Everything you need to craft and use flaming arrows for combat in Minecraft

Flaming arrows are useful and cool tools to use as weapons in Minecraft. With a flaming arrow, you can even get cooked chicken without a furnace!

Things You Should Know

  • You'll need an anvil, a bow, and Enchanted Book Flame I.
  • Place the anvil, then right-click on it to open the anvil window.
  • Place the bow in the first slot and Enchanted Book Flame I in the second slot.
  • Drag the newly enchanted bow from the third slot into your inventory.
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Enchanting the Bow

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  1. You will need:
    • An anvil [1]
    • A bow
    • Enchanted Book Flame I
  2. Right-click on it to open the anvil 'window', which will allow you to use the anvil.
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  3. [2] Then drag the newly enchanted bow from the third slot into your inventory. This will cost you two XP levels.
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Using Flaming Arrows

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  1. If you shoot a chicken with a flaming arrow, it gives you cooked chicken. The same will work for sheep, cows, pigs etc.
  2. Try making a trap with it. Hook up a dispenser to a tripwire, so that when someone walks over the tripwire, the arrow ignites the TNT.
    • However, flaming arrows will not set fire to trees or wood.
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    You'll need to download a mod.
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    Emerald swords do not exist in the regular version of Minecraft, and to obtain one you would have to mod the game.
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    The enchantment book is an item that will help you to enchant items. You can use enchantment book to make flaming arrows
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      Tips

      • If you would like, start a game in creative mode (or re-create your old world and turn on cheats) and type in /gamemode creative. Then enchant your bow.
      • You can add more enchantments to your bow, and even rename it! That way, you can make sure your bow has long life and is protected!
      • Other enchantments include power, mending, unbreaking, punch, and most important, infinity. (Just make sure you have an arrow in your inventory for the infinity.)
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