Tipped Arrow

Tipped Arrow
Rarity tier	; Common
Renewable	Luck and Uncraftable ‌[JE only]: No ; All others: Yes
Stackable	Yes (64, only if same effect)
Size	Height: 0.5 blocks; Width: 0.5 blocks
Network ID	JE: 60

A tipped arrow is a type of arrow that can inflict a status effect on hit in addition to dealing damage, with the inflicted status effect matching the potion used to create it.

Obtaining

Picking up arrows

Similarly to other arrows, players have the ability to pick up tipped arrows that have been shot by dispensers, or other players in Survival or Adventure mode. Unlike other arrows, however, tipped arrows shot by an Infinity-enchanted bow can be picked up, as they are not affected by the enchantment.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Arrow of Poison	Trial Chambers	Supply chest	4–8	20.4% { "item": "Arrow of Poison", "stacksize": "4–8", "chance": 0.20351336037302348, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Supply chest" }
Arrow of Poison	Trial Chambers	Vault and reward chest	2–8	31% { "item": "Arrow of Poison", "stacksize": "2–8", "chance": 0.31004057600000007, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Vault and reward chest" }
Arrow of Slowness	Trial Chambers	Supply chest	4–8	20.4% { "item": "Arrow of Slowness", "stacksize": "4–8", "chance": 0.20351336037302348, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Supply chest" }
Arrow of Slowness IV	Trial Chambers	Ominous vault	4–12	37.5% { "item": "Arrow of Slowness IV", "stacksize": "4–12", "chance": 0.3753600000000001, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Ominous vault" }
Bedrock Edition
Arrow of Poison	Trial Chambers	Supply chest	4–8	20.4% { "item": "Arrow of Poison", "stacksize": "4–8", "chance": 0.20351336037302348, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Supply chest" }
Arrow of Poison	Trial Chambers	Vault and reward chest	2–8	37.8% { "item": "Arrow of Poison", "stacksize": "2–8", "chance": 0.37846630400000003, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Vault and reward chest" }
Arrow of Slowness	Trial Chambers	Supply chest	4–8	20.4% { "item": "Arrow of Slowness", "stacksize": "4–8", "chance": 0.20351336037302348, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Supply chest" }
Arrow of Slowness IV	Trial Chambers	Ominous vault	4–12	37.5% { "item": "Arrow of Slowness IV", "stacksize": "4–12", "chance": 0.3753600000000001, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Ominous vault" }

Mob loot

Arrow of Poison

Java Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Bogged^[A]	0–1	50.00%	0.50	0–1	75.00%	0.75	0–1	87.50%	0.88	0–1	91.67%	0.92

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Bogged^[A]	0–1	¹⁄₂	¹⁄₂	0–1	³⁄₄	³⁄₄	0–1	⁷⁄₈	⁷⁄₈	0–1	¹¹⁄₁₂	¹¹⁄₁₂

Mob		Amount	Probability
Mob		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Bogged^[A]	0	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	¹⁄₈ (12.50%)	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)
		1	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	³⁄₄ (75.00%)	⁷⁄₈ (87.50%)	¹¹⁄₁₂ (91.67%)
		Average	¹⁄₂ (0.50)	³⁄₄ (0.75)	⁷⁄₈ (0.88)	¹¹⁄₁₂ (0.92)

Mob		Expected Number of Kills
Drops		1
Mob		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Bogged^[A]	2.00	1.33	1.14	1.09

↑ Only when killed by a player or a tamed wolf.

