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Modern arrows have a plastic nock that is slipped or glued onto the shaft. Various adhesives are used, such as superglue, two-component glue, or hot glue. If the nock cannot be glued to an existing cone, an "insert" adapter is used on arrow shaft tubes. This adapter is often referred to as "bushing" to distinguish it from inserts for screw-in arrowheads. Often the nock is simply slipped on and perhaps adapted to the individual shaft with a little thread to allow for easy replacement or rotation of the nock later. There are special sharpeners for wooden shafts to form the right cone at the end of the shaft to match the inner cone of the glue-on nock. Similar to a self-nock, the nock slot on a wooden shaft is aligned perpendicular to the cross-sectional grain.

Nocking point
Marking on the bowstring to facilitate nocking the arrow at the correct height .
Slightly above the center of the bowstring is usually the nocking point, a mark under which the arrow is nocked for firing. The nocking point on the bowstring serves as a consistent launch point for the arrow, which is nocked at this point.

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Wrapping a thin thread on the end of the arrow shaft just before the nock slot to prevent the arrow from splitting due to the forces occurring during firing.