Fletcher's Trestle - Archery Mod
by FROSTYTRIX
Fletcher's Trestle reworks how bows and crossbows are made, replacing the vanilla crafting table recipe with a multi-station archery process.
What it does
Bows, crossbows and arrows are built through a sequence of workstations rather than one grid. A raw log is shaved on a Shaving Horse with a Drawknife into Rough Limbs, then steamed over a campfire in a Steam Box, shaped while pliable, and combined with a Riser and String at a fletching table. The chain turns a plain log into a finished limb, so the crafting path is longer than vanilla.
Each finished bow passes through a Tuning Minigame in which the player's timing within the Sweet Spot sets the final quality and performance. Wood, iron and copper tiers and two string types give 66 combinations, with ten wood types available in the mix. The Steam Box can process up to 16 items at once while its water level is kept up, and the minigame speed and quality multipliers can be adjusted in the config.
Servers that run it need every player to install it too. Files are published for NeoForge only, for 1.21 and 1.21.1, with 2.7.1 as the latest build for 1.21.1. The source is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Multi-station crafting chain
Limbs move from a Shaving Horse to a Steam Box and then a fletching table before a bow is complete.
Tuning minigame
Timing within the Sweet Spot decides the final quality and performance of each bow or crossbow.
66 material combinations
Ten wood types, three riser tiers and two string types can be mixed to produce many bow variants.
Custom 3D models
New workstation and bow models match the vanilla look of the game, with custom geometry for each piece.
Batch steaming
The Steam Box processes up to 16 items at once, as long as its water level is maintained.
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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.
How it compares
Archeries is not open source, is licensed under All rights reserved and covers 1.21.1 – 1.21.4 on Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt, so it targets a different version range. RangedJS is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, but it reworks ranged combat rather than the crafting path. L2 Archery is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only and is a client and server mod covering 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 on Forge and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher's Trestle - Archery Mod | NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-09 |
| Archeries | Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-09-11 |
| RangedJS | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-15 |
| L2 Archery | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-14 |
Questions
Does Fletcher's Trestle need to be installed on the server?
Which loader and versions does Fletcher's Trestle support?
Can the minigame difficulty be changed?
In the catalog
Fletcher's Trestle - Archery Mod is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 7,420 Equipment mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Carve: Use the Shaving Horse and a Drawknife to strip logs into Rough Limbs. Steam: Place your limbs into the Steam Box over a campfire. Use water to steam them into Pliable Limbs, ready for shaping.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fletchers-trestle
- Owner
- FROSTYTRIX
- Published
- 2026-04-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15