Bedrock Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Bogged^[A]	0–1	50.00%	0.50	0–2	50.00%	0.75	0–3	50.00%	1.00	0–4	50.00%	1.25

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Bogged^[A]	0–1	¹⁄₂	¹⁄₂	0–2	¹⁄₂	³⁄₄	0–3	¹⁄₂	1	0–4	¹⁄₂	⁵⁄₄

Mob		Amount	Probability
Mob		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Bogged^[A]	0	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)
		1	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	¹⁄₈ (12.50%)	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)
		2	0	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)
		3	0	0	¹⁄₈ (12.50%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)
		4	0	0	0	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)
		Average	¹⁄₂ (0.50)	³⁄₄ (0.75)	1 (1.00)	⁵⁄₄ (1.25)

Mob		Expected Number of Kills
Drops		1
Mob		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Bogged^[A]	2.00	1.33	1.00	0.80

↑ Only when killed by a player or a tamed wolf.

Arrow of Slowness

Java Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Stray^[A]	0–1	50.00%	0.50	0–1	75.00%	0.75	0–1	87.50%	0.88	0–1	91.67%	0.92

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Stray^[A]	0–1	¹⁄₂	¹⁄₂	0–1	³⁄₄	³⁄₄	0–1	⁷⁄₈	⁷⁄₈	0–1	¹¹⁄₁₂	¹¹⁄₁₂

Mob		Amount	Probability
Mob		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Stray^[A]	0	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	¹⁄₈ (12.50%)	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)
		1	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	³⁄₄ (75.00%)	⁷⁄₈ (87.50%)	¹¹⁄₁₂ (91.67%)
		Average	¹⁄₂ (0.50)	³⁄₄ (0.75)	⁷⁄₈ (0.88)	¹¹⁄₁₂ (0.92)

Mob		Expected Number of Kills
Drops		1
Mob		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Stray^[A]	2.00	1.33	1.14	1.09

↑ Only when killed by a player or a tamed wolf.

Bedrock Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Stray^[A]	0–1	50.00%	0.50	0–2	50.00%	0.75	0–3	50.00%	1.00	0–4	50.00%	1.25

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Stray^[A]	0–1	¹⁄₂	¹⁄₂	0–2	¹⁄₂	³⁄₄	0–3	¹⁄₂	1	0–4	¹⁄₂	⁵⁄₄

Mob		Amount	Probability
Mob		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Stray^[A]	0	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)
		1	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	¹⁄₈ (12.50%)	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)
		2	0	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)
		3	0	0	¹⁄₈ (12.50%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)
		4	0	0	0	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)
		Average	¹⁄₂ (0.50)	³⁄₄ (0.75)	1 (1.00)	⁵⁄₄ (1.25)

Mob		Expected Number of Kills
Drops		1
Mob		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Stray^[A]	2.00	1.33	1.00	0.80

↑ Only when killed by a player.

Arrow of Weakness

Java Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Parched^[A]	0–1	50.00%	0.50	0–1	75.00%	0.75	0–1	87.50%	0.88	0–1	91.67%	0.92

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Parched^[A]	0–1	¹⁄₂	¹⁄₂	0–1	³⁄₄	³⁄₄	0–1	⁷⁄₈	⁷⁄₈	0–1	¹¹⁄₁₂	¹¹⁄₁₂

Mob		Amount	Probability
Mob		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Parched^[A]	0	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	¹⁄₈ (12.50%)	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)
		1	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	³⁄₄ (75.00%)	⁷⁄₈ (87.50%)	¹¹⁄₁₂ (91.67%)
		Average	¹⁄₂ (0.50)	³⁄₄ (0.75)	⁷⁄₈ (0.88)	¹¹⁄₁₂ (0.92)

Mob		Expected Number of Kills
Drops		1
Mob		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Parched^[A]	2.00	1.33	1.14	1.09

↑ Only when killed by a player or a tamed wolf.

