Talk:Sword

Damage figures are incorrect
The chart says that a wood and stone sword do the same damage (2 hearts). This is incorrect as a stone sword will kill a pig or cow in two hits, whereas a wood sword takes three. -- KarlF12 02:40, 31 January 2011 (UTC)


 * (Revision): You're right about the damage, so I'm changing it to match with the Weapons page. Also, I think that we should just move all the information about damage to the weapons page and put other information, such as durability and the blocks it can destroy quicker, on this page. LTK 70 14:50, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Accounting for number of kills
I'm adding a row to account for the approximate number of mobs you can kill with the weapon (based on the durability divided by the hits per kill). I'm doing this to show that the amount of use you get out of each sword type increases exponentially as you move to better materials.

Not a stub
Is has a good amount of content. Why is it a stub? MrWii 23:48, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
 * It lacks trivia, interwiki, references, and is rather concise to be considered a full article. Darkid 01:06, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure! I've got one: The sword gives you the upper hand when battling pigs... Theres not much else to add, its a sword ffs not that hard to understand. --Tellan 20:17, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I totally agree with MrWii and Tellan, this page should not be marked as a stub. Bigbauss 12:36, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Attacking while falling
http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/75455902018310144

Does anyone know how this works, exactly? (Does a higher fall increase the damage? How high is this bonus?) Streak 02:17, 1 June 2011 (UTC)


 * In 1.8 pre-release, it seems to double damage. However, a diamond sword still can't kill an aggressive mob in one hit. Father  Toast  13:41, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Its a bonus 50% --HexZyle 08:06, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Its a bonus 50% +1 --Atanar

Speeds
Cam anyone give a list of all the speeds for destroying special sword blocks like the lists on the other tools pages? Thanks. -- Assisstion 17:00, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Damage Nerf
See Talk:Weapons --HexZyle 08:06, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Dirt, Logs, etc.
Do swords mine all non-stone blocks faster than by hand? Efficiency enchantments hacked onto swords affect every non-stone block I've tried (efficiency only speeds up stone for picks, wood for axes, etc.). Father Toast  18:15, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Swords do mine most blocks faster than by hand (including dirt and logs, but I think not including stone-type blocks), always using up two uses of the sword. When I updated the article to reflect that my changes were reverted, although when I did update it I hadn't realised there was no difference in stone blocks. -- Carralpha 09:01, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Critical hits
Looking trought source code for 1.0.0 i found two things: 1. code for critical damage boost: i += rand.nextInt(i / 2 + 2); so actual critical damage can range from non-critical damage to currently listed critical damage.

2. potion effects applied before critical modificator and changes said "i". So potion of Strenght will increase possible critical modificator by 1 (with wooden or iron swords) or 2 (with stone or diamond). Potion of Strenght II wil increase it by 3. So diamond sword with PoS II can deal from to  on critical hit. — MiiNiPaaT 12:05, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Idea
I think that Notch should make a new item for Minecraft. That item: the shield! You see, the shield would do little damage, but would have a high defense level. So, Instead of blocking with just the weapon, you could block with the shield, which could also be crafted with the same materials as the normal tools: there would be a Wood shield, Stone shield, Iron shield, Gold shield, and Diamond shield! Plus, when made, you can use both the tools you have (including swords) and a shield at once! When confronting a Zombie, you can attack and block when needed! Can someone tell Notch about my idea?

Fawful117: I HAVE CHORTLES! 00:32, 28 February 2012 (UTC)