Unleash chaos with the Cat Bow, a fun and configurable Minecraft plugin for Paper/purpur servers! Shoot arrows, and instead of ordinary projectiles, cats fly out… then explode! Customize every aspect with an easy-to-edit config.
Features 1.Exploding Cats: Shoot a bow and spawn a cat that explodes after a configurable delay.
2.Configurable Explosion: Adjust size, strength, and delay of the cat explosion.
3.Pre-Explosion Flash & Hiss: Warning effect with glowing cats and configurable RGB flash color.
4.Particle Trails: Optional trails following cats while flying, with customizable RGB color or disable entirely.
5.Sound Effects: Cats meow on spawn and hiss before exploding. Compatible with Minecraft 1.12 → 1.21.8.
Permissions & Commands:
/givecatbow – Give yourself the Cat Bow (permission: catbow.give)
/catbowreload – Reload the config without restarting the server (permission: catbow.reload)
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.2
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as cat.bow-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 7 KB
- Download link checked 21 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.