[MC-9766] Bows not affecting hunger. Created: 14/Feb/13  Updated: 23/Feb/14  Resolved: 14/Feb/13

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Snapshot 13w06a
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Nathan Robert Hazzard Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Works As Intended Votes: 3
Labels: None
Environment:

Max OSX Lion, Java 6.


Confirmation Status: Unconfirmed
Game Mode: Survival

 Description   

When playing Hypixel's wither challenge, I did a lot if bow exclusive combat as the demon hunter class, and my hunger depleted very slowly, even firing hundreds of arrows. Swords depleted my hunger 3 or 4 times faster, leading me to conclude the bow was not affecting my hunger.



 Comments   
Comment by Hartspoon [ 23/Feb/14 ]

The wiki's not an official source of knowledge about Minecraft to decide if a feature is intended or not. If bows affected hunger, the wiki would say "shooting an arrow with a bow affects hunger". It only describes the game as it is, not as it should be without any bug.

It seems pretty clear that shooting hundreds of arrow should, somehow, affects hunger. It may be related to MC-31047. And it might as well be for the same reason that plowing dirt with a hoe doesn't affect hunger either.

Comment by Kumasasa [ 14/Feb/13 ]

Not a bug.
Only hitting a mob drains 0.3 food points, see http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Hunger

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