NewBows - Archery Version
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This addon is about new bows for your Minecraft Bedrock, in total it adds 22 different bows with useful and fun skills for survival, it also works in multiplayer and for the operation of the bows it is necessary to have arrows in the inventory.
🏹 24 Custom Bows • Mastery • Techniques • Perfect Shots 🏹
🚫 DOES NOT USE PLAYER.JSON • NO EXPERIMENTAL TOGGLES REQUIRED
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🏹 NewBows V3.0 — Archery Update
NewBows completely expands archery in Minecraft Bedrock with 24 custom bows, matching custom arrows, unique impact abilities and a new progression system built around becoming better with each bow you use.
V3.0 is much more than a collection of bows. Every bow can now be progressed through its own Mastery, shots can become Perfect Shots, advanced bows unlock special Techniques, and bows without a Technique receive their own permanent specialization bonuses instead.
The addon is designed for survival and multiplayer, and every bow uses its own corresponding ammunition.
⭐ Main Features
- 🏹 24 custom bows
- 🏹 24 matching custom arrows
- 📘 New Archery Manual
- 📚 Complete in-game Bow Codex
- 💜 Individual Mastery progression for every bow
- ✨ Perfect Shot timing mechanic
- ⚡ 12 unlockable Techniques
- 🔥 Unique Mastery specializations for bows without Techniques
- 🎯 Long-shot progression from 30+ blocks
- 🧩 Operator and per-player configuration
- 📜 Optional Mastery information directly in bow lore
- ✨ First-person and third-person bow animations
- 🪄 Compatible with vanilla bow enchantments
- ♾️ Custom Infinity handling for special arrows
- 🛡️ Unbreaking-compatible durability
- 👥 Multiplayer support
- 🚫 Does not use
player.json - 🧪 No experimental toggles required
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🔥 What's New in V3.0?
V3.0 — Archery Update rebuilds the progression and gameplay around NewBows.
Instead of every bow remaining exactly the same forever, players can now improve individually with each bow and unlock additional mechanics by actually using them.
Major V3.0 Changes
- Increased the addon to 24 bows
- Added the Archery Manual
- Added a complete Bow Codex divided into Survival, Elemental, Utility and Legendary bows
- Added individual Mastery progression
- Added the Perfect Shot mechanic
- Added 12 secondary Techniques
- Added unique passive Specializations for bows without Techniques
- Added Mastery progress directly to bow lore
- Added an option to hide Mastery lore
- Added separate personal and operator settings
- Added Technique cooldowns and Mastery III upgrades
- Added long-shot tracking for shots from 30+ blocks
- Improved custom arrow pickup without unnecessary chat spam
- Improved custom bow durability and Unbreaking handling
- Added proper Infinity support for custom ammunition
- Improved several bow abilities and impact behavior
- Rebalanced Magnet, Knockback, Health, Sponge, Slime, Wither, Thunder and other special bows
- Improved Glowstone Bow dynamic lighting so old light is cleaned up while moving
- Improved Ender Bow teleport safety
- Improved impact-based Techniques so their effects happen when the arrow actually lands
📘 Archery Manual
Every player receives the Archery Manual the first time they join the world.
Use it to access the complete NewBows interface.
The Manual contains:
- 📚 Bow Codex — Information about all 24 bows
- 💜 Mastery — Progress for every individual bow
- ⚡ Techniques Guide — Effects, requirements and upgrades
- ⚙️ Settings — Personal and operator controls
- ❓ How to Play — Explanation of Perfect Shots, Mastery and Techniques
If you lose the Manual, you can craft another one using:
- 1 Book
- 1 Arrow
📚 Bow Codex
The Bow Codex organizes all bows into four categories:
- 🟢 Survival Progression
- 🟠 Elemental Bows
- 🔵 Utility Bows
- 🟣 Legendary Bows
For every bow, the Codex shows:
- Damage
- Durability
- Required ammunition
- Main ability
- How it is obtained
- Available Technique
This means you no longer need an external guide just to understand what each bow does.
💜 Mastery System
Every bow has its own separate Mastery progression.
