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Waxed arrow

taking advantage of the fact that you added the mechanics of using honey to preserve copper from oxidation. I saw a youtube shorts commenting on whether it would really be possible to use wax to increase the penetration of arrows, and they concluded that in addition to preserving it, it increases their penetration by 55%, as the wax melts and heats up with the kinetic energy arrow, which can melt armor and coatings at impact and preserve the arrowhead. With that I thought it would be a nice addition since honey is already used for waxing. the arrow would be waxed in the same way as the copper block increasing its damage and even allowing it to be collected when hitting a target, I didn't think about the adaptations of the rest of the gaming to that. Simplifying the objectives would be, being able to retrieve the arrow after shooting and having a damage increase, as if it were a damage II arrow, it would not set fire as it is hot wax, it would only do more damage than a regular arrow, despite these functions be supplied by infinite and damage potion respectively, would be good in survival for those who have no way to get it yet.

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    Wax simply acts as a lubricant that lasts a long time, it can be replaced with sunflower oil, milk, meat fat as an alternative.
    BUT instead, a much more common practice was to stick arrows into the ground, which reduced penetration but caused infection (delayed effect).
    Both methods can be implemented in a fletcher table.

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    Keeping the arrowhead on the shaft is a specialty of individual hunting (not combat) arrows. Wax will not work, it is better to use casein glue from milk.