[MC-417] Arrows first bounce back then appear at correct location Created: 25/Oct/12  Updated: 04/May/17  Resolved: 02/Nov/15

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.4.2, Minecraft 1.4.7, Snapshot 13w01a, Snapshot 13w01b, Snapshot 13w02b, Snapshot 13w04a, Snapshot 13w07a, Snapshot 13w10b, Minecraft 1.5, Minecraft 1.6.1, Minecraft 1.6.2, Minecraft 14w07a, Minecraft 14w08a, Minecraft 1.7.5, Minecraft 14w11b, Minecraft 1.7.6-pre1, Minecraft 14w18b, Minecraft 14w21b, Minecraft 14w25b, Minecraft 14w28a, Minecraft 14w28b, Minecraft 14w34d, Minecraft 1.8, Minecraft 1.8.1-pre2, Minecraft 1.8.1-pre3, Minecraft 1.8.2, Minecraft 1.8.3, Minecraft 1.8.4, Minecraft 1.8.7, Minecraft 15w31a, Minecraft 15w31b, Minecraft 15w32c, Minecraft 15w33b, Minecraft 15w33c, Minecraft 15w35b, Minecraft 15w36d, Minecraft 15w37a, Minecraft 15w39c, Minecraft 15w40b, Minecraft 15w42a, Minecraft 15w44a, Minecraft 15w44b
Fix Version/s: Minecraft 1.8.2-pre2, Minecraft 15w31a, Minecraft 15w45a

Type: Bug
Reporter: Bora Sanuk Assignee: [Mojang] Grum (Erik Broes)
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 58
Labels: arrow
Environment:

Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)