Progressing with one bow does not automatically level up the others.
| Mastery | Requirement | Main Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Mastery I | 15 hits | Wider Perfect Shot timing window |
| Mastery II | 35 hits + 8 Perfect Shots | Unlocks a Technique or unique passive Specialization |
| Mastery III | 75 hits + 20 Perfect Shots + 8 hits from 30+ blocks | Perfect Shot becomes stronger and Techniques/Specializations are upgraded |
Mastery I
Makes the Perfect Shot window easier to hit.
Mastery II
At Mastery II, the bow receives its main advanced upgrade.
- Bows with Techniques unlock their Technique
- Bows without Techniques receive a unique passive Specialization
Mastery III
This is the maximum Mastery rank.
- Perfect Shot bonus damage increases from +2 to +4
- Techniques receive stronger effects
- Technique cooldown is reduced from 18 seconds to 15 seconds
- Passive Specializations receive their final upgrade
Your Mastery progress is saved separately for every bow.
✨ Perfect Shot
Perfect Shot rewards good timing instead of simply firing as quickly as possible.
While drawing a NewBows bow, the action bar shows your current shot state:
- Charging
- Ready
- Perfect Shot
- Full Draw
Release the arrow during the green Perfect Shot window to deal additional damage.
- Normal Perfect Shot: +2 damage
- Mastery III Perfect Shot: +4 damage
Mastery I widens the timing window and makes Perfect Shots easier to perform.
Perfect Shot can also be disabled globally by an operator.
⚡ Techniques
Some bows have a powerful secondary Technique.
Techniques unlock when that specific bow reaches Mastery II.
How to Activate a Technique
- Reach Mastery II with a compatible bow.
- Sneak as you begin drawing the bow.
- The Technique becomes primed.
- Fire normally.
- The Technique activates when the arrow impacts.
The cooldown begins only when the Technique successfully activates.
- Mastery II: 18-second cooldown
- Mastery III: 15-second cooldown
⚡ Current Techniques — 12
🔥 Blaze Bow — Flame Pulse
Ignites enemies around the impact point. Mastery III increases the radius and burn duration.
❄️ Ice Bow — Frost Guard
Grants Resistance to the shooter and heavily slows nearby enemies. Mastery III increases the radius and duration.
💡 Glowstone Bow — Radiant Sight
Grants Night Vision after impact and creates visual feedback at the impact point. Mastery III increases the Night Vision duration.
❤️ Health Bow — Second Wind
Keeps the normal instant self-heal and also grants Regeneration. Mastery III improves both healing effects.
🧲 Magnet Bow — Polar Pull
Creates a temporary magnetic field that continuously pulls dropped items and mobs toward the impact point. Other players are not pulled.
🎯 Long Bow — Focus
Temporarily reduces arrow spread, increases projectile speed and expands the Perfect Shot timing window.
💨 Knockback Bow — Repulse
Creates a powerful area repulsion wave around the impact. Mastery III increases its radius and launching force.
🌀 Ender Bow — Phase Step
Improves the Ender Bow teleport with temporary Resistance and pushes enemies away from the arrival area.
💥 Explosive Bow — Blast Guard
Grants Resistance and creates a powerful blast wave that throws nearby enemies away and upward.
🟣 Shulker Bow — Levitation Pulse
Applies Levitation to enemies around the impact point. Mastery III increases the radius, level and duration.
☠️ Wither Bow — Wither Veil
Applies Wither II to nearby enemies. Mastery III increases the area and duration.
⚡ Thunder Bow — Static Burst
The normal arrow already calls lightning. A primed Technique additionally damages nearby enemies with a static shock.
🌟 Mastery Specializations
Not every bow needs a Technique.
Bows without a secondary Technique receive a permanent Specialization at Mastery II, which becomes stronger at Mastery III.
🪨 Stone Bow — Heavy Hit
Mastery II adds +1 damage to every hit. Mastery III increases the bonus to +2.
⛓️ Iron Bow — Reinforced Tip
Mastery II adds +1 damage to every hit. Mastery III increases the bonus to +2.
🟡 Gold Bow — Golden Savings
Mastery II gives a 25% chance for a shot to consume no durability. Mastery III increases the chance to 40%.
