Getting started

Arrow+ lets you build your own arrows. Every arrow is a head, a stick and a feather, and any combination works: a DADiamond Arrow can use a plain stick, bamboo for lower gravity and speed, or a blaze rod to hit harder. Every head, stick and feather is a datapack entry, so you can change them or add your own.

You are viewing the modular arrow docs

This covers modular arrows on NeoForge and Fabric: 26.3.0.2+ for Minecraft 26.3, 26.2.0.2+ for 26.2, and 26.1.2.104+ for 26.1.2.

Earlier 26.x builds and 1.21.1-NeoForge use fixed recipes: see the fixed-recipe docs. On 1.21.11 or older, see the legacy docs. The version switcher at the top moves between them.

Install

1. Install Fabric with Fabric API, or NeoForge.
2. Download Arrow+ from CurseForge or Modrinth and put the jar in your mods folder.
3. Optional: add JEI to see every arrow, stick and feather recipe in game, and Fletching Recipe to craft arrows at the Fletching Table for double the output.

Mod loader	Minecraft	Arrow+ version	Docs
NeoForge, Fabric	26.3	26.3.0.2+	Modular arrows, maintained
NeoForge, Fabric	26.2	26.2.0.2+	Modular arrows
NeoForge, Fabric	26.1.2	26.1.2.104+	Modular arrows
NeoForge, Fabric	26.1–26.3	Earlier builds	Fixed recipes
NeoForge	1.21.1	1.21.1 builds	Fixed recipes, partial

WARNING

Only the latest 26.x release is actively maintained.

Your first arrows

Put a head, a stick and a feather in one column of a Crafting Table, top to bottom. With a plain stick and feather you get a normal arrow with the head's damage:

Crafting ➜ CA4Copper Arrow

Swap the stick or feather for a different flight. Bamboo reduces gravity at the cost of launch speed and damage. Phantom membrane reduces the shaft’s gravity further and tightens spread:

Crafting ➜ DA3Diamond Arrow

Part	What it changes
Head	Damage, flame and potion effects
Stick	Gravity (how fast it drops) and velocity (launch speed, which also adds damage)
Feather	Air drag, water drag, spread and a gravity multiplier

Try combinations with the arrow builder. Arrows stack when their head, stick, feather, potion contents and other item data match.

How it works

All Arrow+ arrows are one item, arrowplus:arrow_plus. Each arrow stack carries three data components, one per part, each pointing at a datapack entry:

Component	Part	Datapack entries
arrowplus:arrow_data	Head	arrowplus/arrows/
arrowplus:stick_data	Stick	arrowplus/sticks/
arrowplus:feather_data	Feather	arrowplus/feathers/

Some sticks and feathers are plain items used as they are, like bamboo or phantom membrane. Others are crafted into arrowplus:custom_stick or arrowplus:custom_feather, which carry the same stick_data or feather_data component. Any head, stick or feather can be added, changed or removed with a datapack, with no Java code.

Recipe viewers and tooltips

Arrow+ has built-in JEI support for arrow, stick, feather and tipped-arrow recipes. Looking up a crafted arrow with custom parts shows the recipe for that exact build. Fletching Recipe's potion and explosive variants remain distinct in JEI.

Arrow tooltips show a compact build, damage and speed summary. Hold Shift for Combat and Flight stats. Ingredients show Arrow material and Hold [Shift] for stats; Shift reveals their roles and stats.

Changelog

Current release

26.3.0.3

Fixes

• Fixed a startup crash on NeoForge 26.3.0.97 caused by a removed registry-registration method, reported when using JEI
• Updated NeoForge registry registration and data generation to the current API
• NeoForge 26.3.0.97 or newer is now required

26.2.0.1

Fixes

• The two extra arrows from a Multishot crossbow can no longer be picked up
• Arrows shot in Creative mode can no longer be picked up

26.1.2.102

Changes

• Added arrow_plus to the #arrows entity type tag

26.1.2.101

Fixes

• Removed the arrow info tooltip from other mods' arrows

26.1.2.100

Additions

• Config to hide tipped arrows from JEI/REI
• Stick and feather recipe types for the Crafting Table
• JEI/REI support for custom sticks and feathers
• Arrow data in the tooltip (hold Shift)

Changes

• Sticks and feathers are now datapack driven: all individual stick items and gilded_feather were replaced by one custom_stick and one custom_feather item
• Arrow data stick/feather fields that use arrowplus:custom_stick / arrowplus:custom_feather now need a matching stickData / featherData field

Deprecation

• The individual stick items (copper_stick, iron_stick, gold_stick, diamond_stick, emerald_stick, netherite_stick) and gilded_feather are deprecated. They still exist but will be removed in a future version.

Fixes

• Fixed a duplicated tipped arrow effect tooltip
• Tipped custom arrows are no longer affected by Infinity