[MCPE-116880] Enchanted bows and crossbows are not rendered in the nether

The bow is not appearing on the player's hand or not being rendered at the bottom, but in the normal world it is appearing, but a little different and on the nether portal it’s totally transparent

Additional information from MCPE-67654:
This issue affects bows and crossbows being held by players, skeletons, and armor stands in the Nether.

Steps to Reproduce:

Go to the Nether
Place an armor stand
Obtain and enchant a bow
Place the bow on the armor stand

Observed Results:
The bow appears invisible.

Expected Results:
The bow should be visible on the armor stand.

There are several reports that this bug does not affect Windows 10.
Keywords for search: armour render disappear invis

Linked issues

is duplicated by 173

BDS-7122 Bug with bows Resolved

BDS-12320 When holding a bow does not always appear in your hand Resolved

BDS-12410 Enchant bow will disappire when used in nether Resolved

BDS-12480 echanted bow Resolved

BDS-13126 Invisible bow glitch Resolved

168 more links

relates to 1

MCPE-126666 Invisible bows, shields and crossbows in servers and single player worlds Resolved

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migrated 2021-02-05T12:27:17Z

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Eduardo Silva Soares 2021-02-05T12:50:45Z

Oh and the 2225 experience was at the Spider Farm if you wonder

Skaijie 2021-03-10T06:48:30Z

Only applies if the bow is enchanted. Normal bows are visible.

Dane Kinnear 2021-03-10T11:29:27Z

They are still usable, though they aren't rendered.

Tech Zero 7 2021-03-11T13:23:49Z

When you load your bow, looking a block or just tapping a block with a bow ( in mcpe ) the animation is some what glitchy.

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Eduardo Silva Soares 2021-03-11T15:05:53Z

even if the bow is invisible you can still see its animation when it’s on fire

Eduardo Silva Soares 2021-03-11T15:05:54Z

even if the bow is invisible you can still see its animation when it’s on fire

Luke Matteucci 2021-03-13T01:12:34Z

Was wandering the nether today and still can't see my bow in hand. Works fine in the over world though. Haven't tested the End.

Skaijie 2021-03-19T16:20:11Z

I use some resource packs and the bow renders as normal (although it is really big), so if someone can figure out and create a resource pack specifically for this issue in the meantime that would be great.

JamesX 2021-03-22T02:21:40Z

How did you make them render as normal ?
Perhaps this will help the developers know what to fix

Eduardo Silva Soares 2021-03-22T13:47:31Z

I will see the feedback of the version in which the bow is invisible and then I will look at the previous version in which it is normal

Eduardo Silva Soares 2021-03-26T01:16:03Z

Apparently they just messed up a few things with rendering

JamesX 2021-03-26T04:53:10Z

Is there anything we as players/beta testers can do to fix it temporarily like editing something in a resource pack and if so what file ? Or will this be something we just have to wait a deal with for the time being until it’s fixed ?

Eduardo Silva Soares 2021-03-26T15:56:01Z

in my opinion we can create some resource to correct this because it is not known when they will correct this error

Jack Bawden 2021-04-08T16:10:45Z

I had the same problem. Have you had it fixed?

Eduardo Silva Soares 2021-04-12T13:37:20Z

I think I found the problem

Eduardo Silva Soares 2021-04-12T13:40:36Z

In the previous version when the bow was appearing there was an error in the arrow that it did not render in the nether then I think that when they corrected this bug the bow and the beast stop being rendered

Jack Bawden 2021-04-13T14:39:42Z

If you switch to creative from survival then enter the nether in creative the bow will show.

Eduardo Silva Soares 2021-04-13T15:00:07Z

sorry but the bow has to be enchanted

Auldrick 2021-04-29T16:28:10Z

I'm unable to reproduce this on Windows 10 1.16.221 Hotfix. Likewise, another user reported they weren't able to reproduce it on Windows 10 a couple of weeks ago, which must have been in 1.16.220.

JamesX 2021-04-29T20:01:33Z

It seems to be working on windows 10 but not with other devices.

