Everything to know about explosive arrows in Minecraft Since explosive arrows do not exist in the game, you will have to use command blocks and commands to make the regular arrows explode upon impact.

In Minecraft, players who need a little extra ability from their loosed arrows can try tipped arrows, which can apply a miniaturized version of a potion's effect when it hits a mob or player.

Mojang Studios has announced the Bogged, a new hostile skeleton variant that fires poison-tipped arrows and can be found in the latest snapshot.