Attachments: File bowbounce.mp4    
Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MC-6057 Arrows can't be seen flying when shot Resolved
is duplicated by MC-6112 Arrows fired from bows bounce. Resolved
is duplicated by MC-7576 shooting a bow after going to a creat... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-8483 Arrow bug Resolved
is duplicated by MC-9985 arrow bug Resolved
is duplicated by MC-11572 Shooting Arrow In Creative Bugs Out! Resolved
is duplicated by MC-11679 Arrow Bug Resolved
is duplicated by MC-11731 Weird aarow behavior Resolved
is duplicated by MC-11936 Bow And Arrow Resolved
is duplicated by MC-11969 arrow doing damage to mobs but arrow ... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-13393 Arrows may get fired backwards Resolved
is duplicated by MC-14623 Arrows in 13w16b are buggy Resolved
is duplicated by MC-15587 When firing a bow and arrow in CSP, t... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-15592 Arrows deviate from the trajectory Resolved
is duplicated by MC-16063 Other players cannot see arrows stick... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-18491 Bows don't shoot further than one block Resolved
is duplicated by MC-19297 Arrow entity bug Resolved
is duplicated by MC-19359 bow Resolved
is duplicated by MC-20029 Arrows Broken Resolved
is duplicated by MC-20146 Shot arrow hits the ground before pla... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-23836 Arrow deflects Resolved
is duplicated by MC-25435 Arrows from bow fall down then teleport Resolved
is duplicated by MC-40770 Bow glitch Resolved
is duplicated by MC-44501 Arrows instantly go down when shooted Resolved
is duplicated by MC-44578 Bow Physics Broken Resolved
is duplicated by MC-45137 Arrows Being Blocked Resolved
is duplicated by MC-45315 When you shoot a bow the arrow seems ... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-47355 14w05b Arrows behaving weirdly Resolved
is duplicated by MC-47844 Phantom Arrow Animation Resolved
is duplicated by MC-48410 arrow shootimg Resolved
is duplicated by MC-48543 arrows not firing correctly on server Resolved
is duplicated by MC-48635 arrow's are bugt out Resolved
is duplicated by MC-48807 Bows being weird Resolved
is duplicated by MC-49048 Arrows stop in midair above a torch Resolved
is duplicated by MC-49311 Shooting Arrows will not show properly Resolved
is duplicated by MC-49932 arrows Resolved
is duplicated by MC-51427 14w11b bow bug Resolved
is duplicated by MC-52407 Bow and arrow render glitch Resolved
is duplicated by MC-52433 Bow and arrow hits player on the way out Resolved
is duplicated by MC-54181 Arrow visual glitch Resolved
is duplicated by MC-54373 Arrows freezes/laggs/glitches by bein... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-57983 When you shoot an arrow it falls in f... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-60628 Arrows Dropping to Ground? Resolved
is duplicated by MC-61547 Bow and Arrow Bug Resolved
is duplicated by MC-62191 Arrows shot from bows are visually dr... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-62365 Arrows go down Resolved
is duplicated by MC-65717 Arrows animation glitch Resolved
is duplicated by MC-65826 Bow & Arrow Visual Bug Resolved
is duplicated by MC-66223 Arrow Flop Glitch Resolved
is duplicated by MC-67202 Bow Firing Animation Resolved
is duplicated by MC-67997 Shooting arrows with bow has wrong an... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-68549 arrow visuals glitch Resolved
is duplicated by MC-68591 Bow and Arrow glitch Resolved
is duplicated by MC-71090 Arrows are glitched in 1.8 Resolved
is duplicated by MC-73122 Arrow shooting, stops as soon as I sh... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-75094 Arrow Glitch Resolved
is duplicated by MC-77943 Bow has a fake arrow and one real arrow Resolved
is duplicated by MC-79909 Arrows hitting invisible walls Resolved
is duplicated by MC-82287 Arrows Falling, Then Vanishing Resolved
is duplicated by MC-82962 Arrows and bows Resolved
is duplicated by MC-83056 shooting Arrow out of a boat Resolved
is duplicated by MC-83139 cant shoot speed arrows Resolved
is duplicated by MC-83152 15w31a Resolved
is duplicated by MC-83276 Arrows seem to hit an invisible wall ... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-83675 Glitched Arrow Animation Resolved
is duplicated by MC-83717 Arrow Problem Resolved
is duplicated by MC-83882 Arrow animation Resolved
is duplicated by MC-84601 Can't shoot arrow from boat Resolved
is duplicated by MC-84682 Graphical glitch when shooting betwee... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-85707 Spectral Arrow animation drops in fro... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-86188 Bow doesn't show arrow in air but st... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-86271 Arrows of all types deflect upon shoo... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-86690 Bow Visual Glitch Resolved
is duplicated by MC-87297 Arrows stop infront of you, but conti... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-87308 15W35b fired arrows Resolved
is duplicated by MC-87311 arrow telepoting Resolved
is duplicated by MC-88056 There is a bug when shooting arrows Resolved
is duplicated by MC-88415 arrows glitch Resolved
is duplicated by MC-88525 Bow And Shield Resolved
is duplicated by MC-88532 Bows and Arrows Resolved
is duplicated by MC-88813 Using bow in boat stops arrow Resolved
is duplicated by MC-88822 Arrow bounce back on player Resolved
is duplicated by MC-88823 Boats/Minecarts and Bows combined = bad. Resolved
is duplicated by MC-89159 All types of arrows are falling when ... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-89267 Bow and arrow to shoot Resolved
is duplicated by MC-90040 Arrow visual glitch Resolved
is duplicated by MC-90717 arrows look like they bounce back at you Resolved
is duplicated by MC-90789 Arrow Graphical Glitch Resolved
is duplicated by MC-91332 Weird Arrow Glitch Resolved
is duplicated by MC-91532 Arrow Glitch Resolved
is duplicated by MC-2193 arrows are brokwn Resolved
is duplicated by MC-2751 Shot arrow graphical glitch Resolved
is duplicated by MC-3060 firing arrows is wrong Resolved
is duplicated by MC-3406 Arrows fall down instantly when shot ... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-4778 Bug with arows Resolved
is duplicated by MC-5291 arrow stop in mid air Resolved
Relates
relates to MC-86201 Arrow looks like it falls to the Grou... Resolved
relates to MC-51126 Arrows disappear until you relog when... Resolved
relates to MC-547 Arrows Don't land properly Resolved
CHK:
Confirmation Status: Confirmed

 Description   

When shooting arrows, they first bounce back in the air, then get updated and appear where they should've landed.



 Comments   
Comment by [Mod] CubeTheThird [ 18/Jul/16 ]

hi529, please don't confirm issues for old and unsupported versions, particularly if they've already been marked as fixed.

Comment by Ben Noble [ 18/Jul/16 ]

Confirmed for 1.8.9

Comment by Emre Kisacikoglu [ 02/Jul/16 ]

This is back in 1.10?

Comment by [Mod] redstonehelper [ 06/Nov/15 ]

miwob: That sounds like a separate issue. Please create a new ticket for that.

Comment by [Mod] Michael Wobst [ 05/Nov/15 ]

The 'fix' in 15w45a made the arrow mechanic even worse for me. Now if the MultiplayerChunkCache (check that in F3) hasn't finished loading, which happens pretty often with a higher render-distance and moving around, and you shoot an arrow it has a pretty low momentum and doesnt travel far.

