7 Types Minecraft Swords: How to Obtain & Repair Minecraft Swords?

Minecraft is a game you can play with your friends and build anything you want, explore as much as possible, can have some fight with mobs and much more.

The internet is loaded with Minecraft Recipes but today we are going to discuss Minecraft swords.

To fight Mobs, I say Swords are the best for that.

Let’s see the complete details of Minecraft Swords.

Minecraft Swords:

Minecraft has a range of weapons, upon which is Sword too. Apart from fighting with mobs, it can also be used to cut bamboo and cobwebs. A sword can be of six materials.

  • Wooden Sword
  • Stone Sword
  • Gold Sword
  • Iron Sword
  • Diamond Sword
  • Netherite Sword
Minecraft Swords, all swords

Craft Minecraft swords:

Making Minecraft Swords is very easy. The basic ingredient in all swords is the sticks [How to make Sticks]. You’ll also need a crafting table for this[Make Crafting Table]. Now let’s make all Minecraft Swords.

1. Wooden Sword

A wooden sword is easy to make but it’s not very useful. You only need 1 Stick & 2 Wood Planks[any wood planks]. Place them in the crafting table as shown below to make a Wooden Sword.

Minecraft Swords, wooden sword

2. Stone Sword

You can easily make a stone sword with 1 Stick & 2 Cobblestone. Place the items in the crafting table as shown below to make Stone Sword.

Minecraft Swords, stone sword

3. Golden Sword

Using 1 Stick & 2 Gold Ingot, you can easily make Gold Sword. Place all the items in the crafting table as shown below to make Gold Sword.

Minecraft Swords, gold sword

4. Iron Sword

You can craft Iron Sword using 1 Stick & 2 iron Ingots. Place all the items in the crafting table as shown below to make Iron Sword.

Minecraft Swords, iron sword

5. Diamond Sword

You only need 1 Stick & 2 Diamond to make a Diamond Sword. Place all the items in the crafting table as shown below to make Diamond Sword.

Minecraft Swords, diamond sword

6. Netherite Sword

Netherite Sword can’t be made directly, you need a diamond sword and you have to upgrade it and it can only be crafted in the Smithing table[Make Smithing Table]. This Sword can float in Lava.

You only need 2 things to Make a Netherite Sword in Minecraft, 1 Diamond Sword & 1 Netherite Ingot. Now open your Smithing Table, place the diamond sword in the first box of the smithing table and place the netherite ingots in the second box of the smithing table as shown below.

Minecraft Swords, netherite sword

See complete recipe of Netherite sword here: Make Netherite Sword.

Repairing Minecraft Swords:

Minecraft Swords can be repaired in Two Ways.

Grinding:

In this process, you can repair the Minecraft Swords by combining two damaged Swords in the Crafting Table.

Minecraft Swords, repair sword

Unit repair:

For this, you’ll need an Anvil. Place the damaged sword on the first left box. Now this damaged sword can be repaired by using another damaged sword or by using the material from which they are made of, in the second box.

Minecraft Swords, sword repair
Minecraft Swords, sword repair

Different Ways to Obtain Minecraft Swords:

If you don’t want to craft the Sword, there are different ways available from which you can get Minecraft Swords.

Mob Loot:

Mobs have an 8.5% chance of dropping Swords upon death caused by a player.

  • Zombies and Husks can drop Iron Swords. The swords dropped can be damaged or enchanted. Vex can also drop iron sword, which occurs very rarely but their swords dropped is never damaged.
  • Zombified piglins and piglins can drop golden sword. The swords dropped can be damaged or enchanted.
  • Wither Skeletons can drop Stone swords. The swords dropped can be damaged but are never enchanted.

Trading:

You can also trade Minecraft Swords with a weaponsmith villager for some emeralds. A novice-level weaponsmith villager sells an enchanted iron sword for at least 7-21[bedrock edition] & 7-22[java edition] emeralds.

A master-level weaponsmith villager sells an enchanted diamond sword for at least 13-27[bedrock edition] & 11-27[java edition] emeralds.

Minecraft Swords, trading sword

Chests:

Minecraft Swords of different materials can also e found in some chests located at different places. The swords can be enchanted.

