Sword

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

Variants

There are seven sword variants:

• Wooden Sword
• Golden Sword
• Stone Sword
• Copper Sword
• Iron Sword
• Diamond Sword
• Netherite Sword

Obtaining

Crafting

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

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Any Planks or  Gold Ingot or  Any stone-tier block or  Copper Ingot or  Iron Ingot or  Diamond + Stick

Smithing

Ingredients	Smithing recipe
Netherite Upgrade + Diamond Sword + Netherite Ingot

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Golden Sword	Bastion Remnant	Bridge chest	1	11.2% { "item": "Golden Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11242603550295849, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
		Generic chest	1	9.8% { "item": "Golden Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09750000000000003, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
	Nether Fortress	Chest	1	17.9% { "item": "Golden Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.17904394543308721, "structure": "Nether Fortress", "container": "Chest" }
Enchanted Golden Sword[A]	Ruined Portal	Chest	1	20.5% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20469270240551518, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
Iron Sword	Buried Treasure	Chest	1	25% { "item": "Iron Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.25, "structure": "Buried Treasure", "container": "Chest" }
	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	11.9% { "item": "Iron Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1189215578748346, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	25.4% { "item": "Iron Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.25406025971014023, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
Enchanted Iron Sword[B]	End City	Chest	1	13.1% { "item": "Enchanted Iron Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.13130776213833073, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Damaged Enchanted Iron Sword[A][C]	Bastion Remnant	Generic chest	1	19% { "item": "Damaged Enchanted Iron Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.18999999999999995, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
Diamond Sword	Bastion Remnant	Treasure chest	1	16.9% { "item": "Diamond Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.169416, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
Enchanted Diamond Sword[B]	End City	Chest	1	13.1% { "item": "Enchanted Diamond Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.13130776213833073, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Sword[A][D]	Bastion Remnant	Treasure chest	1	16.9% { "item": "Damaged Enchanted Diamond Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.169416, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
Java Edition 1.21.11
Iron Sword	Buried Treasure	Chest	1	16.7% { "item": "Iron Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.16666666666666674, "structure": "Buried Treasure", "container": "Chest" }
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	22.9% { "item": "Iron Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22884863260948196, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
Enchanted Iron Sword[B]	End City	Chest	1	12.7% { "item": "Enchanted Iron Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Diamond Sword	Bastion Remnant	Treasure chest	1	15.2% { "item": "Diamond Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.15225833637026243, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
Enchanted Diamond Sword[B]	End City	Chest	1	12.7% { "item": "Enchanted Diamond Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Sword[A][D]	Bastion Remnant	Treasure chest	1	15.2% { "item": "Damaged Enchanted Diamond Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.15225833637026243, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Golden Sword	Bastion Remnant	Bridge chest	1	11.2% { "item": "Golden Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11242603550295849, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
		Generic chest	1	9.8% { "item": "Golden Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09750000000000003, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
	Nether Fortress	Chest	1	17.9% { "item": "Golden Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.17904394543308721, "structure": "Nether Fortress", "container": "Chest" }
Enchanted Golden Sword[A]	Ruined Portal	Chest	1	20.5% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20469270240551518, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
Iron Sword	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	11.6% { "item": "Iron Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11626969766271211, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	25.4% { "item": "Iron Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.25406025971014023, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
Enchanted Iron Sword[B]	End City	Chest	1	13.1% { "item": "Enchanted Iron Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.13130776213833073, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Damaged Enchanted Iron Sword[A][C]	Bastion Remnant	Generic chest	1	19% { "item": "Damaged Enchanted Iron Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.18999999999999995, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
Diamond Sword	Bastion Remnant	Treasure chest	1	16.9% { "item": "Diamond Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.169416, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
Enchanted Diamond Sword[B]	End City	Chest	1	13.1% { "item": "Enchanted Diamond Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.13130776213833073, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Sword[A][D]	Bastion Remnant	Treasure chest	1	16.9% { "item": "Damaged Enchanted Diamond Sword", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.169416, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }

Usage

Statistics

Java Edition

In Java Edition, swords have an attack speed of 1.6 (0.625 seconds), and have the following statistics:

