Sharpness

Sharpness

Maximum level	V
Primary items	‌[BE only]
Secondary items	‌[JE only]
Enchantment weight	10
Incompatible with	Smite Bane of Arthropods Cleaving‌[JE Combat Tests only] Impaling Density Breach
Overleveling behavior	Further increases damage.

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Sharpness is an enchantment applied to swords, axes, and spears that increases melee damage.

Obtaining

Sharpness can be obtained from enchanting tables, drops from mobs that have spawned in a raid,‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} books obtained by fishing, monster room chests, librarian villagers, and non-village structure loot.

Enchanting table maximum

Certain levels of Sharpness cannot be received directly through the enchanting table on certain equipment tiers, because their enchantability does not meet the required threshold.

• The wooden, stone, copper, iron, diamond, and netherite tiers cannot receive Sharpness V through an enchanting table.
• The golden tier is the only tier that is able to receive Sharpness V directly through an enchanting table.

Tiers that cannot receive Sharpness V can have it applied to them by use of an anvil, or can be found naturally enchanted with it through certain structure loot.

Usage

In Java Edition, Sharpness adds 1HP extra damage for the first level and 0.5HP × 0.25 for all subsequent levels, using the formula $0.5\cdot (level+1)$.

In Bedrock Edition, Sharpness adds 1HP extra damage for the first three levels, 2HP extra damage for the fourth level, and 1HP extra damage for the fifth level, using the formula $\lfloor 1.25\cdot level\rfloor$.

In Java Edition, Sharpness does not apply to charge attacks performed using the spear in the offhand.

Damage per hit

These tables detail how much damage is done per attack based on the level of enchantment used, assuming the target is not wearing armor and the attack is fully charged‌^{[Java Edition only]}.

Sharpness extra damage

Edition	I	II	III	IV	V
In Java Edition	1HP	1.5HP × 0.75	2HP	2.5HP × 1.25	3HP
In Bedrock Edition	1HP	2HP	3HP	5HP	6HP

Java Edition

Swords
Weapon	Base damage	Sharpness I	Sharpness II	Sharpness III	Sharpness IV	Sharpness V
	4HP	5HP	5.5HP × 2.75	6HP	6.5HP × 3.25	7HP
(critical)	6HP	7HP	7.5HP × 3.75	8HP	8.5HP × 4.25	9HP
	5HP	6HP	6.5HP × 3.25	7HP	7.5HP × 3.75	8HP
(critical)	7.5HP × 3.75	8.5HP × 4.25	9HP	9.5HP × 4.75	10HP	10.5HP × 5.25
	6HP	7HP	7.5HP × 3.75	8HP	8.5HP × 4.25	9HP
(critical)	9HP	10HP	10.5HP × 5.25	11HP × 5.5	11.5HP × 5.75	12HP × 6
	7HP	8HP	8.5HP × 4.25	9HP	9.5HP × 4.75	10HP
(critical)	10.5HP × 5.25	11.5HP × 5.75	12HP × 6	12.5HP × 6.25	13HP × 6.5	13.5HP × 6.75
	8HP	9HP	9.5HP × 4.75	10HP	10.5HP × 5.25	11HP × 5.5
(critical)	12HP × 6	13HP × 6.5	13.5HP × 6.75	14HP × 7	14.5HP × 7.25	15HP × 7.5
Axes
Weapon	Base damage	Sharpness I	Sharpness II	Sharpness III	Sharpness IV	Sharpness V
	7HP	8HP	8.5HP × 4.25	9HP	9.5HP × 4.75	10HP
(critical)	10.5HP × 5.25	11.5HP × 5.75	12HP × 6	12.5HP × 6.25	13HP × 6.5	13.5HP × 6.75
	9HP	10HP	10.5HP × 5.25	11HP × 5.5	11.5HP × 5.75	12HP × 6
(critical)	13.5HP × 6.75	14.5HP × 7.25	15HP × 7.5	15.5HP × 7.75	16HP × 8	16.5HP × 8.25
	10HP	11HP × 5.5	11.5HP × 5.75	12HP × 6	12.5HP × 6.25	13HP × 6.5
(critical)	15HP × 7.5	16HP × 8	16.5HP × 8.25	17HP × 8.5	17.5HP × 8.75	18HP × 9

Bedrock Edition

Swords
Weapon	Base damage	Sharpness I	Sharpness II	Sharpness III	Sharpness IV	Sharpness V
	5HP	6HP	7HP	8HP	10HP	11HP × 5.5
(critical)	7.5HP × 3.75	9HP	10.5HP × 5.25	12HP × 6	15HP × 7.5	16.5HP × 8.25
	6HP	7HP	8HP	9HP	11HP × 5.5	12HP × 6
(critical)	9HP	10.5HP × 5.25	12HP × 6	13.5HP × 6.75	16.5HP × 8.25	18HP × 9
	7HP	8HP	9HP	10HP	12HP × 6	13HP × 6.5
(critical)	10.5HP × 5.25	12HP × 6	13.5HP × 6.75	15HP × 7.5	18HP × 9	19.5HP × 9.75
	8HP	9HP	10HP	11HP × 5.5	13HP × 6.5	14HP × 7
(critical)	12HP × 6	13.5HP × 6.75	15HP × 7.5	16.5HP × 8.25	19.5HP × 9.75	21HP × 10.5
	9HP	10HP	11HP × 5.5	12HP × 6	14HP × 7	15HP × 7.5
(critical)	13.5HP × 6.75	15HP × 7.5	16.5HP × 8.25	18HP × 9	21HP × 10.5	22.5HP × 11.25
Axes
Weapon	Base damage	Sharpness I	Sharpness II	Sharpness III	Sharpness IV	Sharpness V
	4HP	5HP	6HP	7HP	9HP	10HP
(critical)	6HP	7.5HP × 3.75	9HP	10.5HP × 5.25	13.5HP × 6.75	15HP × 7.5
	5HP	6HP	7HP	8HP	10HP	11HP × 5.5
(critical)	7.5HP × 3.75	9HP	10.5HP × 5.25	12HP × 6	15HP × 7.5	16.5HP × 8.25
	6HP	7HP	8HP	9HP	11HP × 5.5	12HP × 6
(critical)	9HP	10.5HP × 5.25	12HP × 6	13.5HP × 6.75	16.5HP × 8.25	18HP × 9
	7HP	8HP	9HP	10HP	12HP × 6	13HP × 6.5
(critical)	10.5HP × 5.25	12HP × 6	13.5HP × 6.75	15HP × 7.5	18HP × 9	19.5HP × 9.75
	8HP	9HP	10HP	11HP × 5.5	13HP × 6.5	14HP × 7
(critical)	12HP × 6	13.5HP × 6.75	15HP × 7.5	16.5HP × 8.25	19.5HP × 9.75	21HP × 10.5

