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Borrow Their Arrows!

by Eugene

Borrow Their Arrows! lets a player pick up the arrows that mobs have shot, by taking them from where they landed, and it is a server-required mod with an optional client side.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltServer required, client optionalAll rights reserved1.21 – 1.21.11

What it does

Arrows fired by skeletons and other mobs can be collected by players who pick them up after a hit. The mod is built on a historical anecdote from the Three Kingdoms period, in which Zhuge Liang gathers arrows from enemy fire on a foggy day by sailing boats strung with straw figures close to the opposing camp. The name refers to that story, and the mod takes its theme from it.

Because the server runs the mod, the arrow handling applies to every player on that server. Clients need nothing extra to take part, though the mod can be installed on them. Files cover Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for game versions 1.21 – 1.21.11, released under All rights reserved, so the code is not open source.

The mod is published for loaders Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and it also ships as a data pack. Its latest file is 1.0+mod for 1.21.11, first published and last updated on 2026-03-06.

Key features

  1. Picking up mob arrows

    Players can collect arrows that mobs have fired, letting them reuse ammunition gathered from skeleton attacks.

  2. Straw figure theme

    The idea follows the boats strung with straw figures from the historical anecdote, so the arrows stick to the decoy targets.

  3. Lightweight design

    The mod is described as small in scope and does one job: making mob arrows available to take.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.21.111.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.101.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.91.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.81.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.71.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.61.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.51.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.41.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.31.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.21.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.11.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.211.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Use cases

Survival arrow supply

A player in survival can rely on arrows shot at them by mobs instead of crafting every arrow from flint and sticks.

Who it’s for: Server owners who want mob-fired arrows to be collectible by players, and players who run that kind of server.

How it compares

Full comparison

TnArrow uses the same loaders and versions as this mod, with the same server-required, client-optional environment, but it is not open source and is released under the MIT License.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Borrow Their Arrows!Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21 – 1.21.11Server required, client optional2026-03-06
TnArrowFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21 – 1.21.11Server required, client optional2025-09-28

Questions

Does Borrow Their Arrows! need to be installed on the client?

Not necessarily. The server must run the mod, while a client works either way, and players do not need it installed to join.

Which loaders does Borrow Their Arrows! support?

Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with a data pack version also available.

In the catalog

Borrow Their Arrows! is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.

Equipment mods17,631Fabric modsMods for 1.21.1119,862

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What the author says

A lightweight mod that allows you to pick mobs' arrows, so you can Borrow Their Arrows! Skeletons belike: Ouch, wait! Ain't it my arrow???)
Eugene, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Eugene
Published
2026-03-06
Updated on Modrinth
2026-03-06
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

EquipmentGame mechanicsUtilityAdventureMobs
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