Unenchanted
Type	Attack damage	Attack speed	DPS	Attack reach	Mining efficiency	Durability	Lifetime damage inflicted[note 1]	Enchantability
	4HP	1.6 (0.625 seconds)	6.4	3 (3 blocks)	1.5 15 (on cobwebs) 30 (on bamboo)	59	236HP × 118	15
(critical)	6HP		9.6				354HP × 177
	4HP		6.4			32	128HP × 64	22
(critical)	6HP		9.6				192HP × 96
	5HP		8			131	655HP × 327.5	5
(critical)	7.5HP × 3.75		12				982.5HP × 491.25
	5HP		8			190	950HP × 475	13
(critical)	7.5HP × 3.75		12				1425HP × 712.5
	6HP		9.6			250	1500HP × 750	14
(critical)	9HP		14.4				2250HP × 1125
	7HP		11.2			1561	10927HP × 5463.5	10
(critical)	10.5HP × 5.25		16.8				16390.5HP × 8195.25
	8HP		12.8			2031	16248HP × 8124	15
(critical)	12HP × 6		19.2				24372HP × 12186

Enchanted
Type	Base damage	Sharpness I	Sharpness II	Sharpness III	Sharpness IV	Sharpness V
	4HP	5HP	5.5HP × 2.75	6HP	6.5HP × 3.25	7HP
(critical)	6HP	7HP	7.5HP × 3.75	8HP	8.5HP × 4.25	9HP
	5HP	6HP	6.5HP × 3.25	7HP	7.5HP × 3.75	8HP
(critical)	7.5HP × 3.75	8.5HP × 4.25	9HP	9.5HP × 4.75	10HP	10.5HP × 5.25
	6HP	7HP	7.5HP × 3.75	8HP	8.5HP × 4.25	9HP
(critical)	9HP	10HP	10.5HP × 5.25	11HP × 5.5	11.5HP × 5.75	12HP × 6
	7HP	8HP	8.5HP × 4.25	9HP	9.5HP × 4.75	10HP
(critical)	10.5HP × 5.25	11.5HP × 5.75	12HP × 6	12.5HP × 6.25	13HP × 6.5	13.5HP × 6.75
	8HP	9HP	9.5HP × 4.75	10HP	10.5HP × 5.25	11HP × 5.5
(critical)	12HP × 6	13HP × 6.5	13.5HP × 6.75	14HP × 7	14.5HP × 7.25	15HP × 7.5
Type	Base damage	Smite / BoA I	Smite / BoA II	Smite / BoA III	Smite / BoA IV	Smite / BoA V
	4HP	6.5HP × 3.25	9HP	11.5HP × 5.75	14HP × 7	16.5HP × 8.25
(critical)	6HP	8.5HP × 4.25	11HP × 5.5	13.5HP × 6.75	16HP × 8	18.5HP × 9.25
	5HP	7.5HP × 3.75	10HP	12.5HP × 6.25	15HP × 7.5	17.5HP × 8.75
(critical)	7.5HP × 3.75	10HP	12.5HP × 6.25	15HP × 7.5	17.5HP × 8.75	20HP × 10
	6HP	8.5HP × 4.25	11HP × 5.5	13.5HP × 6.75	16HP × 8	18.5HP × 9.25
(critical)	9HP	11.5HP × 5.75	14HP × 7	16.5HP × 8.25	19HP × 9.5	21.5HP × 10.75
	7HP	9.5HP × 4.75	12HP × 6	14.5HP × 7.25	17HP × 8.5	19.5HP × 9.75
(critical)	10.5HP × 5.25	13HP × 6.5	15.5HP × 7.75	18HP × 9	20.5HP × 10.25	23HP × 11.5
	8HP	10.5HP × 5.25	13HP × 6.5	15.5HP × 7.75	18HP × 9	20.5HP × 10.25
(critical)	12HP × 6	14.5HP × 7.25	17HP × 8.5	19.5HP × 9.75	22HP × 11	24.5HP × 12.25

Bedrock Edition

In Bedrock Edition, swords have no attack cooldown or sweep attack, and have the following statistics:

