Iron Sword

| Type | Tool |
|---|---|
| Renewable | Yes |
| Stackable | No |
| Durability | 500 |
| Attack damage | 6 ( |
| Attack speed | 1.6 |
| Mining speed | 1.5 |
| Repaired with | Iron Ingot |
| Tooltip | |
| Resource location | minecraft:iron_sword |
| Defined in | iron_sword.json |
An iron sword is the iron sword, crafted from two iron ingots and a stick. It deals 6 (
× 3) damage and is the base for the steel sword, steel claymore, silver sword and warding sword.
Obtaining
Crafting
| Name | Ingredients | Recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Sword | 2 × Iron Ingot + Stick |
matcha:crafting/iron_sword |
Loot
Chest loot
| Source | Stack size | Chance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abandoned mineshaft (chests/abandoned_mineshaft) | 1 | 3.97% | |
| Abbey / barracks (chests/abbey/barracks) | 1 | 25.0% | |
| Abbey / tower (chests/abbey/tower) | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Equipment / iron tools (chests/equipment/iron_tools) | 1 | 16.7% | |
| Trial chambers / reward (chests/trial_chambers/reward) | 1 | 1.21% | |
| Village / village armorer (chests/village/village_armorer) | 1 | 40.1% | |
| Village / village toolsmith (chests/village/village_toolsmith) | 1 | 31.5% | |
| Village / village weaponsmith (chests/village/village_weaponsmith) | 1 | 28.1% |
Structures
| Source | Stack size | Chance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trial chamber (equipment/trial_chamber) | 1 | 3.81% |
The iron swords in Abbey barracks and tower chests are a separate variant: they carry Anemos I and set only an attack damage modifier, so they have no attack cooldown even though their tooltip shows 1.6.[1]
Usage
Combat
It deals 6 (
× 3) damage at an attack speed of 1.6 and has 500 durability. It hits one harder than the copper sword and one softer than the diamond sword.
Repairing
It can be repaired in an anvil with iron ingots. The pack resets repair costs to zero, so it can be repaired indefinitely; see Repairing.
Smelting and smithing
In a blast furnace it melts down into a single iron ingot, and at a smithing table it takes steel alloy to become its steel counterpart.
History
| 0.6-alpha | Added a recipe unlock. |
|---|---|
| 1.12.1-alpha | The real attack speed now matches the tooltip. |
References
- Pages with broken file links
- Weapons