Bedrock Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Parched^[A]	0–1	50.00%	0.50	0–2	50.00%	0.75	0–3	50.00%	1.00	0–4	50.00%	1.25

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Parched^[A]	0–1	¹⁄₂	¹⁄₂	0–2	¹⁄₂	³⁄₄	0–3	¹⁄₂	1	0–4	¹⁄₂	⁵⁄₄

Mob		Amount	Probability
Mob		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Parched^[A]	0	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)
		1	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	¹⁄₈ (12.50%)	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)
		2	0	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)
		3	0	0	¹⁄₈ (12.50%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)
		4	0	0	0	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)
		Average	¹⁄₂ (0.50)	³⁄₄ (0.75)	1 (1.00)	⁵⁄₄ (1.25)

Mob		Expected Number of Kills
Drops		1
Mob		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Parched^[A]	2.00	1.33	1.00	0.80

↑ Only when killed by a player.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Arrow + Matching Lingering Potion	88888888888888888888888888

Trading

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
Villager		JE	BE	Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
Fletcher	Master	67%	50%	2 × Emerald + 5 × Arrow	5 × Tipped Arrow^{[t 1]}	12	30	0.05

↑ In Java Edition, a brewable regular, extended, or strengthened effect is selected when the trade is unlocked.
In Bedrock Edition, one of Decay II, Fire Resistance, Harming, Healing, Invisibility, Jump Boost, Night Vision, Poison, Regeneration, Slowness, Strength, Swiftness, Turtle Master, Water Breathing, or Weakness is selected when the trade is unlocked.

Villager gifts

In Java Edition, most tipped arrows can be obtained as a reward item from fletcher villagers when the player has the Hero of the Village status effect. Exceptions include arrows of Luck, Slow Falling, and Turtle Master. All gifted arrows are not extended and are at level I.

Cauldrons

In Bedrock Edition, tipped arrows can also be obtained by using arrows on cauldrons that contain potions. The number of tipped arrows created depends on the amount of potion inside a cauldron, which is measured in levels equivalent to ¹⁄₆ of its maximum capacity, or half of what a bottle can hold. For every quantity of up to 16 arrows tipped, the amount of potion remaining is reduced by 1 level. However, any potion in the bottom half of a cauldron is only counted as a single level for the purposes of tipping arrows. This means that a maximum of 64 arrows can be tipped from a full cauldron, either at once or in parts. This is more efficient than crafting tipped arrows using lingering potions, as up to 21.33 arrows can be tipped per potion when using cauldrons.

Usage

Tipped arrows share many of the same projectile characteristics as regular arrows.

After 600 ticks (30 seconds) of a fired tipped arrow becoming stationary, a tipped arrow loses its potion effect and becomes a normal arrow.

Special properties

Tipped arrows are arrows that imbue a potion effect when hitting a mob or player. The duration of the effect is ¹⁄₈ that of the corresponding potion, if applicable, and is not affected by the speed or power of the arrow projectile. The applied status effect is the same as the regular-power effect for the potion. Tipped arrows are not affected by the Infinity enchantment; if a bow is enchanted with Infinity, tipped arrows are still consumed.

The types of arrows are:

Arrow of Regeneration (5 seconds)
Arrow of Swiftness (22 seconds)
Arrow of Fire Resistance (22 seconds)
Arrow of Healing (Instantaneous)
Arrow of Night Vision (22 seconds)
Arrow of Strength (22 seconds)
Arrow of Leaping (22 seconds)
Arrow of Invisibility (22 seconds)
Arrow of Poison (5 seconds)
Arrow of Weakness (11 seconds)
Arrow of Slowness (11 seconds)
Arrow of Harming (Instantaneous)
Arrow of Water Breathing (22 seconds)
Arrow of Luck‌^{[JE & LCE only]} (37 seconds)
Arrow of Decay‌^{[BE only]} (5 seconds)
Arrow of the Turtle Master (2 seconds)
Arrow of Slow Falling (11 seconds)
Arrow of Oozing (22 seconds)
Arrow of Wind Charging (22 seconds)
Arrow of Weaving (22 seconds)
Arrow of Infestation (22 seconds)
Arrow of Freezing^{[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]} (5 seconds)

Arrows of Harming (and arrows of Healing when used against undead mobs) do not add a static amount of damage to the arrow.^[1] Due to the invulnerability timer preventing more than one instance of damage from occurring within 10 ticks, the actual damage of an Arrow of Harming is the higher of the arrow's damage and the Harming effect's damage. In the case of using a bow enchanted with Power at full charge, from Power level I to level III, this causes the Harming effect to only sometimes improve the arrow's damage against unarmored targets, and Power level IV and higher prevents the Harming effect from having any tangible effect against unarmored targets. Armored targets may have differing levels of resistances to the arrows and the Harming effect, leading Harming to having more of an effect against such targets.

