Minecraft crafting guide

How to craft Spectral Arrow in Minecraft

To craft a spectral arrow in Minecraft, place 4× Glowstone Dust, 1× Arrow in the exact pattern on a crafting table to craft 2 spectral arrows

Spectral Arrow crafting recipe

Produces 2× Spectral Arrow.

Glowstone Dust
Glowstone Dust
Arrow
Glowstone Dust
Glowstone Dust
minecraft:spectral_arrow
  • This is a shaped recipe, meaning the items must be placed in this specific arrangement on the grid.
  • Spectral Arrow requires a crafting table to craft.

About Spectral Arrow

The Spectral Arrow is a special arrow that marks whatever it hits with the Glowing effect for 10 seconds. The target gets a bright outline that you can see through walls and other blocks. This makes it useful for tracking players in PvP or keeping an eye on mobs that run behind terrain.

It deals the same damage as a normal arrow and works in bows, crossbows, and dispensers.

How to get Spectral Arrow

You get Spectral Arrows mainly by crafting them. Combine one regular arrow with four glowstone dust to produce two spectral arrows, so you will need to mine glowstone in the Nether or trade for it. You can also sometimes get them from bartering with piglins.

Materials needed

Ingredient amounts for one craft, producing 2× Spectral Arrow.

Materials required for one craft
MaterialPer craftAccepted items
Glowstone DustGlowstone Dust
4Exact item
1Exact item

Quantity table

Crafts are rounded up when a recipe produces more than one item.

Ingredient quantities for common target amounts
WantedCraftsProducedGlowstone DustArrow
11241
16816328
3216326416
64326412832

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