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Lightning Arrows

Add powerful lightning-infused arrows and the Electric Bow, with switchable ammo types, lightning strikes, and explosive effects to Minecraft 1.20.1.

⚡ Lightning Arrows

Lightning Arrows is a Minecraft 1.20.1 Forge mod that adds lightning-powered arrows, the powerful Electric Bow, explosive effects, and a new ammunition switching system.

⚡ Features

🏹 Lightning Arrow

A special arrow that summons lightning when it hits a target or the ground.

🌩️ Thunder Arrow

A more powerful arrow that creates multiple lightning strikes and an explosion on impact.

⚡ Electric Bow

A unique electric-themed bow designed to work with all available ammunition types.

The Electric Bow supports:

  • Normal Arrows
  • Lightning Arrows
  • Thunder Arrows

🔄 Ammunition Switching

Press R to switch between ammunition types:

NORMAL → LIGHTNING → THUNDER → NORMAL

The currently selected ammunition type is displayed above the hotbar.

This system works with both:

  • Vanilla Minecraft Bow
  • Electric Bow

💥 Bow Effects

Vanilla Bow

Normal Arrow

  • Standard Minecraft arrow behavior.

Lightning Arrow

  • 1 lightning strike on impact.

Thunder Arrow

  • 3 lightning strikes.
  • Small explosion.

Electric Bow

Normal Arrow

  • Standard arrow behavior.

Lightning Arrow

  • 3 lightning strikes.
  • Explosion that can destroy blocks.

Thunder Arrow

  • 6 lightning strikes.
  • Powerful explosion that can destroy blocks.

🎯 Ammunition System

Special ammunition is only consumed when it is actually fired.

  • NORMAL uses Normal Arrows.
  • LIGHTNING uses Lightning Arrows.
  • THUNDER uses Thunder Arrows.
  • Special ammunition does not automatically fall back to normal arrows.
  • If the selected special ammunition is unavailable, the bow will not silently use normal arrows.

🔨 Crafting

The mod adds crafting recipes for:

  • ⚡ Lightning Arrow
  • 🌩️ Thunder Arrow
  • 🏹 Electric Bow

🎮 Game Modes

Lightning Arrows supports:

  • Survival
  • Creative

The mod is designed to work with both vanilla and modded Minecraft environments using Forge 1.20.1.

🌐 Multiplayer

Lightning effects, projectiles, ammunition consumption, and explosions are handled server-side for multiplayer compatibility.

🚀 Version

Lightning Arrows v0.1 Beta

This is the first beta release of the mod.

Future updates may introduce:

  • New lightning weapons
  • Additional arrow types
  • Storm-related mechanics
  • New electric items
  • New mobs
  • New progression systems
  • More powerful equipment and abilities

More features are planned for future versions.###

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