100 new unique bow gimmicks for your Minecraft server!

DirtyArrows is an archery plugin which allows you to release the powers of your Bows. When you rename a bow in an anvil to a specific name (possibilities will be shown further down in this post), the bow becomes a real 'Bastard'. With the plugin enabled, the special bows allow you to use their specific powers. The uses could vary from PvP, PvE or even aesthetic uses. The config.yml allows you to enable or disable certain Bastards to your wishes. This is my second plugin made in request for a friend of mine, dirtdeluxe (it definitely was him who chose the term 'Bastard'). I hope you'll enjoy and have a fun time with the plugin! If you'd like to check out the source of the plugin, click the button above to see the GitHub page.

A pre-release with 28 new abilities is available for Minecraft 1.19 on GitHub. Older versions will only have 72 max.

How to contact me/ask for support:

GitHub: Issues page
Email: sugarcaneydearie@gmail.com
Twitter: @CaneyDearie
Discord: SugarCaney server or ExistenceSMP server
BukkitDev: DirtyArrows

How To Install

Download the version of DirtyArrows you'd like to have on your server.
Place the .jar in the plugins folder.
You're now ready to go! You can even customize a little in the config.yml.

Videos

Official plugin video (v4.0) by SugarCaney (TBA)
Plugin showcase (v3.0 and earlier) by BrokenBukkit (German/Deutsch).

The Bows (The 'Bastards')

All 72 nice bow types will be listed here. Have you forgotten what all the names are in-game? Use /da help (from page #2) to get the possible bows with a short description. All bow names are also present in the autocompletion of commands. Make sure that you have toggled DirtyArrows on before you can shoot with your Bastards. Use /da to enable or disable the plugin for yourself. If you do not like a feature, you could always disable it in the configuration file. The listed names are the default names, you can change the names in the configuration file.

