How many iron ingots do you need to craft an iron sword

How to make an Iron Sword in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft an iron sword with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, an iron sword is one of the many weapons that you can make. The iron sword has +6 attack damage.

Let’s explore how to make an iron sword.

Supported Platforms

An iron sword is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes
Xbox 360	Yes
Xbox One	Yes
PS3	Yes
PS4	Yes
Wii U	Yes
Nintendo Switch	Yes
Windows 10 Edition	Yes
Education Edition	Yes

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Where to find an Iron Sword in Creative Mode

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

Here is where you can find an iron sword in the Creative Inventory menu:

Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE)

Here is where you can find an iron sword in the Creative Inventory menu:

Minecraft Xbox Editions

Here is where you can find an iron sword in the Creative Inventory menu:

Minecraft PS Editions

Here is where you can find an iron sword in the Creative Inventory menu:

Minecraft Nintendo

Here is where you can find an iron sword in the Creative Inventory menu:

Minecraft Windows 10 Edition

Here is where you can find an iron sword in the Creative Inventory menu:

Minecraft Education Edition

Here is where you can find an iron sword in the Creative Inventory menu:

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Required Materials to make an Iron Sword

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft an iron sword:

How to craft an Iron Sword in Survival Mode

1. Open the Crafting Menu

First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3×3 crafting grid that looks like this:

2. Add Items to make an Iron Sword

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3×3 crafting grid. To make an iron sword, place 2 iron ingots and 1 stick in the 3×3 crafting grid.

When making an iron sword, it is important that the iron ingots and the stick are placed in the exact pattern as the image below. There should be 1 iron ingot placed in the middle box in the first row. In the second row, 1 iron ingot should be in the middle box. In the third row, 1 stick should be in the middle box. This is the Minecraft crafting recipe for an iron sword.

Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, the iron sword will appear in the box to the right.

3. Move the Iron Sword to Inventory

Once you have crafted an iron sword, you need to move the new item to your inventory.

Congratulations, you have made an iron sword in Minecraft!

Item ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, an iron sword has the following Name, ID and DataValue:

Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE)

In Minecraft, an iron sword has the following Name, ID and DataValue:

Minecraft Xbox One

In Minecraft, an iron sword has the following Name, ID and DataValue:

Minecraft PS4

In Minecraft, an iron sword has the following Name, ID and DataValue:

Minecraft Nintendo Switch

In Minecraft, an iron sword has the following Name, ID and DataValue:

Minecraft Windows 10 Edition

In Minecraft, an iron sword has the following Name, ID and DataValue:

Minecraft Education Edition

In Minecraft, an iron sword has the following Name, ID and DataValue:

Definitions

Give Command for Iron Sword

Give Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.18.1, 1.18.2, 1.19 and 1.19.1, the /give command for Iron Sword is:

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12, the /give command for Iron Sword is:

Give Command in Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE)

In Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE) 0.16.0, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.4.0, 1.5.0, 1.6.0, 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 1.9.0, 1.10.0, 1.11.0, 1.12.0, 1.13.0, 1.14.0, 1.16.0, 1.17.0, 1.18.0, 1.18.31 and 1.19.0, the /give command for Iron Sword is:

Give Command in Minecraft Xbox One

In Minecraft Xbox One 1.6.0, 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 1.9.0, 1.10.0, 1.11.0, 1.12.0, 1.13.0, 1.14.0, 1.16.0, 1.17.0, 1.18.0, 1.18.31 and 1.19.0, the /give command for Iron Sword is:

Give Command in Minecraft PS4

In Minecraft PS4 1.14.0, 1.16.0, 1.17.0, 1.18.0, 1.18.31 and 1.19.0, the /give command for Iron Sword is:

Give Command in Minecraft Nintendo Switch

In Minecraft Nintendo Switch 1.6.0, 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 1.9.0, 1.10.0, 1.11.0, 1.12.0, 1.13.0, 1.14.0, 1.16.0, 1.17.0, 1.18.0, 1.18.31 and 1.19.1, the /give command for Iron Sword is:

Give Command in Minecraft Windows 10 Edition

In Minecraft Windows 10 Edition 0.16.0, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.4.0, 1.5.0, 1.6.0, 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 1.9.0, 1.10.0, 1.11.0, 1.12.0, 1.13.0, 1.14.0, 1.16.0, 1.17.0, 1.18.0, 1.18.31 and 1.19.0, the /give command for Iron Sword is:

Give Command in Minecraft Education Edition

In Minecraft Education Edition 0.14.2, 1.0, 1.0.18, 1.0.21, 1.4.0, 1.7.0, 1.9.0, 1.12.0, 1.12.60, 1.14.31 and 1.17.30, the /give command for Iron Sword is:

Attack Damage and Durability

Attack damage is the amount of damage the item will deal when attacking a mob.