Type	Wooden	Gold	Stone	Copper	Iron	Diamond	Netherite
Attack Damage	5HP	5HP	6HP	6HP	7HP	8HP	9HP
Attack Damage (Critical)	7.5HP × 3.75	7.5HP × 3.75	9HP	9HP	10.5HP × 5.25	12HP × 6	13.5HP × 6.75
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[note 2]	300HP × 150	165HP × 82.5	792HP × 396	1146HP × 573	1757HP × 878.5	12496HP × 6248	18288HP × 9144
Enchantability	15	22	5	13	14	10	15

Attacking

Pressing 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 boat or a minecart with a sword stone tier or higher instantly destroys it ‌^{[Java Edition only]}, without decreasing the sword's durability. Otherwise, it requires 2 hits, with neither decreasing durability.

Sweeping

If the player is on the ground standing, is not performing a sprint-knockback attack, and their attack recharge meter is 84.8% or above, the sword performs a sweep attack. Sweep attacks are indicated by a gale particle that reaches nearby enemies for 1HP and knocks them back. All enemies within a 1 by 0.25 by 1 block area of any part of the attacked mob and whose feet are 3 or less blocks away from player's feet are affected by the sweep. Sweep attacks play a unique sound effect, and the amount of knockback inflicted by them is 80% of the base knockback. The Sweeping Edge enchantment increases the sweep attack's damage to surrounding entities from a set 1HP to 50% of the sword's base damage for level I, 67% for level II and 75% for level III. If the sword is enchanted, the enchantments are carried over into the sweep to apply to surrounding mobs.

Breaking

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 ¹⁄₃. 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.^[1]

If a sword is enchanted with Silk Touch, by using either Creative or 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:

• White: itself.
• Blue: block's normal drop (e.g., seeds, sapling, apple).
• Red: nothing.

Block	Fists	Sword	Proper/fastest tool
Bamboo	1.5 s	0.05 s (instant)		0.05 s (instant)
Big Dripleaf	0.15 s	0.1 s		0.0125 – 0.075 s
Chorus Flower	0.6 s	0.4 s		0.05 – 0.3 s
Chorus Plant	0.6 s	0.4 s		0.05 – 0.3 s
Cobweb	20 s	0.4 s		0.4 s
Cocoa	0.3s	0.2s		0.025 – 0.15 s
Glow Lichen	0.3 s	0.2 s		0.025 – 0.15 s
				0.02 s
Jack o'Lantern	1.5 s	1 s		0.125 – 0.75 s
Leaves	0.3 s	0.2 s		0.025 – 0.15 s
				0.02s
Melon	1.5 s	1 s		0.125 – 0.75 s
Moss Carpet‌[BE only]	0.15 s	0.1 s		0.0125 – 0.075 s
Pumpkin Carved Pumpkin	1.5s	1 s		0.125 – 0.75 s
Vines	0.3 s	0.2 s		0.025 – 0.15 s
				0.02 s

Creative mode

In Creative mode, swords are unable to break blocks. However, they can still break placed entities such as minecarts, paintings, item frames,‌^{[Java Edition only]} and armor stands.^[2][3]

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Matching Damaged Swords		The durability of the two swords is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Description
Matching Damaged Swords		The durability of the two swords is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Anvil repair

Name	Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Wooden Sword	Damaged Wooden Sword + Any Planks	Wooden Sword
Stone Sword	Damaged Stone Sword + Cobblestone or  Blackstone or  Cobbled Deepslate	Stone Sword
Copper Sword	Damaged Copper Sword + Copper Ingot	Copper Sword
Iron Sword	Damaged Iron Sword + Iron Ingot	Iron Sword
Golden Sword	Damaged Golden Sword + Gold Ingot	Golden Sword
Diamond Sword	Damaged Diamond Sword + Diamond	Diamond Sword
Netherite Sword	Damaged Netherite Sword + Netherite Ingot	Netherite Sword

