Arrow

Arrow

Rarity	Common
Renewable	Uncraftable, Luck: No All others: Yes
Stackable	Normal / Spectral: Yes (64) Tipped: Yes (64, only if same effect)
Size	Height: 0.5 Blocks Width: 0.5 Blocks
Internal ID*	Normal / Tipped: JE: 10, BE: 80 Spectral: JE: 24
Network ID*	Normal / Tipped: JE: 60 Spectral: JE: 91
Entity ID*	?
Data values*	dec: 262 hex: 106 bin: 100000110
Namespaced ID*	arrow

Arrows are ammunition for bows, crossbows and dispensers. They can be modified to imbue status effects on players and mobs.

Obtaining

Drops

Skeletons and strays may drop between 0 to 2 arrows upon death. The maximum drop is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 0–5 arrows with Looting III.

Strays have a 50% chance of dropping 1 arrow of Slowness when killed by a player. Each level of Looting increases the chance of this drop by 50% of the previous chance. This results in a maximum of 93.75% with Looting III.

In Bedrock Edition, pillagers and piglins with a crossbow‌^{[upcoming: BE 1.16]} also drop 0–2 arrows upon death. The maximum drop is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 0-5 arrows with Looting III.

Arrows shot by a creative mode player, skeleton, stray, pillager or piglin‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.16 & BE 1.16]}, with an Infinity-enchanted bow, or two of the extra arrows shot with a Multishot-enchanted crossbow cannot be picked up, even in creative mode.

Trading

Novice-level fletcher villagers have a 50% chance in Bedrock Edition, or a ²⁄₃ chance in Java Edition, to sell 16 arrows for one emerald as part of their trades.

In Bedrock Edition, master-level fletcher villagers have a ¹⁵⁄₁₆ chance to sell 5 tipped arrows for 2 emeralds and 5 arrows. In Java Edition, they have a ²⁄₃ chance to sell 5 tipped arrows for 2 emeralds and 5 arrows. If the trade is offered, the potion effect is chosen randomly from the list below.

• Arrow of Decay‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
• Arrow of Fire Resistance
• Arrow of Harming
• Arrow of Healing
• Arrow of Invisibility
• Arrow of Leaping
• Arrow of Slow Falling‌^{[Java Edition only]}
• Arrow of Night Vision
• Arrow of Poison
• Arrow of Regeneration
• Arrow of Slowness
• Arrow of Strength
• Arrow of Swiftness
• Arrow of the Turtle Master
• Arrow of Water Breathing
• Arrow of Weakness

To summarize, this is all potion effects except Slow Falling in Bedrock Edition, or all potion effects except Luck in Java Edition. This is the only legitimate way to obtain arrows of Decay in Survival mode, besides using a potion of Decay in a cauldron, which is rarely generated in a swamp hut.

Rewards

In Java Edition, any regular or tipped arrow can be obtained as a reward item from fletcher villagers when the player has the Hero of the Village status effect.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Arrow	Flint + Stick + Feather	4
Spectral Arrow	Glowstone Dust + Arrow	2	‌[Java Edition only]
Tipped Arrow	Arrow + Matching Lingering Potion	888888888888888888	Arrows of Decay are exclusive to Bedrock Edition unless obtained via creative or commands. Arrows of luck are exclusive to Java Edition. A custom potion obtained via commands cannot craft arrows with the potion's custom name, lore, or the CustomPotionColor.

Natural generation

Arrows can be found in 23.3% of village fletcher chests in stacks of 1–3, and in all dispensers in jungle temples and 39.1% of pillager outpost chests in stacks of 2–7.

Retrieving

Arrows stuck in a block that were originally shot by dispensers or by players in Survival without the Infinity enchantment may be collected. Arrows originally shot by skeletons, strays, illusioners, pillagers, piglins‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.16 & BE 1.16]}, players in Creative, players using the Infinity enchantment, or duplicate arrows created by Crossbows with the Multishot enchantment cannot be collected. Arrows cannot be retrieved when they are stuck in a player or mob, and players or mobs do not drop them when killed. Retrievable arrows have a despawn timer of 60 seconds.

Cauldrons

Main article: Cauldron § Potions

In Bedrock Edition, tipped arrows can also be obtained by using arrows on cauldrons that contain potions. The number of tipped arrows created depends on the potion inside the cauldron. When the cauldron is ¹⁄₃ full, 16 arrows can be tipped. When the cauldron is ²⁄₃ full, up to 32 arrows can be tipped and when the cauldron is full, an entire stack of 64 arrows can be tipped. This is more efficient than using lingering potions as up to 21.33 arrows can be tipped per potion.