Comment by Steven W.d.V. [ 31/Oct/15 ]

Confirmed for 15w44b

Comment by Dlawso the Really Lucky Rabbit [ 29/Oct/15 ]

Created a world with "The Void" preset so no entities spawn. Reproduced.

Comment by [Mod] redstonehelper [ 29/Oct/15 ]

Sonic: Create a new superflat world, preferably without any other entities able to spawn, and shoot a bow.

Comment by Dlawso the Really Lucky Rabbit [ 29/Oct/15 ]

Are you positively sure, redstonehelper? I seriously cannot reproduce this in 44a at all.

Comment by [Mod] redstonehelper [ 29/Oct/15 ]

Not fixed in 15w44a.

Comment by Dlawso the Really Lucky Rabbit [ 29/Oct/15 ]

Fixed in 15w44a, possibly earlier.

Comment by Chris [ 01/Oct/15 ]

Also still in 15w40b, has been for a few snapshots now and happens with every shot. Looks like I'm shooting under water. Kinda improves my aim though

Comment by Ethan L! [ 27/Sep/15 ]

Still present in 15w39c, but takes a while to kick in.

Comment by Marcono1234 [ 04/Sep/15 ]

Confirmed for

  • 15w36d Again when the player has the entity id 0
  • 15w37a
Comment by [Mod] Neko [ 14/Aug/15 ]

Still in 33b ;(

Comment by iFuzion77 [ 10/Aug/15 ]

This also happens in snapshot 15w32c

Comment by Artotyx78 [ 30/Jul/15 ]

Me i can't see the EnderDragon in this version, it 's a bug on my game ?

Comment by [Mod] redstonehelper [ 30/Jul/15 ]

Confirmed in 15w31b.

[16:48:25] [Server thread/INFO]: redstonehelper[local:E:780e59af] logged in with entity id 0 at (13.5, 4.0, -236.5)
Comment by [Mod] Sonicwave [ 30/Jul/15 ]

See: MC-83717, MC-83056, MC-83675, MC-83152 (which was resolved as duplicate), MC-83276; seems to show that issue still exists in current version.

(Also I'm not sure if MC-83684 could be related)

Comment by Alawnely [ 30/Jul/15 ]

Not fixed in 15w31a but did NOT happen in previous versions.

Comment by user-f2760 (Inactive) [ 02/Jul/15 ]

it's fixed for 1.9

Comment by DeletedUser [ 02/Jul/15 ]

Happend in 1.8.7, restart did not fix. Made new world efter restart, it had no problem, enterd world that had problem without restart, problem fixed in old world. Lots of gamerules set to false in original world with problem, all with regards to drops.

Comment by Kumasasa [ 29/Apr/15 ]

Fixed for next version: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/349t08/nathan_adams_on_twitter_if_the_players_entity_id/cqt0dcw

Comment by Jeremy [ 05/Mar/15 ]

Relogging seems to have fixed the issue but it is still strange that it happened at all exactly as this bug is described.

Comment by Jeremy [ 05/Mar/15 ]

Confirmed for 1.8.3 on Windows 7 Java 8. Arrow appears to simply drop a block in front of the area when fired and does not render properly when flying through the air. When it hits the ground or a block it will render in the correct block. Please fix this bug it makes bows almost unusable.

Comment by Noah Gil [ 27/Feb/15 ]

This is really weird. I was just having this problem and now it's not happening. When I first saw it, I thought something weird happen in Minecraft so I shut down the client. After that, the bug still persisted. Then I logged out of my single player world for a bout 5 minutes, went back on, and it went away. Any explanations for that?

Comment by Bora Sanuk [ 21/Feb/15 ]

Added 1.8.2 to affected versions list.

Comment by PsychoLynx [ 20/Feb/15 ]

Seconded. It really makes using bows a pain. Please fix!

Comment by Color Fusion [ 19/Feb/15 ]

Not fixed. Still very much present in 1.8.2. Can provide video if necessary.

Comment by tanyuliang [ 25/Oct/14 ]

Don't tell me it's cannot be fixed

Comment by QwertyuiopThePie [ 24/Sep/14 ]

Very much unresolved, and very much annoying.

Comment by Aaron Rhodes [ 09/Sep/14 ]

Still happens in 1.8, usually exiting the game completely and reentering fixes it until it happens again (rarely).

Comment by BoxFigs [ 28/Aug/14 ]

Still happens in 1.8-pre3.

Comment by Color Fusion [ 14/Jul/14 ]

I've had it happen about 4 times, only ever in creative worlds so far. It's definitely very annoying when it does happen though, and is usually persistent through reloading the world.

Due to the amount of duplicates, I'd judge that it's reasonably common.