A sword can be repaired in an 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[note 3]	Increases the damage dealt.	V	Enchanting Table Anvil	10
Smite[note 3]	Increases the damage dealt to undead.	V	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Bane of Arthropods[note 3]	Increases the damage dealt to arthropods.	V	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Looting	Increases the amount of drops when killing an entity with the sword.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	2
Knockback	Increases the knockback dealt.	II	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Fire Aspect	Ignites any targets hit by the sword. In Bedrock Edition, it also ignites unlit candles, campfires, and TNT when used.	II	Enchanting Table Anvil	2
Sweeping Edge‌[JE only]	Increases the sweeping damage dealt.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	2
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Mending	Repairs the sword when obtaining experience.	I	Anvil	2
Curse of Vanishing	The sword vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Anvil	1

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Strong attack	Players	When a player deals an attack that does not trigger any other attack sounds	entity.player.attack.strong	subtitles.entity.player.attack.strong​	varies [sound 1]	1.0	16
	​Critical attack	Players	When a player deals a critical hit	entity.player.attack.crit	subtitles.entity.player.attack.crit​	0.7	1.0	16
	​Knockback attack	Players	When a player deals a sprinting attack	entity.player.attack.knockback	subtitles.entity.player.attack.knockback​	0.7	1.0	16
	​Sweeping attack	Players	When a player deals a sweep attack	entity.player.attack.sweep	subtitles.entity.player.attack.sweep​	0.7	1.0	16
	​Weak attack	Players	When a player deals an attack with no damage	entity.player.attack.nodamage	subtitles.entity.player.attack.weak​	0.7	1.0	16
	​Weak attack	Players	When a player attempts to attack without sufficient cooldown	entity.player.attack.weak	subtitles.entity.player.attack.weak​	0.7	1.0	16
	​Item breaks	Players	When a sword's durability is exhausted	entity.item.break	subtitles.entity.item.break​	0.8	0.8-1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Players	When a player deals an attack with damage	game.player.attack.strong	0.2	0.8-1.2
	Players	When a player deals an attack with no damage	game.player.attack.nodamage	0.2	0.8-1.2
	Players	When an sword's durability is exhausted	random.break	1.0	0.9

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Wooden Sword	wooden_sword	Item	item.minecraft.wooden_sword
Stone Sword	stone_sword	Item	item.minecraft.stone_sword
Copper Sword	copper_sword	Item	item.minecraft.copper_sword
Iron Sword	iron_sword	Item	item.minecraft.iron_sword
Diamond Sword	diamond_sword	Item	item.minecraft.diamond_sword
Golden Sword	golden_sword	Item	item.minecraft.golden_sword
Netherite Sword	netherite_sword	Item	item.minecraft.netherite_sword

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Wooden Sword	wooden_sword	308	Item	item.wooden_sword.name
Stone Sword	stone_sword	312	Item	item.stone_sword.name
Copper Sword	copper_sword	769	Item	item.copper_sword.name
Iron Sword	iron_sword	307	Item	item.iron_sword.name
Diamond Sword	diamond_sword	316	Item	item.diamond_sword.name
Golden Sword	golden_sword	322	Item	item.golden_sword.name
Netherite Sword	netherite_sword	604	Item	item.netherite_sword.name