Usage

See also: Bow

When fired, arrows fly in a ballistic trajectory affected by gravity and drag in air, water, and lava. They travel approximately 3 blocks when fired parallel to a flat plane with no charge, 15 blocks average with medium charge, and 24 blocks average with maximum charge. Arrows (with bow at full strength) can travel 120 blocks when fired from the optimal angle. The maximum height an arrow fired by a bow can reach is around 66 blocks.

An arrow fired in water experiences much more drag than in air: it moves less than 8 blocks before completely losing horizontal speed and falling straight down, although the knockback of the arrow remains unaffected. It also leaves a trail of bubbles in its wake.

There is a random variable to the trajectory of an arrow, given by this.rand.nextGaussian() * 0.0075 * (double)inaccuracy for the x, y and z coordinate. The inaccuracy is relatively small, becoming noticeable over larger distances.

An arrow's speed determine the damage it inflicts. When fired from a fully-charged bow, arrows do 9 of damage, with a smaller chance to damage for 10. They inflict 6 damage from a medium-charged bow, and 1 from a bow with no charge. Arrows fired from dispensers always do 3 of damage. Arrows fired from crossbows do 6 to 11 × 5.5 of damage.

Immediately after hitting the target, there is a 0.5 second cooldown period during which the target is immune to further damage. Arrows hitting the mob in this state lose all speed and drop to the ground.

An arrow shot into a tree.

Two players with arrows sticking out of them.

Arrows also stick into objects they come in contact with and remain there for one minute before disappearing; the distance from the object and the angle determine how far into the target the arrow penetrates. Such arrows may be retrievable.

The custom effects (NBT tag CustomPotionEffects) of tipped arrows evaporate after the arrow has been stuck for 30 seconds, but the primary effect (NBT tag Potion) is not subject to evaporation.

If an arrow is stuck in a block, and that block is broken or disappears (e.g., leaves upon decay), then the arrow falls straight down and damages entities below.

Arrows can bounce off mobs immune to damage like the wither under the "wither armor" effect and a perching ender dragon.

Arrows shot through lava (but not fire) catch on fire and show an appropriate animation until they pass through water. Like arrows shot from a bow with the Flame enchantment, they can set other entities they hit on fire for 5 seconds and ignite TNT.

An arrow shot at a boat‌^{[JE only]} or any kind of minecart causes the vehicle to break, dropping any components (including container contents).

Arrows can get stuck in players in Java Edition, although not any other mobs. They appear as regular arrows regardless of type.

Redstone circuits

An arrow can activate a wooden button, wooden pressure plate, a tripwire or a target‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.16]} If the arrow sticks in the switch, the switch remains activated until the arrow despawns after one minute. Other switches (such as those made of iron) are not affected by arrows.

When arrows are fired into the sides of blocks, they change their orientation to point more downward than their original flight path might indicate. This can cause them to intersect and thus trigger switches above them that they didn't actually hit, or block rails above them.

Explosions

Arrows are affected by explosions while they are in flight. Since explosions increase the speed of an arrow, they can also increase the damage dealt by them.

Variants

Tipped arrows

Tipped arrows are arrows that imbue a potion effect when hitting a mob or player. The duration of the effect is ¹⁄₈ that of the corresponding potion, if applicable, and is not affected by the power of the arrow. The status effect is the same as the regular power effect for the potion. If a bow is enchanted with Infinity, tipped arrows are still consumed. In Bedrock Edition, shields block tipped arrows as normal but do not block the effect.

The types of arrows are:

• Arrow of Regeneration
• Arrow of Swiftness
• Arrow of Fire Resistance
• Arrow of Healing
• Arrow of Night Vision
• Arrow of Strength
• Arrow of Leaping
• Arrow of Invisibility
• Arrow of Poison
• Arrow of Weakness
• Arrow of Slowness
• Arrow of Harming
• Arrow of Water Breathing
• Arrow of Luck‌^{[JE only]}
• Arrow of Decay‌^{[BE only]}
• Arrow of the Turtle Master
• Arrow of Slow Falling

Uncraftable tipped arrow

In Java Edition, the uncraftable tipped arrow is a tipped arrow with no effect that is unobtainable in regular gameplay. It is also available in potion, splash and lingering potion forms.

