Better Archery

Attention: The mod is in beta testing stage! Bugs and missing features are possible.

Arrows with effects will appear in future versions!

This mod completely transforms archery in Minecraft by adding a graphical interface for the fletching table and removing standard arrow crafting recipes. Now you can create arrows with unique characteristics by selecting optimal components for each situation.

Arrow Characteristics

Each crafted arrow has three main parameters:

• Damage - determines inflicted damage. Sharper arrowheads increase this indicator
• Speed - affects flight distance. Heavy components slow down the arrow
• Accuracy - ranges from 0 to 1 and shows how accurately the arrow flies to the target. Depends on fletching material

New Materials

Tiny Flint

• Obtained by placing regular flint in the crafting table
• Used as arrowhead for arrows
• Deals more damage than standard flint

Bone Stick

• Crafted from two bones
• Replaces regular stick in arrows
• Lighter than wooden stick, so arrows become faster

Strider Hair

• Now you can shear a strider with scissors and get improved fletching
• Strider hair fletching increases arrow speed and accuracy

Special Upgrades

Spectral Upgrade

• Can be crafted
• When used on the fletching table, allows creating spectral arrows
• 1 glowstone = 4 spectral arrows

Fletching Table Interface

In the left part there are three slots for arrow components:

• Arrowhead
• Shaft
• Fletching

In the right part, the type of arrow being created is selected. If spectral upgrade is installed, glowstone can be added in the left part.

For Mod and Modpack Makers

You can add new arrow components through datapacks using the arrow_material resource type.

Example arrow component:

{
  "part": "TAIL",
  "item": "minecraft:torch",
  "attributes": {
    "damage": 0.0,
    "speed": 0.0,
    "accuracy": 0.0
  }
}