shoot an arrow then immediately save and quit to title. upon re-entering the world you might catch a glimpse of blue potion particles from the arrow resetting.
MC-131509
Arrows reset upon restarting a world
Resolved
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Godlander
(Unassigned)
Unconfirmed
Minecraft 1.13-pre2
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Also noticed that the "owner" tag for arrows isn't stored in nbt like snowballs or eggs. Not sure if that's intentional.