Slingshot

Slingshot

A pocket-sized bow that runs on cobblestone.

Three sticks, one string, and you're armed. The slingshot fires pebbles knocked off any
cobblestone, keeps you on your feet while you aim, and with the right enchantments it fires
four shots a second or sprays pebbles like a shotgun.

For Java Edition 26.3, your way: as a data pack and resource pack for vanilla, or as a single
mod for NeoForge and Fabric.

Why you'll want one

• Never run out of ammo. One cobblestone makes four pebbles. Forget hunting chickens for
  feathers.
• Shoot on the move. Drawing a bow slows you to a crawl. With a slingshot you keep three
  times the speed, so you can back off from a creeper or circle a skeleton while you line up the
  shot.
• Machine-gun it with Quick Charge. The crossbow's enchantment works on the slingshot too.
  At level III you're at full power in a quarter of a second.
• Turn it into a shotgun with Scatter. A new enchantment only the slingshot can take: each
  shot sprays three to five pebbles. Up close they all land and hit harder than a single shot;
  find it in chests, from librarians or at the enchanting table.
• Every bow enchantment. Power, Punch, Flame, Infinity, Unbreaking and Mending all work, so
  you can build a slingshot as fancy as your best bow.
• Flaming pebbles. With Flame, your pebbles burn on the way and set mobs alight. Hit TNT, a
  campfire or a candle and it lights up.
• It hits like an arrow. Full draws crit, mobs come after you or run off, and shields block
  it. Ring bells, press wooden buttons and trigger target blocks from across the room.

Crafting

The slingshot fits in your inventory's 2×2 grid, so you can make one on your first night.

Slingshot, bow or crossbow?

Grab the slingshot early on, on the run, or when you need to keep firing. Take the bow for long
shots, and the crossbow for one big hit or a firework into a crowd.

Get started

As a mod (NeoForge or Fabric): put the jar for your loader into your mods folder. It holds
the data pack and the resource pack in one, and works in every world with nothing to switch on.
The Fabric version needs Fabric API.

As a data pack (vanilla):

1. Drop the data pack into your world's datapacks folder.
2. Add the resource pack under Options → Resource Packs. It gives the slingshot its look
   and sound, so you need both.
3. Run /reload.

Use one or the other, not both.

Want to try it right away? /function slingshot:give hands you a slingshot and 32
pebbles.