How to Craft Arrow in Minecraft

Arrows are ammunition for bows and crossbows. They deal damage on impact and can be tipped with potions.

Overview

Arrows are ammunition for bows and crossbows. They deal damage on impact and can be tipped with potions. Arrow uses a shaped recipe, meaning the ingredients must sit in the exact pattern shown in the grid above; placing them in the wrong cells will not produce the item. A Crafting Table gives you the full 3x3 grid, which you need for any recipe larger than 2x2. You can craft one from four planks, and most bases keep one near the furnaces.

The recipe was added in Minecraft Alpha and still works the same way in version 1.21. Each craft yields 4 Arrow, so factor that multiplier in when you are batching the recipe for a project.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with flint (breaking gravel), stick (craft from planks), and feather (kill chickens). If any of those are not already in your stores, gather them first, because the craft itself takes only a moment once everything is in the grid. With the ingredients on hand and a Crafting Table placed, Arrow is one of the quicker things to add to your inventory.

Crafting Recipe

Crafting Table

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Materials Needed

Item	Amount	Where to Find
Flint	1	Breaking gravel
Stick	1	Craft from planks
Feather	1	Kill chickens

To make Arrow you will gather Flint (breaking gravel), Stick (craft from planks), and Feather (kill chickens). Lining these up before you open the Crafting Table saves a trip back to storage, especially if you plan to craft several at once.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Open your Crafting Table to access the 3x3 crafting grid.
Arrange the ingredients in the crafting grid following the pattern shown above.
Place Flint in: row 1, column 2.
Place Stick in: row 2, column 2.
Place Feather in: row 3, column 2.
Collect your Arrow (x4) from the output slot.

Tips & Notes

If the output slot stays empty, double-check the pattern against the grid above; a shaped recipe fails silently when even one ingredient is in the wrong cell.
Since one craft produces 4 Arrow, divide the quantity you need by 4 to work out how many times to repeat the recipe.

Uses for Arrow

Ammunition for bows and crossbows
Dispensers can fire them

How Arrow Fits Your World

Weapons in 1.21 cover both melee and ranged combat. Swords apply a sweeping attack to nearby mobs and benefit from Sharpness and Looting, while bows and crossbows let you fire from a safe distance, and the new mace deals damage that scales with how far you fall onto a target. Choosing the right weapon for a fight is often the difference between trading blows and ending it in one hit. For Arrow specifically, that means it is most valuable for ammunition for bows and crossbows and dispensers can fire them.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Arrow?

You need 1 Flint, 1 Stick, 1 Feather, made at a Crafting Table. Gather all of the materials first, then arrange them in the exact grid pattern shown above to produce 4 Arrow.

How many Arrow does the recipe produce?

Each craft produces 4 Arrow at once, so to make a specific amount, divide the total you need by 4 to find how many times to repeat the recipe.

What is Arrow used for?

Arrow is used for several things: Ammunition for bows and crossbows; Dispensers can fire them.

What version of Minecraft added Arrow?

Arrow was added in Minecraft Alpha and works the same way in the current 1.21 release. Recipes for it are identical across Java and Bedrock Edition unless noted otherwise.

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