Torchbow FAQ

Combine a regular bow with flint & steel in a crafting table. This creates your Torch Bow, which you can then use to shoot torches from your inventory.

You need actual torches in your inventory—the Torch Bow consumes them when you fire. The bow will not work if you have no torches available.

Yes, you can combine multiple torches into a multi-torch stack before firing, which allows you to shoot several torches in a single shot for faster area lighting.

The bow fires multiple torches at once depending on how many you've combined, making it much faster to light large areas compared to placing torches individually.

Yes, torches shot from the bow place themselves on the ground at the impact location, just like torches you'd place by hand.

Use an anvil and combine your damaged Torch Bow with flint & steel to repair it, similar to repairing other tools.

No, the Torch Bow is a separate item you craft specifically for shooting torches. Regular bows still only fire arrows.

Torches place on impact, so they will land on the first solid surface they hit—they don't pass through blocks.

The Torch Bow functions like a regular bow in most situations, though torches may not stay lit or behave normally in water; test placement in your specific environment.

You can combine torches to create multi-torch stacks, but stack size follows standard Minecraft inventory rules for the items you're combining.

It adds a bow that shoots and places torches. It can consume torches or multi-torches from your inventory and place them where they land.

The mod registers three items: the multi torch , the torch arrow , and the torch bow .

The Modrinth project page lists 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8, 1.21.11, and 26.1. Update notes also mention support for 1.21.1, 1.21.4, and 1.20.1.

It supports Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, and Quilt.

You craft it using a regular bow and flint and steel. The wiki lists three crafting recipes for the mod's items.

You can repair it by using Flint and Steel on an anvil. This works on Minecraft 1.14.x and higher only.

It shoots and places nine torches at once, making large-scale lighting easier.

Yes. The Torch Arrow can be shot using a vanilla bow and places torches on the ground. It also works with the Torch Bow .

From Minecraft 1.21.1 and later, TorchBowMod version 1.1.0 or higher automatically supports torch items whose blocks extend WallTorchBlock. Verified mods include MoreTorchVariants, Adorn, More Beautiful Torches, and Colored Torches , with some exceptions for Redstone Torch.

It can be shot using a vanilla bow to place torches on the ground. It also works when fired from the Torch Bow .