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File:2012-02-15 18.39.43.png

A siege. Note the two skeletons on the right.

Zombie sieges are in-game events that occur when many zombies spawn in a village. They occur regardless of how well lit or walled off a village is.

Usually, a whole mob of zombies will concentrate on one door or villager, and in Hard and Hardcore mode, will break wooden doors down, giving entrance to the building. This causes the villagers to flee their homes and get attacked by the zombies on their way out.

Defense

Villagers will commonly enter their houses and close the door before any zombies can get in, but they will not attack.

Iron Golems defend villagers from zombies and other mobs during such attacks and all other times, and can naturally spawn in a 16x16x16 area around the center of the larger villages.

Surrounding a village with a wall and lighting it are staple defenses against normal hostile mobs, especially Creepers. However, they are ineffective for sieges because the zombies can spawn inside even a well-lit village. Zombies may prefer to spawn outside of the village or in the dark when given an access route. If so, this allows players to defend villages by creating pressure plate drawbridges or "kill-channels" that limit zombie entrance.

It is impossible to completely avoid zombie sieges (unless you play on peaceful). If every block within the radius of the village has a half slab on top if it, the zombies will often spawn inside blocks, even solid blocks if there are no transparent blocks nearby, then walk towards the villagers through the wall (Confirmed in 1.3.2.) Zombie sieges also do not follow the 24-block rule, meaning they can spawn just a few blocks from the player.

Trapping a villager in a ring of fence posts will likely attract Zombies, giving the player/golem a chance to take the zombies down one by one.

Wolves and Snow Golems may also be stationed to keep the horde at bay, however Snow Golems will be useless in a desert village due to damage incurred from the biome and carry the risk of causing friendly fire with the Iron Golems. Wolves are easy to maintain due to the large quantity of rotten flesh that a horde will yield when defeated.

Hard mode: All doors should be one block above the ground. This still allows villagers to enter but prevents zombies from breaking in, unless they end up spawning inside houses.

Recovery

Villagers repopulate if there is open space in the NPC village. This means that villagers can recover from sieges by having children to repopulate the NPC village, provided there are at least two villagers and enough space in the NPC village. Player-made houses can also cause villagers to repopulate, as long as it is within the NPC village, has a wooden door, and has a 3x3 space inside. Iron Golems lost in the siege will eventually respawn if the NPC village has at least 10 villagers, or can be manually rebuilt by the player.

Unfortunately, these conditions are rarely sufficient to keep villages from being depopulated in short order without active defense by the player. As of snapshot 12w32a, there is an option, albeit a difficult one, to repopulate villages: Curing zombie villagers. Besides spawning as a fraction of ordinary zombies, some villagers attacked by zombies will be "infected" instead of killed. Zombie villagers can be turned into villagers by splashing them with a splash potion of weakness, then feeding them a golden apple, and waiting. However, the cure is not instant -- it will be necessary to confine the "patient" away from living villagers, and usually to protect them from the sun as well. They will emit red particles until they are cured.

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History

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June 10th, 2009Notch promised to have an expansion pack adding zombie sieges, but never made it.[1]
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{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Echo Shard|Echo Shard]]<br/>{{Item
| title = Echo Shard
| image = Echo Shard.png
| renewable = No
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
An '''echo shard''' is an item found in [[ancient cities]] which can be used to craft [[recovery compass]]es.

== Obtaining ==
=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|echo-shard}}

== Usage ==
=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage|Echo Shard}}

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w14a|[[File:Echo Shard JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added echo shards.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.19.0|snap=beta 1.19.0.24|[[File:Echo Shard JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added echo shards.
|Currently cannot be found inside [[ancient city]] chests due to outdated structures and loot chests.}}
{{History||1.19.0|snap=beta 1.19.0.26|Echo shards now generate inside [[ancient city]] loot chests.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==

{{issue list}}

{{Items}}

[[Category:Non-renewable resources]]

[[de:Echoscherbe]]
[[es:Fragmento resonante]]
[[fr:Éclat d'écho]]
[[ja:残響の欠片]]
[[lzh:回音殘片]]
[[pt:Fragmento de eco]]
[[pl:Odłamek pogłosu]]
[[ru:Осколок эха]]
[[th:เศษเอคโค]]
[[uk:Уламок відлуння]]
[[zh:回响碎片]]</li><li>[[Dragon's Breath|Dragon's Breath]]<br/>{{Item
| image = Dragon's Breath.png
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| rarity = Uncommon
}}

The '''dragon's breath''' is a [[brewing]] item that is used solely to make [[lingering potion]]s.

== Obtaining ==

The dragon's breath can be obtained by scooping  up the [[ender dragon]]'s breath attack or the purple [[area effect cloud|effect clouds]] caused by [[dragon fireball]]s in an empty [[glass bottle]].

== Usage ==

=== Brewing ingredient ===

Dragon's breath may be added to any splash potion to upgrade it to a lingering potion, which can be used to create a lasting [[Lingering Potion#Area Effect Cloud|area effect cloud]], or to craft [[Arrow#Tipped arrows|tipped arrows]].
{{brewing
  |name=[[Lingering Potion]]
  |showname=1
  |Dragon's Breath
  |Any Lingering Potion
  |base=Any Splash Potion}}

When put 2 or more dragon's breath in the brewing stand, after the brewing process, a glass bottle will drop as an [[Item (entity)|entity]]. However, if put only 1 dragon's breath in the brewing stand, after the brewing process, the glass bottle is consumed and cannot be retrieved.<ref>{{bug|MC-259583}}</ref>

== Sounds ==
{{Edition|Java}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Bottle fill dragon breath1.ogg
|sound2=Bottle fill dragon breath2.ogg
|subtitle=Bottle fills
|source=neutral
|description=Filling a glass bottle with dragon's breath
|id=item.bottle.fill_dragonbreath
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bottle.fill
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{Edition|Bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Bottle fill dragon breath1.ogg
|sound2=Bottle fill dragon breath2.ogg
|source=sound
|description=When a bottle is filled with dragon's breath
|id=bottle.dragonbreath
|volume=0.7<wbr>{{Until|BE 1.20.40}}<br>1.0<wbr>{{Upcoming|BE 1.20.40}}
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==

{{Load achievements|You Need a Mint}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|You Need a Mint}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Dragon's Breath
|spritetype=item
|nameid=dragon_breath
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Dragon's Breath
|spritetype=item
|nameid=dragon_breath
|id=560
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w33a|[[File:Dragon's Breath JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added dragon's breath.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 437.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Dragon's Breath JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of dragon's breath has been changed.}}

{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|[[File:Dragon's Breath JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added dragon's breath.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Dragon's Breath JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of dragon's breath has been changed.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU46|xbone=CU36|ps=1.38|wiiu=Patch 15|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Dragon's Breath JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added dragon's breath.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Dragon's Breath JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of dragon's breath has been changed.}}

{{History|3ds}}
{{History||1.7.10|[[File:Dragon's Breath JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added dragon's breath.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* If the dragon's breath is used in a [[crafting]] recipe (using a [[mod]] or a [[data pack]]), it becomes an empty bottle instead of being entirely consumed.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External Links==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/dragon-s-breath Taking Inventory: Dragon's Breath] – Minecraft.net on June 9, 2023

{{Items}}

[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[de:Drachenatem]]
[[fr:Souffle de dragon]]
[[it:Soffio di drago]]
[[ja:ドラゴンブレス]]
[[ko:드래곤의 숨결]]
[[nl:Drakenadem]]
[[pl:Oddech smoka]]
[[pt:Bafo do dragão]]
[[ru:Драконье дыхание]]
[[zh:龙息]]
[[Category:Brewing recipe]]</li></ul>
Zombie sieges added by Jon as the first part of the project.
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{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Gunpowder|Gunpowder]]<br/>{{Item
| image = Gunpowder.png
| stackable = Yes (64)
| renewable = Yes
}}

'''Gunpowder''' is an item that is used for [[explosion]]-related recipes, and as an ingredient in potions.

