A spear is a weapon that was added in Mounts of Mayhem. It consists of two attack types: charging and jabbing. It was revealed in Minecraft Live - September 2025.[1]
Obtaining[]
Crafting[]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Any Planks or Copper Ingot or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick |
[upcoming: of Mayhem] | |
| Any stone-tier block + Stick |
Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably. | |
| Damaged Matching Spear | The durability of the two spears is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. |
Upgrading[]
Like other diamond tools, a diamond spear can be upgraded to a netherite spear via a netherite upgrade, although increased durability and resistance to fire/lava in item form are the only benefits. The spear's performance as a melee weapon is unchanged by the upgrade.
Netherite Upgrade +
Diamond Spear +
Netherite Ingot
Mob Loot[]
Zombies, husks, zombie horsemen and camel husk jockey riders naturally spawn wielding iron spears. Piglins and zombified piglins naturally spawn wielding golden spears.
Generated Loot[]
Stone spears can be found in ocean ruins, copper spears can be found in the weaponsmith's houses, and iron spears can be found in both the weaponsmith's house and treasure chests.
Diamond spears can be exclusively found in bastion remnants, end cities and obtained from vaults.
Usage[]
Charging[]
To perform a charge attack, the player must hold down the use key. The spear will be lowered to an attack position, and when released, it will launch to a targeting entity. The amount of damage dealt to the target depends on the velocity of the user.
If the user holds the spear for too long, it begins to shake. If the player charges it even longer, it drops down lower, which no longer knocks back an entity, but deals full damage to it.
Jabbing[]
To perform a jab attack, the player can use it while standing on the ground, dealing damage to an entity when hit, depending on the tier.
Piglins[]
Piglins are attracted to golden spears and run toward any golden spears on the ground, and inspect it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory.
Enchantemnts[]
Spears can be enchanted with Lunge (levels 1 to 3) that allows players to jab more damage to an entity while swiftly moving past it. However, the number of times the player uses it, their hunger bar drains out, depending on the level of enchantment.
Achievements[]
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Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
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| PS4 | Other | ||||||
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MOAR Tools | Construct one type of each tool. | Construct one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe, and one hoe with the same material. | 15G | Bronze | ||
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Oooh, shiny! | Distract a Piglin using gold | Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player. | 30G | Silver | ||
Advancements[]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Oh Shiny | Distract Piglins with gold | Nether | While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 27 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag:
| nether/distract_piglin
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| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 File:Grid Spear.png | Mob Kaob | Damage five mobs in the same charge attack using a spear | Monster Hunter | Armor stand and Mannequin are also counted for this advancement. | adventure/spear_many_mobs |
History[]
| February 26, 2025 | Spears are added (except copper variant) as an add-on in A Minecraft Movie: Add-on. | ||||
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| September 27, 2025 | Spears are announced at Minecraft Live - September 2025. | ||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 1.21.11 | 25w41a | Added spears. | |||
| They can be enchanted with Lunge. | |||||
| However, the enchantment cannot be combined with Mending. | |||||
| When used with Lunge, its durability reduces rapidly. | |||||
| 25w42a | Spears enchanted with Lunge can now be combined with Mending. | ||||
| 25w43a | The spear model has been increased in size. | ||||
| Spears afflict more damage when using the charge attack against targets. | |||||
| When spears use the Lunge enchantment, their durability no longer reduces rapidly. | |||||
| However, the player's hunger can be depleted based on the spear enchantment level. | |||||
| 25w44a | Camel husk jockey riders spawn holding iron spears. | ||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.21.130 | beta 1.21.130.20 | Added spears. | |||
| beta 1.21.130.22 | Can now be used by zombies and piglins for attacking. | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Spear" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[]
- Spears are originated as:
- A weapon in Minecraft Dungeons and in A Minecraft Movie
- An add-on based on A Minecraft Movie
Gallery[]
Renders[]
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Old Texture of the netherite spear.
