Minecraft:Ranged attack

File:Ranged attack.gif

An example of a ranged attack.

A ranged attack is a type of Minecraft:attack that mobs and players use to cause damage to a target from a distance.

Projectile damage

The projectiles used as ammo by Minecraft:bows and Minecraft:crossbows, as well as the thrown Minecraft:trident projectile, have varying damage depending on the user and their velocity. The projectiles exclusive to mobs vary in damage depending on Minecraft:difficulty.

Players

The damage of ranged weapons is different when used by players compared to when they're used by mobs.

Template:ItemSprite
Charge time	Enchantment	Projectile damage
0.1 s (no charge)	Unenchanted	Template:Hp
	Power I	Template:Hp
	Power II	Template:Hp
	Power III	Template:Hp
	Power IV	Template:Hp
	Power V	Template:Hp
0.2 s - 0.8 s (medium charge)	Unenchanted	Template:Hp
	Power I	Template:Hp
	Power II	Template:Hp
	Power III	Template:Hp
	Power IV	Template:Hp
	Power V	Template:Hp
0.9 s (full charge)	Unenchanted	Template:Hp
	Power I	Template:Hp
	Power II	Template:Hp
	Power III	Template:Hp
	Power IV	Template:Hp
	Power V	Template:Hp
1 s (critical charge)	Unenchanted	Template:Hp to Template:Hp
	Power I	Template:Hp to Template:Hp
	Power II	Template:Hp to Template:Hp
	Power III	Template:Hp to Template:Hp
	Power IV	Template:Hp to Template:Hp
	Power V	Template:Hp to Template:Hp

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Template:ItemSprite
Template:JE
Template:Hp to Template:Hp
Template:BE
Template:Hp
Template:ItemSprite
Firework stars	Projectile damage	Enchantment	Charge time	Damage/second (DPS)
1 Template:ItemSprite	Template:Hp to Template:Hp	No enchantment	1.25 s	3.75 to 4.5
		Quick Charge I	1 s	5 to 6
		Quick Charge II	0.75 s	6.25 to 7.5
		Quick Charge III	0.5 s	7.5 to 9
2 Template:ItemSprite	Template:Hp to Template:Hp	No enchantment	1.25 s	4.5 to 6
		Quick Charge I	1 s	6 to 8
		Quick Charge II	0.75 s	7.5 to 10
		Quick Charge III	0.5 s	9 to 12
3 Template:ItemSprite	Template:Hp to Template:Hp	No enchantment	1.25 s	5.25 to 7.5
		Quick Charge I	1 s	7 to 10
		Quick Charge II	0.75 s	8.75 to 12.5
		Quick Charge III	0.5 s	10.5 to 15
4 Template:ItemSprite	Template:Hp to Template:Hp	No enchantment	1.25 s	6 to 9
		Quick Charge I	1 s	8 to 12
		Quick Charge II	0.75 s	10 to 15
		Quick Charge III	0.5 s	12 to 18
5 Template:ItemSprite	Template:Hp to Template:Hp	No enchantment	1.25 s	6.75 to 10.5
		Quick Charge I	1 s	9 to 14
		Quick Charge II	0.75 s	11.25 to 17.5
		Quick Charge III	0.5 s	13.5 to 21
6 Template:ItemSprite	Template:Hp to Template:Hp	No enchantment	1.25 s	7.5 to 12
		Quick Charge I	1 s	10 to 16
		Quick Charge II	0.75 s	12.5 to 20
		Quick Charge III	0.5 s	15 to 24
7 Template:ItemSprite	Template:Hp to Template:Hp	No enchantment	1.25 s	8.25 to 13.5
		Quick Charge I	1 s	11 to 18
		Quick Charge II	0.75 s	13.75 to 22.5
		Quick Charge III	0.5 s	16.5 to 27

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Projectile damage
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Mobs

When used by mobs, ranged weapons have set damage according to the mob type. Additionally, certain mobs have ranged attacks that are not replicable by player-obtained weapons.