Specific cases

If Sharpness is applied to a trident by use of commands or an anvil in Creative, the enchantment boosts the weapon's projectile damage, rather than Power having this effect. If Sharpness is applied to a bow by use of commands or an anvil in Creative, the enchantment boosts the damage of the weapon's arrows. If Sharpness is applied to a crossbow by use of commands or an anvil in Creative, the enchantment boosts the damage of the weapon's arrows but not its firework rockets.

Incompatibilities

Sharpness is incompatible with Smite, Bane of Arthropods, and Cleaving.​^{[upcoming: JE Combat Tests]} It is also incompatible with Impaling, Density, and Breach; however in Survival these incompatibilities cannot be encountered, as no weapon types have access to both Sharpness and Impaling/Density/Breach. If commands are used to have two or more of these enchantments on the same item, their effects stack.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Sharpness	sharpness	enchantment.minecraft.sharpness

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Sharpness	sharpness	9	enchantment.damage.all

Enchantment definition

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  "anvil_cost": 1,
  "description": {
    "translate": "enchantment.minecraft.sharpness"
  },
  "effects": {
    "minecraft:damage": [
      {
        "effect": {
          "type": "minecraft:add",
          "value": {
            "type": "minecraft:linear",
            "base": 1.0,
            "per_level_above_first": 0.5
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "exclusive_set": "#minecraft:exclusive_set/damage",
  "max_cost": {
    "base": 21,
    "per_level_above_first": 11
  },
  "max_level": 5,
  "min_cost": {
    "base": 1,
    "per_level_above_first": 11
  },
  "primary_items": "#minecraft:enchantable/melee_weapon",
  "slots": [
    "mainhand"
  ],
  "supported_items": "#minecraft:enchantable/sharp_weapon",
  "weight": 10
}

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				Added Sharpness, which currently has this formula 1+ random.nextInt(Level * 3).
							Every level has a minimum and maximum damage, 1HP being the minimum for every level, 3HP being the maximum for level I, 6HP being the maximum for level II, 9HP being the maximum for level III, 12HP × 6 being the maximum for level IV, and 15HP × 7.5 being the maximum for level V
1.6.1			13w16a				Sharpness now adds 1.25HP × 0.625 for every level
							Sharpness now deals 1.25HP × 0.625 extra damage at level I, 2.5HP × 1.25 extra damage at level II, 3.75HP × 1.875 extra damage at level III, 5HP at level IV, 6.25HP × 3.125 at level V
1.7.4			13w48a				Sharpness now changes the attack damage tooltip to display its damage increase.
1.8			14w02a				Sharpness V can now be applied to a sword without the use of an anvil.
1.9			15w36a				Sharpness now adds 1HP for the first level and 1.5HP × 0.75 for all subsequent levels, using the formula Level + 0.5 * (Level - 1).
							1HP is added at level I, 2.5HP × 1.25 at level II, 4HP at level III, 5.5HP × 2.75 at level IV, and 7HP at level V.
			15w36d				Sharpness now adds 1HP for the first level and 0.5HP × 0.25 for all subsequent levels, using the formula 1 + 0.5 * (Level - 1).
							1HP is added at level I, 1.5HP × 0.75 at level II, 2HP at level III, 2.5HP × 1.25 at level IV, and 3HP at level V.
1.20.5			24w03a				Axes can now receive Sharpness through an enchanting table, rather than only through an anvil.
			24w12a				Axes can no longer receive Sharpness through an enchanting table, now requiring an anvil once again.
1.21			24w18a				Sharpness no longer changes the attack damage tooltip to display its damage increase.
							Sharpness can now be applied to maces.
			pre4				Sharpness can no longer be applied to maces.
1.21.11			25w41a				Added spears, which Sharpness can be applied to.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1			build 1				Added Sharpness.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU7	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added Sharpness.
TU33	CU21	1.24	1.24	1.24	Patch 3		Attack damage display of weapons enchanted with sharpness now takes the damage increase from the enchantment into account.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		The formula for Sharpness has been changed as per Java Edition 1.9 changes.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added Sharpness.

Java Edition Combat Tests

Java Edition Combat Tests
3							Sharpness is mutually exclusive with new enchantment Chopping.
4							Sharpness can now be received by axes directly through the enchanting table, rather than requiring an anvil.
7c							Sharpness now once again requires an anvil to be applied to axes.
8							Sharpness is now calculated before adding critical hit and potion effect damage, increasing its effectiveness.

Issues

Issues relating to "Sharpness" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.