Heilig Pfeil

Every traditional Quincy relies on these arrows as a primary means of attack, loosing them from a spirit bow called a Heilig Bogen, or 'Holy Bow.' The weapon is fundamentally the Quincy answer to a standard spiritual arrow, but it was designed with a specific purpose: the destruction of a Hollow's soul.

A Quincy conjures the arrows by drawing reishi from the surrounding air, siphoning reiryoku out of an opponent, or amassing spirit energy, then fires them much as one would an ordinary spiritual arrow. Sustained volleys can eventually wound the archer's own hands. Their power swings widely from one wielder to the next: Quilge Opie's outstrip Uryū Ishida's, while Yhwach's gouge deep pits into the ground and can vaporize a foe as sturdy as Genryūsai Yamamoto. The bow's name likewise differs by user, as with Uryū's Kojaku and Ginrei Kojaku. Roughly two centuries ago more modern practitioners learned to reshape their spirit weapons into other forms while still firing arrows through them, and Uryū eventually reached the point of launching arrows with a mere swing of his limbs, no bow required.

Quincy tailor their arrows and bows to personal taste, often fusing them with the Schrift gained from drinking Yhwach's blood. Quilge Opie extends his military saber to fire six at once, Driscoll Berci hurls giant arrows from his tekkō like javelins, and Yhwach shoots them straight from a fingertip. Others reshape them entirely: Robert Accutrone and Lille Barro fire bullet-like arrows from a pistol and a rifle, Candice Catnipp adds an electrified, thunderbolt-tipped shot, and Liltotto Lamperd, Meninas McAllon, and Giselle Gewelle bear arrowheads shaped like a mouth, a heart, and a skull respectively. According to Tite Kubo, the arrows were built solely to destroy Hollow souls, which is why Yamamoto's soul endured Yhwach's killing blow and could still be sent to Hell.