🔷 Lapis Bow — Precise Shot
Mastery II adds +1 damage to every hit. Mastery III increases the bonus to +2.
🔴 Redstone Bow — Accelerated Charge
Mastery II increases projectile speed by about 12%. Mastery III increases it to about 22%.
💎 Diamond Bow — Brutal Impact
Mastery II adds +2 damage to every hit. Mastery III increases the bonus to +3.
💚 Emerald Bow — Precious Shot
Mastery II adds +2 damage to every hit. Mastery III increases the bonus to +3.
🟢 Slime Bow — Elastic Bounce
Improves the bow's upward bounce. Mastery III makes the direct bounce stronger and also causes a small upward hop to nearby enemies.
🧽 Sponge Bow — Deep Absorption
Increases the size and duration of the temporary dry zone and improves its effectiveness against wet or aquatic enemies.
🕸️ SpiderWeb Bow — Cobweb Trap
Mastery II increases the temporary web trap to 3 cobwebs. Mastery III increases it to 5 cobwebs and extends its duration.
⛏️ Miner Bow — Miner Savings
Mastery II gives a 20% chance for a shot to consume no durability. Mastery III increases the chance to 35%.
🏹 Mini Bow — Swift Shot
Mastery II increases projectile speed by about 15%. Mastery III increases it to about 25%.
🏹 All 24 Bows Recipes
🟢 Survival Progression Bows — 7
🪨 Stone Bow
A stronger material bow with custom Stone Arrows. Its Mastery specialization increases direct hit damage.
⛓️ Iron Bow
A high-durability material bow with strong direct damage. Its specialization adds extra damage.
🟡 Gold Bow
Uses Gold Arrows and gains a Mastery specialization that can prevent durability loss.
🔷 Lapis Bow
A strong progression bow whose Mastery specialization increases direct damage.
🔴 Redstone Bow
A progression bow whose Mastery specialization increases arrow speed.
💎 Diamond Bow
One of the strongest direct-damage bows, with 20 base damage and a Mastery specialization focused on even more damage.
💚 Emerald Bow
Another high-damage progression bow with 20 base damage and a strong Mastery damage specialization.
🟠 Elemental Bows — 6
🔥 Blaze Bow
Burns enemies on impact and can unlock the Flame Pulse Technique.
💡 Glowstone Bow
Creates dynamic light while held. The light follows the player and old light is removed when moving or putting the bow away. It can unlock Radiant Sight.
❄️ Ice Bow
Slows targets and freezes nearby water without trapping entities inside an ice cube. It can unlock Frost Guard.
🟢 Slime Bow
Bounces the directly hit target upward instead of duplicating the Ice Bow's slowing role. Mastery makes the bounce much stronger.
🧽 Sponge Bow
Temporarily absorbs water around the impact point. The water automatically returns later, while aquatic or wet targets receive additional damage.
🕸️ SpiderWeb Bow
Creates a compact temporary cobweb trap at the impact point. Higher Mastery creates more webs for longer.
🔵 Utility Bows — 6
❤️ Health Bow
The arrow still damages the target, but a successful entity hit also heals the shooter by 1 heart. At Mastery III the instant heal becomes 1.5 hearts. It can unlock Second Wind.
⛏️ Miner Bow
Breaks nearby blocks around the impact point and gains a durability-saving Mastery specialization.
🎯 Long Bow
Fires three arrows at once. Its Focus Technique improves accuracy, projectile speed and the Perfect Shot window.
💨 Knockback Bow
A normal shot pushes the directly hit target. Its Repulse Technique turns the impact into a powerful area knockback wave.
🏹 Mini Bow
A fast and lightweight projectile bow. Its Mastery specialization makes its arrows even faster.
🧲 Magnet Bow
A normal impact attracts nearby dropped items for only 3 seconds. Polar Pull creates a stronger temporary field capable of attracting both items and mobs.
🟣 Legendary Bows — 5
🌀 Ender Bow
Teleports the shooter to a safe position near the impact instead of blindly placing the player inside blocks. Phase Step adds Resistance and repulsion around the arrival point.
💥 Explosive Bow
Creates an explosion on impact. Blast Guard adds Resistance and a powerful enemy-launching shockwave.
