Arrows

Arrows are a form of ammunition fired from a bow or repeater. Most arrows are crafted, but some can be dropped from enemies, purchased from NPCs, or found in Chests and Pots. Like with all other automatically consumed items, the type of arrow to use is determined by its position in the inventory: Top-left is the highest, bottom-right the lowest rank.

Types

There are 18 different types of arrows, 8 of which are Hardmode-exclusive.

Name		Damage	Velocity	Total Velocity Multiplier	Knockback	HM	Rarity	Sell
	Wooden ArrowInternal Item ID: 40	5 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 4 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)	3	1	2 (Very weak)	❌	00*	1 CC (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 2 CC (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
	Flaming ArrowInternal Item ID: 41	7 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 6 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)	3.5	1	2 (Very weak)	❌	00*	2 CC (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 3 CC (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
	Unholy ArrowInternal Item ID: 47	12 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 8 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)	3.4	1	3 (Very weak)	❌	01*	8 CC
	Jester's ArrowInternal Item ID: 51	10 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 9 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)	0.5	2	4 (Weak)	❌	01*	20 CC
	Hellfire ArrowInternal Item ID: 265	13 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 10 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)	6.5	1	8 (Very strong)	❌	02*	20 CC
	Holy ArrowInternal Item ID: 516	13 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 6 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)	3.5	1	2 (Very weak)	✔️	03*	16 CC
	Cursed ArrowInternal Item ID: 545	17 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 14 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)	4	1	3 (Very weak)	✔️	03*	8 CC
	Frostburn ArrowInternal Item ID: 988	7	3.75	1	2.2 (Very weak)	❌	00*	3 CC
	Chlorophyte ArrowInternal Item ID: 1235	16	4.5	2	3.5 (Weak)	✔️	07*	20 CC
	Ichor ArrowInternal Item ID: 1334	16 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 15 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)	4.25	2	3 (Very weak)	✔️	03*	8 CC
	Venom ArrowInternal Item ID: 1341	19 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 17 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)	4.3	2	4.2 (Average)	✔️	03*	18 CC
	Bone Arrow(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 3003	8	3.5	1	2.5 (Very weak)	❌	00*	3 CC
	Endless Quiver(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 3103	5	3	1	2 (Very weak)	✔️	02*	1 GC
	Luminite Arrow(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 3568	15	3	2	3.5 (Weak)	✔️	09*	2 CC
	Spectral Arrow(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)Internal Item ID: 5013	16	0.5	1	3 (Very weak)	❌	03*	18 CC
	Vulcan Bolt(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)Internal Item ID: 5015	12	???	1	8.5 (Very strong)	✔️	03*	30
	Heart Arrow(3DS version)Internal Item ID: 5049	4	???	1	3 (Very weak)	❌	00*	10 CC
	Shimmer Arrow(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 5348	12	3	1	2 (Very weak)	❌	02*	2 CC

Notes

• (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) It is possible to re-use many arrows, especially Wooden Arrows and Flaming Arrows which have a high drop rate after being fired, as they have a chance to break, regardless of what they hit (arrows break as much against slimes as they do against bricks).
• Certain bows/repeaters such as Chlorophyte Shotbow and Tsunami shoot several arrows at once, consuming only one arrow when fired.
  • All arrows fired from these bows will always break upon impact.
• (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) Wooden Arrows fired from the Molten Fury are considered to be Flaming Arrows and have a chance to be recoverable as such.
  • The Sharanga's(Old-gen console and 3DS versions) arrows can be recovered as Spectral Arrows.
• Jester's Arrows, Hellfire Arrows, Venom Arrows, and Vulcan Bolts(Old-gen console and 3DS versions) are always consumed and cannot be re-used.
  • For this reason, it is impossible to have Vulcan Bolts in the inventory without hacking, because they only appear when the player fires the Vulcan Repeater(Old-gen console and 3DS versions), and are always destroyed on impact.
• (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) Flaming Arrows, Frostburn Arrows, Cursed Arrows and Ichor Arrows, if they did not break, have a 2/3 chance to downgrade back to Wooden Arrow after being shot.
• The Endless Quiver(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) provides an infinite supply of Wooden Arrows, and is therefore affected by arrow-converting effects.

Tips

• Arrows are particularly powerful early game, where even a Copper Bow with simple Wooden Arrows will deal double the damage a sword can.
• Wooden Arrows should be upgraded to Flaming Arrows or Frostburn Arrows, as that does not require a lot of resources yet greatly increases their usefulness.
• The Magic Quiver substantially boosts the effectiveness of arrows, boosting damage, velocity, and knockback, and granting a chance not to consume them upon use.
• In Journey Mode only 99 arrows are needed for Research and infinite duplication, rendering the Endless Quiver useless, as it needs 3996 Wooden Arrows to be used, only giving infinite Wooden Arrows.
  • However, it does not need to be duplicated mid-combat like arrows do.