It can be obtained using the following command: /give @s minecraft:tipped_arrow{Potion:"minecraft:empty"}. It is also obtained any time a potion has invalid or missing potion effect tags, and thus serves as a placeholder.

Icon	Name
	Uncraftable Tipped Arrow

Spectral arrows

In Java Edition, there is a Spectral Arrow that confers the Glowing status effect for 10 seconds. The Glowing effect creates an outline of the target, which is visible through blocks, and colored based on the target's team (white by default). Even if a bow is enchanted with Infinity, spectral arrows are still consumed.

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Subtitle key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Arrow hits	Friendly Creatures	?	entity.arrow.hit	subtitles.entity.arrow.hit	1.0	1.0	16
	Player hit	Players	?	entity.arrow.hit_player	subtitles.entity.arrow.hit_player	1.0	1.0	16
	Arrow fired	Players	?	entity.arrow.shoot	subtitles.entity.arrow.shoot	1.0	1.0	16

Data values

See also: Chunk format

ID

Java Edition:

Arrow	Namespaced ID
Item	arrow
Tipped item	tipped_arrow
Spectral Item	spectral_arrow
(Tipped) entity	arrow
Spectral entity	spectral_arrow

Bedrock Edition:

Arrow	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID
Item	arrow	262
Entity		80

Item Data

In Bedrock Edition, arrows use the following item data values:

Arrow	Regular	Extended	Enhanced (Level II)
Arrow	0	N/A	N/A
Arrow of Night Vision	6	7	N/A
Arrow of Invisibility	8	9	N/A
Arrow of Leaping	10	11	12
Arrow of Fire Resistance	13	14	N/A
Arrow of Swiftness	15	16	17
Arrow of Slowness	18	19	N/A
Arrow of Water Breathing	20	21	N/A
Arrow of Healing	22	N/A	23
Arrow of Harming	24	N/A	25
Arrow of Poison	26	27	28
Arrow of Regeneration	29	30	31
Arrow of Strength	32	33	34
Arrow of Weakness	35	36	N/A
Arrow of Decay	37	N/A	N/A
Arrow of the Turtle Master	38	39	40
Arrow of Slow Falling	41	42	N/A

Normal and tipped arrows

Arrows have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

• Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
  • Tags common to all projectiles see Template:Nbt inherit/projectile/template
  •  shake: The "shake" when projectiles hit a block.
  •  pickup: 0 = cannot be picked up by players. 1 = can be picked up by players in survival or creative. 2 = can be picked up by players only in creative.
  •  player: 1 or 0 (true/false) - If pickup is not used, and this is true, the projectile can be picked up by players.
  •  life: Increments each tick when a projectile is not moving; resets to 0 if it moves. When it ticks to 1200, the projectile despawns.
  •  damage: Damage dealt by the the projectile, in half-hearts. May not be a whole number. 2.0 for normal arrows, and increased 0.5 per level of Power enchantment on the firing bow. If the Power enchantment is present, an additional 0.5 is added on (so Power I gives a bonus of 1.0, while Power II gives 1.5).^{[check the code]}
  •  inGround: 1 or 0 (true/false) - If the projectile is in the ground or hit the ground already (For arrow pickup; you cannot pickup arrows in the air)
  •  crit: 1 or 0 (true/false) - Whether the projectile deals critical damage.
  •  ShotFromCrossbow: 1 or 0 (true/false) - Whether the projectile is shot from a crossbow.
  •  PierceLevel: The amount of times this projectile can pierce through an entity.
  •  SoundEvent: The sound event to play when hitting a block/mob, cannot use non-vanilla sound events.
  •  OwnerUUIDMost^{[until JE 1.16]}: The most significant bits of the UUID of the entity that fired the projectile. This is joined with OwnerUUIDLeast to form the entity's unique ID.
  •  OwnerUUIDLeast^{[until JE 1.16]}: The least significant bits of the UUID of the entity that fired the projectile.
  •  Owner‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.16]}: The UUID of the entity that fired the projectile, stored as four ints. May not exist.
• An arrow entity is a tipped arrow if it has either the Potion or CustomPotionEffects tag. The tipped_arrow item uses these tags, but the arrow item does not.
  •  Color: Used by the arrow entity, for displaying the custom potion color of a fired arrow item that had a CustomPotionColor tag. The numeric color code are calculated from the Red, Green and Blue components using this formula: Red<<16 + Green<<8 + Blue. For positive values larger than 0x00FFFFFF, the top byte is ignored. All negative values remove the particles.
  •  CustomPotionEffects: The custom potion effects (status effects) this potion or tipped arrow has.
    • One of these for each effect.
      •  Id: The numeric ID of the effect.
      •  Amplifier: The amplifier of the effect, with level I having value 0. Negative levels are discussed here. Optional, and defaults to level I.
      •  Duration: The duration of the effect in ticks. Values 0 or lower are treated as 1. Optional, and defaults to 1 tick.
      •  Ambient: 1 or 0 (true/false) - whether or not this is an effect provided by a beacon and therefore should be less intrusive on the screen. Optional, and defaults to false. Due to a bug, it has no effect on splash potions.
      •  ShowParticles: 1 or 0 (true/false) - whether or not this effect produces particles. Optional, and defaults to true. Due to a bug, it has no effect on splash potions.
      •  ShowIcon: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if effect icon is shown. false if no icon is shown.
  •  Potion: The name of the default potion effect. This name differs from the status effect name. For example, the value for an "Instant Health II" potion is "minecraft:strong_healing". A potion or tipped arrow getting its effects from this tag is named with the proper effect. The default value is "minecraft:empty", which gives it the "Uncraftable" name.
  •  CustomPotionColor: The item uses this custom color, and area-of-effect clouds, arrows, and splash and lingering potions use it for their particle effects. This color does not extend, however, to the particles given off by entities who ultimately receive the effect. The numeric color code are calculated from the Red, Green and Blue components using this formula: Red<<16 + Green<<8 + Blue. For positive values larger than 0x00FFFFFF, the top byte is ignored. All negative values produce white.