ID	Bow Name (default)	Description	Ammo
acacia	Acacia Bow	Spawns an acacia tree.	1 acacia sapling, 1 bone meal
accelerating	Accelerating Bow	Arrows accelerate during flight.	-
airship	Airship Bow	Fly behind your arrows.	2 feathers
airstrike	Airstrike Bow	Arrow drops TNT during flight.	At least 1 TNT
aquatic	Aquatic Bow	Shoot water blocks.	1 water bucket
azalea	Azalea Bow	Spawns an azalea tree.	1 azalea, 1 bone meal
baby	Baby Bow	Turns baby mobs into adult mobs, and adults into babies.	-
batty	Batty Bow	Spawns a swarm of bats on impact.	6 rotten flesh
birch	Birch Bow	Spawns a birch tree.	1 birch sapling, 1 bone meal
blaster	Blaster Bow	Arrows keep exploding during flight.	3 gunpowder
blocky	Blocky Bow	Places blocks from your off hand.	-
bomb	Bomb Bow	Summons a TNT drop at this place.	5 TNT
bouncy	Bouncy Bow	Arrows bounce off blocks surfaces.	-
bow	Bow Bow	Shoots arrows that shoot arrows.	-
bridge	Bridge Bow	Creates a temporary bridge out of blocks (configurable).	At least 1 cobblestone
clucky	Clucky Bow	Spawns chickens.	1 egg
cluster	Cluster Bow	Ignite clusters of TNT.	5 TNT
crimson	Crimson Bow	Spawns a huge crimson fungus.	1 crimson fungus, 1 bone meal
curse	Curse Bow	Curses the target (weird effects over time).	1 fermented spider eye
darkoak	Dark Oak Bow	Spawns a dark oak tree.	4 dark oak saplings, 1 bone meal
disarming	Disarming Bow	Targets have a chance to drop their hand item/armour.	-
disorienting	Disorienting Bow	Manipulates the target's pitch/yaw.	-
draggy	Draggy Bow	Arrows drag close entities to the landing spot.	-
draining	Draining Bow	Gain health back every hit.	-
drill	Drill Bow	Create beautiful tunnels. Requires a pickaxe, quality affected.	-
drop	Drop Bow	Teleports the target into the air.	-
ender	Ender Bow	Teleport to the location of impact.	1 ender pearl
enlightened	Enlightened Bow	Places torches.	1 torch
exploding	Exploding Bow	Explosive arrows.	1 TNT
farmers	Farmer's Bow	Creates farmland, harvests crops, and plants crops.	seeds (in off hand)
firework	Firework Bow	Splits into deadly fireworks (firework customizable).	2 firework charges
firey	Firey Bow	Shoot fireballs.	1 fire charge
flintand	Flint and Bow	Sets blocks on fire.	flint and steel
frozen	Frozen Bow	Spawns snow/ice and freezes targets.	1 snow ball
grappling	Grappling Bow	Acts as a grappling hook.	1 tripwire hook
homing	Homing Bow	Shoot mini homing rockets.	1 gunpowder
interdimensional	Interdimensional Bow	Warps arrows to targets.	-
invincibility	Invincibility Bow	Powerful shots, but they make targets briefly invincible.	-
iron	Iron Bow	Shoots deadly anvils.	1 anvil
jungle	Jungle Bow	Spawns a jungle tree/bush.	1 jungle sapling, 1 bone meal
laser	Laser Bow	Fast beams that can travel through non-opaque blocks, but do less damage.	1 redstone
level	Level Bow	Steals levels from the target.	-
lightning	Lightning Bow	Spawns lightning.	1 glowstone dust
machine	Machine Bow	Shoots very quickly, and slightly inaccurate.	-
magmatic	Magmatic Bow	Shoots lava.	1 lava bucket
meteor	Meteor Bow	Meteors will strike on impact depending on Power level.	3 fire charges
mine	Mine Bow	Arrows that land turn into landmines.	3 gunpowder, 1 redstone
mining	Mining Bow	Mines ore veins instantly. Flame auto-smelts ores. Requires pickaxe.	-
multi	Multi Bow	Shoots multiple arrows simultaneously.	12 arrows
music	Music Bow	Plays a music disc at the location of impact.	music disc (not consumed)
nuclear	Nuclear Bow	Huge boom. Radiation included.	64 TNT
oak	Oak Bow	Spawns an oak tree.	1 oak sapling, 1 bone meal
paralyze	Paralyze Bow	Paralyzes the target (nausea/slowness/blindness/weakness).	1 nether wart
poisonous	Poisonous Bow	Poisons the target.	1 spider eye
pull	Pull Bow	Pulls the target toward you.	-
pushy	Pushy Bow	Pushes away entities with great force.	3 feathers
rainbow	Rainbow	So pretty.	-
ranged	Ranged Bow	Shoot powerful, far-reaching arrows.	-
round	360 Bow	Shoots arrows all around you.	-
shear	Shear Bow	Breaks all shearable blocks, and shears all shearable entities.	-
singularity	Singularity Bow	Pulls in entities, suffocates them, and explodes.	3 redstone
slow	Slow Bow	Shoots extremely powerful, but extremely slow arrows.	-
smoky	Smoky Bow	Creates a smokescreen and blinds entities.	1 bone meal
spruce	Spruce Bow	Spawns a spruce tree.	1 spruce sapling, 1 bone meal
starvation	Bow of Starvation	Target loses hunger points.	-
swap	Swap Bow	Swap locations with the target.	-
undead	Undead Bow	Spawns a circle of zombies.	64 rotten flesh
undying	Bow of Undying	Saves you from death when held.	-
up	UP Bow	Arrows have reversed gravity.	-
warped	Warped Bow	Spawns a huge warped fungus.	1 warped fungus, 1 bone meal-
wither	Wither Bow	Shoots wither skulls.	3 soul sand
woodman	Woodman's Bow	Tears down trees quickly.	-

Other Features

Feature	Description
Protection regions	Protect certain regions from being harmed by the bow abilities.
New crafting recipe for arrows	This feature helps you getting arrows easier than normal. Increases the amount of arrows crafted to 16 (instead of 4).
Sustainable Flint	Zombies have a 13% chance of dropping 1-2 flint.
Headshots	Damage multiplier for shooting somebody in the head.
Looting	Allows for enchanting bows with looting. Also increases the xp dropped.
Custom names	You can customize the name of the bows in the configuration ('bastard' might be too much). E.g. you can rename your Exploding Bastard to "Rocket Launcher".
Blood particles	Show red particles on impact.
Coloured names	Give your bows coloured names. If you do, the bows cannot be crafted regularly.
Anvil cost control	Control the amount of levels each bow costs.

Commands

All commands have <kbd>tab</kbd> completion where applicable.

