4 Crafting a Sword You’ll need two blocks of a single type of weapons material wood planks stone gold ingot iron ingot or diamond ore and one stick to make a sword If you are making a wooden sword you need to use the same kind of wood for both wood planks and the stick Sword recipe 2 sword material 1 stick You can also acquire weapons from killed mobs and from trad ing with villagers Sometimes a zombie will spawn with a sword in hand or a skeleton may spawn with an enchanted bow There’s a chance they will drop the weapons when they die and then they’re yours Sword Damage The amount of damage a sword can do depends on the ma terial it is made of Wooden swords deal the least damage diamond the most Compare the stats on the next page to us ing your bare hands which causes 1 point of damage Keep in mind that a heart is equal to 2 health points Also notice that Hacks for Minecrafters combat edition
5 the golden sword gives the same damage as the wooden sword It often makes sense to go from an iron sword straight to a diamond one skipping the gold You can in crease the amount of damage you deal by using a criti cal hit which you perform by jumping and then striking as you fall A critical hit increases the damage by up to about 50 percent Material Wooden Sword Stone Sword Iron Sword Golden Sword Diamond Sword Damage Points Hearts 5 points 6 points 7 points or 5 points 8 points Sword Durability Each weapon and tool has a limit on its use called its dura bility Durability is measured in number of uses By far the most durable swords are the diamond swords which can last for Swords
6 more than 1,500 uses Only your hands can last longer Meanwhile gold is not very durable at all and only lasts 33 uses Once you’ve used a weapon the maximum num ber of times it breaks and disappears Here are the stats Sword Material Wooden Sword Stone Sword Iron Sword Golden Sword Diamond Sword Uses 60 132 251 33 1563 About Durability Durability is how long a weapon or tool will last how many chops stabs and swings at an item mob or player before it breaks For example an iron axe has a durability of 251 which means you can use it 251 times When a weapon or tool breaks it makes a clanking sound and disappears from your inventory If you use a tool or weapon on an item it isn’t meant for like using a sword to break a dirt block it usually counts as two uses rather than one So it’s good to use the right tool for the job unless you are in a pickle You can quickly see how much you’ve used a weapon by look ing at it in your inventory At the bottom of the weapon’s icon is Hacks for Minecrafters combat edition
7 the durability bar The durability bar only shows up after you’ve used the weapon or tool for the first time and it starts as a full green bar As you use the weapon the bar shortens and even tually turns red Finally the colored bar disappears leaving an empty gray space when you are at the end of the weapon’s life time However you still have a couple of uses when the color ed bar disappears The number of uses remaining depends on the material A gold weapon will have only 2 more uses while a diamond will have 61 Under the sword pickaxe and bow you can see the durability bar You can also find out the exact durability remaining on any weapon in your inventory by turning durability tool tips on To do this press the F3 and H buttons at the same time On a Mac you may need to press the Fn F3 and H buttons at the same time You can see exact durability in item tool tips if you press F3 H to turn this on Swords