Commands:

If you don’t want to make Minecraft Swords and don’t want to go through some adventure, you can also give commands to make Minecraft Swords in Minecraft. The Minecraft Swords commands are available in Java Edition, Pocket EditionXbox OneNintendo Switch, Windows 10 Edition, and Education Edition. Open the Minecraft Chat window and type the following command according to your version.

For Wooden Sword:

Java Edition 1.13 and higher command: /give @p wooden_sword 1  
PE, Xbox One, Switch, Win 10, Education Edition: /give @p wooden_sword 1 0  

For Stone Sword:

Java Edition 1.13 and higher command: /give @p stone_sword 1  
PE, Xbox One, Switch, Win 10, Education Edition: /give @p stone_sword 1 0  

For Golden Sword:

Java Edition 1.13 and higher command: /give @p golden_sword 1  
PE, Xbox One, Switch, Win 10, Education Edition: /give @p golden_sword 1 0  

For Iron Sword:

Java Edition 1.13 and higher command: /give @p iron_sword 1  
PE, Xbox One, Switch, Win 10, Education Edition: /give @p iron_sword 1 0  

For Diamond Sword:

Java Edition 1.13 and higher command: /give @p diamond_sword 1  
PE, Xbox One, Switch, Win 10, Education Edition: /give @p diamond_sword 1 0  

For Netherite Sword:

Java Edition 1.13 and higher command: /give @p netherite_sword 1  
PE, Xbox One, Switch, Win 10, Education Edition: /give @p netherite_sword 1 0  

Attack Damage of Minecraft Swords:

All Minecraft Swords have different attack damage according to the materials from which they are made of.

  • Wooden Sword deals with 4 health points[2 hearts] in Java edition and 5 health points[2.5 hearts].
  • Golden Sword deals with 4 health points[bhearts] in Java edition and 5 health points[2.5 hearts].
  • Stone Sword deals with 5 health points[2.5 hearts] in Java edition and 6 health points[3 hearts].
  • Iron Sword deals with 6 health points[3 hearts] in Java edition and 7 health points[3.5 hearts].
  • Diamond Sword deals with 7 health points[3.5 hearts] in Java edition and 8 health points[4 hearts].
  • Netherite Sword deals with 8 health points[4 hearts] in Java edition and 9 health points[4.5 hearts]

All Minecraft Swords have a 1.6 attack speed.

Enchantments of Minecraft Swords:

You can apply different enchantments to Minecraft Swords. There is a total of 10 enchantments.

  • Bane of Athropods: Increases attack damage against athropods
  • Curse of Vanishing: Cursed item disappears when player dies
  • Fire Aspect: Sets target on fire
  • Knockback: Enemies will repel backward
  • Looting: Increases amount of loot dropped when mod is killed
  • Mending: Uses XP to mend your tools, armour, and weapons
  • Sharpness: Increases attack damage dealt to mobs
  • Smite: Increases attack damage against undead mobs
  • Sweeping Edge: Increases damage of sweep attack
  • Unbreaking: Increases durability of item

Achievements of Minecraft Swords:

There are only three achievements related to Minecraft Swords.

  • Time To Strike: This achievement is completed whenever you craft your first sword.
  • Overkill: This achievements is completed whenever the sword deals with nine hearts of damage in one swing which is only possible enchantments.
  • Oooh Shiny: This achievements is completed when you distract a piglin using anything made of Gold.

FAQs:

What are all the swords in Minecraft?

minecraft-swords

Minecraft Swords can be of six materials.
1. Wooden Sword
2. Stone Sword
3. Gold Sword
4. Iron Sword
5. Diamond Sword
6. Netherite Sword

What is the best sword in Minecraft?

netherite-sword

Netherite Sword is the Best sword in Minecraft. Netherite Sword deals with 8 health points[4 hearts] in Java edition and 9 health points[4.5 hearts].

What is the most powerful sword enchantment in Minecraft?

Sharpness can be the most powerful sword enchantment as it increases the attack damage.

What is the sweeping edge?

A sweeping edge is a sword enchantment that increases the damage of a sweep attack.

I hope you like the article and you’ve found complete information about Minecraft Swords here.

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