Comment by Bora Sanuk [ 14/Jul/14 ]

OP here, and I'm surprised. It hasn't happened to me since I filed it. Interesting.

We haven't seen a mod comment in a while, I feel like this bug isn't getting enough attention. [Mod] Kumasasa bumped it recently (check Transactions Summary) but still. Those who use Twitter, maybe you could tweet about this?

Comment by Color Fusion [ 14/Jul/14 ]

Still present in 14w28b.

Comment by Joaquin Ortiz [ 26/Jun/14 ]

Fixed in 14w26c

Comment by Joaquin Ortiz [ 25/Jun/14 ]

Confirmed for 14w25b.

Comment by Anorma [ 29/May/14 ]

It still happens in 14w21b.

Comment by EnderKingHD [ 05/May/14 ]

Yeah it happened to me to on the snapshot 14w18b

Comment by Polar Slayer [ 15/Mar/14 ]

Still in snapshot 14w11b.
Annoying for my arrow target game

Comment by Qwert [ 10/Mar/14 ]

I've had this issue again in 14w10c. This is really off-putting. The gameplay is unaffected, but the visual is weird.

Comment by Depotato [ 26/Feb/14 ]

I noticed that fire arrows work fine

Comment by Color Fusion [ 17/Feb/14 ]

Affects 14w07a, video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trrnj6rSTYE
Please reopen this, incredibly off putting when you're trying to shoot players/mobs and you can't see where your arrows go.

Comment by Leif [ 13/Sep/13 ]

Also affects 13w37b.
Reproduction: Take a bow, shoot. Happens both in creative and survival.
Now something additional came: The arrows' direction in at their target is not the expected but the one they had when fallen down. Made a bug report for that: MC-30988

Please reopen.

Comment by Bora Sanuk [ 08/Jul/13 ]

Adding 1.6.1 as well.

Comment by Qwert [ 08/Jul/13 ]

I have tried this on two computers, both of which caused the arrows to bounce off an invisible object before landing, then glitching back to the intended target. 1.5 fixed it, but 1.6.1 (The full update) brought it back.

Comment by Bora Sanuk [ 08/Jul/13 ]

I have not had this issue since I posted it, FYI. Might it be client lag related?

Edit: Also, added 1.6.2 to affected versions. Thanks Qwert.

Comment by Qwert [ 08/Jul/13 ]

Confirmed in 1.6.2 pre. Very annoying.

Comment by Tails [ 05/May/13 ]

Unable to reproduce in 13w18c aswell, resolving.

Comment by Jason Webb [ 05/May/13 ]

MC 1.5.2, vanilla, seems to be fine. Arrows do not bounce back from buttons, at least on my jar (using the old launcher).

Comment by Jason Webb [ 05/May/13 ]

I am checking now. Stand by

Comment by Tails [ 05/May/13 ]

Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.

Comment by Jason Webb [ 02/Apr/13 ]

This is what happens on my Vanilla MC v1.5.1. Arrow only returns to normal position (stuck in button), when I log off then back on.

Comment by Phssthpok Pak [ 09/Dec/12 ]

Still occurring in 1.4.5. Makes it hard to see if you're aiming high/low because the arrow is not shown in flight.

Quitting Minecraft and restarting sometimes fixes the problem but not always.

Comment by MRC [ 30/Oct/12 ]

I got the same issue, the arrows just freeze where they spawn (when shot) jitter in mid-air for about 1-3 sec depending on it's normal "air-time", then go back on their normal trajectory.
For me, the bug happened on creative mode, in the Snowy Kingdom Superflat preset after about 2 hours in... i have a feeling time could be the cause.
It was easily fixed by relogging and it did no happen before.
I have no plugins nor texture pack installed.

I hope these extra specifications can help. _

Comment by Bora Sanuk [ 27/Oct/12 ]

Oh I think I figured it out. Here is the story; I wanted to try the update, so I did not search for mods I use, which includes a HD texture pack patcher. When I updated, I had a HD t.pack (broken since I have no patcher) and arrows did that. Then I downgraded so I could play on servers still. I played on 1.4.2 to test it again and I realized it works fine with default t.pack. Thanks for your interest, have a good day!

Comment by Do [ 27/Oct/12 ]

Alright, thanks for your reply... I'll reopen it.

Comment by Bora Sanuk [ 27/Oct/12 ]

No, similar but no. My problem is it bounces of facing down/backwards close to you, like there is a ghost block. Then it just lands where it should land.

Comment by Do [ 26/Oct/12 ]

Bora, does MC-547 sound like the same issue to you?

If it's a different issue, please provide more information and we'll reopen this.

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