How to craft Diamond Sword in Minecraft
Weapons Since Indev 0.31
Quick answer: Craft Diamond Sword in a Crafting Table (3x3 grid) with 2x Diamond + 1x Stick. You get 1.
Recipe
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Ingredients and how to get them
| Material | Amount | How to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond | 2 | Mine diamond ore or deepslate diamond ore (most common around Y=-59) with an iron pickaxe or better. |
| Stick | 1 | Craft from 2 wood planks stacked vertically, or get from leaves and dead bushes. |
What is Diamond Sword used for?
- Main melee weapon: 7 attack damage in Java Edition, 8 in Bedrock Edition, with 1.6 attack speed
- Breaks cobwebs and bamboo faster than other tools
- Can receive combat enchantments like Sharpness, Fire Aspect and Looting
Variants
- Also craftable with wood, stone, iron, gold and netherite; netherite swords are upgraded from diamond on a smithing table, not crafted directly
Java vs Bedrock
Same recipe in both editions. Damage differs: Bedrock swords deal 1 more damage than Java at every tier (diamond: 8 vs 7).
Related: BowShieldGrindstone