Distinctive Arrows of Slaying
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.3% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #64 of 82 User Interface mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
[July 21, 2026] Version 1. 2 has been released! It adds my custom icons to the tooltips for all Arrows of Slaying – that means the regular nine arrows that all users can find in the game, plus the additional five arrows for users with mods that give access to those. If you don't care about tooltip icons, you won't need this update. For this version, there is no localization file, so I'm fairly sure that translation mods should not be necessary. Thanks to Kobold Juno for suggesting this update!
[December 19, 2025] Version 1. 1 is out! It contains additional icons for the five Arrows of Slaying that are normally unobtainable in the game: arrows of Celestial, Fey, Giant, Ooze, and Plant slaying. If you're using a mod that grants access to these five arrows, you'll want to check out version 1. 1. If you only have access to the nine regular Arrows of Slaying, version 1. 0 is for you.
Background
There are many different kinds of arrows in the game, and most of them have unique icons. The Arrows of Slaying, however, do not. Apart from the coloured borders indicating their rarity, all variants look exactly the same. I find it tedious to have to hover over each arrow in my inventory or hotbar to bring up the tooltip so I can see what type of creature it is for, and I wanted to do something about it.
What the mod does
Distinctive Arrows of Slaying adds nine new, handmade icons on top of the regular Arrow of Slaying, so that you can tell the variants apart at a glance. The mod does not change anything else about any of the arrows – only their icons.
These new icons will appear in the inventory, on the hotbar, and in the controller interface. As of version 1. 2, they will also appear on tooltips.
How it works
I extracted the original arrow icons with BG3 Modder's Multitool, and drew my own additions on top of them in Photoshop. I used the official Toolkit to convert the icons to . DDS format, and then connected them to the arrows via their root templates. For a full list of affected files, please see the spoilers in the Compatibility section below.
Compatibility
Distinctive Arrows of Slaying makes changes to the following:
Version 1. 0 – 9 files:
Distinctive Arrows of Slaying gives each type of Arrow of Slaying a unique icon so you can tell them apart at a glance. A small UI tweak for Skyrim players who use multiple arrow types and want less inventory confusion. With 144 endorsements and recent updates, it's a niche but maintained quality-of-life mod.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Simple and effective: no more squinting at identical arrow icons in your inventory.
- Community-approved with 144 endorsements and over 52k downloads—people clearly find it useful.
- Actively updated as of July 2026, so it's likely compatible with current game versions.
⚠️ Cons
- Only affects Arrows of Slaying—if you're looking for broader icon overhauls, this won't cover other arrow types.
- Small niche mod; if you don't use Arrows of Slaying often, the benefit is minimal.
For Skyrim players who carry multiple types of Arrows of Slaying and want to quickly identify them in their inventory. If you're a completionist or archer-focused build, this is a handy quality-of-life tweak. Skip if you rarely use these arrows or prefer a full UI overhaul.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since this is a UI mod, make sure it's placed after any other mods that alter inventory icons in your load order to avoid conflicts.
- If you use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2, let it handle the file placement—it's a simple drop-in mod, but the manager keeps things tidy.
- Check the mod's posts or comments for any user reports about compatibility with your specific Skyrim version, especially if you're on Special Edition or Anniversary Edition.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Baldurs Gate 3 Mods
- Author
- Roxidium
- Version
- 1.2
- Downloads
- 52,862
- Endorsements
- 144
- Category
- User Interface
- Created
- 12/18/2025
- Updated
- 7/21/2026
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