If you kill a skeleton, the arrows that drop from it (more 'shoot' from it) can hurt mobs that get hit by them. I found this when I was trying to trap some pigs and a curious skeleton came over. It was pretty close to the pigs, and when I killed it, one of the arrows hit a pig and it flashed (what happens when you hit something). This might be a good way to test if you want to recreate it.
I haven't yet checked if the arrows can hurt you when they are dropped because it's kinda hard to get a skeleton to die near you.
The arrows are the same arrows you shoot, so it makes sense that it has the same properties as the arrows you shoot. They can hurt you and mobs. I've witnessed it. Why is this still open? It seems intentional, if you can Shoot yourself and injure yourself with your own arrow.
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The arrows are the same arrows you shoot, so it makes sense that it has the same properties as the arrows you shoot. They can hurt you and mobs. I've witnessed it. Why is this still open? It seems intentional, if you can Shoot yourself and injure yourself with your own arrow.
I've just tested it; you can indeed shoot yourself with an arrow by shooting straight upwards.
Yeah, so have numerous other people. All the skeletons do is "shoot" the exact same arrow you do when they die. And your arrows can be picked up if you miss.
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They shoot purple arrows which you can't pick up. I really wish you could pick them up, though, because that would be quite helpful. :tongue.gif:
I, and most people to think of it, would probably end up building intricate arrow farms with imprisoned skeletons as the source. I think it will be either notch gives skeletons limited arrows (and they drop their remaining arrows upon death,) or he doesn't let us pick up their arrows at all in the final survival mode.
I haven't yet checked if the arrows can hurt you when they are dropped because it's kinda hard to get a skeleton to die near you.
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Yes, because normal arrows definitely wouldn't hurt the pig.
I think this is intended.
Or maybe a convenient side-effect of him calling the same "shoot arrow" function.
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Yeah, so have numerous other people. All the skeletons do is "shoot" the exact same arrow you do when they die. And your arrows can be picked up if you miss.
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Yeah, I missed adding "when they die" to my previous post, now it's fixed.
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I, and most people to think of it, would probably end up building intricate arrow farms with imprisoned skeletons as the source. I think it will be either notch gives skeletons limited arrows (and they drop their remaining arrows upon death,) or he doesn't let us pick up their arrows at all in the final survival mode.