Crafting a bow in Minecraft is only half the battle when it comes to fighting enemies at long range, as you have to have a lot of arrows to make them fly. The arrow crafting process is similar to the bow crafting process, but requires some additional resources that you may not know where to find. You can see the entire process of making arrows in Minecraft in the guide below.
Making Arrows in Minecraft
A simple arrow requires a total of three resources, two of which are easily available when Minecraft is started. Other resources aren’t hard to get by any means, but you can’t add them to your inventory right away. The complete recipe for making arrows is as follows:
- On the workbench, place a piece of charcoal into the box in the top middle.
- Then, place a stick into the middle box and a feather into the bottom middle box.
Using this recipe you can make four arrows (1:4 ratio). For example, if you want to make 100 arrows, you will need 20 charcoal, sticks, and feathers each.
Sticks are very easy to obtain as all you need to do is place a piece of wood of any type in the center of your workbench. Sticks are also used to produce bows as well as many other early game recipes. Next, charcoal can be crafted by placing any type of log into the furnace and pairing it with any fuel source. The simplest source of fuel is coal, which you can find by mining in almost any Minecraft biome.
Finally, Feathers are most commonly obtained by killing chickens, as the creature drops anywhere from zero to two when it dies. Chickens are found in most Minecraft biomes, with grass biomes being the most common place to find them. You can also kill parrots for a feather or two, and find resources in shipwrecks and villages through chests.
Once you have all the materials you need, place them in the crafting table and craft the arrow. Using the arrows in your inventory, you can draw your bow and start firing at anything you come across in Minecraft.
