Dungeons:Butterfly Crossbow

Butterfly Crossbow

Icon

Sprite

Type	Ranged Weapon
Rarity	UNIQUE
Power	1
Speed	9.4
Ammo	11.5
Properties	High fire rate Shoots two enemies at once
Enchantment	Bonus Shot
Damage type	Ranged
Soul information	Does not accept soul enchantments Does not grant soul collection
Runes
Variants	Rapid Crossbow Auto Crossbow
Level ID	RapidCrossbow_Unique1
In-game description This crossbow moves faster than wings in flight and strikes down enemies before they see the bolt.

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The butterfly crossbow is a unique rapid crossbow variant that can be found within the various missions of Minecraft Dungeons.

Obtaining

Missions

Listed difficulties are considered to be the minimum difficulty the item is obtainable on unless stated otherwise.

A before a mission name indicates that the item is only obtainable in Daily Trials of that mission.

• Redstone Mines
• Highblock Halls (Adventure)
• Lone Fortress (DLC)
• Windswept Peaks (DLC)
• Coral Rise (DLC)
• Tower

Merchants

• Gift Wrapper
• Mystery Merchant
• Luxury Merchant
• Piglin Merchant

Ancients

• Haunted Caller

Usage

The butterfly crossbow possesses very low power, high speed, and a large ammo supply. The quiver starts with 133 arrows, normal arrow bundles give 66 arrows, supply chest bundles give another 133 arrows, and Surprise Gift bundles give 33 arrows.

Crossbows can be shot repeatedly if the ranged attack button is held down. Ranged weapons require the hero to have at least one normal arrow or a special arrow from a quiver artifact in their inventory to shoot. Unlike bows, shots from crossbows cannot be charged.

Damage caused by the arrows can be increased with enchantments, the Strength buff, the cowardice armor enchantment, and certain armor have ranged damage increases, such as hunter's armor.

Properties

• X ranged damage
• High Fire rate
• Shoots Two Enemies at Once (Bonus Shot tier I)

Stats

Power	Damage
65	89
66	93
67	97
74	132
80	165
90	257
111	586

Sounds

Sounds
Sound	Description	Resource location
	Arrow Impact	sfx_item_rapidCrossbowUnique1ArrowImpactNormal
	Drop	sfx_item_rapidCrossbowUnique1Land
	Pick Up	sfx_item_rapidCrossbowUnique1PickUp
	Equip	sfx_item_rapidCrossbowUnique1Place

History

Minecraft Dungeons
Dungeons Beta							Added the butterfly crossbow.
1.4.3.0							Now obtainable from the new camp merchants.
							Now obtainable from the Creeping Winter DLC.
1.12.0.0							Now obtainable from the Tower.

Issues

Issues for Minecraft Dungeons relating to "Butterfly Crossbow" are no longer maintained on the bug tracker since September 28, 2023.

Gallery

Icons

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  Butterfly crossbow icon.

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  A sprite depicting the item texture.

Textures

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  Texture file of the butterfly crossbow.

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  Shadow texture file of the butterfly crossbow.

Screenshots

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  The butterfly crossbow within the inventory.

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  The beta version of the Butterfly Crossbow featured in Guide to Minecraft Dungeons: A Handbook for Heroes.