Spectral arrows

Spectral arrows also have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

• Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
  • Tags common to all projectiles see Template:Nbt inherit/projectile/template
  •  shake: The "shake" when projectiles hit a block.
  •  pickup: 0 = cannot be picked up by players. 1 = can be picked up by players in survival or creative. 2 = can be picked up by players only in creative.
  •  player: 1 or 0 (true/false) - If pickup is not used, and this is true, the projectile can be picked up by players.
  •  life: Increments each tick when a projectile is not moving; resets to 0 if it moves. When it ticks to 1200, the projectile despawns.
  •  damage: Damage dealt by the the projectile, in half-hearts. May not be a whole number. 2.0 for normal arrows, and increased 0.5 per level of Power enchantment on the firing bow. If the Power enchantment is present, an additional 0.5 is added on (so Power I gives a bonus of 1.0, while Power II gives 1.5).^{[check the code]}
  •  inGround: 1 or 0 (true/false) - If the projectile is in the ground or hit the ground already (For arrow pickup; you cannot pickup arrows in the air)
  •  crit: 1 or 0 (true/false) - Whether the projectile deals critical damage.
  •  ShotFromCrossbow: 1 or 0 (true/false) - Whether the projectile is shot from a crossbow.
  •  PierceLevel: The amount of times this projectile can pierce through an entity.
  •  SoundEvent: The sound event to play when hitting a block/mob, cannot use non-vanilla sound events.
  •  OwnerUUIDMost^{[until JE 1.16]}: The most significant bits of the UUID of the entity that fired the projectile. This is joined with OwnerUUIDLeast to form the entity's unique ID.
  •  OwnerUUIDLeast^{[until JE 1.16]}: The least significant bits of the UUID of the entity that fired the projectile.
  •  Owner‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.16]}: The UUID of the entity that fired the projectile, stored as four ints. May not exist.
  •  Duration: The time in ticks that the Glowing effect persists.

Achievements

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
	Sniper Duel	Kill a Skeleton with an arrow from more than 50 meters.	Use a launched arrow to kill a skeleton, wither skeleton, or a stray from 50 or more blocks away, horizontally.	30G	Bronze
	Archer	Kill a creeper with arrows.	—	10G	Bronze

Advancements

Main article: Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	Not Today, Thank You	Deflect an arrow with a shield	Suit Up	Deflect any projectile with a shield.	story/deflect_arrow
	Ol' Betsy	Shoot a crossbow	Adventure	—	adventure/ol_betsy
	Take Aim	Shoot something with an arrow	Monster Hunter	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot an entity with an arrow, tipped arrow or spectral arrow.	adventure/shoot_arrow
	Two Birds, One Arrow	Kill two Phantoms with a piercing arrow	Ol' Betsy	—	adventure/two_birds_one_arrow
	Who's the Pillager Now?	Give a Pillager a taste of their own medicine	Ol' Betsy	Kill a pillager with a crossbow.	adventure/whos_the_pillager_now
	Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Ol' Betsy	This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it.	adventure/arbalistic
	Sniper Duel	Kill a Skeleton from at least 50 meters away	Take Aim	Kill a skeleton with a projectile while being at least 50 blocks away horizontally.	adventure/sniper_duel
	Bullseye‌[upcoming: JE 1.16]	Hit the bullseye of a Target block with an arrow	Take Aim	Shoot the center of a target with a projectile.	adventure/bullseye

