Tiers

This article is about tiers of tools and weapons. For the materials of armor, see Armor materials. For the materials used in smithing, see Smithing materials. For the materials used to repair items, see Repair materials. For the materials of blocks, see Materials.
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Tiers refer to the different levels and materials of tools and weapons.

Tiers

There are currently seven tiers in the game: wood, gold, stone, copper, iron, diamond, and netherite. The tier of an item determines its mining level, durability, mining efficiency, damage bonus, enchantability, and repair item.

Tier name Mining level Durability Mining efficiency Damage bonus[a] Enchantability Repair item
Wood 0 59 2 0 15 Planks
Gold 32 12 22 (25 on armor) Gold Ingot
Stone 1 131 4 1 5

Cobbled Deepslate
Cobblestone
Blackstone

Copper 191 5 13 (8 on armor) Copper Ingot
Iron 2 250 6 2 14 (9 on armor) Iron Ingot
Diamond 3 1561 8 3 10 Diamond
Netherite 4 2031 9 4 15 Netherite Ingot
  1. ↑ The damage bonus is added to the base attack damage of 1. Most tiered items further modify their attack damage value. In Java Edition this does not apply to axes and hoes.

Mining level

Mining level is an internal numeric value used by pickaxes that represents an additional restriction to whether or not blocks drop anything when mined, in addition to requiring the correct tool type. While it is used only by pickaxes, other tools have mining level values internally that match their tier.

A block with the tag minecraft:needs_stone_tool[note 1] requires a mining level of 1 or higher, a block with the tag minecraft:needs_iron_tool[note 2] requires a mining level of 2 or higher, and a block with the tag minecraft:needs_diamond_tool[note 3] requires a tool with mining level 3 or higher. If a block has no mining level tags, it can be mined with a mining level of 0. There is an unused 4th mining level with the tag minecraft:needs_netherite_tool.

Affected items

All of the swords, axes, pickaxes, shovels, hoes, and spears​[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem] use tiers.

History

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Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
0.3120100131Tier system for wooden, stone, iron, diamond, and gold tools added. Each tier has a different mining speed multiplier and durability. Swords also have a different damage bonus.
20100201-2227Added mining levels. Before this update, blocks and ores could be broken by hand.
20100202-4All tools can now be used to hit mobs. Damage bonuses apply to all tools instead of just swords.
20100206-2034Added hoes. Since they did not mine any block types faster, the only differences between each tier were their durability and their damage bonus.
Java Edition Infdev
20100313The durability of diamond-tier items has been increased from 257 to 513.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.3The durability of diamond-tier items has been increased to 1025.
Java Edition Beta
1.2The durability of wood, stone, iron, and diamond tier items have been increased to about twice the previous value.
The mining speed multiplier of gold-tier items has been increased to 12.​[more information needed]
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3Added the enchanting system. Each tier has a different level of enchantability.
1.4.212w41aAdded the ability to repair items in an anvil. Each tier requires a different material to be used.
1.915w35aDamage bonuses no longer apply to hoes.
1.13.118w30bThe durability of all tiers has been decreased by one due to the fix of MC-120664.
1.1620w06aNetherite tools added to tier system.
20w09aHoes can now break certain block types more quickly, making them affected by mining speed multipliers.
20w22aBlackstone can now be used to repair stone-tier items.
1.16.220w29aTools are now sorted based on their tier in the creative inventory.
1.1721w07aGrimstone (now called Deepslate) can now be used to repair stone-tier items.
21w08aCobbled deepslate is now used to repair stone-tier items instead of regular deepslate.
1.21.925w31aCopper tools added to tier system.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0Added stone-tier items. They have infinite durability.
v0.3.0Added mining levels. Before this update, blocks and ores could be broken by hand.
Added wooden-tier items. They have 11 durability.
Stone-tier items' durability has been decreased to 132 uses.
v0.3.2Added diamond, gold, and iron tier items.
v0.3.3The durabilities of all tiers have been increased to match Java Edition. The durability of gold tools was not increased, but they were given a speed boost.
v0.4.0Added hoes. Since they did not mine any block types faster, the only differences between each tier were their durability and their damage bonus.
v0.12.1build 1Added the ability to repair items in an anvil. Each tier requires a different material to be used.
Added the enchanting system. Each tier has a different level of enchantability.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.51Netherite tools added to tier system.
1.17.0beta 1.17.0.52Cobblestone and cobbled deepslate can now be used to repair stone-tier items.[1]
Stone can no longer be used to repair stone-tier items.
1.21.100
Experiment
Drop 3 2025		Preview 1.21.100.23Copper tools have been added to the tier system.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1Tier system for wooden, stone, iron, diamond, and gold tools added.​[more information needed]
TU141.04Added the ability to repair items in an anvil. Each tier requires a different material to be used.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Tier system for wooden, stone, iron, diamond, and gold tools added.

See also

References

  1. ↑ MCPE-64644

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes iron ore, copper ore, lapis lazuli ore, deepslate iron ore, deepslate copper ore, deepslate lapis lazuli ore, blocks of copper, blocks of raw copper, blocks of iron, blocks of raw iron, blocks of lapis lazuli, cut copper and its variants, and lightning rods.
  2. ↑ Includes diamond ore, emerald ore, gold ore, redstone ore, deepslate diamond ore, deepslate emerald ore, deepslate gold ore, deepslate redstone ore, blocks of diamond, blocks of emerald, blocks of gold, and block of raw gold
  3. ↑ Includes ancient debris, obsidian, crying obsidian, blocks of netherite, respawn anchors, and glowing obsidian‌[BE only].

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