Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27143816-20160216033644/@comment-26018514-20160617075223

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote:

-Dude, it's an arrow, not a javelin. Not all arrows are capable of always piercing through people like lightsabers. Most aren't. They will pierce the skin and get stuck in you, but rarely, if ever, pierce through you entirely.

Technically it depends greatly on the intended design of the arrow. Often through and through is what you are after if arrow recovery is important to you(as most current IRL bows are likely to be for sport). If damage is what you are after it will likely be undesirable, as either a design that shatters the head like a shotgun or just spreading damage/anchoring in flesh achieves greater trauma.