Arrow

Obtaining

Arrows are crafted from flint, sticks, and feathers, producing four. In Java they can also come from skeleton and pillager drops, fletcher trades, generated loot and a Hero of the Village gift. Arrows shot by players remain collectible in Creative when the shot is eligible for pickup.

• FlintItem
• StickItem
• FeatherItem
• SkeletonMob
• PillagerMob

Crafting

crafting grid

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Result

Arrow× 4

Ingredients match the published snapshot.

Usage

Arrows are fired from bows, crossbows and dispensers. Spectral arrows add a glowing outline, while tipped arrows carry potion effects; a lingering potion can turn eight arrows into tipped arrows. A player can use arrows in the crafting recipes for both variants.

• BowItem
• CrossbowItem
• Spectral ArrowItem
• Tipped ArrowItem

Behavior

An arrow becomes an entity when fired. A fully charged bow or crossbow can produce a critical arrow, and a Flame bow or fire/lava launch can ignite it. Arrows stick in blocks for about one minute and can activate wooden buttons, wooden pressure plates, tripwire and targets while they remain embedded.

• BowItem
• CrossbowItem
• Wooden Button
• Wooden Pressure Plate
• TripwireBlock
• TargetBlock

Data values

Java stores the item and projectile under the `minecraft:arrow` identifier. The item is in the arrows tag, while the entity belongs to both arrows and impact_projectiles.

Data: Data values

Identifier	minecraft:arrow
Version	Minecraft 26.2
Item model	assets/minecraft/models/item/arrow.json
Item identifier	Arrowarrow
Entity identifier	Arrowarrow
Stack size	64
Item tag	minecraft:arrows
Entity tags	arrows, impact_projectiles

History

Arrows began as a basic projectile and were later formalized as inventory items with bows. The modern system added tipped and spectral variants, crossbow support, critical shots, redstone interactions and the current item/entity tag split.

1. 26.2Item facts were published from the verified snapshot.Provenance: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5

Trivia

Arrow selection follows inventory order when several arrow types are available. An arrow stuck in a block can remain a useful temporary redstone trigger until it is picked up or despawns.

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See also

• Item catalogue
• Spectral ArrowItem
• BowItem
• FeatherItem
• SkeletonMob
• FlintItem
• StickItem
• PillagerMob
• CrossbowItem
• Tipped ArrowItem

References

This page combines the local arrow, spectral-arrow and tipped-arrow recipes with Java loot and projectile behaviour: pickup rules, mob and villager sources, firing devices, effects, redstone interactions and entity tags.

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