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Sidewinder

Archery weapon skill
Skill Level:	175 (Rangers only)
Description:	Delivers an inaccurate attack that deals quintuple damage. Accuracy varies with TP.
Equipment:	Aligned with aqua equipment (Aqua Gorget & Aqua Belt).
	Aligned with light equipment (Light Gorget & Light Belt).
	Aligned with breeze equipment (Breeze Gorget & Breeze Belt).

Properties

Element:	None
Modifiers:	STR:20%; AGI:50%
Damage Multipliers by TP:

1000 TP	2000 TP	3000 TP
5.00	5.00	5.00

Skillchain Properties

Reverberation

(A)

Level 2 Skillchains Induration → Reverberation = Fragmentation

Level 1 Skillchains Reverberation → Impaction = Impaction Transfixion → Reverberation = Reverberation Scission → Reverberation = Reverberation Reverberation → Induration = Induration

Transfixion

(B)

Level 2 Skillchains Transfixion → Scission = Distortion

Level 1 Skillchains Transfixion → Reverberation = Reverberation Transfixion → Compression = Compression Compression → Transfixion = Transfixion

Detonation

(C)

Level 2 Skillchains Detonation → Compression = Gravitation

Level 1 Skillchains Impaction → Detonation = Detonation Compression → Detonation = Detonation Scission → Detonation = Detonation Detonation → Scission = Scission

Levels

• Sidewinder is only natively available to Rangers. While other jobs can obtain the required 175 Archery skill, they must use Ranger as their support job in order to gain access to Sidewinder.
• Archery skill level 175 is obtainable by the following jobs at these corresponding levels:

Job	Rating	Level
Ranger	A-	55
Samurai	C+	57
Thief	C-	57
Warrior	D	59
Red Mage	D	59
Ninja	E	63

Source entry: Sidewinder. Cached on this server on 4 November 2026.