Command	Description
`\da`	Toggle bow abilities (on/off).
`\da reload`	Reloads the configuration file.
`\da help <page>`	Shows the help pages, where `page` is the page number.
`\da give <player> <bow> [ench]`	Gives the player a special bow. `player` is either the player name, @a for all, or @r for a random player. `bow` is either the ID number or the name. Append `ench` to get an unbreaking 10 infinity 1 bow.
`\da ammo <player> <bow> [amount]`	Gives the player the ammunition required for a certain bow.
`\da list`	Lists all regions
`\da pos1`	Sets the first position (at your feet).
`\da pos2`	Sets the second position (at your feet).
`\da register <name>`	Registers a region by the given name. The set positions are used for the outer 2 corners.
`\da remove <name>`	Unregisters the region with the given name.
`\da visualize <name>`	Briefly highlights the corners of the given region.
`\da tp <name>`	Teleports you to the centre of the given region.
`\da check`	Check in which region you are currently in.

Configuration

The config.yml allows you to enable or disable certain bows. You can also change the amount of arrows gain by crafting them. You can reload the configuration file in-game using the /da reload command.

Node	Type	Default	Description
minigame-mode	Boolean	`false`	Whether to run in minigame mode. Plugin messages are more subtle and less branded. Also hides enabled/disabled messages. Does not do much yet.
auto-enable	Boolean	`false`	Whether dirty arrow abilities must be enabled automatically. Normally you need to enable DirtyArrows manually using /da. Settings this to true will enable DirtyArrows automatically when a player joins.
show-enable-message	Boolean	`true`	Whether to show a message to the player when DirtyArrows got enabled/disabled for them.
show-particles	Boolean	`true`	Whether the plugin should display particles (true) or not (false).
blood	Boolean	`false`	Whether entities should show blood particles when damaged.
arrow-recipe-amount	Integer	`16`	How many arrows must be crafted with the default arrow recipe.
play-sound-when-charged	Boolean	`false`	Whether a sound must be played (true) or not (false) when a cooldown timer ends.
updates
check-for-updates	Boolean	`true`	Whether to check for updates.
show-admin	Boolean	`true`	If admins (with the dirtyarrows.admin permission) must be notified when a new updates is ready.
headshot
enabled	Boolean	`true`	Whether headshots are enabled.
damage-multiplier	Double	`1.5`	With what number to multiply the damage dealt when a headshot was made.
zombie-flint
enabled	Boolean	`true`	Whether zombies should drop flint or not on death.
drop-chance	Double	`0.1`	The chance for flint to drop on death of a zombie in range [0,1] inclusive. 0 means no chance of dropping, 1 means dropping always.
maximum-drop-count	Integer	`2`	The maximum amount of flint that can drop at once. The actual amount will be a value between 1 and this value (inclusive).
looting
appearance-chance	Double	`0.125`	The chance of Looting to appear on the bow in range [0,1]. A value of 0 means that it's disabled, 1 means it will always add looting.
only-looting-chance	Double	`0.35`	The chance that Looting is the only enchantment when enchanting in range [0,1]. A value of 0 means that looting will never be the only enchantment, 1 means that it always be.
minimum-xp-level-1	Integer	`11`	The minimum amount of levels required to get a level 1 looting enchantment.
minimum-xp-level-2	Integer	`20`	The minimum amount of levels required to get a level 2 looting enchantment.
minimum-xp-level-3	Integer	`28`	The minimum amount of levels required to get a level 3 looting enchantment.

name	String	-	Bows with this item name will have the effects applied. Supports colour codes.
enabled	Boolean	`true`	When disabled (set to `false`), the bow effects will not be applied. The bow ability also won't be loaded by the plugin.
levels	Integer	-	How many levels it costs for this bow to be renamed in the anvil (i.e. creation cost).
cooldown	Integer	`0`	How many milliseconds each use must be apart. Has no cooldown by default.
bow settings	-	-	Most bows also have specific settings. These are documented in the default `config.yml` file.

Colour codes

The name properties support colour codes. When using colours, the names of the bows become uncraftable using a regular anvil. When using colour codes, make sure that the name is put between (single) quotes like so: '&4Exploding&f Bow'. The following codes are supported:

&0 - Black
&1 - Dark Blue
&2 - Dark Green
&3 - Dark Aqua
&4 - Dark Red
&5 - Dark Purple
&6 - Gold
&7 - Grey
&8 - Dark Grey
&9 - Blue
&a - Green
&b - Aqua
&c - Red
&d - Light Purple
&e - Yellow
&f - White
&k - Magic
&l - Bold
&m - Strikethrough
&n - Underline
&o - Italic
&r - Reset all formatting.

Permissions

Permission	Description
dirtyarrows	Without this node, you can't use the plugin.
dirtyarrows.admin	Access to `/da give`, `/da reload` and the region commands (`/da help admin`).
dirtyarrows.*	Access to all bows.
dirtyarrows.bow-id	Access to the bow with the given id.

Changelog

Visit this page for the full changelog.

Donations

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