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Golden Sword

A golden sword is a variant of sword crafted from gold ingots. It is the seventh-highest tier of sword, dealing the same damage as a wooden sword but having less durability. It can be admired by piglins, and has the highest enchantability.

Piglins and zombified piglins have an 8.5% chance of dropping it when naturally held. The dropped sword has a random durability. Each level of Looting used to kill the piglin increases the drop chance by 1%.

A sword can also be used to destroy certain blocks 50% quicker, sometimes much quicker than with fists. Using a sword to destroy any block that doesn't break instantly by hand decreases its durability by 2; this includes bamboo, despite that the sword is the fastest tool for breaking it.[1]

Source: Minecraft Wiki cacheUpdated: 2026-06-28 Open Original

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Golden Sword

Java 1.21.4
Typeitem
Stack1
Durability32
Sections6
Canonical IDitem:golden_sword
Minecraft IDminecraft:golden_sword
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Crafting Recipe

Gold Ingot icon
Gold Ingot icon
Stick icon
Golden Sword icon
AGold IngotBStick

Local Data Properties

displayNameGolden Sword
namegolden_sword
id859
stackSize1
maxDurability32
repairWithgold_ingot
enchantCategoriesweapon, fire_aspect, sword, durability, sharp_weapon, vanishing