🟣 Shulker Bow
Combines Levitation with an explosive impact and can unlock Levitation Pulse for area control.
☠️ Wither Bow
Explodes on impact and applies Wither II for 10 seconds to the directly hit target. Wither Veil spreads Wither around the impact area.
⚡ Thunder Bow
Calls lightning when the arrow hits either an entity or a block. Static Burst adds extra area damage around the impact.
🪄 Vanilla Bow Enchantments
NewBows use the vanilla bow enchantment slot, allowing them to work with Minecraft bow enchantments.
V3.0 also includes special handling for important enchantments used with custom ammunition:
- ♾️ Infinity — custom arrows can be restored instead of being permanently consumed
- 🛡️ Unbreaking — correctly affects custom bow durability
Other vanilla bow enchantments can still be applied through the normal Minecraft enchanting system.
🏹 Custom Ammunition
Every NewBows bow uses its own corresponding custom arrow.
For example:
- Blaze Bow → Blaze Arrow
- Health Bow → Health Arrow
- Magnet Bow → Magnet Arrow
- Thunder Bow → Thunder Arrow
- Wither Bow → Wither Arrow
Custom arrows can also be picked back up after landing when applicable.
Arrow pickup is handled without filling the chat with unnecessary messages.
🧱 Crafting & Acquisition
Most NewBows are obtained through normal crafting.
21 bows are craftable, while 3 special bows and arrows are obtained from Fletcher villagers.
You can find the available recipes through Minecraft's crafting recipe interface.
🧑🌾 Fletcher-Exclusive Bows
The current Fletcher-exclusive bows are:
- 🏹 Mini Bow
- 💨 Knockback Bow
- ⚡ Thunder Bow
These bows and their ammunition appear through the Fletcher trading progression.
⚙️ Configuration
The Archery Manual includes a complete Settings section.
🌍 Operator Controls
Only world operators can enable or disable the main addon systems globally:
- 💜 Mastery System
- ⚡ Techniques System
- ✨ Perfect Shot System
Disabling Mastery pauses progression and its bonuses without deleting stored progress.
👤 Personal Settings
Every player can configure their own visual and feedback preferences:
- 🎯 Aim Feedback
- ✨ Perfect Shot Feedback
- 💜 Mastery Messages
- ✨ Extra Particles
- 📜 Show/Hide Mastery Lore
These preferences are saved individually for each player.
📜 Dynamic Bow Lore
NewBows can display your current progression directly on each bow.
The lore can show:
- Current Mastery rank
- Hit progress
- Perfect Shot progress
- Long-shot progress
- Technique status
- Passive Specialization status
If you prefer a cleaner inventory, Mastery Lore can be disabled from Personal Settings without deleting any progress.
🎨 Bow Animations
Custom draw animations are included for the bows in:
- First-person view
- Third-person view
This keeps the special bows visually consistent while charging and firing.
👥 Multiplayer & Compatibility
NewBows is designed to work in multiplayer.
🚫 No player.json
The addon does not use player.json, helping it remain compatible with other Bedrock addons that modify the player.
🧪 No Experimental Toggles
V3.0 uses the stable Script API and does not require experimental gameplay toggles.
🎮 Minecraft Version
The current V3.0 packs target:
Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.90 or newer
🌐 Languages
The current interface includes:
- 🇺🇸 English
- 🇪🇸 Spanish — Spain
- 🇲🇽 Spanish — Mexico
📦 Installation
NewBows includes both a Behavior Pack and a Resource Pack.
For the addon to work correctly:
- Install/import both packs.
- Activate the NewBows Behavior Pack in your world.
- Activate the NewBows Resource Pack.
- Enter the world.
- You will receive the Archery Manual on your first join.
No experimental gameplay toggles are required.
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On the server you can:
- Request custom commissions
- Follow addon development
- Get early previews
- Stay updated with new releases
- See upcoming STV Addons projects
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🎁 Support the Project
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⚠️ Reupload Policy
If you want to showcase NewBows in a video, review or external website, please send users to the official project page.
Do not create your own direct download links or redistribute the addon files.
Thank you for supporting the original project! ❤️
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