== Obtaining ==

=== Mob loot ===

==== Creepers ====

[[Creeper]]s can drop 0-2 pieces of gunpowder upon death. [[Looting]] can increase this by one per level, with a maximum of 5 gunpowder.

==== Ghasts ====

[[Ghast]]s can drop 0-2 pieces of gunpowder upon death. Looting can increase this by one per level, with a maximum of 5 gunpowder.

==== Witches ====

[[Witch]]es can drop 0-6 pieces of gunpowder upon death. Looting can increase this by three per level, with a maximum of 15 gunpowder.
<!--
=== Crafting ===

{{Crafting
|showdescription=1
|description= {{only|bedrock|education}}
|Coal; Charcoal
|Sulfur
|Bone Meal
|Output= Gunpowder, 3
|type= Miscellaneous
}}
-->
=== Trading ===

<!--Wandering trader always offer one of the 5 item (one of them is gunpowder)-->

[[Wandering trader]]s have {{frac|1|6}} chance to sell gunpowder for an [[emerald]].

=== Chest loot ===

{{LootChestItem|gunpowder}}

== Usage ==

=== Crafting ingredient ===

{{crafting usage}}

=== Brewing ingredient ===
{{brewing
  |name=[[Splash Potion]]
  |showname=1
  |Gunpowder
  |Splash Mundane Potion; Splash Potion of Healing; Splash Potion of Fire Resistance; Splash Potion of Harming; Splash Potion of Poison; Splash Potion of Regeneration; Splash Potion of Slowness; Splash Potion of Strength; Splash Potion of Swiftness; Splash Potion of Weakness; Splash Potion of Night Vision; Splash Potion of Invisibility; Splash Potion of Water Breathing; Splash Potion of Leaping
  |base=Any Potion
}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Gunpowder
|spritetype=item
|nameid=gunpowder
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Gunpowder
|spritetype=item
|nameid=gunpowder
|id=328
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== History ==

{{History|java indev}}
{{History||0.31|snap=20100130|[[File:Gunpowder JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added gunpowder.
|Gunpowder is a [[crafting]] ingredient for [[TNT]]. 
|Gunpowder can be [[drops|dropped]] by any [[mob]].}}
{{History||20100219|Gunpowder now [[drops]] only from [[creeper]]s.}}
{{History|java infdev}}
{{History||20100625-2|Gunpowder can now be found in [[dungeon]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.2.0|snap=preview|Added [[ghast]]s, which [[drops|drop]] gunpowder upon [[death]].{{needs testing|was their gunpowder dropping present in the preview version, or added later on?|type=untestable}}}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.0|The item now has a display name: ''Sulphur''.}}
{{History||1.3|''Sulphur'' has been renamed to ''Gunpowder''.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4|Gunpowder is now usable in [[brewing]] to create [[splash potion]]s.}}
{{History||1.2.1|snap=12w04a|[[Fire charge]]s are now [[crafting|crafted]] with gunpowder.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w38b|[[Witch]]es may now [[drops|drop]] gunpowder.}}
{{History||1.4.6|snap=12w49a|Gunpowder can now be used to craft a [[firework star]] and a [[firework rocket]].}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w44a|Gunpowder now generates in [[desert temple]] [[chest]]s.
|The average yield of gunpowder in [[dungeon]] chests has now doubled.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Gunpowder can now be found in [[woodland mansion]] chests.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 289.}}
{{History|||snap=18w11a|Gunpowder can now generate in [[shipwreck]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Gunpowder JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of gunpowder has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Added [[wandering trader]]s, which sell gunpowder.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w07a|Gunpowder now drops when brushing [[suspicious sand]] in [[desert pyramid]]s.}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|The probability for the gunpowder to generate in [[suspicious sand]] in [[desert temple]]s has been changed from 1/7 to 1/8.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.2.0|[[File:Gunpowder JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added gunpowder. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.}}
{{History||v0.3.3|Gunpowder now drops from [[creeper]]s. It is still unobtainable due to creepers not yet spawning naturally.}}
{{History||v0.4.0|Creepers now spawn naturally, making gunpowder obtainable in Survival mode.
|Gunpowder can now be used to craft [[TNT]].}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Added gunpowder to the [[creative]] [[inventory]].
|Gunpowder is now usable in [[brewing]] to create [[splash potion]]s.}}
{{History||v0.13.0|snap=build 1|Gunpowder can now be found inside [[desert temple]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|Gunpowder can now be dropped by [[witch]]es.}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Gunpowder can now be used to craft [[fire charge]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Gunpowder now generates inside [[woodland mansion]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|Gunpowder can now be used to craft [[firework rocket]]s and [[firework star]]s.}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.14.2|Gunpowder now generates inside [[shipwreck]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Gunpowder JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of gunpowder has been changed.}}
{{History||Next Major Update<br>(Experimental)|link=Bedrock Edition 1.19.70|snap=beta 1.19.70.23|Gunpowder now drops when brushing [[suspicious sand]] in [[desert pyramid]]s.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Gunpowder JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added gunpowder.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Gunpowder JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of gunpowder has been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Gunpowder JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added gunpowder.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--gunpowder Taking Inventory: Gunpowder] – Minecraft.net on June 21, 2019

{{Items}}

[[Category:Recipe using Charcoal]]

[[cs:Střelný prach]]
[[de:Schwarzpulver]]
[[es:Pólvora]]
[[fr:Poudre à canon]]
[[hu:Puskapor]]
[[it:Polvere da sparo]]
[[ja:火薬]]
[[ko:화약]]
[[nl:Buskruit]]
[[pl:Proch]]
[[pt:Pólvora]]
[[ru:Порох]]
[[th:ดินปืน]]
[[tr:Barut]]
[[uk:Порох]]
[[zh:火药]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]
[[Category:Brewing recipe]]</li><li>[[Cauldron|Cauldron]]<br/>{{For|the boss in ''Minecraft Dungeons''|MCD:Corrupted Cauldron}}
{{Block
| extratext = View [[#Renders|all renders]]
| transparent = Yes
| light = Depends on contained liquid
| tool = wooden pickaxe
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = No
| lavasusceptible = No
}}

A '''cauldron''' is a [[block]] that can contain [[water]], [[lava]] or [[powder snow]] and, in certain situations, collect it from the environment. {{IN|bedrock}}, it can also hold [[potion]]s or dyed water. It also serves as a [[leatherworker]]'s [[job site block]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===

A cauldron can be obtained using any [[pickaxe]]. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. Regardless of the tool, when a cauldron is destroyed, its contents are lost.
{{breaking row|horizontal=1|Cauldron|Pickaxe|Wood}}

=== Natural generation ===

[[File:Natural Cauldron Table.png|A naturally occurring cauldron inside of a [[witch hut]].|thumb]]

A single empty cauldron is generated in each [[swamp hut]]. {{IN|be}}, the cauldrons generated there are {{frac|1|3}} to {{frac|2|3}} full of a random [[potion]].

A cauldron {{frac|2|3}} full of water is generated in each [[igloo]] basement.
[[File:MansionJailInner.png|thumb|Cauldron in [[woodland mansion]] jail.]]
Cauldrons can be found in a few rooms inside of [[woodland mansion]]s.

Two filled cauldrons can be found inside savanna, taiga, snowy taiga, and snowy tundra [[village]] tannery houses.

A single filled cauldron can be found in plains village and desert village tannery houses.

{{IN|java}}, three filled cauldrons can be found in plains village tannery houses.

Cauldrons can also spawn in [[trail ruins]].

=== Crafting ===

A cauldron can be crafted from [[iron ingot]]s.
{{Crafting
|A1= Iron Ingot
|C1= Iron Ingot
|A2= Iron Ingot
|C2= Iron Ingot
|A3= Iron Ingot
|B3= Iron Ingot
|C3= Iron Ingot
|Output= Cauldron
|type= Brewing
}}

== Usage ==

=== Storage for substances ===
Cauldrons can hold a variety of substances. Fluids they cannot hold include [[milk]], [[Honey Bottle|honey]] and any food items that exist in [[bowl]]s; namely [[mushroom stew]], [[beetroot soup]], [[rabbit stew]] and [[suspicious stew]]. {{IN|java}}, cauldrons containing fluids are considered by the game to be separate blocks from each other and from empty cauldrons, which does not affect gameplay but does affect the commands needed to place them.