No-effect tipped arrows

In Java Edition, it is possible to craft tipped arrows using lingering water bottles as well as Awkward, Thick, and Mundane lingering potions. If crafted with a water bottle, the arrow is called an arrow of Splashing. If crafted with Mundane, Awkward, or Thick potions, it is simply called a tipped arrow.^[2] Tipped arrows crafted from different potions do not stack, as resultant tipped arrows all have different potion tags.

In Bedrock Edition, all four kinds as well as the long mundane tipped arrow aren't obtainable either in Creative, by cauldrons, by crafting, or by commands. They can only be obtained with inventory editing or add-ons. They appear as the invalid tipped arrow texture.

All four kinds generate blue particles in flight and upon landing, but otherwise behave like regular arrows. In particular, arrows of Splashing have no effect on fire and campfires and when shot from a bow with the Flame enchantment, can light candles, campfires and TNT just like regular arrows on fire.

Icon	Name
	Arrow of Splashing
	Tipped Arrow

Uncraftable tipped arrows

In Java Edition, the uncraftable tipped arrow is a tipped arrow with no effect that is unobtainable in regular gameplay. It is obtainable using this command: /give @s minecraft:tipped_arrow

Uncraftable tipped arrows behave identically to regular arrows when used as a projectile.

Icon	Name
	Uncraftable Tipped Arrow

Sounds

Java Edition:
In Java Edition, tipped arrows use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

v t e Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Arrow hits	Friendly Mobs	When a tipped arrow impacts something	`entity.arrow.hit`	`subtitles.entity.arrow.hit`	1.0	¹²⁄₁₁ – ⁴⁄₃	16
	Player hit^{[until: JE 26.4]}	Players	When a tipped arrow shot by a player hits another player	`entity.arrow.hit_player`	`subtitles.entity.arrow.hit_player`	1.0	1.0	16
	Arrow fired^{[until: JE 26.4]}^{[sound 1]}	Players	When a tipped arrow is fired by a player	`entity.arrow.shoot`	`subtitles.entity.arrow.shoot`	1.0	Around 1.2^{[sound 2]}	16
	Skeleton shoots	Hostile Mobs	When a skeleton shoots a tipped arrow	`entity.skeleton.shoot`	`subtitles.entity.skeleton.shoot`	1.0	⁵⁄₆ – 1.25	16
	Dispensed item^{[until: JE 26.4]}	Blocks	When a dispenser shoots a tipped arrow	`block.dispenser.launch`	`subtitles.block.dispenser.dispense`	1.0	1.2	16
	Crossbow fires^{[sound 1]}	Entity-Dependent	When a crossbow shoots a tipped arrow	`item.crossbow.shoot`	`subtitles.item.crossbow.shoot`	0.8 / 0.9	0.9 / 1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-312319
↑ Depends on how long the bow is charged for, around 1.2 with a fully charged bow. The exact formula is $\frac{1}{randomFloat() \times 4 + 1.2} + \frac{progress}{2}$