Mob	Difficulty			Minecraft:Status effect(s)
	Easy	Normal	Hard
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLink	Template:Hp + Minecraft:fire for 5 seconds			Template:Tc
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLinkTemplate:Only	Template:Hp to Template:Hp	Template:Hp to Template:Hp	Template:Hp to Template:Hp	Template:Tc Template:EffectLink for 4 seconds If holding a Minecraft:tipped arrow or a Minecraft:spectral arrow in its off-hand: The effect of the arrow
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLinkTemplate:Only	Template:Hp to Template:Hp		Template:Hp to Template:Hp	Template:Tc Template:EffectLink for 4 seconds
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLink	Template:Hp		Template:Hp	Template:Tc
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLink (ranged)Template:Only	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Tc
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLink (ranged)Template:Only	Template:Hp			Template:Tc
Template:EntityLink (laser)	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:TcTemplate:EffectLink III for 5 minutes on nearby players
Template:EntityLink (breath)	Template:Hp per second			Template:Tc Minecraft:Area effect cloud of Template:EffectLink
Template:EntityLink Template:EntityLink	Template:Hp per second
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLinkTemplate:Only	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Tc
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLinkTemplate:Only	Template:Hp			Template:Tc
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLink (impact)	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Tc
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLink (explosion)	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Tc
Template:EntityLink (laser)	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Tc
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLinkTemplate:Only	Template:Hp to Template:Hp		Template:Hp to Template:Hp	Template:Tc Template:EffectLink spells on the player, if Minecraft:regional difficulty is 2 or greater
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLink	Template:Hp		Template:Hp	Template:Tc
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLinkTemplate:Only	Template:Hp to Template:Hp		Template:Hp to Template:Hp	Template:Tc
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLinkTemplate:Only	Template:Hp to Template:Hp		Template:Hp to Template:Hp	Template:Tc
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLink	Template:Hp to Template:Hp	Template:Hp to Template:Hp	Template:Hp to Template:Hp	Template:Tc
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLink	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:TcTemplate:EffectLink for 10 seconds
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLinkTemplate:Only	Template:Hp to Template:Hp	Template:Hp to Template:Hp	Template:Hp to Template:Hp	Template:Tc If holding a Minecraft:tipped arrow or a Minecraft:spectral arrow in its off-hand: The effect of the arrow
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLinkTemplate:Only	Template:Hp to Template:Hp, varies with proximity		Template:Hp to Template:Hp, varies with proximity	Template:Tc
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLink	Template:Hp to Minecraft:blazes			Template:Tc
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLinkTemplate:Only	Template:Hp to Template:Hp			Template:Tc Template:EffectLink for 30 seconds when their tipped arrow hits any mob (including another stray) If holding a Minecraft:tipped arrow or a Minecraft:spectral arrow in its off-hand: The effect of the arrow
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLinkTemplate:Only	Template:Hp to Template:Hp, varies with proximity		Template:Hp to Template:Hp, varies with proximity	Template:Tc Template:EffectLink for 30 seconds when their tipped arrow hits any mob (including another stray)
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLink	Template:Hp		Template:Hp	Template:Tc
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLink	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Tc
Template:EntityLink (ranged)	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Tc
Template:EntityLink	Deals damage by throwing Minecraft:potions			Template:Tc Minecraft:splash potions of Template:EffectLink, Template:EffectLink, Template:EffectLink, and Template:EffectLink
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntityLinkTemplate:Only	Template:Hp to Template:Hp + Minecraft:fire for 5 seconds	Template:Hp to Template:Hp + Minecraft:fire for 5 seconds	Template:Hp to Template:Hp + Minecraft:fire for 5 seconds	Template:Tc No If holding a Minecraft:tipped arrow or a Minecraft:spectral arrow in its off-hand: The effect of the arrow
Template:EntityLink (impact)	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:TcTemplate:EffectLink II for 10 seconds on Normal difficulty and 40 seconds on Hard difficulty
Template:EntityLink (explosion)	Template:Hp			Template:Tc

Charge time

File:Steve Charging Crossbow.gif

Charging a crossbow.

Charge time represents the time it takes to charge a ranged weapon before firing it.

Players

The charge time of player-initiated ranged attacks is dependent on the ranged weapon they're using. Due to a server-client desync bug, ranged weapons can occasionally be fired 1 tick earlier than their programmed charge times.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Ranged weapon	Charge time
Template:ItemSprite	0.1 s (no charge)
	0.2–0.8 s (medium charge)
	0.9 s (full charge)
	1 s (critical charge)

Ranged weapon	Charge time	Enchantment
Template:ItemSprite	1.25 s	None
	1 s	Minecraft:Quick Charge I
	0.75 s	Minecraft:Quick Charge II
	0.5 s	Minecraft:Quick Charge III

Ranged weapon	Charge time
Template:ItemSprite	0.5 s

Ranged weapon	Charge time
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Mobs

Template:Expand section Mobs have differing firing speeds for their ranged attacks, some of which are changed based on Minecraft:difficulty.

Mob	Weapon	Easy	Normal	Hard
Template:EntitySprite	Template:ItemSprite	3.0 s		2.0 s
Template:EntitySprite	Template:ItemSprite
Template:EntitySprite	Template:ItemSprite	3.5 s		2.5 s
Template:EntitySprite	Template:ItemSprite
Template:EntitySprite	Template:ItemSprite
Template:EntitySprite	Template:ItemSprite
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntitySprite	Template:EntitySprite
Template:EntitySprite	Template:ItemSprite
Template:EntitySprite	Template:ItemSprite	3.0s

Inaccuracy

Ranged attacks have innate inaccuracy values, which dictate the randomness of projectile trajectory. This value affects both players and mobs.

Players

Player ranged attacks using bows, crossbows, and tridents have a default inaccuracy value of 1 (0.25 in the Minecraft:Java Edition Combat Tests).

Mobs

Certain mobs are affected by the inaccuracy value. Skeletons (and their variants) specifically have their inaccuracy value affected by the world difficulty, with a value of 10 on Easy, 6 on Normal, and 2 on Hard. Template:Expand section

Sounds

Bow

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Crossbow

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Trident

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Thrown tridents use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

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Wind charge

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Other

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Thrown snowballs use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

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