Arrows

Arrows are consumable items that are fired with the help of a bow. While they require resources to craft and use, the resources required to build the basic wooden and flaming arrows are more than abundant. Arrows are particularly powerful early game, where even a Copper Bow with simple wooden arrows will deal double the damage a sword can. Wooden arrows should be upgraded to flaming arrows, as it does not require a lot of resources, and it increases the arrow's re-usability.

Bows consume arrows from the inventory in order from top-left to bottom-right.

Arrow Types
Wooden arrows are the most basic arrows available. They only require 1 stone block and 1 wood to craft 3 arrows. They are quite powerful early game before better weapons can be found. They are crafted at a Work Bench.

Flaming arrows only require 1 torch to "light" a bundle of 5 arrows. This can be done without the use of a crafting station. They can also be use to light up areas. These are the best arrows early game, as the rest require rarer materials.

Unholy arrows are very strong arrows that can pierce through enemies multiple times. Because of this, their effective damage throughput is much higher than a normal arrow, especially against a boss.

Jester's arrows can only be found in chests, and are consumed after use. Because of this, it is hard to stockpile them. They are most effective against swarms of monsters, or bosses like Eater of Worlds. Jester's arrows leave a spray of sparkles behind them, greatly lighting up the area.

Re-use
It is possible to re-use many arrows, especially wooden and flaming arrows which have a high drop rate after being fired.

A wooden arrow has a 1/3 chance to break, regardless of what it hits (arrows break as much against Slimes as they do against Bricks).

Flaming arrows are stronger, as only 1/5 of them break, however, they will mostly come back as normal Wooden arrows (3/4 wooden, 1/4 flaming).

The Unholy Arrow break rate is currently unknown.

Jester's Arrows are always consumed, and cannot be re-used.