Bedrock Edition:

v t e Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	Arrow hits	Players	When a tipped arrow impacts something	`random.bowhit`	`subtitles.entity.arrow.hit`	1.0	1.09–1.3
	Arrow fired	Players	When something shoots a tipped arrow	`random.bow`	`subtitles.entity.arrow.shoot`	1.0	0.83–1.25
	Crossbow fires	Players	When a crossbow shoots a tipped arrow	`crossbow.shoot`	`subtitles.item.crossbow.shoot`	1.0	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Tipped Arrow	`tipped_arrow`	Item	`arrows`	`item.minecraft.tipped_arrow` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.empty` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.water` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.mundane` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.thick` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.awkward` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.night_vision` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.invisibility` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.leaping` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.fire_resistance` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.swiftness` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.slowness` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.water_breathing` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.healing` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.harming` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.poison` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.regeneration` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.strength` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.weakness` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.levitation` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.luck` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.turtle_master` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.slow_falling` `item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.freezing`

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	Translation key
Arrow	`arrow`	`arrows` `impact_projectiles`	`entity.minecraft.arrow`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Tipped Arrow	`arrow`	`303`	Item	`minecraft:arrow`	`item.tipped_arrow.name` `tipped_arrow.effect.water` `tipped_arrow.effect.mundane` `tipped_arrow.effect.thick` `tipped_arrow.effect.awkward` `tipped_arrow.effect.nightVision` `tipped_arrow.effect.invisibility` `tipped_arrow.effect.jump` `tipped_arrow.effect.fireResistance` `tipped_arrow.effect.moveSpeed` `tipped_arrow.effect.moveSlowdown` `tipped_arrow.effect.waterBreathing` `tipped_arrow.effect.heal` `tipped_arrow.effect.harm` `tipped_arrow.effect.poison` `tipped_arrow.effect.regeneration` `tipped_arrow.effect.damageBoost` `tipped_arrow.effect.weakness` `tipped_arrow.effect.wither` `tipped_arrow.effect.turtleMaster` `tipped_arrow.effect.slowFalling` `tipped_arrow.effect.freezing`

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Arrow	`arrow`	`80`	`entity.arrow.name`

Metadata

In Bedrock Edition, arrows use the following item data values:

Arrow	Regular	Extended	Enhanced (Level II)
Arrow	0	N/A	N/A
Arrow of Splashing	1	N/A	N/A
Tipped Arrow (Mundane)	2	3	N/A
Tipped Arrow (Thick)	4	N/A	N/A
Tipped Arrow (Awkward)	5	N/A	N/A
Arrow of Night Vision	6	7	N/A
Arrow of Invisibility	8	9	N/A
Arrow of Leaping	10	11	12
Arrow of Fire Resistance	13	14	N/A
Arrow of Swiftness	15	16	17
Arrow of Slowness	18	19	43
Arrow of Water Breathing	20	21	N/A
Arrow of Healing	22	N/A	23
Arrow of Harming	24	N/A	25
Arrow of Poison	26	27	28
Arrow of Regeneration	29	30	31
Arrow of Strength	32	33	34
Arrow of Weakness	35	36	N/A
Arrow of Decay	37	N/A	N/A
Arrow of the Turtle Master	38	39	40
Arrow of Slow Falling	41	42	N/A
Arrow of Wind Charging	44	N/A	N/A
Arrow of Weaving	45	N/A	N/A
Arrow of Oozing	46	N/A	N/A
Arrow of Infestation	47	N/A	N/A
Arrow of Freezing	48	49	N/A

Entity data

Tipped arrows have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

Java Edition:

[NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
- Tags common to all arrows and tridents see Template:Nbt inherit/arrow/template
- Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
- Tags common to all projectiles see Template:Nbt inherit/projectile/template

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Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Advancements

Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	Have all of these 34 status effects applied to the player at the same time: Absorption Bad Omen Blindness Breath of the Nautilus Conduit Power Darkness Dolphin's Grace Fire Resistance Glowing Haste Hero of the Village Hunger Infested Invisibility Jump Boost Levitation Mining Fatigue Nausea Night Vision Oozing Poison Raid Omen Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Trial Omen Water Breathing Weakness Weaving Wind Charged Wither The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. See also: Tutorial:Advancement guide/How Did We Get Here? This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.
Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.
Sniper Duel	Kill a Skeleton from at least 50 meters away	Receive kill credit for a skeleton that is at least 50 blocks away horizontally and is killed by a projectile.
Bullseye	Hit the bullseye of a Target block from at least 30 meters away	Be at least 30 blocks away horizontally when the center of a target is shot with a projectile by the player.

