All of the resources are renewable, so you won't hurt yourself by losing a few. Obsidian head, slime rod, feather fletching arrows are an early-game alternative which do not require a smeltery to produce. Therefore, if you want disposable arrows: Doing so with an Obsidian head has a damage of 2.5, but a weight of only 0.94 (which is less even than a flint head for the same damage, and it's not like lava and water are difficult to come by). Using a Slime Rod instead of a Wood Rod reduces the weight of the arrow from 1.67 (with Alumite head and feather fletching) to 1.4. And that's really all I could ask for in an arrow Regardless, with all the Quartz I throw on 'em, they one-shot pretty much everything while being cheap enough that I can waste 'em on Ghasts without crying hard enough to feel unmanly. and so my arrows are Alumite/Cactus/Feather I have no reason other than Direwolf20 (praise be to His name) to believe this. even though arrows have no durability, meaning this makes no sense whatsoever. The only possible explanation is that Cactus' 'Jagged' ability (which increases damage as durability goes down) affects Arrows in some way, enough to justify the added weight.

However, when this was noticed in a recent episode by Direwolf20 (who I worship, praise be to His name), he still went with the heavier Cactus by claiming he'd 'heard' that Cactus was better. Looking at the stats alone, Wood Slime is the clear standout: Same stats as Cactus, but with a much lower weight (thus longer range). The tool rod is where I'm baffled-but it's between Wood Slime ( edit: thanks, ShneekeyTheLost) or Cactus. As for the fletching, I don't have data on other materials, but feathers are easy-enough to come by (Tinkers Construct -> Twilight Forest Hollow Hill -> oodles of Lapis -> Looting 3 Longsword -> FEATHERS!) and I haven't heard anyone suggest that other materials are actually better than Feather. Manyullyn (say it with me: 'mah-NEE-ah-lin' or, tomato-tomato, 'MEH-nee-ah-lin') will take you up to 3.5 hearts, but at the cost of nearly doubling the weight of your arrow (crippling its range) while costing you the Cobalt and Ardite you were saving for your Wither-Skeleton-beheading Cleaver. Alumite is very cheap (what else are you using your Aluminum for?), and it's the lightest material that does 3 hearts of damage (Flint does 2.5). Two of the components are, in my opinion, fairly straight-forward for your general-purpose arrow: Alumite Head and Feather Fletching. So I use Green Slime/Green Slime/Enchanted String, then Moss + 200 Redstone (5 modifiers: 3 base, +1 from Enchanted String, +1 from Diamond/Gold Block - haven't added a Nether Star, but if I do, it'll either be Pistons for meager knockback or another 50 Redstone).Īrrows - Alumite Head/Cactus Rod/Feather Fletching. An extra modifier for Moss could help the durability, but for me, the awful Arrow Speed sinks it.

Paper - Takes everything to the extreme: a terrible (TERRIBLE) 48 Durability and Arrow Speed (0.50/0.44), but insanely fast draw speed (0.62/0.56).

Quicker draw speed than slime, but slower arrow speed-1.00 (String)/0.89 (Enchanted String) for both.

Wood - 384 Durability, significantly less than Green Slime.

Green Slime gives the same speed stats, but triples the Durability, to 1536.

Slime - Blue Slime (and everyone should have barrels of those damnable things) will give you 576 Durability, and Draw Speed and Arrow Speeds of 1.20 (String) or 1.08 (Enchanted String).

Diamond/Gold upgrade) + Piston OR 50 Redstone (with Nether Star upgrade)Īs far as I can tell, there are three potential 'top pick' materials for the Tool Rods, depending on what's most important to you:

Bow - Green Slime/Green Slime/Enchanted String.

Tinkers construct crossbow recipe