Emma can also approach enemies from behind for silent stealth kills, which complements the ranged kit. The design intent across all three options is flexibility: players who want to brute-force a fight can, but the game rewards scouting an encounter and thinning it out with the bow, crossbow, or stealth before committing to the main combat loop.
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2220 Skill Tree Support
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2522 The long-range skill tree specifically supports ranged play, improving aim, draw speed, ammunition variety, and damage output. Investing in this path turns the bow and crossbow from situational tools into a viable primary loadout. The close-range and stealth trees support the other two pillars; players can mix and match across all three.
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2724 Interaction with the Parry Loop
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2926 Ranged kills do not generate FP for Koo's command menu in the same way a successful parry does. That is the design tension: ranged play is safer, but a katana-and-parry build feeds Koo's Bloom Arts faster. Players who lean into ranged combat lose some of the explosive Bloom Arts pressure but gain control over how each fight opens.
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3128 In practice the most flexible build mixes both. Open with a ranged shot or stealth kill to thin numbers, switch to the katana, and use parries to refill FP for the Bloom Arts that handle remaining elites or boss stagger windows.
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3330 Item Buffs on the Katana
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3532 Emma can also stack buffs onto her katana using consumable items. Those buffs are designed to trigger on a successful parry, which means the ranged and stealth pillars support her melee loop rather than replacing it. Spirit Stones add another layer on top, with effects that compound when the parry trigger fires.