History

Java Edition Classic
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST					Arrows have been added as an object and are fired by pressing Tab ↹.
0.25 SURVIVAL TEST					The texture of arrows has been changed.
					Arrows now deal more damage.
					The player now has only a limited number of arrows; the remaining amount is shown above the hotbar labeled as "Arrows".
					Skeletons now fire purple arrows, instead of hitting the player directly. These arrows can be collected by the player.
					When a skeleton is killed, it now drops a couple of normal arrows for the player to gather.
0.29					Arrows can no longer be shot by the player in Creative Mode.
Java Edition Indev
0.31		20100122			Arrows have been added as items alongside with bows.
					The "Arrows" display above the hotbar has been removed.
		20100124			Arrows now have a sound effect. What this sound effect is is completely unknown; it could be for hitting a block, for being fired or for something else entirely.
		20100130			Arrows are now craftable.
20100219					Arrows are now dropped by skeletons.
Java Edition Infdev
20100316					Arrows now have a high chance of spawning either a sheep or a pig upon hitting a block.
20100413					Arrows no longer spawn mobs.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.14					The tip of an arrow in crafting is now made from flint rather than an iron ingot.
Java Edition Beta
1.6		?			Arrows could be used to stick in any block before this update, even some non-solid ones. For example, they could stick in torches, sugar cane and nether portals.
1.8		Pre-release			Arrows can no longer be rapid-fired from bows; they must be charged first.
					Arrows (with a bow at full strength) can now travel 120 blocks when fired from the optimal angle, and stick to mobs.
Sound Update					Arrow firing sounds have been changed - see sounds section
Java Edition
November 21, 2011					Exploding arrows mentioned.
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Arrows no longer stick to mobs.
		RC1			Arrow landing sounds have been changed.
1.1		?			Arrows on fire now set the entities they hit on fire. Before, arrows could be on fire (like other entities), but they did not set what they hit on fire, and there was no enchantment to fire flaming arrows.
1.3.1		12w21a			Farmer villagers now sell 9–12 arrows for 1 emerald.
		12w23a			Arrows can now activate tripwire switches and wooden pressure plates.
1.4.2		12w34a			Arrows can now activate wooden buttons.
		12w34b			Arrows on fire can now ignite TNT.
1.4.4		1.4.3			Arrows now stick to players again, but not mobs.
1.8		14w02a			Farmer villagers no longer sell arrows.
					Fletcher villagers now sell 8–12 arrows for 1 emerald.
		14w25a			An underwater arrow now loses all velocity after a few blocks and slowly falls.
					A flaming arrow underwater now gets extinguished.
		14w26a			Fire arrows can now be used to detonate minecarts with TNT.
1.9		15w31a			Added 15 new arrow types, 14 of which are tipped with a different potion effect. However, some of them don't function yet.
					Added spectral arrows. They show mob and player outlines in their team color when hit.
		15w33c			Added shields; though they fully block damage from arrows, arrows still visually stick into the player.
		15w37a			Arrows now ricochet off of shields.
		15w44b			Added the initial method for obtaining tipped arrows, which lasted until snapshot 16w06a – firing arrows into a lingering potion cloud.
		15w47b			Arrows now ricochet off of creative mode players, whereas before they would pass straight through.
		15w49a			Tipped and spectral arrows are no longer affected by the Infinity enchantment.
		16w06a			Tipped arrows have been given a crafting recipe, and are no longer obtained by shooting them into a lingering potion cloud.
1.10		16w20a			Arrows of slowness may now drop from strays when they are killed by a player.
1.11		16w32a			The entity IDs have now been changed from Arrow and SpectralArrow to arrow and spectral_arrow.
		16w32a			Tipped arrows of instant healing and instant damage now function. Previously, the fact that tipped arrows have 1/8th the duration was reducing 1 game tick to zero game ticks.
		16w42a			Arrows now have a crit tag that determines whether it deals critical damage.
1.11.1		16w50a			The arrow entity now has a Color integer tag, for displaying the custom potion color of a fired arrow item that has a CustomPotionColor tag.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 262, 439 and 440.
		18w07a			Added the Arrow of the Turtle Master.
		18w14a			Added the Arrow of Slow Falling.
1.14		18w43a			Arrows are now used as ammo for crossbows.
					Arrows can now break chorus flowers.
					The item sprite textures of tipped arrows has been changed.
					The item sprite texture for spectral arrow has been changed.
		18w47a			Arrows can now be generated inside of pillager outpost chests.
		19w12b			Master-level fletcher villagers can now trade any tipped arrows for a few emeralds and regular arrows.