Achievements

Advancements

Video

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
0.31			20091231-2147				Added swords, they currently have no functionality.
			?				Removed swords, however the texture remained in items.png
			20100128-2200				Swords now have tiers. Wooden, stone, and "emerald" swords have been added, and the existing swords are now known as iron swords.
			20100129-1447				Added the crafting recipes for all swords.
							Due to a bug, stone swords cannot be crafted.
			20100129-2332				Added gold swords.
							"Emerald" swords are now referred to as diamond sword.
							Stone swords can now be crafted.
			20100131				Swords now have functionality – dealing more damage than hand or other items in the game.
							Swords now have durability.
20100206-2034							The texture of gold swords has been slightly changed.
Java Edition Beta
?							Removed faster mining speed for wooden blocks.
1.8			Pre-release				Added the ability to block with a sword.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Reduced the damage of all swords except for wooden and golden ones to keep enchanting balanced.
1.2.4			release				Wooden swords can now be crafted with the newly added types of wood planks.
1.3.1			12w18a				Wooden swords can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
1.4.2			12w32a				Swords are no longer able to mine all blocks without a required tool 1.5 times faster than bare hands. Instead, only a small selection of blocks are mined efficiently with a sword.
			12w21a				Diamond swords are now renewable because of the implemenetation of trading.
1.6.1			13w25b				All swords can no longer break blocks in Creative mode.[4]
1.8			14w02a				The iron and diamond sword trades of weaponsmith villagers are changed. Villagers no longer sell unenchanted iron and diamond swords.
			14w25a				Blocking immediately after attacking no longer continues the swing animation.[5]
			14w30a				The animations and holding position of swords have been change[is this the correct version?]
1.9			15w33c				Sword blocking has been removed, allowing for swords to be used with an offhand item such as a shield or food.
			15w34b				Added the attack speed attribute. The attack speed of a sword is 1.25.
			15w34c				All swords now deal 1HP less damage and have an attack speed of 1.45.
							Added the sweep attack mechanic for swords, which currently only deals knockback and requires the player to be standing still or be sneaking.
			15w37a				Increased the attack speed of swords to 1.6.
			15w41a				Sweep attacks no longer require the player to be standing still or be sneaking.
			15w49a				Sweep attacks now deal 1HP damage to entities.
1.11.1			16w50a				Iron and golden swords are now smeltable.
September 10, 2018							Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of updated sword textures.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of all swords have been changed.
1.16			20w06a				Added netherite swords.
			20w09a				The texture of diamond swords has been changed slightly.
			20w10a				The texture of netherite swords has been changed.
							Netherite swords are now obtained through smithing.
			20w15a				Stone swords can now be crafted using blackstone.
1.17			21w08a				Stone swords can now be crafted using cobbled deepslate.
1.19			22w11a				Wooden swords can now be crafted using mangrove planks.
1.19.3 Experiment Update 1.20			22w42a				Wooden swords can now be crafted using bamboo planks.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w04a				Netherite swords now requires netherite upgrade smithing template to be obtained from smithing.
			23w07a				Wooden swords can now be crafted using cherry planks.
1.21.2 Experiment Winter Drop			24w40a				Wooden swords can now be crafted using pale oak planks.
1.21.4			24w44a				Swords no longer mine moss carpets and pale moss carpets faster than other tools.
1.21.9			25w31a				Added copper swords.
Java Edition Combat Tests
1.14.3							The attack speed for all swords has been buffed to 3.
							The attack reach of all swords has been buffed to 3.5 blocks.
2							The attack speed of all swords has been nerfed to 2.5.
3							The attack speed of all swords has been reverted back to 3.0.
4							The attack reach of all swords was nerfed to 3 blocks.
5							The attack damage of all swords except for wooden and golden ones has been nerfed by 1HP.
6							Swords now always do a sweep attack, even if the attack does not hit an entity.
							The attack reach of all swords has been buffed to 3.5 blocks.
7c							The sword's attack reach has been reverted back to 3 blocks.
							Swords no longer sweep without Sweeping Edge and 200% charge again.
							Nerfed netherite swords to match the weapon nerf in Combat Test 5.
8b							Enchantment bonus attack damage are now included in the base damage when calculating critical hits (they were excluded before). Due to this change, enchanted swords critical attacks are now way more powerful (especially with high enchantments)