==== Holding water ====
A cauldron can be filled with [[water]] by {{control|using}} a [[water bucket]] on the cauldron. Once completely filled, a cauldron can be used to fill a water bucket by {{control|using}} an empty [[bucket]] on the cauldron; this empties the cauldron. Despite containing water, using a [[fish bucket]] on a cauldron does not fill it with water, but places water against it, meaning it does nothing to the cauldron.<ref>{{bug|MC-129109|||WAI}}</ref>

A cauldron can also be filled by dumping a water bucket on the block above the cauldron. Once the water block is removed, the cauldron is filled to the full level with water.{{only|be}}

It can contain three levels of water. One level of water can be added to a cauldron by {{control|using}} a [[water bottle]] on it. One level of water can be removed from a cauldron, filling a water bottle, by {{control|using}} a [[glass bottle]] on it.

A cauldron slowly fills with [[water]] when [[rain]]ed upon, if starting empty or with some water. This happens randomly, at 5% of the rate in which snow accumulates on the ground during [[snowfall]].

Water can be stored in a cauldron even in [[the Nether]]. Water in a cauldron does not freeze in cold biomes.

Water in a cauldron does ''not'' absorb [[explosion]] damage; make [[sound]]s and [[particle]]s; absorb fall damage;<ref>{{bug|MC-176867|||WF}}</ref><ref>{{bug|MCPE-104572|||WF}}</ref> allow [[Riptide]] [[trident]]s to activate;<ref>{{bug|MC-145311|||WF}}</ref><ref>{{bug|MCPE-93111}}</ref> or damage [[endermen]], [[strider]]s, or [[blaze]]s.<ref>{{bug|MC-106813|||WF}}</ref> Cauldrons do ''not'' deal drowning damage to mobs inside of them<ref>{{bug|MC-152680}}</ref> and [[fish]] act as if there is no water inside it.<ref>{{bug|MC-126819|||WF}}</ref> The player ''cannot'' float or [[swim]] in it, as the water is about level with the player's waist. Jumping in a cauldron does ''not'' produce any bubble or water particles.

A cauldron placed below a down-facing [[pointed dripstone]] that has water placed a block above it slowly fills with water. The same works with [[lava]], allowing for infinite lava generation.

Attempting to add lava or potion to water empties the cauldron.{{only|be}} 


The water in a cauldron cannot be sucked up by a [[sponge]], whether the sponge is touching the cauldron or not. 

===== Applying dye to cauldron water =====
{{exclusive|bedrock|section=yes}}

{{IN|bedrock}}, leather armor is dyed through a cauldron, so a cauldron can hold dyed [[water]]. {{control|Using}} a dye on a cauldron filled with water colors the water, consuming the dye. Different dyes may be added to produce mixed colors. {{control|Using}} [[leather armor]] or [[leather horse armor]] on the cauldron dyes that item the color of the water, reducing the water in the cauldron by one level for each item dyed.

Attempting to add water, lava or potion to dyed water empties the cauldron.

==== Holding lava ====
[[File:Lava Cauldron.png|150px|thumb|Cauldron filled with lava]]

Cauldrons can be used to hold lava. {{IN|be|ee}}, when a cauldron is already filled with water, it empties the cauldron and makes an extinguishing sound. A cauldron filled with lava emits a light level of 15, similar to lava, and burns any [[entity]] inside of it; {{in|be|ee|short=1}}, this includes mobs that do not take damage from lava like [[zombified piglin]]s.

Lava inside a cauldron does not interact with water outside of the cauldron. The lava disappears upon putting water in the cauldron.

A [[redstone comparator]] with a lava cauldron behind it outputs redstone signal strength of 3.<ref name=JavaLava>{{bug|MC-204393}}</ref><ref>{{bug|MCPE-104824}}</ref>

A cauldron placed below a down-facing [[pointed dripstone]] that has lava placed a block above it slowly fills with lava.

If a cauldron is filled by lava, using glass bottles on the cauldron does nothing.

==== Holding powder snow ====
[[Powder snow]] is currently the only solid material that can be stored in a cauldron. A cauldron slowly fills with powder snow during [[snowfall]], if starting empty or with any layer of powder snow already inside. Up to three layers can be filled. When the cauldron is full, {{ctrl|interacting}} using a [[bucket]], creates a [[powder snow bucket]] and empties the cauldron. Entities standing in the cauldron do not take freeze damage, and entities wearing [[leather boots]] still fall through the powder snow.

A [[redstone comparator]] with a powder snow cauldron behind it outputs a redstone signal strength proportional to the fill level, up to 3.

Contrary to a cauldron filled with water, a powder snow cauldron that is not full cannot be filled up with a powder snow bucket, as {{control|using}} the bucket on the cauldron instead places powder snow against it.

==== Filling cauldrons with potions ====
{{exclusive|bedrock|education|section=yes}}

{{IN|bedrock}}, a cauldron can hold normal [[potion]]s, [[splash potion]]s and [[lingering potion]]s. {{control|Using}} a potion on a cauldron empties the potion and increases the level of the potion in the cauldron by one level. A glass bottle can then be {{control|used}} on a cauldron with a potion in it, filling the bottle with that potion. This reduces the potion in the cauldron by one level.

{{control|Using}} an [[arrow]] on a cauldron that contains a potion transforms the arrow into a [[tipped arrow]] with that potion [[effect]], and reduce the potion in the cauldron by one level. Tipping multiple arrows at once can be more efficient, and it may use more than one level at once. 1 level of potion tips up to 16 arrows, 2 levels up to 32, and a full cauldron can tip a full stack of arrows, resulting in 21.33 tipped arrows per potion.

Attempting to put [[water]], [[lava]] or a different potion into a cauldron with a potion causes an explosion sound, and the cauldron is emptied.

An entity that stands in a cauldron filled to any level with any potion does not receive the effect of the potion.

Using an empty bucket on a cauldron filled with any potion does nothing, as the bucket remains empty and the potion in the cauldron does not empty.

=== Removing dye from items ===

A cauldron with [[water]] can wash the dye off of leather [[armor]] and [[shulker box]]es, and can remove the top-most pattern layer of a [[banner]], by pressing {{control|use}} on the cauldron with the leather armor, shulker box, or banner in hand. Each wash reduces the water in the cauldron by one level. The water does not become dyed while removing dye from objects.

=== Changing profession ===
If a [[village]] has a cauldron that has not been claimed by a [[villager]], any villager that does not already have a profession or [[job site]] block may change their profession to [[leatherworker]].

=== Extinguishing fire ===

A cauldron with [[water]] or [[powder snow]] extinguishes [[entities]] on [[fire]] that fall into it and the entity emits black particles. This includes [[mob]]s, [[player]]s, [[item]]s (if they land in the cauldron before burning up), and flaming [[arrow]]s{{only|je|short=1}}. Flaming arrows stuck into the side are also extinguished. Entities must reach the water or powder snow in it. Each entity extinguished causes the substance in the cauldron to decrease by one level. If the cauldron is filled with powder snow, it then becomes a water cauldron.

=== Redstone component ===
[[File:Cauldron transmission over piston.png|An example of a cauldron used in a [[redstone]] circuit.|thumb]]
{{see also|Redstone circuit}}

A cauldron can act as a power source for a [[redstone comparator]]. With a cauldron behind it (either directly, or separated by an unpowered solid block), a comparator outputs a signal strength proportional to how full the cauldron is: 0 for empty, 1 for one-third full, 2 for two-thirds full, and 3 for completely full or filled with lava. However, if there is a block between the cauldron and the comparator, the comparator does not immediately update.