Durability represents how long the item will last. For tools, weapons and transportation, durability is the number of useful actions before the item is destroyed. For armor items, durability is the number of hits (that can be blocked by armor) before the item is destroyed. So the higher the durability number, the longer the item will last.

The following table shows the attack damage and durability for each weapon in Minecraft:

Item	Name	Attack Damage	Durability
	Netherite Sword	8	2031
	Diamond Sword	7	1561
	Bow	384
	Crossbow	326
	Iron Sword	6	250
	Trident	9	250
	Stone Sword	5	131
	Wooden Sword	4	59
	Golden Sword	4	32

Enchantments for Iron Sword

In Minecraft, you can enchant an iron sword with the following enchantments:

Definitions

See a complete list of Minecraft Enchantments that is interactive and searchable.

Things to Make with Iron Swords

You can use iron swords to make items in Minecraft such as:

What to do with all these Iron ingots?

So I have about 10 iron ingots, but not sure what to start using them for first. Which is the more important thing to invest my ingots? I know armor swords and tools are important, but what is my priority?

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Lots, and lots, and lots of things.

But let’s give you a priority list, since that’s what you’re looking for. This list assumes you are playing the «Vanilla» version of Minecraft, with no mods installed.

Which is to say, a pickaxe first. Your Iron pickaxe will be your friend deep underground, when you find a rare ore to mine such as gold or, dare I say, diamond.

BUT, you generally only need one pickaxe made of iron for those rare ores, especially when you have a low number of ingots.

An iron sword is also a major improvement over the stone sword, and if you find yourself troubled by monsters frequently, it could be a worthwhile investment.

Don’t waste the iron on axes, hoes, or shovels though. While these tools will last longer and work a bit faster, these are luxuries rather than necessities. Also, don’t throw your stone pickaxe(s) away either. Those are your work horses, and they should still be used to clear out large swathes of weaker ores and stone blocks.

Eventually you will find diamond, and a Diamond Pick will become your go-to pick for mining out rare minerals, and a Diamond Sword your go-to melee weapon. They will last a long, long, LONG time and are very efficient, but can still eventually break. So you may want to keep your Iron Tools around anyway, and may even consider them as your faster workhorse once you get a lot of iron.

After an iron pickaxe, some armor is probably your next most important thing to build. Unfortunately for you, it takes 8 ingots to create iron breastplate, and you just used 3 of your 10 ingots on a pick!

But, any armor is better than none at all, which is why you hopefully already have some leather armor. Replace your helmet, pants, or boots with some iron armor. An efficient way to do this is to make yourself an iron helmet, then save the last two ingots for a sword. But you can also spend your 7 ingots on iron pants, which will offer you more protection.

You wouldn’t think something so innocuous as a bucket would be so high on the list, but it’s actually a fairly useful tool. It can save you from an unexpected lava flow (especially if the bucket is full of water), and can be used to move your farm water to a better location. Not a necessity, but definitely nice to have.

Remarkably cheap, and makes your sheep a lot more efficient at resource-dropping. A convenience tool, since you can still get SOME wool from killing a sheep, but good for harvesting bedding material.

While setting things on fire is cool, and is the quickest way to clear out trees, you won’t be getting a ton of use out of this item, though it can be used as a handy sustained-damage weapon against mobs. And it has a relatively low cost of just one ingot and one flint.

It would be a bit of a waste, but if you’re REALLY inclined, you can use 6 iron ingots to make yourself an iron door. Build yourself a button, lever or pressure plate next to it, and you’ve got yourself a zombie-proof entryway to your home, and 4 iron ingots left over for that pick you need! Though really, this should wait until you’ve got more than 10 ingots.

