Minecraft:Iron Sword

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

Obtaining

Mob loot

Template:Main A Minecraft:vex never drops its iron sword, because its main hand's Template:Cd value is Template:Cd. This is not affected by the Looting enchantment.

Template:IN, Minecraft:pillagers and Minecraft: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.Template:Needs testing

In both editions, Minecraft:zombies, Minecraft: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 Minecraft:iron ingots.

Trading

File:Weaponsmith Iron Sword Trade.jpg

A weaponsmith trading an enchanted iron sword.

Usage

Breaking

Template:Main A sword can also be used to destroy certain blocks 50% quicker, sometimes much quicker than with fists. Using a sword to destroy any block that doesn't break instantly by hand decreases its durability by 2; this includes bamboo, despite that the sword is the fastest tool for breaking it.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

If a sword is enchanted with Minecraft:Silk Touch, either using Minecraft: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, Minecraft:item frames,Template:Only and Minecraft:armor stands.<ref>Template:Bug</ref><ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Attacking

An iron sword is used to deal Minecraft:damage to mobs and entities by Template:Control them. The iron sword has Template:Hp base damage Template:In and Template:Hp base damage Template:In, and can be enchanted to deal more damage. The following tables show how the Minecraft:Sharpness enchantment affects the damage dealt by the sword.

Extra damage of Sharpness enchantment

Sharpness extra damage

Edition	I	II	III	IV	V
Template:JE	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp
Template:BE	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp

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

An iron sword can be repaired in an Minecraft:anvil by adding Minecraft: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 Minecraft:enchantments.

Enchantments

An iron sword can receive the following Minecraft:enchantments:

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

Smelting ingredient

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

Sounds

Template:Main Iron swords make a sound when used to attack an Minecraft:entity. The sound depends on how the attack is landed. Their sounds are shared with other types of swords.

Data values

ID

Template:Edition: Template:ID table

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History

Trivia

• The iron sword's original Minecraft:texture came from Minecraft:Notch's abandoned RPG, Minecraft: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 Minecraft:Legend of the Chambered.
  An iron sword as it appears in Minecraft:Legend of the Chambered.
• Foam replica of an iron sword.
  Foam replica of an iron sword.
• File:SdrpIronsword.png
  Iron Sword in the Minecraft:Super Duper Graphics Pack.
• Steve holding up a freshly-crafted Iron Sword in Template:AMCM.
  Steve holding up a freshly-crafted Iron Sword in Template:AMCM.