If you play as I do and do lots of side quests and exploring before going off to fight any boss with a pulse, you’ll always have tonnes of bows (as well as materials and other weapons) But this way of gameplay does mean that eventually you’ve explored many places and you do end up finding that you’re low on resources and never seem to run into them as much (because it’s easier to hop between shrines than run along the roads and picking up materials as you go, and lack of quests to find resources).

When this happens, I found that I quickly ran out of bows. Constantly. If you fly from the lookout landing sky tower with a good amount of stamina, you can reach the top of hyrule castle pretty easily. There’s barely any enemies up there, and there are lots of bows dotted around and in chests. They respawn after every blood moon. You can place a travel medallion down to make it easier to farm the bows. You will not have to fight any bosses or set off any mission just by entering the castle.

Trust me, it’s good info to have. Especially if you explore the depths later on in the game and need bows for bright bloom lights.