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Stone Sword
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Stone Sword

A stone-tier sword used for melee combat that deals 5 attack damage. It is crafted from cobblestone and a stick.

Stack Size

1

Durability

131

Category

Weapons

Version Added

Alpha

Item ID

stone_sword

Stone Sword at a glance

Minecraft files Stone Sword under Weapons: a weapon you get from crafting. It does not stack, so every one you carry costs a full inventory slot, and nine of them fill a hotbar row. Durability on Stone Sword is 131, so 131 swings, blocks or shots are the run of one; it takes enchantments too.

Its 131-point durability sets how many actions Stone Sword survives before breaking, and Unbreaking multiplies those 131 while Mending repairs Stone Sword from the experience you pick up. Stone gear is an early upgrade over wood, crafted cheaply from cobblestone and lasting noticeably longer in everyday use. When enchanted, Stone Sword can carry 10 different enchantments, among them Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods, and Knockback. It sits between Spectral Arrow and Tipped Arrow in Weapons, number 9 of 12 there.

Combat Stats for Stone Sword

Attack damage
5 per hit
Attack speed
1.6 swings per second
Damage per second
8
Enchantability
5
Repairs with
Cobblestone, Blackstone or Cobbled Deepslate, 32 points each

Five damage a hit at 1.6 swings per second puts the Stone Sword at 8 damage per second, one full point above the wooden tier and the same figure a Copper Sword reaches.

The Stone Sword takes cobblestone, blackstone or cobbled deepslate on the anvil, 32 points of the bar back per block. It holds 131 uses, so the whole 131 costs four blocks of the cheapest stone you can find.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
CobblestoneCobblestone
CobblestoneCobblestone
StickStick
Stone SwordStone Sword

How to obtain

  • Crafting

Enchantments

Notes

131 durability. Deals 5 attack damage and destroys cobwebs quickly.

Frequently asked questions about Stone Sword

  1. Cobblestone, Stick going into Stone Sword, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Stone Sword in Minecraft?

    Stone Sword is crafted from Cobblestone and Stick at a Crafting Table, in a single step.

  2. One Stone Sword, the whole of what a single inventory slot holds

    How many Stone Sword can you stack?

    One Stone Sword per slot, since Stone Sword does not stack, and every one then costs 2 Cobblestone and 1 Stick. A shulker box tops out at 27 of them, one per slot.

  3. Stone Sword coming forward out of the past, in the game since Alpha

    When was Stone Sword added to Minecraft?

    Stone Sword was added in the early Alpha development period.

  4. Stone Sword above a bar drawn to its 131 points of durability

    How much durability does Stone Sword have?

    131 points. That is how many uses Stone Sword has before breaking. Across the 5 stone items that wear out, 131 is the number every one of them starts on. Unbreaking and Mending both fit Stone Sword, and between them the bar stops being a hard limit: one slows the wear, the other undoes it.

  5. Stone Sword on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Stone Sword used for?

    Stone Sword is used in combat, which is what it is made for. A stone-tier sword used for melee combat that deals 5 attack damage. It is crafted from cobblestone and a stick.

  6. Stone Sword with the glow of an enchantment behind it, 10 of which fit

    Can Stone Sword be enchanted?

    Yes, and there are 10 to choose from on Stone Sword: Sharpness, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods, all on Stone Sword, plus Knockback, Fire Aspect, and Looting, and on Stone Sword also Sweeping Edge, Unbreaking, and Mending, with Stone Sword taking Curse of Vanishing.

Building with it

Five damage and 131 uses from two cobblestone and a stick: the stone sword is what you make on night one when the wood is gone and mobs are already outside. It handles zombies and skeletons well enough, and there is no reason to hoard it once iron appears.