Where to Find Bow in Minecraft

Bow is associated with All Overworld biomes (String from Spiders), and that is the whole map for Bow. Skeletons spawn at night or in dark areas and have a chance to drop their bow on death. String is obtained from killing Spiders (common nighttime mob), or from breaking cobwebs with a sword. In total, Bow can reach your inventory through collecting it as a mob drop and reeling it in as fishing treasure, so you can pick whichever path your current world makes easiest.

Stick and String on a Crafting Table makes Bow, and repeating that beats any search, because the 2 ingredients are renewable and so is Bow. Before you can craft Bow, gather what goes into it: Stick (crafted from two planks) and String (kill spiders, or break cobwebs in mineshafts). Mineshafts contain many cobwebs that yield string when broken. Enchanted bows can appear as skeleton drops or fishing treasure. Since Bow comes off a mob, the Looting enchantment on your sword raises both the chance and the number that drop, and building or finding a spawn area of your own turns it into a renewable supply rather than a one-off kill. Bow never stacks, which is what makes a shulker box worth carrying on the trip: 27 slots, 27 of them, nothing doubled up, and no sorting to do when you get home. Since the original 1.0 release the game has kept Bow as it is, which is why this guide holds on every current server without a version footnote. In a fight, Bow is gear you want before tackling tougher mobs or other players, so securing one early and enchanting it later is a sound progression plan.

Players hunting for Bow often look for Crossbow, Arrow, Spectral Arrow, and Fishing Rod as well, since those share a location or a recipe with Bow. The Bow item page carries the full stats and the crafting grid.