Minecraft:Iron Sword

Template:Hatnote Template:Infobox item An iron sword is a variant of Minecraft:sword crafted from iron ingots. It is the third-highest tier of sword, dealing more damage and having more durability than stone and copper swords.

Obtaining

Mob loot

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in Template:Editions, pillagers and vindicators that spawn from raids have a 4.1% chance (or a 5.12% chance on Hard difficulty) of dropping a damaged iron sword. This sword has a 50% chance of being enchanted.<needs testing></needs testing>

In both editions, Minecraft:zombies, zombie villagers, and Minecraft:husks have a random chance to spawn with an iron sword. The zombie has an 8.5% chance to drop the sword; this chance is also affected by Looting, with each level increasing the chance by 1% (11.5% with Looting III).

Crafting

An iron sword is crafted using 1 Minecraft:stick and 2 iron ingots.

Trading

File:Weaponsmith Iron Sword Trade.jpg

A weaponsmith trading an enchanted iron sword.

Usage

Breaking

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If a sword is enchanted with Minecraft:Silk Touch, either using Creative or Minecraft:commands, cobwebs the sword destroys drop the cobwebs themselves instead of the usual string. This is due to the sword being classified as the proper tool for cobwebs.

Creative mode

In Creative mode, swords are unable to break blocks. However, they can still break placed entities such as Minecraft:minecarts, Minecraft:paintings, item frames,Template:Only and armor stands.<ref>Template:Bug</ref><ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Attacking

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An iron sword is used to deal damage to mobs and entities by {{#vardefine: control | left click on mouse or right trigger on gamepad }}attacking them. The iron sword has Template:Hp base damage in Template:Editions and Template:Hp base damage in Template:Editions, and can be enchanted to deal more damage. The following tables show how the Sharpness enchantment affects the damage dealt by the sword.

Extra damage of Sharpness enchantment

Sharpness extra damage

Edition	I	II	III	IV	V
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Total damage of sword with Sharpness

The tables below assume that the attack is fully chargedTemplate:Only, the target is not wearing armor, and neither the attacker nor the target has any effects.

Java Edition

Iron sword Sharpness damage

Attack type	Base damage	Sharpness I	Sharpness II	Sharpness III	Sharpness IV	Sharpness V
Normal	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp
Critical	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp

Bedrock Edition

Iron sword Sharpness damage

Attack type	Base damage	Sharpness I	Sharpness II	Sharpness III	Sharpness IV	Sharpness V
Normal	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp
Critical	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp

Repairing

Anvil repair

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An iron sword can be repaired in an Minecraft:anvil by adding iron ingots, with each repair material restoring 25% the sword's maximum durability, rounded down. Two iron swords can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the sword's enchantments.

Enchantments

An iron sword can receive the following enchantments:

Name	Description	Max level	Method	Weight
Sharpness<ref group=note name=note1>Sharpness, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods are mutually exclusive.</ref>	Increases the damage dealt.	V	redirect Template:blockLink Template:Redr redirect Template:blockLink	10
Smite<ref group=note name=note1/>	Increases the damage dealt to Minecraft:undead.	V	redirect Template:blockLink Template:Redr redirect Template:blockLink	5
Bane of Arthropods<ref group="note" name=note1/>	Increases the damage dealt to Minecraft:arthropods.	V	redirect Template:blockLink Template:Redr redirect Template:blockLink	5
Looting	Increases the amount of drops when killing an entity with the sword.	III	redirect Template:blockLink Template:Redr redirect Template:blockLink	2
Knockback	Increases the knockback dealt.	II	redirect Template:blockLink Template:Redr redirect Template:blockLink	5
Fire Aspect	Ignites any targets hit by the sword. in Template:Editions, it also lights unlit Minecraft:candles, Minecraft:campfires, and blocks of TNT when used.	II	redirect Template:blockLink Template:Redr redirect Template:blockLink	2
Sweeping EdgeTemplate:Only	Increases the sweeping damage dealt.	III	redirect Template:blockLink Template:Redr redirect Template:blockLink	2
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	redirect Template:blockLink Template:Redr redirect Template:blockLink	5
Mending	Repairs the sword when obtaining experience.	I	redirect Template:blockLink	2
Curse of Vanishing	The sword vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.	I	redirect Template:blockLink	1

Smelting ingredient

An iron sword can be smelted into an iron nugget using a Minecraft:furnace or blast furnace. Template:Smelting

Sounds

{{#vardefine:params|0 }}Template:Hatnote Iron swords make a sound when used to attack an entity. The sound depends on how the attack is landed. Their sounds are shared with other types of swords.

Data values

ID

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History

Trivia

• The iron sword's original texture came from Notch's abandoned RPG, Legend of the Chambered. After the iron sword's texture was created, the other swords followed.

Gallery

Renders

• Enchanted Iron Sword
  Enchanted Iron Sword

In other media

• An iron sword as it appears in Legend of the Chambered.
  An iron sword as it appears in Legend of the Chambered.
• Foam replica of an iron sword.
  Foam replica of an iron sword.
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  Iron Sword in the Minecraft:Super Duper Graphics Pack.
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