Which covers all the basic, relatively low-cost items that you can make with just a small collection of ingots, in order of importance. When you get more ingots, there are of course additional recipes, but you should probably save up quite a lot more than ten before considering these. Those recipes include:

Swords in Minecraft

Swords is a melee weapon that can recover quickly so you can do swifter and more attacks over time. Every sword in Minecraft needs one stick (except Netherite), and two blocks of the material you want it to be off. Swords can be made of the following types: Wood, Stone, Gold, Iron, Diamond, Netherite. Using a sword is very easy in Minecraft as it only requires pressing the left click.

There are many different types of ways to fight in Minecraft. There are ranged weapons like bows, crossbows, and tridents, but there are also ways to fight with melee weapons. There are two choices for melee weapons: an axe or a sword. Axes take longer to swing but do more damage, but swords can recover quickly so you can do swifter and more attacks over time. This article is going to teach you everything there is to know about swords in Minecraft.

Types of Minecraft Swords

In Minecraft, there are Six Swords. Each sword is considerably easy to get. The sword can be constructed from the most basic material to one of the hardest items to get in the game. You can make these swords in Minecraft:

It may seem like it is difficult to get these swords in Minecraft, but once they are explained properly, it is a lot easier than it seems.

How to Get a Minecraft Sword

The only way to get a Minecraft sword is to craft it. The following section is going to show you how to craft a Minecraft sword. For every sword except for the Netherite sword, you need a crafting table. For the Netherite sword, you will need a Smithing Table.

For more help on creating a crafting table, check out this link.

How to make a sword in Minecraft

Every sword in Minecraft needs one stick to craft, except for the Netherite sword. To craft the wooden sword, all you need is one stick and two wooden planks. It is really easy to get wooden planks and a stick. To get wooden planks, all you need to do is punch a tree and get oak wood. You can then turn one piece of oak wood into four wooden planks in your crafting table.

Now that you have gotten your wooden planks, you can place them in the crafting table. Make sure to stack them on top of each other like in the pattern below. This will enable you to craft sticks.

The next thing you need to do is take two of those wooden planks and one stick. Go into your crafting table and place them in the following pattern below.

Now that you have constructed your wooden sword, every sword in the game besides the Netherite sword has the same exact crafting recipe. The stick stays in the same place, but the material of the sword is different.

The next sword that you can make is a stone sword. To make a stone sword, you need to make a pickaxe. Luckily, you only need a wooden pickaxe to obtain the cobblestone you need for a stone sword. To craft a wooden pickaxe, you need three wooden planks and two sticks. Once you have obtained those materials, you can put them in your crafting table with the following pattern.

You only need two pieces of cobblestone and to get that, you have to mine two pieces of stone in a cave. Caves are lined with stone so it shouldn’t be difficult at all to get stone. The stone in a cave will be any of the gray blocks that you see below.

Now that you have obtained your two pieces of cobblestone by mining the two pieces of stone, all you have to do is craft your sword. You can do this with the following crafting recipe.

The next sword on the list is the Iron sword. The iron sword is very easy to make. All you need to do is gather three pieces of cobblestone to craft a stone pickaxe. To craft a stone pickaxe, you can follow the following recipe:

Now that you have crafted a stone pickaxe, you need to go into a mine. What you are looking for is two blocks of iron ore. Iron ore can only be mined by a stone pickaxe or any pick above a stone pickaxe. Once you have mined your iron ore, you need to smelt it into an iron ingot. To do this, you need to place it in a furnace.

If you need any help on crafting or using a furnace, you can use this link.

Now that you have your two iron ingots, all you need to do is craft your iron sword. To do this, you can follow the crafting recipe below.

The only way to mine gold ore is by using an iron pickaxe. To craft an iron pickaxe all you need to do is obtain three more iron ingots and two sticks. Then you have to place them in your crafting table with the following recipe.

Now that you have your iron pickaxe, you can go and get some gold ore and smelt that into gold ingots. You are going to need two gold ingots. Once you have obtained those two gold ingots, you can place them in the following crafting recipe.

The next sword that you can craft is the diamond sword. This is the last sword that you are able to create in a crafting table. To make this sword, take that iron pickaxe you made from before and go into your mine. You need to mine for diamond ore. You will need two diamonds so this means that you will need to find two diamond ores. Once you have gathered these two diamonds, grab one of your sticks and put it in the crafting table, and follow the recipe below.

