How To Make Bow In Minecraft

Everything You Need To Make A Bow

To make a bow, you will need to place 3x sticks and 3x strings into a 3x3 crafting table in a specific pattern. Within seconds, you will see a bow on the right side of your crafting grid. From where you can move it to inventory.

Everything you need

• 1x Crafting table
• 3x sticks
• 3x strings

Still confused? No worries as we have explained the whole process in a step-by-step guide ahead. So, read on.

How To Craft A Bow

Open Your Crafting Table

First and foremost, open your crafting table so that you can have a 3x3 crafting grid as we have shown in the screenshot below.

Just place your crafting table and right click on it.

Before moving to the next step, make sure you have enough sticks and strings in your inventory. If you don't have enough, you can also check out our guides on how to craft sticksandhow to craft strings

Add 3x Sticks and 3x Strings Into Crafting Table

Next, you will need to place 3x sticks and 3x strings into a 3x3 crafting grid in a specific manner. In the first row, you should place 1x stick in the second box and 1x string in the third box.

In the second row, you should place 1x stick in the first box and 1x string in the third box. In the third row, you should place 1x stick in the second box and 1x string in the third box.

Displacement of sticks and strings to another box or row won’t get you a bow. So, be careful while placing them.

Move A Bow To Inventory

As a result of the above process you will see a bow on the right side of your crafting grid. Now is the time to move the bow to inventory.

Just drag and drop it to inventory.

Repeat the process again and again to get your desired number of bows.

What is the give command to get a bow?

The give command to get yourself a bow is: /give @p bow 1.

We hope you liked the guide. You can explore our site to know what other things you can make with a stick such as a sword.