History

Reveal

May 4, 2015							Tipped arrows are shown in a screenshot by Dinnerbone.
May 22, 2015							Tipped arrows are shown in another screenshot by Dinnerbone.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.9	15w31a	Added 14 new tipped arrows. Currently, arrows of splashing are called "Water Bottle" in the inventory.
	15w31b	Arrows of splashing are now called "tipped_arrow.effect.water" in the inventory.
	15w31c	Arrows of splashing now have the correct name in the inventory, and have been removed from the creative inventory.
	15w31c	Due to a bug,^[3] all tipped arrows except arrow of Splashing are now black.
	15w32a	The bug introduced in 15w31c has been fixed.
	15w44b	Added the initial method for obtaining tipped arrows, which lasted until snapshot 16w06a – firing arrows into a lingering potion cloud.
		Added the Arrow of Luck.
		Added tipped arrows for uncraftable potions, mundane potions, thick potions, and awkward potions. These are all available in the creative inventory. Uncraftable tipped arrows (currently just called tipped arrows) currently look identical to arrows of splashing.
		Added tipped arrows for all enhanced and extended potions.
		Arrow of Splashing has been re-added to the creative inventory.
	15w49a	Tipped arrows are no longer affected by the Infinity enchantment.
	16w06a	Tipped arrows have been given a crafting recipe, and are no longer obtained by shooting them into a lingering potion cloud.
1.10	16w20a	Arrows of slowness may now drop from strays when they are killed by a player.
1.11	16w32a	Tipped arrows of instant healing and instant damage now function. Previously, the fact that tipped arrows have 1/8th the duration was reducing 1 game tick to zero game ticks.
	16w38a	The uncraftable tipped arrow is now magenta and is now obtained anytime a tipped arrow is specified with invalid or missing potion effect tags.
	16w38a	The uncraftable tipped arrow is now correctly named and has been removed from the Creative inventory.
	16w39a	Tipped arrows without effects have been removed from the Creative inventory.^[4]
1.13	18w07a	Added the arrow of the Turtle Master.
	18w14a	Added the arrow of Slow Falling.
	18w16a	Changed the effect color of potions of the Turtle Master.
	18w16a	Enhanced arrows of the Turtle Master now have a unique effect color.
	18w19a	Changed the effect color of Slow Falling.
1.14	18w43a	The item sprite textures of tipped arrows have been changed.
	19w11a	Fletcher villagers now sell tipped arrows.
	19w13a	Any tipped arrow can be obtained as a reward item from fletcher villagers when the player has the Hero of the Village status effect.
1.15	pre2	Tipped arrows no longer apply effects to endermen.
1.19.3	22w43a	Tipped arrows for mundane, thick, and awkward potions, and the no-effect tipped arrow, are now available again in the Creative inventory.
1.19.4	pre3	Changed colors of the following tipped arrows: Night Vision, Invisibility, Leaping, Fire Resistance, Swiftness, Slowness, Turtle Master, Water Breathing, Harming, Poison, Strength, Luck.
1.20	23w12a	The arrow of Slow Falling has had its color tweaked to make it more distinguishable from the arrow of Invisibility.
1.20.3	23w43a	Tipped arrows keep all of their NBT data when shot and picked up.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21	24w07a	Tipped arrows of Poison can now be dropped by bogged when killed by players.
	24w11a	Tipped arrows of Poison can now be obtained from vaults.
	24w13a	Tipped arrows of Slowness IV can now be obtained from ominous vaults.
	24w13a	Added arrows of Wind Charging, arrows of Weaving, arrows of Oozing, and arrows of Infestation.
1.21	24w18a	Uncraftable tipped arrows now use the arrow of splashing color instead of their own distinct color.