== Sounds ==
=== Generic ===
{{Sound table/Block/Normal}}

=== Unique ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron1.ogg
|sound2=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron2.ogg
|sound3=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron3.ogg
|sound4=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron4.ogg
|sound5=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron5.ogg
|sound6=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron6.ogg
|sound7=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron7.ogg
|sound8=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron8.ogg
|subtitle=Water drips
|source=block
|description=When dripping water from a pointed dripstone falls into a cauldron
|id=block.pointed_dripstone.drip_water_into_cauldron
|translationkey=subtitles.block.pointed_dripstone.drip_water_into_cauldron
|volume=2.0
|pitch=0.9-1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Pointed Dripstone drip lava cauldron1.ogg
|sound2=Pointed Dripstone drip lava cauldron2.ogg
|sound3=Pointed Dripstone drip lava cauldron3.ogg
|sound4=Pointed Dripstone drip lava cauldron4.ogg
|subtitle=Lava drips
|source=block
|description=When dripping lava from a pointed dripstone falls into a cauldron
|id=block.pointed_dripstone.drip_lava_into_cauldron
|translationkey=subtitles.block.pointed_dripstone.drip_lava_into_cauldron
|volume=2.0
|pitch=0.9-1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Empty water bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Empty water bucket1.ogg
|sound3=Empty water bucket2.ogg
|sound4=Empty water bucket3.ogg
|subtitle=Bucket empties
|source=block
|description=When water from a bucket is placed in a cauldron <ref group=sound><code>empty1</code> plays twice as often as the other sounds</ref>
|id=item.bucket.empty
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bucket.empty
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0 <ref group=sound>Except for the second copy of <code>empty1</code>, which is 0.9</ref>
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Fill water bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Fill water bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Fill water bucket3.ogg
|subtitle=Bucket fills
|source=block
|description=When water from a bucket is removed from a cauldron
|id=item.bucket.fill
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bucket.fill
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Empty lava bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Empty lava bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Empty lava bucket3.ogg
|subtitle=Bucket empties
|source=block
|description=When lava is placed in a cauldron
|id=item.bucket.empty_lava
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bucket.empty
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Fill lava bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Fill lava bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Fill lava bucket3.ogg
|subtitle=Bucket fills
|source=block
|description=When lava is removed from a cauldron
|id=item.bucket.fill_lava
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bucket.fill
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Empty powder snow bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Empty powder snow bucket2.ogg
|subtitle=Bucket empties
|source=block
|description=When powder snow is placed in a cauldron
|id=item.bucket.empty_powder_snow
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bucket.empty
|volume=1.0
|pitch=''varies'' <ref group=sound>Can be 1.0, 0.95, or 1.1 for each sound</ref>
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Fill powder snow bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Fill powder snow bucket2.ogg
|subtitle=Bucket fills
|source=block
|description=When powder snow is removed from a cauldron
|id=item.bucket.fill_powder_snow
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bucket.fill
|volume=1.0
|pitch=''varies'' <ref group=sound>Can be 1.0, 0.9, or 1.1 for each sound</ref>
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Bottle empty1.ogg
|sound2=Bottle empty2.ogg
|subtitle=Bottle empties
|source=block
|description=When water from a bottle is placed in a cauldron
|id=item.bottle.empty
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bottle.empty
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Bottle fill_water1.ogg
|sound2=Bottle fill_water2.ogg
|sound3=Bottle fill_water3.ogg
|sound4=Bottle fill_water4.ogg
|subtitle=Bottle fills
|source=block
|description=When water from a bottle is removed from a cauldron
|id=item.bottle.fill
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bottle.fill
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Empty water bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Empty water bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Empty water bucket3.ogg
|subtitle=Leatherworker works
|source=neutral
|description=Randomly while a leatherworker is working
|id=entity.villager.work_leatherworker
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.villager.work_leatherworker
|volume=0.9
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron1.ogg
|sound2=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron2.ogg
|sound3=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron3.ogg
|sound4=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron4.ogg
|sound5=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron5.ogg
|sound6=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron6.ogg
|sound7=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron7.ogg
|sound8=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron8.ogg
|source=block
|description=When dripping water from a pointed dripstone falls into a cauldron
|id=cauldron_drip.water<br>.pointed_dripstone
|volume=2.0
|pitch=0.9-1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Pointed Dripstone drip lava cauldron1.ogg
|sound2=Pointed Dripstone drip lava cauldron2.ogg
|sound3=Pointed Dripstone drip lava cauldron3.ogg
|sound4=Pointed Dripstone drip lava cauldron4.ogg
|source=block
|description=When dripping lava from a pointed dripstone falls into a cauldron
|id=cauldron_drip.lava<br>.pointed_dripstone
|volume=2.0
|pitch=0.9-1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Fizz.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a different liquid is put in a cauldron with a potion
|id=random.fizz
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.6-0.8<wbr>{{Checkthecode}}[[Category:Pages with inaccurate sound pitch value]]}}
{{Sound table
|rowspan=8
|sound=Water Splash Old.ogg
|source=block
|description=When dye is added to a cauldron
|id=cauldron.adddye
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|source=block
|description=When armor is dyed using a cauldron
|id=cauldron.dyearmor
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|source=block
|description=When dye is removed from armor using a cauldron
|id=cauldron.cleanarmor
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|source=block
|description=When all patterns are removed from a banner using a cauldron
|id=cauldron.cleanbanner
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|source=block
|description=When a potion is placed in a cauldron<wbr><ref group=sound name=potionsplash>{{Bug|MCPE-174867}}</ref>
|id=cauldron.fillpotion
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|source=block
|description=When a potion is taken from a cauldron<wbr><ref group=sound name=potionsplash/>
|id=cauldron.takepotion
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|source=block
|description=When water from a bucket or bottle is placed in a cauldron<wbr><ref group=sound name=bucketsplash>{{Bug|MCPE-135919}}</ref>
|id=cauldron.fillwater
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|source=block
|description=When water from a bucket or bottle is removed from a cauldron <ref group=sound name=bucketsplash/>
|id=cauldron.takewater
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Empty lava bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Empty lava bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Empty lava bucket3.ogg
|source=block
|description=When lava is placed in a cauldron
|id=bucket.empty_lava
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Fill lava bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Fill lava bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Fill lava bucket3.ogg
|source=block
|description=When lava is removed from a cauldron
|id=bucket.fill_lava
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Empty powder snow bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Empty powder snow bucket2.ogg
|source=block
|description=When powder snow is placed in a cauldron
|id=bucket.empty_powder_snow
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Fill powder snow bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Fill powder snow bucket2.ogg
|source=player
|description=When powder snow is removed from a cauldron
|id=bucket.fill_powder_snow
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Empty water bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Empty water bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Empty water bucket3.ogg
|source=block
|description=Randomly while a leatherworker is working
|id=bucket.fill_water
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Cauldron
|spritetype=block
|nameid=cauldron
|blocktags=cauldrons
|translationkey=block.minecraft.cauldron,item.minecraft.cauldron}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Lava Cauldron
|spritename=cauldron
|spritetype=block
|nameid=lava_cauldron
|blocktags=cauldrons
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Powder Snow Cauldron
|spritename=cauldron
|spritetype=block
|nameid=powder_snow_cauldron
|blocktags=cauldrons
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Water Cauldron
|spritename=cauldron
|spritetype=block
|nameid=water_cauldron
|blocktags=cauldrons
|form=block
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Type
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Normal block
|spritename=cauldron
|spritetype=block
|nameid=cauldron
|id=118
|form=block
|itemform=item.cauldron}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Brighting block
|spritename=cauldron
|spritetype=block
|nameid=lava_cauldron
|id=465
|form=block
|translationkey=-}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Item
|spritename=cauldron
|spritetype=item
|nameid=cauldron
|id=432
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|notnamespaced=y
|displayname=Block entity
|spritename=cauldron
|spritetype=block
|nameid=Cauldron
|foot=1}}

=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}
{{/BS}}

=== Block data ===

{{IN|be}}, a cauldron has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

See [[Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format]].

