Wooden Arrow

Wooden Arrow

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Statistics

Type	AmmunitionCrafting material
Damage	5 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 4 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) (Ranged)
Knockback	2 (Very weak)
Velocity	3
Rarity	00*
Buy	5 CC
Sell	1 CC (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 2 CC (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
Research	99 required

Projectile created

• Wooden Arrow (friendly)
  

• Internal Item ID: 40
• Internal Projectile ID: 1

   

Wooden Arrows are only sold by the Skeleton Merchant during these moon phases.

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
ChestChest	25–50	1/3 (33.33%)
Zombie (Armed Pincushion Zombie)  Zombie (Armed Pincushion Zombie)	1–9	100%
Zombie (Big Pincushion Zombie)  Zombie (Big Pincushion Zombie)	1–9	100%
Zombie (Pincushion Zombie)  Zombie (Pincushion Zombie)	1–9	100%
Zombie (Small Pincushion Zombie)  Zombie (Small Pincushion Zombie)	1–9	100%

Wooden Arrows fired by a Silver Bow.

The Wooden Arrow is the most basic type of arrow. It can be used as ammunition for all types of bows and is also the base of the crafting recipes for several more powerful arrow types. Wooden Arrows can be crafted, found in Pots and Chests, dropped by Pincushion Zombies, and purchased from the Merchant for 5 CC each. They can also be purchased from the Skeleton Merchant(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) during moon phases 3, 4, 7, and 8.

(Old-gen console and 3DS versions) A fired Wooden Arrow has a 1/3 (33.33%) chance of being recoverable after hitting an enemy or a block (only when shot from a weapon that fires one arrow at a time).

When shot with certain bows, regular Wooden Arrows will transform into another special projectile (such as the Molten Fury, which will transform them into a version of Flaming Arrows). Some other bows, such as the Pulse Bow(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions), convert any type of arrow to their special variant.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Wooden Arrow25	Any Wood Stone Block	Work Bench
only: Wooden Arrow5	Any Wood Stone Block

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Flaming Arrow10	Wooden Arrow10 Torch	By Hand
only: Flaming Arrow5	Wooden Arrow5 Torch
only: Frostburn Arrow10	Wooden Arrow10 Ice Torch
only: Frostburn Arrow5	Wooden Arrow5 Ice Torch
Jester's Arrow10	Wooden Arrow10 Fallen Star
Endless Quiver(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Wooden Arrow3996	Crystal Ball
only: Hellfire Arrow100	Wooden Arrow100 Hellstone Bar	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil
only: Hellfire Arrow25	Wooden Arrow25 Torch5 Hellstone Bar
Unholy Arrow5	Wooden Arrow5 Worm Tooth
only: Unholy Arrow5	Wooden Arrow5 Vertebra
only: Cursed Arrow150	Wooden Arrow150 Cursed Flame	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
only: Cursed Arrow35	Wooden Arrow35 Cursed Flame
only: Holy Arrow200	Wooden Arrow200 Pixie Dust3 Unicorn Horn
only: Holy Arrow45	Wooden Arrow45 Pixie Dust6 Unicorn Horn
only: Ichor Arrow150	Wooden Arrow150 Ichor
only: Ichor Arrow35	Wooden Arrow35 Ichor
Venom Arrow35	Wooden Arrow35 Vial of Venom
Shimmer Arrow(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Wooden Arrow	Shimmer Transmutation(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Tips

• Wooden Arrows lose utility early on as better arrows become available, but they remain a considerably cheaper and more accessible alternative for bows that convert shots into special arrows, such as the Marrow, Ice Bow, and Sharanga(Old-gen console and 3DS versions), as these gain no benefit from the special properties of more expensive ammo types. In Hardmode, the Endless Quiver(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) may be a better alternative.
• Upgrading Wooden Arrows to Flaming Arrows or Frostburn Arrows does not require a lot of resources, yet greatly increases their usefulness.

Trivia

• The darts fired from a Dart Trap bear a strong resemblance to Wooden Arrows.
• (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) Along with Heart Arrows, Wooden Arrows deal the lowest amount of damage of all types of arrows.
• In the beta version of Terraria, Wooden Arrows could not be crafted. Instead, they could only be found in Pots and Chests, or purchased from the Merchant for 10 CC each.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Stack limit increased from 999 to 9999.
  • Now used to craft the Shimmer Arrow via shimmer.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: No longer has a chance to drop as an item for reuse.

• Desktop 1.3.1: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Amount gained in crafting increased from 5 to 25.
  • Damage increased from 4 to 5.
  • Sell value reduced from 2 CC to 1 CC.
  • Added Endless Quiver.

• Desktop 1.0.5: Damage decreased from 5 to 4.

• Desktop 1.2: Stack limit increased from 250 to 999.

• Desktop 1.1: Amount gained in crafting increased from 3 to 5.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.