Projectile

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A projectile is an entity that can be fired, shot, or thrown by mobs, other entities, dispensers, and players. Particles can also be summoned using commands.

List of Projectiles

Mobs and players equipped with bows and crossbows can use them to shoot arrows. The player can also throw various items as projectiles (see § Throwing). Some mobs shoot projectiles directly as an attack.

Projectile	Sources	Damage
Ice Bomb‌	Player, when used Dispenser, when shot	0
Fireball	Ghast, as an attack	6HP[note 1]
Small	Blaze, as an attack Dispenser, when shooting a fire charge Ominous Trial Spawner, when active	5HP
Dragon	Ender Dragon, as an attack	0
Launched Firework Rocket	Player, when used, and not gliding with an elytra Villager, after winning in a Raid Crossbow, when shot Dispenser, when shot	0
Llama Spit	Llama, as an attack	1HP
Shot Arrow	Bow or Crossbow, when shot Dispenser, when shot Ominous Trial Spawner, when active	8.5HP × 4.25[note 2]
Spectral Arrow‌	Bow or Crossbow, when shot Dispenser, when shot
Tipped	Bow or Crossbow, when shot Dispenser, when shot Ominous Trial Spawner, when active
Shulker Bullet	Shulker, as an attack	4HP
Thrown Bottle o' Enchanting	Player, when used Dispenser, when shot	0
Thrown Egg	Player, when used Dispenser, when shot	0
Thrown Ender Pearl	Player, when used	0[note 3]
Thrown Eye of Ender	Player, when used	0
Thrown Snowball	Player, when used Snow Golem, as an attack Dispenser, when shot	0[note 4]
Thrown Splash Potion	Player, when used Witch, as an attack Dispenser, when shot	0
Lingering Potion	Player, when used Dispenser, when shot Ominous Trial Spawner, when active	0
Thrown Trident	Player, when used Drowned, as an attack	8HP
Wind Charge	Player, when used Breeze, as an attack Dispenser, when shot Ominous Trial Spawner, when active	1HP
Wither Skull	Wither, as an attack	8HP

Picking up

An eye of ender has a 80% chance of surviving when thrown. If it survives, it drops as an item (entity) where it stopped, which can then by picked up.

A trident thrown by a player can be picked up (in its projectile form), as long as its on the ground, doesn't have Loyalty, and the player didn't throw it while in Creative mode.

All other projectiles are either destroyed, turned into something else, or exist as a projectile which despawns after some time, and cannot be picked up or grabbed in their projectile form.

Throwing

Many projectiles can be thrown by the player. This is done by using the corresponding item.

Throwable items

Item	Projectile	Notes
Ice Bomb	Ice Bomb	Converts water to ice in a 3x3x3 area centered on where it lands.
Fire Charge	Fireball	Only dispensers can throw fire charges (turning them into fireballs).
Bottle o' Enchanting	Thrown Bottle o' Enchanting	Spawns experience when it lands.
Egg	Thrown Egg	Has a 1⁄8 (12.5%) chance of spawning a chick.
Ender Pearl	Thrown Ender Pearl	The player who threw the ender pearl is teleported where it lands when it lands.
Eye of Ender	Thrown Eye of Ender	Ignores the player's throwing direction, and flies towards the nearest stronghold.
Snowball	Thrown Snowball	It does a small amount of knockback and can only damage blazes. When used to a ghaslting, it is not thrown. Throwing it at a ghastling does nothing.
Splash Potion	Thrown Splash Potion	Gives the corresponding effect(s) to mobs near where it lands, unless those mobs are resistant to the effect.
Lingering Potion	Thrown Lingering Potion	Leaves an effect cloud where it lands.
Trident	Thrown Trident	If the trident has Loyalty, it will return to its owner. If the Trident has Riptide, it can only be thrown if the player is in water or rain, and it launches the player with it.
Wind Charge	Wind Charge	Knocks back mobs near where it lands, potentially launching them into the air.