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Tie Dye Outfit}}

== History ==

{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2|[[File:Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons are present in the code, but are not assigned to a [[block]] ID (and thus are unobtainable without [http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/673742-19-pre2-cauldron-block/ mods] (archived link: [https://web.archive.org/web/20141222205821/https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19728555/cauldron.zip])).}}
{{History|||snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|[[File:Cauldron (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons have been given a [[block]] ID, an [[item]] ID, and a [[crafting]] recipe.}}
{{History||1.2.1|snap=12w06a|Cauldrons have now become [[renewable]], due to [[zombie]]s sometimes dropping iron ingots.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w40a|Empty cauldrons can now be found in [[witch hut]]s.}}
{{History||1.5|snap=13w02a|[[File:Cauldron JE2.png|32px]] The walls inside of the cauldron now use the bottom texture, and the cauldron now has no bottom.<ref name="whatdoyouputinacauldrontomakeitlighter">{{bug|MC-6772}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=13w02b|[[File:Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] Fixed the model error from 13w02a.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w03a|[[File:Cauldron JE4.png|32px]] Cauldrons now appear completely opaque.<ref>{{bug|MC-44990}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=14w03b|[[File:Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons now render as normal again.}}
{{History|||snap=14w06a|Cauldrons now have extra planes inside the feet. These planes are now rendered solid, so the [[player]] cannot see through the [[water]].{{info needed|what exactly does this mean?}}}}
{{History|||snap=14w10a|[[File:Cauldron JE6.png|32px]] The cauldron's feet now have planes on all sides.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Cauldrons now generate naturally in jail cells in [[woodland mansion]]s.}}
{{History||July 19, 2017|link=https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/887599625045250048|[[Jeb]] tweets image of a new jungle [[planks]], cauldron and [[dandelion]] textures.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[block]]'s numeral ID was 118, and the [[item]]'s was 380.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Cauldron JE7.png|32px]]<br/>[[File:Cauldron (item) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of cauldrons have been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w48a|Cauldrons now generate in the updated [[plains]] [[village]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=18w49a|Cauldrons now generate in the updated [[savanna]] villages and the new [[snowy tundra]] villages.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Cauldrons now generate in the updated [[desert]] and [[taiga]] villages.}}
{{History|||snap=19w03a|The numerous missing cullface arguments for the cauldron have been fixed.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Cauldrons now serve as leatherworker [[villager]]s' job site block.}}
{{History|||snap=19w13a|The cauldron's hitbox has been fixed.<ref>{{bug|MC-129205}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w45a|Normal and water cauldrons have been split into different blocks, making filled cauldrons no longer work as a workstation for villagers.<ref name="technicalunemployment">{{bug|MC-204430}}</ref>
|This also means that any [[structure]]s before this snapshot that have cauldron(s) fill with water now no longer generate(s) cauldron. Instead, water cauldron(s) will generate.}}
{{History|||snap=20w48a|Cauldrons can now collect water and lava dripped by [[pointed dripstone]].}}
{{History|||snap=21w11a|[[Lava bucket]]s and [[powder snow bucket]]s can now be emptied into any filled cauldron.}}
{{History|||snap=21w13a|Filled cauldrons work again as a workstation for villagers.}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|Cauldrons now generate in [[trail ruins]].}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Cauldron BE1.png|32px]]<br/>[[File:Cauldron (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added cauldrons.
|Cauldrons are generated naturally in [[witch hut]]s.}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Cauldrons can now be moved by [[piston]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Cauldrons now generate naturally in [[woodland mansion]]s, their fullness status is unknown.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] The textures of cauldrons have been changed.
|Cauldrons now generate in tannery houses in [[village]]s.}}
{{History||?|[[File:Cauldron JE7.png|32px]] The textures of cauldrons have been changed.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU7|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Cauldron JE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Was this the actually used model?}}[[File:Cauldron (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added cauldrons.}}
{{History||xbox=TU60|xbone=CU51|ps=1.64|wiiu=Patch 30|switch=1.0.11|[[Water]] in a cauldron can now be [[dye]]d.
|[[Armor]] can be dyed in a cauldron filled with dyed water.
|Cauldrons can no longer be pushed by [[piston]]s.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Cauldron JE7.png|32px]]{{verify|Was this the actually used model?}}<br/>[[File:Cauldron (item) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of cauldrons have been changed.}}

{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Cauldron BE1.png|32px]]<br/>[[File:Cauldron (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added cauldrons.}}
{{History|foot}}

=== Water cauldron ===
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] If made to work with a mod, cauldrons can be filled with a [[water bucket]].
|Cauldron water transparency appears inconsistent depending on hardware.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w22a|Cauldrons can now be filled with [[water]], if placed outside during [[rain]] or a [[thunderstorm]].}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w34a|Holding a piece of [[Dyeing|dyed]] leather [[armor]] and right-clicking a [[water]]-filled cauldron now washes away all [[dye]]s applied to the leather armor.}}
{{History||1.5|snap=13w02a|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron JE2.png|32px]] The walls inside of the cauldron now use the bottom texture, and the cauldron now has no bottom.<ref name="whatdoyouputinacauldrontomakeitlighter"/>}}
{{History|||snap=13w02b|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] Fixed the model error from 13w02a.}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w18a|When used with a [[redstone comparator]], cauldrons now output a signal varying in strength according to the amount of water inside.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w43a|Cauldrons now extinguish burning [[entity|entities]].}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w10a|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron JE4.png|32px]] The cauldron's feet now have planes on all sides.}}
{{History|||snap=14w30a|Right-clicking a non-empty cauldron with a [[banner]] now removes the top-most pattern layer.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w43a|A cauldron now generates within [[igloo]] basements, {{frac|2|3}} full.}}
{{History|||snap=15w44a|A full cauldron can now be emptied with a [[bucket]], filling the bucket with [[water]].}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w32a|When a cauldron washes a dyed item (leather [[armor]] or [[banner]]), it reduces its water level by 1.}}
{{History|||snap=16w33a|A [[water bottle]] is now able to add 1 [[water]] level to a cauldron.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=18w10d|[[Shulker box]]es can now be undyed in a cauldron.}}
{{History|||snap=18w15a|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron JE5.png|32px]] [[Water]] in cauldrons is now white colored.<ref>{{bug|MC-128253}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=18w20b|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron JE6.png|32px]] Cauldron water is now colored again, depending on the biome.
|[[File:Swamp Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Warm Ocean Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lukewarm Ocean Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cold Ocean Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Frozen Ocean Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] This currently affects ocean temperature variants and swamps.
|[[File:Swamp Hills Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] Swampland M water has a yellowish color while in a cauldron.<ref>{{bug|MC-128558}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=pre3|[[File:Swamp Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] Swampland M water now has the same [[water]] color in cauldrons as regular [[swamp]]s.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron JE7.png|32px]]<br>[[File:Swamp Water Cauldron JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Warm Ocean Water Cauldron JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Lukewarm Ocean Water Cauldron JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cold Ocean Water Cauldron JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Frozen Ocean Water Cauldron JE2.png|32px]] The textures of cauldrons have been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=19w03a|The numerous missing cullface arguments for the water cauldron have been fixed.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w45a|Normal and water cauldrons have been split into different blocks, making filled cauldrons no longer work as a workstation for villagers.<ref name="technicalunemployment"/>
|This also means that any [[structure]]s before this snapshot that have cauldron(s) fill with water now no longer generate(s) cauldron. Instead, water cauldron(s) will generate.}}
{{History|||snap=21w13a|Filled cauldrons work again as a workstation for villagers.}}
{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] Added water cauldrons.
|[[Water]] color in cauldrons can be changed by adding [[dye]]s. [[Item]]s dipped in the water are dyed that color.}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Cauldrons are now used to dye leather [[horse armor]].
|Water cauldrons can now be moved by [[piston]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Cauldrons now generate naturally in [[igloo]] basements.
|Cauldrons now extinguish burning [[entity|entities]].}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] The textures of cauldrons have been changed.}}
{{History||1.20.0|snap=beta 1.20.0.20|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) MCPE-170427.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) MCPE-170427.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron MCPE-170427.png|32px]] [[Water]] in cauldrons now looks like lava.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-170427}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.20.10|snap=beta 1.20.10.20|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] Cauldron water now uses the correct texture.}}
{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU7|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Were these the models used?}} Added water cauldrons.}}
{{History||xbox=TU12|[[Water]] is no longer removed from a [[water bucket]] when filling a cauldron in [[creative]] mode.}}
{{History||xbox=TU14|ps=1.04|Cauldrons fill with water if placed outside during [[rain]] or a [[thunderstorm]].}}
{{History||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|Cauldrons with [[water]] in them extinguish burning [[entity|entities]], taking away one water level each time.}}
{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron BE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Were these the models used?}} Added cauldrons.
|Water color in cauldrons can be changed by adding [[dye]]s.
|Cauldrons can be used to [[dye]] leather [[armor]].}}
{{History|foot}}

