Elemental Curse Arrows

Quickstart

1. Open a Crafting Table and craft any of the five curse arrows (recipes below).
2. Hold the arrow in your hand — these are use-activated items, not standard bow ammunition.
3. Use (right-click / tap the Use button) while holding an arrow to fire it in the direction you're looking.
4. One arrow is consumed per shot in Survival. Your action bar will confirm the shot with a golden message.

Start with a Flame V Arrow — it only needs Blaze Powder, an Arrow, and Coal, making it one of the earliest you can craft.

Overview

Elemental Curse Arrows adds five powerful V-tier arrows to your arsenal. Each is a standalone item you hold and use directly — no bow required. On impact they unleash devastating elemental effects far beyond anything in the vanilla game, from chain lightning storms to withering curses. They stack up to 64 and appear in the Equipment tab of your inventory.

What It Adds

How To Use

• Hold a curse arrow in your main hand.
• Press Use (right-click on Java-style controls, or the on-screen Use button on touch) to fire.
• The arrow launches in your exact look direction at high speed.
• A bow sound plays and your action bar displays the arrow type fired.
• In Survival, one arrow is consumed per shot. In Creative, arrows are not consumed.
• Effects apply to entities within roughly 3 blocks of the impact point (items, XP orbs, and other arrows are excluded).

Lightning Storm tip: The Lightning V Arrow's storm tracks the impact location — it does not follow moving targets. Use it to lock down an area for a full two minutes.

Crafting And Obtaining

All five arrows are crafted at a Crafting Table in a vertical column pattern (ingredient → Arrow → ingredient), yielding 4 arrows per craft. Recipes unlock automatically when you have the required materials.

Explosive V Arrow — TNT + Arrow + Gunpowder

Flame V Arrow — Blaze Powder + Arrow + Coal

Lightning V Arrow — Copper Ingot + Arrow + Redstone

Wither V Arrow — Wither Rose + Arrow + Soul Sand

Poison V Arrow — Spider Eye + Arrow + Emerald

Abilities And Mechanics

Explosive V Arrow

Detonates on contact with any entity or block, producing an explosion of radius 4 that destroys terrain. Use with caution near your own structures.

Flame V Arrow

Sets the struck target on fire and deals damage to other entities in the immediate blast radius. Effective against clustered mobs.

Lightning V Arrow

Delivers an instant lightning strike at the impact point and then summons additional strikes every 10 seconds for 2 minutes (12 total extra strikes). The storm is anchored to the hit location, making it ideal for area denial.

Wither V Arrow

Applies the maximum-strength Wither effect to all nearby entities for the full 2-minute duration. The rapid health drain makes this devastating against bosses and tough mobs alike.

Poison V Arrow

Instantly poisons all entities near the impact point with Poison V for 30 seconds, rapidly draining health down (but not below half a heart for most mobs).

Progression And Strategy

• Early game: The Flame V and Poison V arrows are the most accessible, requiring common Nether and overworld drops.
• Mid game: Lightning V and Explosive V arrows require Copper and TNT materials — excellent for clearing dungeon rooms or fortress corridors.
• Late/post-boss: Wither V arrows demand Wither Roses (dropped only when a Wither kills an entity) and Soul Sand, making them a true endgame weapon best saved for bosses or the Ender Dragon.
• Stack arrows in groups of 64 before heading into combat — each shot consumes one, so quantity matters on long expeditions.
• Combine arrow types: open with a Lightning V to lock down an area, follow with a Wither V to drain health, and finish with an Explosive V for maximum devastation.