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0							Added wooden, stone, iron, golden, and diamond swords (Currently unobtainable expect stone swords).
v0.3.0							Wooden swords can now be crafted with wooden planks and sticks.
							Survival players no longer start out with an infinite durability stone sword in the inventory.
v0.3.2							Iron, golden and diamond swords can now be crafted with corresponding materials and sticks.
v0.4.0							Iron swords have replaced stone swords in the creative inventory.
v0.8.0			build 1				Wooden swords can now be crafted with the newly added types of wood planks.
v0.9.0			build 1				Iron swords can now be found in stronghold altar chests and inside blacksmith chests.
							Wooden swords can now be crafted with the newly added types of wood planks.
v0.11.0			build 11				Wooden, stone, golden, and diamond swords are now available in the creative inventory.
v0.11.0			build 12				Wooden, stone, golden, and diamond swords have been removed from creative.
v0.11.0			build 13				All swords are available in creative mode again.
v0.12.1			build 1				Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP), swords now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in all swords doing 1HP more damage than before.
							In creative mode, swords are no longer able to break blocks, and no sound plays when they're hit with one.
							Zombies now rarely spawn holding an iron sword that has a chance to be dropped.
							Golden swords are now rarely dropped by zombie pigmen.
							Stone swords are now rarely dropped by wither skeletons.
			build 11				Blocks can no longer be broken while holding a sword in Creative mode.
v0.15.0			build 1				Iron swords are now sometimes dropped by husks that spawn holding an iron sword.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Enchanted iron and diamond swords can now be found in end city chests.
1.0.4			alpha 1.0.4.0				Iron swords and enchanted diamond swords are now sold by weaponsmith villagers.
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Iron and golden swords are now smeltable.
							Added vexes, which rarely drop an iron sword if killed using Looting enchantment.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of all swords have been changed.
							Iron swords are now found in plains village weaponsmiths.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Iron swords can now be found in savanna, snowy taiga, taiga and desert village weaponsmiths.
			beta 1.11.0.4				Pillagers and vindicators that spawn in raids can now drop iron swords upon death.
							Trading has been changed. Iron swords sold by weaponsmith villagers now cost 2 emeralds while diamond swords cost 8 emeralds as part of their fourth tier trades.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Added netherite swords.
							Netherite swords are obtained by combining one diamond sword and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
							The texture of diamond swords has been changed.
							Golden swords are now sometimes dropped by piglins that spawn holding a golden sword.
							Wooden swords can now be crafted with the newly added types of wood planks.
			beta 1.16.0.57				Netherite swords can no longer be crafted.
							Netherite swords are now obtained by combining one diamond sword and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
							Stone swords can now be crafted using blackstone.
							Golden and netherite swords now generate in bastion remnant chests.
							Golden swords now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests.
			beta 1.16.0.63				Diamonds swords now generate in place of netherite swords in bastion remnant chests.
1.17.30			beta 1.17.20.20				Swords now break bamboo instantly.
1.19.0			Preview 1.19.0.21				Wooden swords can now be crafted using mangrove planks.
1.19.50 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.50.21				Wooden swords can now be crafted using bamboo planks.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.20				Wooden swords can now be crafted using cherry planks.
			Preview 1.19.80.21				Upgrading diamond swords to netherite swords now requires the netherite upgrade smithing template.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.20				Swords are no longer able to mine all blocks 1.5 times faster than bare hands. Instead, only a small selection of blocks are mined efficiently with a sword.
							Wooden swords can now be crafted using pale oak planks.
1.21.100 Experiment Drop 3 2025			Preview 1.21.100.23				Added copper swords.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added swords (all five types).
TU5							The ability to block with swords has been added, giving the player more options in combat.
TU14		1.04					Diamond swords are now renewable because of the implemenetation of trading.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			All swords can no longer break blocks in Creative mode.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		The iron and diamond sword trades of weaponsmith villagers are changed. Villagers no longer sell unenchanted iron and diamond swords.
							Blocking immediately after attacking no longer continues the swing animation.
TU36	CU25	1.28	1.28	1.28	Patch 7		The attack damage of swords is now shown above the hotbar when switching to it if the sword has less than 3 enchantments.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Iron and golden swords are now smeltable.
			1.90				The textures of all swords have been changed.
			1.91				The ability to block with swords has been removed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added swords.
							Swords cannot block attacks.

• February 20, 2024: A Mojang video about bugs shows early textures of netherite items, including the sword: [1]

Issues

Issues relating to "Sword" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

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 mobs in the game (except withers and 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.^[6][7]
• 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

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 chest.
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  "What Minecraft opinion will have you like this?"^[8]
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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 A Minecraft Movie.

See also

• Mace

References

External links

• Taking Inventory: Sword — Minecraft.net on April 12, 2019

Notes

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Axe	Wooden Stone Copper Iron Golden Diamond Netherite
Spear​[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]	Wooden Stone Copper Iron Golden Diamond Netherite
Others	Bow Crossbow Mace Trident
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