Now that you have crafted your diamond sword, you can create a netherite sword. To create a netherite sword, you need three things. You will need:

If you have been following this guide, you will already have the diamond sword. To get a netherite ingot, you need to go to the Nether. In the Nether, you need to find four pieces of ancient debris. Ancient debris will look like the picture below.

Once you have found the ancient debris, you need to smelt it. This will create netherite scrap, but you need four of these. Once you have obtained four pieces of netherite scrap, you need to get four gold ingots and place them in your crafting table and follow the recipe below.

Now that you have your one netherite ingot, you need to create a smithing table. To craft a smithing table, all you need to do is get four wooden planks and two iron ingots. One you have obtained those six items, you are going to want to create the smithing table in your crafting table while following the recipe below.

Now that you have created your smithing table, the UI of it is very easy to follow. Right-click your smithing table and you will find two boxes.

The box on the right has the outline of an ingot. This is where you are going to put your netherite ingot. The box on the left is empty and this is where you will place your tool or in this case your sword. Once you have done that, you will have the option to construct your netherite sword.

Congratulations. Now you have crafted all of your swords. Now let’s learn how to use them.

How to Use a sword in Minecraft

Using a sword is very easy in Minecraft. All you need to do is left-click. As of the Minecraft patch 1.8, you could just left-click as many times as you would like and it would swing your sword at maximum efficiency. Now, there is a charge time. Because of this charge time, just swinging the sword as much as you want will only do half a heart or so of damage. What you want to do is wait for a second and then swing your sword again. This will give the maximum damage from your sword.

Achievements

In Minecraft, there are three achievements that have to do with swords. The first one is Time to Strike. This achievement is completed by simply crafting your first sword. The second achievement is Overkill. This achievement is completed by dealing nine hearts of damage in one swing. This is only achievable with enchantments. The third achievement is Oooh, Shiny! This achievement is completed by distracting a Piglin using gold. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a golden sword, but a golden sword does work.

Advancements

In Minecraft, there is only once advancement that carried over. This advancement is called Oh Shiny. The Ooh Shiny achievement and the Oh Shiny advancement are one and the same. They both require you to distract a Piglin with gold, and a golden sword works in this scenario.

What is the best sword in Minecraft?

The best sword in Minecraft is the Netherite sword dealing eight attack damage in one swing.

What are the best enchantments for a sword in Minecraft?

The best enchantment for the sword would be the Sharpness enchantment, as it has the most versatility when placed on a sword.

How many enchantments can a sword have in Minecraft?

There are currently 10 enchantments for a sword:

— Bane of Arthropods

— Curse of Vanishing

Is knockback good on a sword?

Knockback can be good on a sword. Two good scenarios for knockback would be killing a mob by hitting them off of a cliff or killing a creeper.

How do you repair a sword in Minecraft?

Repairing a sword is very easy in Minecraft. To do this, all you need to do is place the sword in an anvil on the left-most available slot, and then place the material of which you used to craft the sword in the middle slot. This will give you a repaired sword in the right-most slot.

Conclusion

Swords are great weapons to use in Minecraft. They can help save you in times of need and they help you if you want to go head to head with any mob in the game. Just make sure you don’t get too close, and watch your healthbar!

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How to find Iron and craft Iron Ingots in Minecraft

You’ll need Iron Ingots in order to get better resources

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After making Wood and Stone tools, you’ll want to upgrade to Iron before starting your quest for Diamonds in Minecraft.

To find Iron, dig down from the surface and you’ll eventually make it past dirt and hit Cobblestone. Start pushing past that Cobblestone until you make your way down into your newly-created mine.

Once you get deep enough, start mining horizontally, rather than vertically. (Make sure to use torches, ladders, and signs so you can easily get out of this mine.) You should eventually strike spot some Iron Ore (pictured above). It’ll only yield Iron if you dig at it with a Stone Pickaxe or better, though. Farming it with a Wooden Pickaxe will not give you Iron.

You can save yourself some digging effort by finding some naturally-occurring caves and exploring those. Just make sure you bring plenty of torches and be careful where you step.

Once mined, the Iron needs to be put into a Furnace to be refined into Iron Ingots. You can make armor and tools with Iron Ingots. An Iron Pickaxe or better is necessary to mine Gold and Diamonds.

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