Dungeons:Sword

Sword

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Sprite

Type	Melee Weapon
Rarity	COMMON / RARE
Power	5.8
Speed	3.3
Area	3.1
Damage type	Melee
Combo	3 hits
Souls	Does not accept soul enchantments Does not grant soul collection
Runes
Variants	Diamond Sword Hawkbrand Sinister Sword
In-game description A sturdy and reliable blade.

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A sword is a melee weapon that can be found in various missions. Its unique variants are the hawkbrand, the diamond sword, and the sinister sword.

Obtaining

Missions

• Squid Coast
• Creeper Woods
• Creepy Crypt
• Pumpkin Pastures
• Nether Wastes (DLC)
• Tower

Merchants

• Village Merchant
• Gift Wrapper
• Mystery Merchant
• Luxury Merchant
• Piglin Merchant

Ancients

• Grim Guardian

Usage

Swords possess moderate power, low speed, and low range. They have a combo consisting of two side slashes and a thrust. The first two hits deal the weapon's minimum melee damage, while the third, the thrust, deals the maximum melee damage.

Properties

• X melee damage

Stats

Hit number	Base damage	Attack duration	Area	Splash damage drop off	Knockback	Hitstun
Hit 1	50	0.4s	30°	50%	1	1
Hit 2	50	0.4s	30°	50%	1	1
Hit 3	80	0.242s	16°	0%	1	1

In-game, damage numbers can vary even in the same power level, and may not be exactly as seen below.

Power	Min Damage	Max Damage
1	10-16	11-17
5	13-20	13-21
10	17-27	18-28
15	21-34	23-36
20	27-44	29-46
25	35-56	36-58
30	44-70	46-73
35	55-87	57-91
40	68-109	71-114
45	84-135	88-141
50	105-167	109-174
55	129-207	135-215
60	159-255	166-266
65	196-314	205-327
70	242-386	252-403
75	297-475	309-495
80	365-584	380-608
85	448-717	467-747
90	550-880	573-917
95	675-1080	703-1124
100	828-1324	862-1379
105	1015-1624	1057-1691
108	1147-1835	1190-1904

Sounds

Sounds
Sound	Description	Identifier
	Cut	sfx_item_swordCut
	Denied Steel	sfx_item_swordDeniedSteel
	Hit	sfx_item_swordHitStone
	Impact Steel	sfx_item_swordImpactSteel
	Place	sfx_item_swordPlace
	Shing	sfx_item_swordShing
	Swing	sfx_item_swordSwingBackhandSteel
	Swing	sfx_item_swordSwingSteel
	Hit	sfx_misc_swordHit

Data values

• In the game files, swords are referred to internally by the name Sword_Steel.

History

Minecraft Dungeons
September 29, 2018							Swords were first revealed in the Minecraft Dungeons announcement trailer.
June 9, 2019							Swords were shown off in the Minecraft Dungeons gameplay trailer.
Dungeons Beta							Added swords.
1.4.3.0							Now obtainable from the camp merchants.
1.8.0.0							Now obtainable from the Nether Wastes.
							Now obtainable from the piglin merchant.
							Now obtainable from the Grim Guardian.
1.12.0.0							Now obtainable from the Tower.

Issues

Issues for Minecraft Dungeons relating to "Sword" are no longer maintained on the bug tracker since September 28, 2023.

Trivia

• As of June 10, 2022, the sword was revealed to be the third most used melee weapon in Apocalypse difficulty.

Gallery

Textures

• 
  Texture file of the sword
• 
  Shadow texture file of the sword

Screenshots

• 
  A sword within the inventory
• 
  A sword being equipped as seen in the gameplay reveal

In other media

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