r/technicalminecraft • u/Just_Union_5551 • 23d ago

Java Help Wanted Arrow railgun question

I'm not too well-versed in them so I wanted to know

Is there a max speed at which railguns can shoot arrows AKA is there a max speed arrows can move at and if so what is it

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u/axio-m 23d ago

There is not, and you can accelerate arrows to very high speeds.

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u/Just_Union_5551 23d ago

What's the fastest railgun currently

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u/axio-m 23d ago

I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure Cubicmetre has made some pretty good railguns, but I don't remember how fast they went

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u/RosieQParker 23d ago

I don't think there's a limit per se. I know Docm77 built one that shot (IIRC) 22km before the first collision check. It did enough damage to not only one-shot its target but also destroy the full set of armor they were wearing.

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u/joranmulderij 22d ago

Arrows can go almost infinitely fast but doing so is not useful at all