Using Off-Hand Crossbow Ammo and Ranged Torch Placement

Loading Shards and Torches via the Off-Hand

Certain crossbow enchantments replace standard arrows by loading items directly from your off-hand slot. Hold your crossbow in your main hand and place the matching item in your off-hand:

• Scatter: Equip Amethyst Shards in your off-hand and load the crossbow. Firing launches a shard that explodes into a burst of projectiles.
• Torch: Equip Torches in your off-hand to load them rapidly into the crossbow. Hitting an entity ignites it for 2 seconds. To light up dark ceilings or distant terrain safely, hold sneak when shooting so the torch places itself on the ground where it lands.

Firing Armor-Piercing Lasers with Brimstone

If your crossbow is enchanted with Brimstone, it uses your own hearts instead of arrows. Keep food handy to recover health between shots.

To maximize every heart spent, hold the charge longer and put distance between yourself and your target before firing. Brimstone shoots a piercing laser that completely ignores armor, dealing higher damage the longer the crossbow was charged and the further away the target is.