=== Lava cauldron ===
{{History|Java}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w45a|[[File:Lava Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons can now be filled with [[lava]].}}
{{History|||snap=21w20a|Lava cauldrons now emits redstone signal strength of 3.<ref name=JavaLava/>}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.9.0|snap=beta 1.9.0.2|[[File:Lava Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons can now be filled with lava.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Lava Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] The texture of cauldrons filled with lava has been changed.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.88|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Lava Cauldron LCE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons can now be filled with lava.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Lava Cauldron LCE2.png|32px]] The texture of cauldrons filled with lava has been changed.}}
{{History|foot}}

=== Powder Snow Cauldron ===
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w46a|[[File:Powder Snow Cauldron (level 1) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Powder Snow Cauldron (level 2) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Powder Snow Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons can now be filled with powder snow.}}
{{History||1.17.1|snap=Pre-release 1|Powder snow now fills twice as fast in a cauldron.}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.17.0|snap=beta 1.17.0.52|[[File:Powder Snow Cauldron (level 1) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Powder Snow Cauldron (level 2) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Powder Snow Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons can now be filled with powder snow.}}
{{History|foot}}

=== Potion cauldron ===
{{cleanup|Many potion cauldrons here are listed as being added in versions where said potion did not exist yet - please rearrange and add new history entries accordingly}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2|[[File:Arrran Cauldron 1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrran Cauldron 2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrran Cauldron 3.png|32px]] [[File:Arrran Cauldron 4.png|32px]] <br/>[[File:Cauldron (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons are intended to be used for the creation of [[potion]]s. 
|Cauldrons can be made to work with a mod, through which the following has been revealed:
* Applying a [[potion]] ingredient to a water cauldron cause it to change to a differently-colored [[lava]] texture, and adding any further potion ingredients to the filled cauldron cause the [[liquid]] to change color.
* Scooping out a potion with ingredients applied cause the potion to have an effect related to the ingredient, e.g. a potion brewed with a [[magma cream]] have [[Fire Resistance]] as an effect.}}
{{History|||snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|The system was deemed too complex and not user-friendly,<ref>{{Tweet|jeb|119466949708222465|Potions are delayed because *add to cauldron, pick up, look at tooltip, pour back into cauldron, repeat* was extremely tedious|September 29, 2011}}</ref> so the cauldron's ability to brew potions has been replaced with the [[brewing stand]].<ref>{{Tweet|jeb|119710836469149697|A quick discussion with @notch led me in on a new way of doing the potion brewing. Cauldron is out...|September 30, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Tweet|jeb|119762786619359232|Look back at me! Your Cauldron is now a Brewing Stand. Anything's possible when working with interaction design.|September 30, 2011}}</ref> That brewing system is finalized and doesn't change in the rest of the pre-releases.}}
{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Invisibility Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Jump Boost Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Fire Resistance Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Speed Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Slowness Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Breathing Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Health Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Damage Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Poison Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Regeneration Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Strength Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Weakness Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Wither Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Turtle Master Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Slow Falling Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons can store [[potion]]s, and [[explosion|explode]] if potions are mixed.}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Cauldrons are now used to make [[tipped arrow]]s.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Invisibility Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Jump Boost Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Fire Resistance Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Speed Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Slowness Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Water Breathing Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Health Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Damage Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Poison Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Regeneration Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Strength Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Weakness Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Wither Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Turtle Master Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Slow Falling Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] The textures of cauldrons filled with [[potion]]s have been changed.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU60|xbone=CU51|ps=1.64|wiiu=Patch 30|switch=1.0.11|[[File:Invisibility Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Jump Boost Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Fire Resistance Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Speed Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Slowness Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Breathing Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Health Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Damage Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Poison Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Regeneration Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Strength Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Weakness Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Wither Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Turtle Master Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Slow Falling Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Were these the models used?}} Cauldrons can now be filled with [[potion]]s and make an explosion [[sound]] if they are mixed.
|[[Effect]]s can now be applied to [[arrow]]s by using them on a potion-filled cauldron.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Invisibility Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Jump Boost Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Fire Resistance Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Speed Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Slowness Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Water Breathing Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Health Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Damage Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Poison Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Regeneration Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Strength Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Weakness Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Wither Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Turtle Master Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Slow Falling Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]]{{verify|Were these the models used?}} The textures of cauldrons filled with [[potion]]s have been changed.}}

{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Invisibility Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Jump Boost Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Fire Resistance Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Speed Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Slowness Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Breathing Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Health Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Damage Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Poison Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Regeneration Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Strength Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Weakness Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Wither Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Turtle Master Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Slow Falling Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Were these the models used?}} Cauldrons can store [[potion]]s.
|Cauldrons make an explosion [[sound]] if potions are mixed, and the potions disappear.
|Potions inside cauldrons have a bubbling effect.}}
{{History|foot}}

===Cauldron "item"===
{{:Technical blocks/Cauldron}}

==Issues==

{{issue list}}

==Trivia==
*[[Arrow]]s "stick" to the [[water]] in a cauldron.
*The inside of a cauldron is 0.25 ({{frac|1|4}}) blocks tall.
*A cauldron holding water is the only way to have water in [[the Nether]] without the use of [[commands]].

==Renders== 
; Normal water
<gallery>
Water Cauldron (level 1).png | Level 1
Water Cauldron (level 2).png | Level 2
Water Cauldron.png | Level 3 - full
Water Cauldron (level 1) BE.png | Level 1 (Bedrock Edition)
Water Cauldron (level 2) BE.png | Level 2 (Bedrock Edition)
Water Cauldron BE.png | Level 3 - full (Bedrock Edition)
</gallery> 

;Dyed water {{Only|BE}}
<gallery>
Cauldron (filled with white water).png|White Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with light gray water).png|Light Gray Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with gray water).png|Gray Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with black water).png|Black Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with brown water).png|Brown Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with red water).png|Red Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with orange water).png|Orange Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with yellow water).png|Yellow Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with lime water).png|Lime Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with green water).png|Green Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with cyan water).png|Cyan Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with light blue water).png|Light Blue Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with blue water).png|Blue Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with purple water).png|Purple Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with magenta water).png|Magenta Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with pink water).png|Pink Water Cauldron
</gallery>

;Cauldrons filled with potions {{Only|BE}}
<gallery>
Night Vision Potion Cauldron.png|Night Vision Potion Cauldron
Invisibility Potion Cauldron.png|Invisibility Potion Cauldron
Jump Boost Potion Cauldron.png|Leaping Potion Cauldron
Fire Resistance Potion Cauldron.png|Fire Resistance Potion Cauldron
Speed Potion Cauldron.png|Swiftness Potion Cauldron
Slowness Potion Cauldron.png|Slowness Potion Cauldro
Turtle Master Potion Cauldron.png|Turtle Master Potion Cauldron
Water Breathing Potion Cauldron.png|Water Breathing Potion Cauldron
Instant Health Potion Cauldron.png|Healing Potion Cauldron
Instant Damage Potion Cauldron.png|Harming Potion Cauldron
Poison Potion Cauldron.png|Poison Potion Cauldron
Regeneration Potion Cauldron.png|Regeneration Potion Cauldron
Strength Potion Cauldron.png|Strength Potion Cauldron
Weakness Potion Cauldron.png|Weakness Potion Cauldron
Slow Falling Potion Cauldron.png|Slow Falling Potion Cauldron
Wither Potion Cauldron.png|Decay Potion Cauldron
</gallery> 

