Crossbow

Obtaining

A crossbow is crafted from an iron ingot, three sticks, two strings, and a tripwire hook. The shaped recipe uses the iron ingot in the centre, the hook below it, and strings on either side of the middle row. Crossbows can also be found in generated loot and are used by pillagers and piglins.

• Iron IngotItem
• StickItem
• StringItem
• Tripwire HookBlock

Crafting

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Result

Crossbow

Ingredients match the published snapshot.

Usage

A crossbow loads arrows or fireworks and is used for ranged attacks. Loading takes 1.25 seconds (25 game ticks) before the projectile is stored in the charged-projectiles component. An arrow shot uses one durability point and has power 3.15; a firework shot uses three durability points and has power 1.6. The default projectile range is eight blocks.

• ArrowItem
• Firework RocketItem
• PillagerMob

Combat behavior

The crossbow stores its loaded projectile instead of firing during the draw animation. A loaded crossbow fires on use, clears its charged-projectiles component, and consumes durability according to the projectile type. Multishot and Piercing cannot be combined because they share the crossbow exclusive set.

• ArrowItem
• Firework RocketItem

Data values

The item identifier is `minecraft:crossbow`. It is non-stackable, has 465 durability, starts with an empty charged-projectiles component, and is the item targeted by the crossbow enchantment tag.

• CrossbowItem
• ArrowItem

History

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

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See also

• Item catalogue
• Iron IngotItem
• StickItem
• StringItem
• Tripwire HookBlock
• ArrowItem
• Firework RocketItem
• PillagerMob

References

The item class owns charging, projectile selection, durability use, and the draw duration. Recipe, enchantment tags, and generated trades describe the surrounding content without duplicating combat logic.

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