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A sword is a tiered melee Minecraft:weapon that can be swung to deal damage, and can break blocks such as cobwebs and Minecraft:bamboo more quickly.

Variants

There are seven sword variants:

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Obtaining

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Crafting

All swords except netherite are crafted using a stick and two of the tier's material.

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Smithing

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Generated loot

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Usage

Attacking

Pressing {{#vardefine: control | left click on mouse or right trigger on gamepad }}attack while holding a sword inflicts damage on both mobs and other players. Upon damaging a mob or player, the sword's durability decreases by 1.

Attacking a Minecraft:boat or a Minecraft:minecart with a sword of stone tier or higher instantly destroys it in Template:Editions, without decreasing the sword's durability. Otherwise, it requires 2 hits, with neither decreasing durability.

Sweep attack

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Performing a sweep attack with a sword.

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Statistics

Java Edition

in Template:Editions, swords have an attack speed of 1.6 (0.625 seconds), and have the following statistics:

Unenchanted
Type Attack damage Attack speed DPS Attack range Hitbox margin Mining efficiency Durability Lifetime damage inflicted<ref group="note">The formula to find the total lifetime damage is Lifetime damage minimum = Durability × Damage per hit. It assumes the sword is at maximum charge.</ref> Enchantability
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15 (on Minecraft:cobwebs)
30 (on Minecraft:bamboo)
59 Template:Hp 15
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Enchanted
Type Base attack damage Sharpness I Sharpness II Sharpness III Sharpness IV Sharpness V
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Type Base attack damage Smite / BoA I Smite / BoA II Smite / BoA III Smite / BoA IV Smite / BoA V
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Type Base sweep damage Sweeping Edge I Sweeping Edge II Sweeping Edge III
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Bedrock Edition

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DPS 10 10 12 12 14 16 18
DPS (Critical) 15 15 18 18 21 24 27
Durability 60 33 132 191 251 1562 2032
Lifetime damage inflicted<ref group="note">The formula to find the total lifetime damage is Durability × Damage per hit = Lifetime damage minimum. It excludes enchantments.</ref> Template:Hp Template:Hp Template:Hp Template:Hp Template:Hp Template:Hp Template:Hp
Enchantability 15 22 5 13 14 10 15

Breaking

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A sword can also be used to destroy certain blocks faster. In most cases, the base mining speed of these blocks is multiplied by 1.5, effectively reducing the time it takes to destroy them with bare hands by Template:Frac. Swords break cobwebs much faster than bare hands and they break bamboo instantly. Using a sword to destroy any block that doesn't break instantly by hand decreases its durability by 2; this includes bamboo, even though the sword is the fastest tool for breaking it.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

If a sword is enchanted with Minecraft:Silk Touch, by using either Creative or Minecraft:commands, cobwebs destroyed by the sword drop themselves instead of the usual string because the sword is classified as the proper tool for cobwebs.

The following table shows the time it takes to break blocks on which swords have any effect. Colors indicate what gets dropped:

Block Fists Sword Proper/fastest tool
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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>

Repairing

Combining

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Anvil repair

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A sword can be repaired in an Minecraft:anvil by adding units of the tiers' repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% the sword's maximum durability, rounded down. Two swords of the same tier can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the sword's enchantments.

Enchantments

A 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
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Smite<ref group=note name=note1/> Increases the damage dealt to Minecraft:undead. V
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Bane of Arthropods<ref group="note" name=note1/> Increases the damage dealt to Minecraft:arthropods. V
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Looting Increases the amount of drops when killing an entity with the sword. III
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Knockback Increases the knockback dealt. II
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Fire Aspect Ignites any targets hit by the sword. in Template:Editions, it also ignites unlit Minecraft:candles, Minecraft:campfires, and Minecraft:TNT when used. II
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Sweeping EdgeTemplate:Only Increases the sweeping damage dealt. III
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Unbreaking Grants a chance to negate durability consumption. III
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Mending Repairs the sword when obtaining experience. I
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Curse of Vanishing The sword vanishes on death, not dropping as an item. I
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Sounds

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Data values

ID

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Achievements

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Advancements

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History

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Java Edition

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Bedrock Edition

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Legacy Console Edition

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Java Edition Combat Tests

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Other

Issues

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Trivia

  • The sword's traditional texture came from Notch's abandoned RPG, Legend of the Chambered. The iron sword's texture was created first, as it was from the game, and the other swords followed.
  • In Java Edition, with the introduction of netherite swords, it is possible to one-hit kill undead Minecraft:mobs in the game (except Minecraft:withers and Minecraft:zombies/skeletons with random armor) using a sword with the Smite V enchantment, without the need to perform a critical hit (this was previously possible only with a Smite V stone, iron, or diamond axe).
  • Plastic diamond and enchanted swords are official Minecraft merchandise.<ref>https://shop.minecraft.net/products/minecraft-sword?_pos=1&_psq=sword&_ss=e&_v=1.0</ref><ref>https://shop.minecraft.net/products/minecraft-enchanted-purple-sword?_pos=4&_psq=sword&_ss=e&_v=1.0</ref>
  • In the game Transformice, a diamond sword can be found in the shop.

Gallery

Renders

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In other media

See also

Notes

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References

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