1.21.2	24w34a	Shot tipped arrows now bounce on the world border if hit.
1.21.11	25w44a	Tipped arrows of Weakness can now be dropped by parched when killed by players.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.4	snap3	Added arrows of Freezing.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.15.0	build 1	Added tipped arrows.
v0.15.0	build 1	Tipped arrows are made by using cauldrons filled with potions.
v0.16.0	build 4	Added arrows of Decay.
v0.16.0	build 4	Arrows of Decay currently do not have a dedicated texture.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0	alpha 0.17.0.1	Tipped arrows are now craftable, but they can still be obtained by using cauldrons filled with potions.
1.0.0	alpha 1.0.0.1	Tipped arrows of Slowness can now be dropped by strays when killed by players.
1.1.0	alpha 1.1.0.9	Arrows of Decay now have a dedicated texture.
Bedrock Edition
1.5.0	beta 1.5.0.4	Added arrows of the Turtle Master.
1.6.0	beta 1.6.0.5	Added arrows of Slow Falling.
1.9.0	beta 1.9.0.2	Tipped arrows can now be used to craft fletching tables.
1.11.0	beta 1.11.0.4	Various regular tipped arrows can now be obtained via trading with fletcher villagers.
	beta 1.11.0.5	The textures for tipped arrows have been changed.
	beta 1.11.0.7	Tipped arrows can no longer can be used to craft fletching tables.
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.57	Master-level fletcher villager now always offer 1 of 15 tipped arrows.
1.19.80	Preview 1.19.80.21	Changed potion colors for the following tipped arrows: Fire Resistance, Harming, Invisibility, Leaping, Night Vision, Poison, Slowness, Strength, Swiftness, Turtle Master, and Water Breathing.
1.20.0	Preview 1.20.0.20	The textures for tipped arrows have been changed.^[5]
1.20.70 Experiment Update 1.21	Preview 1.20.70.24	Tipped arrows of Poison can now be dropped by bogged when killed by players.
1.20.80 Experiment Update 1.21	Preview 1.20.80.22	Tipped arrows of Poison can now be obtained from vaults.
1.21.0 Experiment Update 1.21	Preview 1.21.0.20	Added arrows of Wind Charging, arrows of Weaving, arrows of Oozing, and arrows of Infestation.
1.21.0 Experiment Update 1.21	Preview 1.21.0.20	Tipped arrows of Slowness IV can now be obtained from ominous vaults.
1.21.0		Arrows of Wind Charging, arrows of Weaving, arrows of Oozing, and arrows of Infestation are now obtainable without using the "Update 1.21" experimental toggle.
1.21.130	Preview 1.21.130.24	Tipped arrows of Weakness can now be dropped by parched when killed by players.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.60 Experiment Drop 4 of 2026	Preview 26.60.29	Added arrows of Freezing.
26.70	Preview 26.70.20	The texture for arrows of Freezing has been changed to match other tipped arrows.
26.70	Preview 26.70.20	Arrows of Freezing are now obtainable without using the "Drop 4 of 2026" experimental toggle.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15	1.0.1	Added tipped arrows.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15	1.0.1	Bows can be drawn while holding tipped arrows. The bow is selected based on the closest bow to slot 0.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Bows can no longer be drawn while holding tipped arrows.
TU60	CU51	1.64	1.64	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	Tipped arrows can now also be obtained by putting potions into a cauldron and using normal arrows on it.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Added arrows of Decay, Turtle Master, and Slow Falling.
			1.90				Tipped arrows now ricochet off of the newly added shields.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added tipped arrows.
1.3.12							Added arrows of Decay.