;Powder Snow
<gallery>
Powder Snow Cauldron (level 1).png | Level 1
Powder Snow Cauldron (level 2).png | Level 2
Powder Snow Cauldron.png | Level 3 - full
</gallery>

== Gallery==
<gallery>
The three stages of water height in cauldrons.png| All cauldron states in [[Java Edition]].
Cauldrons potion.png|All [[potion]]s in cauldrons.{{only|be|short=1}}
Cauldrons DyeWater.png|All cauldron [[water]] colors possible with one dye.{{only|be|short=1}}
Brewing Potions.png|How potions were brewed in [[Java Edition Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2|Beta 1.9 Pre-Release 2]] if enabled through a mod.
Dyed Water Cauldrons.jpg|Cauldrons filled with dyed water.
Potion Cauldron.jpg|A cauldron filled with potions.
Arrow Tipping 1.jpg|Using a cauldron to make [[tipped arrow]]s.
Arrow Tipping 2.jpg|Using a cauldron to make [[tipped arrow]]s.
Arrow Tipping 3.jpg|Using a cauldron to make [[tipped arrow]]s.
Snow Cauldron.jpg|A cauldron full of snow.
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

{{Blocks|Utility}}
{{items}}

[[Category:Natural blocks]]
[[Category:Job blocks]]
[[Category:Utility blocks]]
[[Category:Storage]]
[[Category:Manufactured blocks]]
[[Category:Generated structure blocks]]
[[Category:Light sources]]

[[cs:Kotel]]
[[de:Kessel]]
[[es:Caldero]]
[[fr:Chaudron]]
[[hu:Üst]]
[[it:Calderone]]
[[ja:大釜]]
[[ko:가마솥]]
[[nl:Ketel]]
[[pl:Kocioł]]
[[pt:Caldeirão]]
[[ru:Котёл]]
[[th:หม้อปรุงยา]]
[[uk:Казан]]
[[zh:炼药锅]]</li></ul>
Villagers repopulate if there is open space in the NPC Village.
12w08a
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Brush|Brush]]<br/>{{Item
|image=Brush.png
|rarity=Common
|renewable=Yes
|durability=64
|stackable=No
}}
A '''brush''' is a [[tool]] used in [[archaeology]] to excavate [[suspicious block]]s for different items.

==Obtaining==
===Crafting===
{{Crafting
|head=1
|showname=0
|showdescription=1
|B1=Feather
|B2=Copper Ingot
|B3=Stick
|Output=Brush
|type=Tool
}}
{{crafting
|foot=1
|ignoreusage=1
|Damaged Brush
|Damaged Brush
|Output=Brush
|description=The durability of the two brushes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
|type=Tool
}}

==Usage==
{{Main|Suspicious Block}}
{{Control|Using}} the brush on any block displays a brushing animation, slowing down the player and creating breaking [[particles]], but not actually damaging the block or brush. When continuously brushing a [[suspicious block]], a random item slowly emerges from it until it drops out, and the block turns into regular [[sand]] or regular [[gravel]], depleting 1 [[durability]] point on the brush. It takes 96 [[game tick]]s (4.8 seconds) to brush a single suspicious block. 

=== Enchantments ===
A brush can receive the following [[enchantment]]s:
{|class="wikitable col-2-center col-3-right"
|+
!Name
!Max Level
![[Enchanting|Method]]
|-
|[[Unbreaking]]
|III
|{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}   
|-
|[[Mending]]
|I
|{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}   
|-
|[[Curse of Vanishing]]
|I
|{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}   
|}

== Sounds ==
{{Edition|Java}}:
{{Sound table
<!--All of these sounds are, in fact, different-->
|sound=Brushing sand1.ogg
|sound2=Brushing sand2.ogg
|sound3=Brushing sand3.ogg
|sound4=Brushing sand4.ogg
|subtitle=Brushing Sand
|source=block
|description=While a brush is brushing suspicious sand
|id=item.brush.brushing.sand
|translationkey=subtitles.item.brush.brushing.sand
|volume=0.6
|pitch=0.6
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Brushing gravel1.ogg
|sound2=Brushing gravel2.ogg
|sound3=Brushing gravel3.ogg
|sound4=Brushing gravel4.ogg
|subtitle=Brushing Gravel
|source=block
|description=While a brush is brushing suspicious gravel
|id=item.brush.brushing.gravel
|translationkey=subtitles.item.brush.brushing.gravel
|volume=0.6
|pitch=0.6
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Brushing generic1.ogg
|sound2=Brushing generic2.ogg
|sound3=Brushing generic3.ogg
|sound4=Brushing generic4.ogg
|subtitle=Brushing
|source=block
|description=While a brush is brushing any other block
|id=item.brush.brushing.generic
|translationkey=subtitles.item.brush.brushing.generic
|volume=0.6
|pitch=0.6
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Brushing sand completed1.ogg
|sound2=Brushing sand completed2.ogg
|sound3=Brushing sand completed3.ogg
|sound4=Brushing sand completed4.ogg
|sound5=Brushing sand completed5.ogg
|subtitle=Brushing Sand completed
|source=Players<ref group=sound name=badsource>{{Bug|MC-260202}}</ref>|overridesource=1
|description=When a brush finishes brushing suspicious sand
|id=item.brush.brushing.sand.complete
|translationkey=subtitles.item.brush.brushing.sand.complete
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Brushing gravel completed1.ogg
|sound2=Brushing gravel completed2.ogg
|sound3=Brushing gravel completed3.ogg
|sound4=Brushing gravel completed4.ogg
|subtitle=Brushing Gravel completed
|source=Players<ref group=sound name=badsource/>|overridesource=1
|description=When a brush finishes brushing suspicious gravel
|id=item.brush.brushing.gravel.complete
|translationkey=subtitles.item.brush.brushing.gravel.complete
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{Edition|Bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Brushing sand1.ogg
|sound2=Brushing sand2.ogg
|sound3=Brushing sand3.ogg
|sound4=Brushing sand4.ogg
|source=player
|description=While a brush is brushing suspicious sand
|id=brush.suspicious_sand
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Brushing gravel1.ogg
|sound2=Brushing gravel2.ogg
|sound3=Brushing gravel3.ogg
|sound4=Brushing gravel4.ogg
|source=player
|description=While a brush is brushing suspicious gravel
|id=brush.suspicious_gravel
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Brushing generic1.ogg
|sound2=Brushing generic2.ogg
|sound3=Brushing generic3.ogg
|sound4=Brushing generic4.ogg
|source=player
|description=While a brush is brushing any other block
|id=brush.generic
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Brushing sand completed1.ogg
|sound2=Brushing sand completed2.ogg
|sound3=Brushing sand completed3.ogg
|sound4=Brushing sand completed4.ogg
|sound5=Brushing sand completed5.ogg
|source=player
|description=When a brush finishes brushing suspicious sand
|id=brush_completed.suspicious_sand
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Brushing gravel completed1.ogg
|sound2=Brushing gravel completed2.ogg
|sound3=Brushing gravel completed3.ogg
|sound4=Brushing gravel completed4.ogg
|source=player
|description=When a brush finishes brushing suspicious gravel
|id=brush_completed.suspicious_gravel
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.0
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Brush
|spritetype=item
|nameid=brush
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Brush
|spritetype=item
|nameid=brush
|id=684
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Respecting the Remnants}}

