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Iron Sword

An iron sword is a variant of sword crafted from iron ingots. It is the third-highest tier of sword, dealing more damage and having more durability than stone and copper swords.

A vex never drops its iron sword, because its main hand's HandDropChances value is 0. This is not affected by the Looting enchantment.

In Bedrock Edition, pillagers and vindicators that spawn from raids have a 4.1% chance (or a 5.12% chance on Hard difficulty) of dropping a damaged iron sword. This sword has a 50% chance of being enchanted.[needs testing]

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

Local game data

Iron Sword

Java 1.21.4
Typeitem
Stack1
Durability250
Sections6
Canonical IDitem:iron_sword
Minecraft IDminecraft:iron_sword
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Crafting Recipe

Iron Ingot icon
Iron Ingot icon
Stick icon
Iron Sword icon
AIron IngotBStick

Local Data Properties

displayNameIron Sword
nameiron_sword
id864
stackSize1
maxDurability250
repairWithiron_ingot
enchantCategoriesweapon, fire_aspect, sword, durability, sharp_weapon, vanishing