Motion

Kind	Acceleration	Drag	Terminal velocity m/tick	Terminal velocity m/s	Applies drag:
Thrown eggs, snowballs, and ender pearls	0.03	0.01	3.00	60.0	Before
Thrown potions	0.05	0.01	5.00	100.0	Before
Thrown bottles o' enchanting	0.07	0.01	7.00	140.0	Before
Llama spit	0.06	0.01	6.00	120.0	Before
Fired arrows, and thrown tridents	0.05	0.01	5.00	100.0	Before
Fireballs, small fireballs, wither skulls, and dragon fireballs [note 1][note 2]	0.10	0.05[note 3]	1.90	38.0	After
Wind charges[note 2]	0.10	0.00	∞	∞	-

Applying an initial upward velocity $\text{initialVelocity}$ on a projectile, the projectile's vertical velocity after falling for a number of ticks $\text{ticksPassed}$ can be given by the formulas:

Drag applied before acceleration:

• ${\displaystyle \text{finalVelocity}=(\text{initialVelocity}\times {(1-\text{drag})}^{\text{ticksPassed}})-(\text{acceleration}\times \frac{1-{(1-\text{drag})}^{\text{ticksPassed}}}{\text{drag}})}$

Drag applied after acceleration^{[note 1]}:

• ${\displaystyle \text{finalVelocity}=(\text{initialVelocity}\times {(1-\text{drag})}^{\text{ticksPassed}})-(\text{acceleration}\times \frac{1-{(1-\text{drag})}^{\text{ticksPassed}}}{\text{drag}}\times (1-\text{drag}))}$

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Entity	Identifier	Translation key
Fireball	fireball	entity.minecraft.fireball
Small Fireball	small_fireball	entity.minecraft.small_fireball
Dragon Fireball	dragon_fireball	entity.minecraft.dragon_fireball
Firework Rocket	firework_rocket	entity.minecraft.firework_rocket
Llama Spit	llama_spit	entity.minecraft.llama_spit
Arrow	arrow	entity.minecraft.arrow
Spectral Arrow	spectral_arrow	entity.minecraft.spectral_arrow
Shulker Bullet	shulker_bullet	entity.minecraft.shulker_bullet
Thrown Bottle o' Enchanting	experience_bottle	entity.minecraft.experience_bottle
Thrown Egg	egg	entity.minecraft.egg
Thrown Ender Pearl	ender_pearl	entity.minecraft.ender_pearl
Eye of Ender	eye_of_ender	entity.minecraft.eye_of_ender
Snowball	snowball	entity.minecraft.snowball
Splash Potion	splash_potion	entity.minecraft.splash_potion
Lingering Potion	lingering_potion	entity.minecraft.lingering_potion
Trident	trident	entity.minecraft.trident
Wind Charge	wind_charge	entity.minecraft.wind_charge
Wind Charge	breeze_wind_charge	entity.minecraft.breeze_wind_charge
Wither Skull	wither_skull	entity.minecraft.wither_skull

Bedrock Edition:

Entity	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Ice Bomb	ice_bomb	106	entity.ice_bomb.name
Fireball	large_fireball	85	entity.large_fireball.name
Small Fireball	small_fireball	94	entity.small_fireball.name
Dragon Fireball	dragon_fireball	79	entity.dragon_fireball.name
Firework Rocket	fireworks_rocket	79	entity.fireworks_rocket.name
Llama Spit	llama_spit	102	entity.llama_spit.name
Arrow	arrow	80	entity.arrow.name
Shulker Bullet	shulker_bullet	76	entity.shulker_bullet.name
Bottle o' Enchanting	xp_bottle	68	entity.xp_bottle.name
Egg	egg	82	entity.egg.name
Ender Pearl	ender_pearl	87	entity.ender_pearl.name
Eye of Ender	eye_of_ender_signal	70	entity.eye_of_ender_signal.name
Snowball	snowball	81	entity.snowball.name
Splash Potion	splash_potion	86	entity.splash_potion.name
Lingering Potion	lingering_potion	101	entity.lingering_potion.name
Trident	thrown_trident	73	entity.thrown_trident.name
Wind Charge	wind_charge_projectile	143	entity.wind_charge_projectile.name
Wind Charge	breeze_wind_charge_projectile	141	entity.breeze_wind_charge_projectile.name
Wither Skull	wither_skull	89	entity.wither_skull.name
Wither Skull	wither_skull_dangerous	91	entity.wither_skull_dangerous.name

History

Issues

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See also

• Projectile Protection - an enchantment that reduces damage received from projectiles.

References

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