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How to Craft Arrow in Minecraft

Arrow in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Ammunition for bows and crossbows.

The bill for Arrows is 1 Flint, 1 Stick, and 1 Feather, and the work happens at a Crafting Table. The grid takes a single Flint in the top-middle cell, a single Stick in the centre cell, and a single Feather in the bottom-middle cell. That comes out as 4 Arrows.

Arrow Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Arrow is minecraft:arrow. In commands the namespace may be left off, so arrow works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p arrow
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p arrow 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve arrow 1

Cheats have to be on for Arrow to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

Arrows are ammunition for bows and crossbows. They deal damage on impact and can be tipped with potions. Arrow uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

The arrow was already in the game in Minecraft Beta 1.0, the oldest release with an English language file to read, so this recipe is at least that old.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with flint (breaking gravel), stick (craft from planks), and feather (kill chickens).

Per Stack

Work a stack down, 64 feathers, and you land on 256 arrows. The recipe wants 64 flint beside it. Craft 64 clears the box of feather.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
FlintFlintFlint1xBreaking gravel
StickStickStick1xCraft from planks
FeatherFeatherFeather1xKill chickens

To make Arrow you will gather Flint (breaking gravel), Stick (craft from planks), and Feather (kill chickens), and craft them at a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

2 Planks makes 4 Stick, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 1 Flint, 1 Feather and 2 Planks.

  1. 1
    2StickStick4Stick
  2. 2
    ArrowArrowArrowthis page

Gather this first

FlintFlintFlintFeatherFeatherFeather2Planks

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    FlintFlintFlint

  2. 2

    StickStickStick

  3. 3

    FeatherFeatherFeather

  4. 4

    4x Arrow

Minecraft crafting recipe for Arrow: 1 x Flint, 1 x Stick, 1 x Feather in a crafting table, making 4 Arrow.

Tips & Notes

  • One craft costs 1x Flint, 1x Stick, and 1x Feather. Start with the Flint: breaking gravel.
  • The recipe returns 4 Arrow at a time.

Uses for Arrow

  • Ammunition for bows and crossbows
  • Dispensers can fire them

What Arrow Goes Into

One other recipe on this site lists Arrow as an ingredient.

Spectral ArrowSpectral ArrowSpectral ArrowCrafting Table

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Arrow on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft an Arrow in Minecraft?
Bring 1 Flint, 1 Stick and 1 Feather to a Crafting Table and you can make an Arrow. Arrange them in the exact grid pattern shown above, and one craft produces 4 Arrows.
What do you need to make an Arrow from scratch?
Gather 1 Flint, 1 Feather and 2 Planks and you have everything an Arrow needs. The in-between items are all crafted, 2 crafts from start to finish.
What can you make with Arrow?
Arrow is an ingredient in 1 other recipe on this site, including Spectral Arrow. The section above links to each of them.
Can you craft an Arrow without a crafting table?
The inventory grid is too small for an Arrow, so you need a table. It is laid out as a single Flint in the top-middle cell, a single Stick in the centre cell, and a single Feather in the bottom-middle cell, and that takes 3 rows, more than the 2x2 grid in your inventory can hold.
Where do you find the materials for an Arrow?
The parts of an Arrow do not all come from one place. Flint: breaking gravel. Stick: craft from planks. Feather: kill chickens.
How many Arrows do you get from one craft?
The Arrow recipe makes 4 Arrows in a single craft.
What is the item ID for Arrow in Minecraft?
In Java 26.2 the Arrow goes by minecraft:arrow; arrow without the namespace does the same job in a command.
What is the give command for Arrow?
Use /give @p arrow to put an Arrow in your own inventory, or /give @p arrow 64 for a full stack of 64. Cheats have to be on.
Is the Arrow recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
Java and Bedrock agree on an Arrow: both want 1 Flint, 1 Stick and 1 Feather at a Crafting Table in the layout above, and both give 4 at a time.
What version of Minecraft added the Arrow?
The arrow was already listed in Minecraft Beta 1.0, the oldest release Mojang publishes with an English language file, so this one is older than the files can prove and there is nothing earlier to check against. The current release still makes an Arrow exactly that way.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
1 Flint and 1 Stick and 1 Feather in, 4 Arrows out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 3 ingredients.
How far back it goes
Present in Minecraft Java Beta 1.0, the oldest release that exists to check. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock
What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 4 Arrows per craft against the stack size.

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