Stick data

Every stick is an entry in the arrowplus/sticks datapack registry. Add your own and players can use it with any head and feather.

data/<namespace>/arrowplus/sticks/<name>.json

For example, data/mymod/arrowplus/sticks/amethyst.json adds the stick mymod:amethyst.

A stick is either standalone, where the material item itself goes in the arrow recipe (like bamboo), or crafted into an arrowplus:custom_stick first (like the iron stick).

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
material	item id, #tag or list of item ids	✅	Standalone: the items used as the stick. Crafted: what the stick is crafted from.
color	int	✅	Tint of the stick on the arrow (and of the custom stick item), as a signed decimal ARGB int. The arrow designer converts colors.
translationKey	string	✅	Lang key for the stick's name. Standalone sticks can use the item's own key, e.g. block.minecraft.bamboo.
gravity	number		How fast the arrow drops each tick. Defaults to 0.05, the vanilla arrow.
velocity	number		Launch speed multiplier. Defaults to 1.0. Also scales damage.
standalone	boolean		true to use the material item directly. Defaults to false.
outputAmount	int		Crafted sticks per craft. Defaults to 4. Not used by standalone sticks.

Physics values must be finite: gravity accepts 0–1 and velocity accepts 0.01–4. Output amount accepts 1–64. Invalid values fail datapack loading with a field error.

Crafting

Crafted sticks: two of the material in a column make outputAmount sticks.

Crafting ➜ ES4Emerald Stick

Standalone sticks have no recipe of their own.

Examples

Crafted stick

{
  "material": "minecraft:amethyst_shard",
  "color": -6543440,
  "translationKey": "item.mymod.amethyst_stick",
  "gravity": 0.045,
  "velocity": 1.1,
  "outputAmount": 4
}

// assets/mymod/lang/en_us.json
{
  "item.mymod.amethyst_stick": "Amethyst Stick"
}

Standalone stick

The built-in bamboo stick:

{
  "material": "minecraft:bamboo",
  "color": -8412366,
  "translationKey": "block.minecraft.bamboo",
  "gravity": 0.045,
  "velocity": 0.9,
  "standalone": true
}

Material conflicts

An item should only be the material of one standalone stick. If two match, the first one wins.

Built-in entries

Stick	From	Gravity	Velocity	Id
Bamboo	Used directly	0.045	×0.9	arrowplus:bamboo
Blaze Rod	Used directly	0.06	×1.2	arrowplus:blaze_rod
Bone	Used directly	0.05	×1.05	arrowplus:bone
Breeze Rod	Used directly	0.03	×1.1	arrowplus:breeze_rod
Any wooden rod	Used directly	0.05	×1	arrowplus:stick
CSCopper Stick	×4	0.05	×1.1	arrowplus:copper
DSDiamond Stick	×4	0.045	×1.1	arrowplus:diamond
ESEmerald Stick	×4	0.035	×1	arrowplus:emerald
GSGold Stick	×4	0.05	×1.15	arrowplus:gold
ISIron Stick	×4	0.055	×1.2	arrowplus:iron
NSNetherite Stick	×4	0.12	×1.25	arrowplus:netherite