Fair Fletching
by Macol
Fair Fletching changes how the Fletching Table crafts tipped arrows, letting one brewing step tip several arrows at once.
What it does
Fair Fletching works through the Fletching Table, which opens a menu where arrows can be tipped or upgraded using potions. In vanilla the table only crafts basic arrows, so the mod's tipping recipes are the main addition. Tipping with potions yields more arrows per craft than the vanilla recipes do, and Spectral Arrows and other upgrades are configured as separate recipe steps.
Recipes are data-driven through a custom recipe type called fair-fletching:arrow, so server owners and pack makers can edit them from data files. The default configuration covers tipping with splash and lingering potions, and each example recipe lives in a JSON file under data/fair-fletching/recipe. The mod also handles empty bottles: when a potion ingredient is used, the empty bottle stays in the crafting grid instead of disappearing, and any remainder goes to the player's inventory or drops if it is full.
Fair Fletching requires Fabric API and is released under the BSD 3-Clause License. It is open source and published for Fabric only, across six game versions, 1.21.1 – 26.3. Client and server both need the mod, so it has to be installed on the server and by every player.
Key features
Multi-arrow tipping
A potion tips several arrows in one craft, so fewer potions and crafting steps are needed per batch.
Customizable recipes
Tipping and upgrade recipes are written in data files, letting server owners change outputs and ingredients.
Empty bottle remainder
Empty bottles stay in the crafting grid after potion crafts, fixing the vanilla behavior tracked as MC-267545.
Quiver integration
The Adventurous Trinkets quiver slot appears next to the offhand slot in the GUI, making arrows easier to access.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who use bows and crossbows often and server owners who want to adjust how arrows are tipped and upgraded. Fair Fletching also suits modpacks that already use Sensible Stackables or Adventurous Trinkets, both of which it supports.
How it compares
Proper Fletching is client and server, under the MIT License, but it is not open source and targets only 1.21.9 – 1.21.11. Actually Useful Fletching Table is also client and server and open source under the MIT License, though it is published for 26.1.2 alone. Fletcher is open source under the MIT License with files for 26.1.2 – 26.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Fletching | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-17 |
| Proper Fletching | Fabric | 1.21.9 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-03-01 |
| Actually Useful Fletching Table | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-05-04 |
| Fletcher | Fabric | 26.1.2 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-21 |
Questions
Does Fair Fletching require Fabric API?
Does the server need Fair Fletching?
Can the tipping recipes be changed?
In the catalog
Fair Fletching is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
A simple mod for Minecraft that adds a use for Fletching Table. Using a Fletching Table now opens a fletching menu, where arrows can be "tipped" (upgraded).
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fair-fletching
- Owner
- Macol
- Published
- 2026-08-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15