		19w13a			Any regular or tipped arrow can be obtained as a reward item from fletcher villagers when the player has the Hero of the Village status effect.‌
1.14.1		Pre-Release 2			Flaming arrows can now light campfires.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.3.3					Added arrows.
0.12.1		build 1			Arrows on fire now set the entities they hit on fire. Before, arrows could be on fire (like other entities), but they would not set what they hit on fire, and there was no enchantment to fire flaming arrows.
					Arrows on fire can now ignite TNT.
					An underwater arrow now loses all velocity after a few blocks and slowly falls.
0.13.0		build 1			Arrows now update sand and gravel.
0.15.0		build 1			Added tipped arrows.
					Tipped arrows are made by using cauldrons filled with potions.
					Arrows can now be found inside dispensers in jungle temples.
0.16.0		build 4			Added the Arrow of Decay.
					Arrows of Decay currently have a white pixelated texture.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Tipped arrows are now craftable, but they can still be obtained by using cauldrons filled with potions.
1.0.4		alpha 1.0.4.0			Arrows are now sold by fletcher villagers.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			The entity ID has now been changed from arrow.skeleton to arrow.
		alpha 1.1.0.9			The texture of arrows of Decay has now been changed.
Bedrock Edition
1.5.0		beta 1.5.0.4			Added the Arrow of the Turtle Master.
1.6.0		beta 1.6.0.5			Added the Arrow of Slow Falling.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.10			Arrows can now be used as ammo for the new crossbows.
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Added pillagers, which drop arrows upon death.
		beta 1.9.0.2			Arrows and tipped arrows can now be used to craft fletching tables.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The item sprite textures of tipped arrows have been changed.
					Arrows can now be found in pillager outpost chests.
					Arrows can now break chorus flowers.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Arrows can now be found in village fletcher chests.
					Flaming arrows can now light campfires.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Fletcher villagers now sell 5 arrows for one emerald.
					Various regular tipped arrows can now be obtained via trading with fletcher villagers.
		beta 1.11.0.7			Arrow no longer can be used to craft fletching table.
1.12.0		beta 1.12.0.3			Novice-level fletcher villagers now sell 16 regular arrows instead of 5 arrows.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Added piglins, which drop arrows upon death.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added arrows.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		An underwater arrow now loses all velocity after a few blocks and slowly falls.
					A flaming arrow underwater now gets extinguished.
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15		Added tipped arrows.
					Added spectral arrows.
					Spectral arrows are currently unobtainable and do not any effects.
TU57	CU49	1.56	Patch 27	1.0.7	Spectral arrows now have effects and are now available in-game.
TU69	-	1.76	Patch 38	-	Added the Arrow of the Turtle Master, Slow Falling and Decay.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The item sprite textures of tipped arrows have been changed.
					The item sprite texture for spectral arrow has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added arrows.
					Added tipped arrows.

Historical sounds:

Sound	From	to	Pitch
	?	?	?

Gallery

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  All the arrow types present in Minecraft.

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  Examples of custom arrow types using /give.

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  Some arrows stick into sugar canes.

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  Steve with arrows sticking.

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  Alex with arrows sticking.

• 

  An arrow caught on fire.

Issues

Issues relating to "Arrow" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• By default, arrows spawn slightly offset to the right. If the player stands close to a wall and fires several arrows without moving the crosshair, the arrows cluster around a point slightly to the right of the crosshair. If the player switches their main hand to be the left hand in options, the arrows instead cluster to the left.
• Arrows fired at Nether Portals often skip through the portal block completely and fail to collide, thus continuing through to the opposite side of the block.
• A tipped arrow with no potion effect (obtained via commands) is called "Arrow of Splashing".
• Arrows stuck in blocks vibrate upon a world reload.
• Although an enderman still teleports when hit by any tipped arrow, they are still given the said effects while avoiding arrow damage.
• In Bedrock Edition, even if a tipped arrow is blocked with a shield, the player still gets the effect.

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