I have tested this with both IOS and Nintendo Switch and I can confirm that this bug is still valid in 1.16.220. Both bows when enchanted are still not visible. Perhaps it might be a render dragon bug as both do not support the new engine yet.

Jonathan5733 2021-04-30T15:29:53Z

The issue does not affect Renderdragon

Acuya lol 2021-05-13T16:22:44Z

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JamesX 2021-05-14T16:12:47Z

Oh nice! It looks like they fixed it. Can anyone else confirm if they have fixed this not only for bows but also crossbows ?

Auldrick 2021-05-18T03:52:49Z

Win 10 in 1.16.221 Hotfix, no RTX card: Bow renders incorrectly whether or not it's enchanted and in both 1st and 3rd person views.

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Eduardo Silva Soares 2021-05-19T00:53:07Z

in the paper doll on the upper left side the bow appears normally but in the character’s hand not even the shadow

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elizabeth pohl 2021-05-21T19:38:06Z

this is off and on like today it is gone hour later there

when invisible and you are on fire you can see a hole on the fire where it is

enchanted bows are sometimes visible or half visible normal bows are ether

there or not

Eduardo Silva Soares 2021-05-21T22:07:21Z

it may be

Leo28456 2021-05-22T18:39:05Z

In the overworld, enchanted bows have not enough opacity, but in the nether, bows have no opacity at all. This can be annoying for shooting ghasts because I have to look at my hotbar slot to find out if my bow is loaded before firing.

Daniel Ryan Snyder 2021-06-03T14:49:41Z

The bow in overworld that is just pieces, happened to me after disabling ''Natural Texture Pack''

Polom0 2021-06-10T15:15:59Z

Happens after going through the portal with the bow in your hand. Still affects 1.17.0

Kauan . 2021-06-16T17:45:30Z

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the arc is kind of transparent in the normal world and invisible in nether (I'm not using textures)

Maker boi88 2021-06-22T16:36:11Z

This sometimes happens in the overworld too

Mateo Alberto Palacios Reyes 2021-06-22T17:13:00Z

Yes, thats true, ill try the armor stand with a bow bug, this bug its in 1.17.0

Eduardo Silva Soares 2021-07-05T16:12:52Z

I found a texture pack that solves the bow/crossbow problem.

László Rasmussen 2021-07-05T23:42:29Z

I can confirm that this issue is present in the 1.17.2 release on Nintendo Switch

Eduardo Silva Soares 2021-07-06T11:54:27Z

I'm sending the texture pack download link to fix the invisible bow glith

Eduardo Silva Soares 2021-07-06T12:01:39Z

https://www.mediafire.com/file/n7kan8mrrbjttv5/Fixed_Bow_Glitch.mcpack/file

Eduardo Silva Soares 2021-07-06T13:33:54Z

There is only a single plobe the bow/crossbow when enchanted does not appear that enchantment thing and the file is in mcpack

Eduardo Silva Soares 2021-07-06T13:33:56Z

There is only a single plobe the bow/crossbow when enchanted does not appear that enchantment thing and the file is in mcpack

KevBro 2021-07-13T22:37:44Z

Still an issue in version 1.17.10

Gage Tyler Stehr 2021-08-04T18:24:05Z

Ty @Eduardo Silva Soares it works kinda sad it isn't still enchanted but it works 🙂

Ethan 2021-09-05T15:45:08Z

Still prevalent on my Switch world, 1.17, Sept 4th 2021

Natthan 2021-09-16T14:59:36Z

Affects 1.17.40.20

Natthan 2021-09-21T16:56:04Z

Affects 1.17.30

SlimySpeck 2021-10-21T20:42:14Z

Affects 1.17.40, will be fixed in 1.18

Jonathan5733 2021-10-30T20:07:00Z

Based on additional testing, devices with Renderdragon do not show this issue.

ambient 2022-01-25T10:15:24Z

enchanted bows appear translucent regardless of dimension on 32 bit win10