How to Make Crossbow in Minecraft

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Top row: Stick, Iron Ingot, Stick. Middle row: String, Tripwire Hook, String. Bottom row: empty, Stick, empty.

What you need

• Stick×3
• Iron Ingot×1
• String×2
• Tripwire Hook×1

Worth knowing

• Three sticks, two string, one iron ingot and one tripwire hook.
• The tripwire hook is its own recipe: an iron ingot above a stick above any plank, which makes two hooks.
• Loads arrows or firework rockets and holds the shot while you move, unlike a bow.

Where to get the ingredients

2 of the ingredients are crafted rather than found. Here is where each comes from.

How to make SticksHow to make Tripwire Hook

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