[MC-83824] infinite arrows with effect (infinity enchantment works with potion tipped arrows)

if you have a bow enchanted with Infinity, and tipped arrows, using the bow will still fire the tipped arrows, but will not consume them. The arrows cannot be picked up, as is normal with the Infinity enchantment, but they do have the potion effect.

On one hand, this works exactly as one might expect, with a naive understanding of the enchantment. However, given the prior restrictions on the infinity enchantment, it's unexpectedly powerful. Past behavior would suggest either that the Infinity bow would only fire normal arrows, or that it would still consume tipped arrows, and only fire normal arrows for free.

Linked issues

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MC-94659 Tipped & spectral arrows do not work with infinity Resolved

MC-95816 Infinity bow problem Resolved

MC-97373 The bug is that the infinity enchantment is no longer working on bows, I have not tested any other enchantments for bugs, But I know for sure that infinity is not working. Resolved

MC-298399 potion arrows and spectral arrows are not infinite on a infinity bow Resolved

relates to 1

MC-95821 Infinity enchantment doesn't apply to effect arrows Resolved

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Comments 22

user-f2760 2015-07-30T11:39:59Z

posibly intended

Noe 2015-07-30T11:42:15Z

that's too cheap so it gives the arrow

Fly Power 2015-07-30T11:47:31Z

With a normal bow and an arrow with effect, when you miss your target you can pick up the arrow on the ground but sometimes you can pick up 63 arrow with effect ( if you shoot poison arrow and you miss the target, you can pick up 63 arrow with poison )

Noe 2015-07-30T11:57:09Z

but if you have an arrow of regeneration and normal bow and you throw it you lose it. In contrast with a bow with infinity you can throw all just want to get an arrow of those more expensive

user-f2760 2015-07-30T12:34:43Z

the bug of doubleing the amount of arrows you have has been reported, and fixed for the next version already

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Erik Broes 2015-11-26T13:15:59Z

Found it! Now infinity only works for normal arrows as it was intended.

Steve8354 2015-12-06T22:22:29Z

I'm thinking if you fire a tipped or a spectral arrow it will change back to a normal arrow

Jason Padgett 2015-12-23T21:56:12Z

" Past behavior would suggest either that the Infinity bow would only fire normal arrows, or that it would still consume tipped arrows, and only fire normal arrows for free."

this is incorrect, there has only ever been normal arrows before 1.9 therefore what you say is wrong, I don't know how you managed to get a infinity 1 since there is no such enchantment.

Jason Padgett 2015-12-23T21:58:10Z

@ Mojang Grum(Erik Broes) with all due respect sir that is bull shit, infinity is intended to allow you to shoot infinite arrows which means ALL ARROWS. disallowing infinity to work on all arrows makes the new arrows pointless to use.

Mustek 2015-12-23T22:00:56Z

Let's just take the best example here: Infinite arrows with the healing effect. That pretty much breaks the game.

Jason Padgett 2015-12-23T22:09:29Z

it seems that Noe has a truly naive understanding of the enchantment infinity and thanks to him we have a broken enchantment

Jason Padgett 2015-12-23T22:11:35Z

Mustek no it does not, because arrows of healing don't really work. I have tried them and they don't heal as you would expect them too. a light tap does 1/2 heart when you would expect that it would heal 3 and 1/2 heart.

Mustek 2015-12-23T22:13:58Z

Anyways, potion effects should never be infinite. This will not be reopened.

Noe 2015-12-23T22:14:28Z

This si not a bug, bug is extremely easy earn regeneration with this arrows

Jason Padgett 2015-12-23T22:18:03Z

It should be set back to how it is suppose to be or remove the new arrows. because otherwise the enchantment is broken the arrows are pointless

Jason Padgett 2015-12-23T22:22:37Z

with the exception of arrows of regeneration none of the other arrows are free to use, all others will hurt you which limits the amount of time and situations when you can use them for prolonged periods of time. and most lingering potions don't stay active long enough for you to get stacks and stacks of arrows so my point still stands that this it was wrong to break infinity and it needs to be fixed.

Noe 2015-12-23T22:25:58Z

Te arrows of speed for example also crash the game

Jason Padgett 2015-12-23T22:30:59Z

This is still a snapshot, it is unstable so using arrows of speed crashing the game is a mute point. As soon as the 1.9 is out as stable they would not crash the game. And where is the proof of arrows of speed crashing a game?

Noe 2015-12-23T22:35:37Z

Not crash. But there are Other efects that are extremely useful like the speed arrows

Jason Padgett 2015-12-23T22:44:45Z

but you just said that it crashed the game so which is it? of course the other effects are extremely useful but they still come at a price. sooner or latter you will run out of food and you won't be able to use the tipped arrows on yourself.

Noe 2015-12-23T22:48:49Z

I am bad in english. With infinity you can have infinte arrows with any effect do you want

Jason Padgett 2015-12-23T23:50:03Z

I had notice but it is okay my best friend was the same and she still has trouble sometimes. that is correct but again that is kind of the point of having arrows with potion effects. I could see an issue if one arrow of water breathing gave you 8m of water breathing but it does not. using normal potions for the effects is better than having to hit yourself often to keep the effect going. long term you are better off using the potions and leaving the arrows as a just in case thing.