Minecraft:Sword
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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.
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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Statistics
Java Edition
in Template:Editions, swords have an attack speed of 1.6 (0.625 seconds), and have the following statistics:
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| 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 |
| Script error: No such module "SpriteFile". | Template:Hp | 1.6 (0.625 seconds) | 6.4 | 3 (3 blocks) | 0 | 1.5 15 (on Minecraft:cobwebs) 30 (on Minecraft:bamboo) |
59 | Template:Hp | 15 |
| Script error: No such module "SpriteFile". (critical) | Template:Hp | 9.6 | Template:Hp | ||||||
| Script error: No such module "SpriteFile". | Template:Hp | 6.4 | 32 | Template:Hp | 22 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "SpriteFile". (critical) | Template:Hp | 9.6 | Template:Hp | ||||||
| Script error: No such module "SpriteFile". | Template:Hp | 8 | 131 | Template:Hp | 5 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "SpriteFile". (critical) | Template:Hp | 12 | Template:Hp | ||||||
| Script error: No such module "SpriteFile". | Template:Hp | 8 | 190 | Template:Hp | 13 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "SpriteFile". (critical) | Template:Hp | 12 | Template:Hp | ||||||
| Script error: No such module "SpriteFile". | Template:Hp | 9.6 | 250 | Template:Hp | 14 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "SpriteFile". (critical) | Template:Hp | 14.4 | Template:Hp | ||||||
| Script error: No such module "SpriteFile". | Template:Hp | 11.2 | 1561 | Template:Hp | 10 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "SpriteFile". (critical) | Template:Hp | 16.8 | Template:Hp | ||||||
| Script error: No such module "SpriteFile". | Template:Hp | 12.8 | 2031 | Template:Hp | 15 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "SpriteFile". (critical) | Template:Hp | 19.2 | Template:Hp | ||||||
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| Type | Base attack damage | Sharpness I | Sharpness II | Sharpness III | Sharpness IV | Sharpness V |
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| Script error: No such module "SpriteFile". (critical) | Template:Hp | Template:Hp | Template:Hp | Template:Hp | Template:Hp | Template:Hp |
| 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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| Attack Damage | Template:Hp | Template:Hp | Template:Hp | Template:Hp | Template:Hp | Template:Hp | Template:Hp |
| Attack Damage (Critical) | Template:Hp | Template:Hp | Template:Hp | Template:Hp | Template:Hp | Template:Hp | Template:Hp |
| 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:
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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 |
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| 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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5 |
| Bane of Arthropods<ref group="note" name=note1/> | Increases the damage dealt to Minecraft:arthropods. | V |
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5 |
| Looting | Increases the amount of drops when killing an entity with the sword. | III |
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2 |
| Knockback | Increases the knockback dealt. | II |
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5 |
| 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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2 |
| 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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2 |
| Curse of Vanishing | The sword vanishes on death, not dropping as an item. | I |
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1 |
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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Java Edition Combat Tests
Other
- February 20, 2024: File:Netherite Sword (Pre-release).png A Mojang video about bugs shows early textures of netherite items, including the sword: [1]
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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Enchanted Wooden Sword
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Enchanted Stone Sword
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Enchanted Copper Sword
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Enchanted Iron Sword
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Enchanted Golden Sword
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Enchanted Diamond Sword
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Enchanted Netherite Sword
Natural Pack
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Golden Sword
Plastic Pack
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Wooden Sword
Minecraft:Super Duper Graphics Pack
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Stone Sword
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Iron Sword
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Diamond Sword
In other media
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Pixel art of Alex fighting with a diamond sword in the Nether.
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Alex retrieving another diamond sword from a Minecraft:chest.
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A sword as it appears in Legend of the Chambered.
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Officially licensed T-Shirt of a diamond sword.
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Foam replica of an iron sword.
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Concept art for various swords in A Minecraft Movie.
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Swords in
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See also
Notes
References
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External links
- Taking Inventory: Sword — Minecraft.net on April 12, 2019
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