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  1. Minecraft: Java Edition
  2. MC-272906

Several melee enchantments work in ranged combat when applied to a bow or crossbow via commands or creative anvil

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    • Icon: Bug Bug
    • Resolution: Works As Intended
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    • 1.21 Pre-Release 2
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    • Confirmed
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      When shooting a mob with a bow or crossbow enchanted with one of the following, the enchantment will work as if the attack was melee:

      • Sharpness
      • Smite
      • Bane of Arthropods
      • Impaling
      • Looting
      • Knockback
      • Breach

      There are also a few that will not work:

      • Fire Aspect
      • Wind Burst
      • Sweeping Edge (but it still shows up in the tooltip)
      • Density

      This only works with bows and crossbows; a snowball with Sharpness will deal no extra damage when thrown. Also, the enchanted_hit particle is not displayed when a mob takes extra damage from a melee enchantment in this way.

      To reproduce

      1. /give @s bow[minecraft:enchantments={levels:{"minecraft:smite":5}},minecraft:custom_name='{"text":"Smite Bow"}']
      2. /summon minecraft:zombified_piglin ~ ~ ~ {NoAI:1b}
      3. Shoot the zombified piglin
        The piglin died in one hit due to the Smite damage

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