Archers' Arsenal
Archers' Arsenal expands the bow system in Forge for 1.18.2 and 1.19.2, adding leather, iron, golden, diamond and netherite bows plus new arrow types and quivers.
What it does
Archers' Arsenal is a Forge mod that expands vanilla archery. Its stated aim is to make ranged combat more competitive with melee in a modded game where boss difficulty can run well above vanilla. It adds bows made from leather, iron, gold, diamond and netherite, and it changes arrow costs so that villager arrows are cheaper and weaker while barbed arrows cost more and hit harder than vanilla arrows. A quiver held in the off-hand has a 20% chance to save an arrow each time one is fired, and the golden bow comes with the Infinity enchantment built in, which reduces the need to farm Infinity books.
The mod runs on the client and on the server, so both sides need it. Its required dependency is Knightcore library, which must be installed alongside it. Crafting follows fairly predictable bow recipes, and the recipes are viewable in JEI. Files are published for Forge only, for Minecraft 1.18.2 with Forge 40.2+ and for 1.19.2 with Forge 43.2+.
Archers' Arsenal is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and public links exist for its source code. The current Forge release is 1.19.2-1.0, published on 2023-01-30, and the mod first appeared on 2023-01-23.
Key features
Tiered bows
Five bow tiers, from leather through netherite, extend the vanilla bow with progressively stronger options.
Arrow cost tiers
Villager arrows are cheaper and weaker than vanilla arrows, while barbed arrows are more expensive and more damaging.
Arrow-saving quiver
A quiver held in the off-hand has a 20% chance to keep an arrow when a shot is fired.
Built-in Infinity bow
The golden bow includes the Infinity enchantment, so no enchanted book is needed to fire without using arrows.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
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Required by 1 mod
How it compares
Archer's Paradox is a Forge mod for 1.16.5 – 1.20.1 that is closed to redistribution under All rights reserved, and it is not open source. Better Archery Unofficial Port is open source under the MIT License and targets only 1.12.2. Broken bows is a Forge mod for 1.19.2 that runs on the client alone, so servers need nothing installed. Archers' Arsenal covers 1.18.2 and 1.19.2, runs on both client and server, and is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archers' Arsenal | Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.19.2 | Client and server | 2023-01-30 |
| Archer's Paradox | Forge | 1.16.5 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-12-20 |
| Better Archery Unofficial Port | Forge | 1.12.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-09 |
| Broken bows | Forge | 1.19.2 | Client-side only | 2025-05-03 |
Questions
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In the catalog
Archers' Arsenal is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 9,216 Equipment mods for Forge. 12,559 mods support Minecraft 1.19.2.
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What the author says
Archers' Arsenal is a focused expansion to the ranged combat system of Minecraft. It attempts to make vanilla-style archery more competitive in modded Minecraft, where boss difficulty can be far higher than in vanilla. It also attempts to reduce grind by making farming for Infinity enchantments less of a necessity…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/archers-arsenal
- Owner
- cryptidseabird
- Published
- 2023-01-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-01-30
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15