Java Edition Combat Tests

Java Edition Combat Tests
3							Tipped arrows no longer trigger the attack invulnerability timer, allowing multiple tipped arrows to connect even if the entity is invulnerable.
4							The inaccuracy value on bows and crossbows has been decreased from 1 to 0.25, increasing the accuracy of fired tipped arrows.
6							Vertical momentum no longer influences the flight path of fired tipped arrows.
8b							Arrows of Harming and arrows of Healing now have their effects scaled by 1/8, like other tipped arrows.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, the item's numeral ID was 440.

Issues

Issues relating to "Tipped Arrow" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Renders

Splashing
Night Vision
Invisibility
Leaping
Fire Resistance
Swiftness
Slowness
Turtle Master
Enhanced Turtle Master‌^{[Java Edition only]}
Water Breathing
Healing
Harming
Poison
Regeneration
Strength
Weakness
Slow Falling
Wind Charging
Weaving
Oozing
Infestation
Freezing^{[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]}
Luck‌^{[Java Edition only]}
Decay‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
Old appearance for the uncraftable tipped arrow in Java Edition
Texture file used for invalid arrows in Bedrock Edition

Screenshots

Teaser image from Searge showing tipped arrows
All the arrow types in Java Edition
Tipped arrows in the inventory
Tipped arrows in the inventory

References

↑ MC-107856 – Arrows of harming/healing do not stack with bow damage
↑ MC-158539 – Awkward/Thick/Mundane Tipped Arrows use a generic name
↑ MC-84253 – almost all potion and tipped arrows are black – resolved as "Fixed".
↑ MC-92139 – Too many tipped arrows in the "Combat" section of the creative inventory – resolved as "Fixed".
↑ MCPE-168357 – Potions and tipped arrow colors don't match the particles – resolved as "Fixed".

External links

"Taking Inventory: Tipped Arrow" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, August 7, 2025.

[player_or_pet-1] Only when killed by a player or a tamed wolf.

[player_or_pet-2] Only when killed by a player or a tamed wolf.

[player_or_pet-3] Only when killed by a player or a tamed wolf.

[player_only-4] Only when killed by a player.

[player_or_pet-5] Only when killed by a player or a tamed wolf.

[player_only-6] Only when killed by a player.

[7] In Java Edition, a brewable regular, extended, or strengthened effect is selected when the trade is unlocked.
In Bedrock Edition, one of Decay II, Fire Resistance, Harming, Healing, Invisibility, Jump Boost, Night Vision, Poison, Regeneration, Slowness, Strength, Swiftness, Turtle Master, Water Breathing, or Weakness is selected when the trade is unlocked.

[credits-10] MC-312319

[11] Depends on how long the bow is charged for, around 1.2 with a fully charged bow. The exact formula is $\frac{1}{randomFloat() \times 4 + 1.2} + \frac{progress}{2}$

[8] MC-107856 – Arrows of harming/healing do not stack with bow damage

[9] MC-158539 – Awkward/Thick/Mundane Tipped Arrows use a generic name

[12] MC-84253 – almost all potion and tipped arrows are black – resolved as "Fixed".

[removed_tipped_arrow-13] MC-92139 – Too many tipped arrows in the "Combat" section of the creative inventory – resolved as "Fixed".

[14] MCPE-168357 – Potions and tipped arrow colors don't match the particles – resolved as "Fixed".

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Tipped Arrow

Contents

Obtaining

Picking up arrows

Generated loot

Mob loot

Arrow of Poison

Arrow of Slowness

Arrow of Weakness

Crafting

Trading

Villager gifts

Cauldrons

Usage

Special properties

No-effect tipped arrows

Uncraftable tipped arrows

Sounds

Data values

ID

Metadata

Entity data

Advancements

History

Reveal

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Legacy Console Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

Java Edition Combat Tests

Data history

Issues

Gallery

Renders

Screenshots

References

External links

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Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Luck and Uncraftable ‌^{[JE only]}: No All others: Yes
Stackable	Yes (64, only if same effect)
Size	Height: 0.5 blocks Width: 0.5 blocks
Network ID	JE: 60