== History ==
{{History||October 3, 2020|link=https://youtu.be/DBvZ2Iqmm3M?t=2178|[[File:Brush (pre-release 1).png|32px]][[File:Brush 2.png|32px]] Brushes were announced at [[Minecraft Live 2020]] with two variants.}}
{{History||?|link=https://youtu.be/klP9SrJFDU8?t=206|[[File:Brush (pre-release 2).png|32px]] Changed the brush's item texture.}}
{{History||February 10, 2023|[[File:Brush JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Sofia Dankis]] posted an article about upcoming archaeology features, including brushes.|link=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/archeology-coming-minecraft-120}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w07a|[[File:Brush JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added brushes with an updated texture behind the [[Java Edition 1.20|Update 1.20 experimental datapack]].|The crafting recipe was originally three [[string]] and two [[stick]]s.
{{{!}} class{{=}}"collapsible collapsed" data-description{{=}}"Recipe"
! Recipe
{{!}}-
{{!}}{{Crafting Table
|A1 = String
|B1 = String
|C1 = String
|B2 = Stick
|B3 = Stick
|Output = Brush
|type = Tool
|ignoreusage=1}}
{{!}}}
}}
{{History|||snap=1.19.4 Pre-release 1|The crafting recipe for brushes has been changed:
{{{!}} class{{=}}"collapsible collapsed" data-description{{=}}"Recipe"
! Recipe
{{!}}-
{{!}}{{Crafting Table
|B1 = Feather
|B2 = Copper Ingot
|B3 = Stick
|Output = Brush
|type = Tool
|ignoreusage=1}}
{{!}}}
}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|Brushes are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
|Brushes can now brush [[suspicious gravel]].}}
{{History|||snap=23w14a|The brushing sound of brush is now controlled by the "Blocks" sound slider instead of the "Players" sound slider.}}
{{History|||snap=23w17a|The player now gets the [[advancement]] "Respecting the Remnants" when they use a brush on a [[suspicious block]] to obtain a [[pottery sherd]].}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||Next Major Update<br>(Experimental)|link=Bedrock Edition 1.19.70|snap=beta 1.19.70.23|[[File:Brush JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added brushes behind the "[[Bedrock Edition 1.20.0|Next Major Update]]" [[experimental]] toggle.
|The crafting recipe is originally three [[string]] and two [[stick]]s.
{{{!}} class{{=}}"collapsible collapsed" data-description{{=}}"Recipe"
! Recipe
{{!}}-
{{!}}{{Crafting Table
|A1 = String
|B1 = String
|C1 = String
|B2 = Stick
|B3 = Stick
|Output = Brush
|type = Tool
|ignoreusage=1}}
{{!}}}
}}
{{History||Next Major Update<br>(Experimental)|link=Bedrock Edition 1.19.80|snap=beta 1.19.80.20|The crafting recipe for brushes has been changed:
{{{!}} class{{=}}"collapsible collapsed" data-description{{=}}"Recipe"
! Recipe
{{!}}-
{{!}}{{Crafting Table
|B1 = Feather
|B2 = Copper Ingot
|B3 = Stick
|Output = Brush
|type = Tool
|ignoreusage=1}}
{{!}}}
}}
{{History||1.20.0|snap=beta 1.20.0.21|Brushes are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External Links==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/brush Taking Inventory: Brush] – Minecraft.net on July 6, 2023

{{Items}}

[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[de:Pinsel]]
[[es:Pincel]]
[[ja:ブラシ]]
[[pt:Pincel]]
[[pl:Pędzel]]
[[uk:Щітка]]
[[zh:刷子]]</li><li>[[Sword|Sword]]<br/>{{For|the item in ''Minecraft Dungeons''|MCD:Sword|MCD:Diamond Sword}}
{{Item
| image = <gallery>
Wooden Sword.png | Wooden
Stone Sword.png | Stone
Iron Sword.png | Iron
Golden Sword.png | Golden
Diamond Sword.png | Diamond
Netherite Sword.png | Netherite
</gallery>
| rarity = Common
| renewable = 
* '''Netherite''': No
* '''All others''': Yes
| durability = 
'''Java Edition'''<br>
Golden: 32<br>
Wood: 59<br>
Stone: 131<br>
Iron: 250<br>
Diamond: 1561<br>
Netherite: 2031<br>
'''Bedrock Edition'''<br>
Golden: 33<br>
Wood: 60<br> 
Stone: 132<br>
Iron: 251<br>
Diamond: 1562<br>
Netherite: 2032
| stackable = No
}}
The '''sword''' is a melee [[weapon]] that is mainly used to deal [[damage]] to [[entity|entities]] or for breaking certain blocks faster than by hand. A sword is made from one of six materials, in order of increasing quality and expense: wood, gold, stone, iron, diamond and netherite.

== Obtaining ==
=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
  |showname=0
  |showdescription=1
  |head=1
  |name=[[Swords]]
  |B1={Any Planks}; Iron Ingot; Gold Ingot; Diamond
  |B2={Any Planks}; Iron Ingot; Gold Ingot; Diamond
  |B3=Stick
  |Output=Wooden Sword; Iron Sword; Golden Sword; Diamond Sword
  |type=Combat
}}
{{Crafting
  |name=Stone Sword
  |B1=Any stone-tier block
  |B2=Any stone-tier block
  |B3=Stick
  |Output=Stone Sword
  |description=Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.
  |type=Combat
}}
{{Crafting
  |foot=1
  |ignoreusage=1
  |name=[[Swords]]
  |ingredients=Damaged Matching [[Swords]]
  |Damaged Wooden Sword; Damaged Stone Sword; Damaged Iron Sword; Damaged Golden Sword; Damaged Diamond Sword; Damaged Netherite Sword
  |Damaged Wooden Sword; Damaged Stone Sword; Damaged Iron Sword; Damaged Golden Sword; Damaged Diamond Sword; Damaged Netherite Sword
  |description= The durability of the two swords is added together, plus an extra 5% of the tool type's total durability. Enchantments are removed unless combined on an [[anvil]].<br>'''Example:''' Two wooden swords, each with remaining durability of 20, combine into a wooden sword having 43 durability (20 + 20 + 5% of 60).
  |Output=Wooden Sword; Stone Sword; Iron Sword; Golden Sword; Diamond Sword; Netherite Sword
  |type=Combat
}}

=== Upgrading ===
{{Smithing
|Netherite Upgrade
|Diamond Sword
|Netherite Ingot
|Netherite Sword
|description=
|tail=1
}}

=== Repairing ===
==== Grinding ====
{{Grinding
|showdescription=1
|ingredients=2x Damaged Wooden Sword or<br>2x Damaged Stone Sword or<br>2x Damaged Iron Sword or<br>2x Damaged Golden Sword or<br>2x Damaged Diamond Sword or <br>2x Damaged Netherite Sword
|Damaged Wooden Sword; Damaged Stone Sword; Damaged Iron Sword; Damaged Golden Sword; Damaged Diamond Sword; Damaged Netherite Sword
|Damaged Wooden Sword; Damaged Stone Sword; Damaged Iron Sword; Damaged Golden Sword; Damaged Diamond Sword; Damaged Netherite Sword
|Wooden Sword; Stone Sword; Iron Sword; Golden Sword; Diamond Sword; Netherite Sword
|description=The durability of the two swords is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. Any enchantments, besides curses, would be removed.
}}

==== Unit repair ====
{{main|Anvil mechanics#Unit repair}}
{{/Repairing with Anvils}}
A sword can be repaired in an [[anvil]] by adding units of the [[tiers]]' repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% of the sword's maximum durability, rounded down.

=== Mob loot ===
{{Main|Drops#Equipped items}}

Some [[mobs]] can spawn with a sword and have an 8.5% chance of dropping them upon death caused by player. This chance is increased by 1% per level of [[Looting]], up to a maximum of 11.5% with Looting III. [[Zombie]]s and [[husk]]s can drop iron swords, [[zombified piglin]]s and [[piglin]]s can drop golden swords, and [[wither skeleton]]s can drop stone swords. The dropped sword is usually badly damaged and may be enchanted. Stone swords dropped by wither skeletons are never enchanted.

A [[vex]] wields an iron sword that normally has a 0% chance of dropping, because their main hand's <code>HandDropChances</code> is 0. However, this chance increases by 1 percentage point per level of Looting. It is never damaged{{only|java}} and may be enchanted.

{{IN|be}}, [[pillager]]s and [[vindicator]]s that spawn from raids have a 4.1% chance (5.12% chance on hard mode) of dropping a damaged iron sword. This sword has a 50% chance of being enchanted.

=== Trading ===
[[File:Weaponsmith Diamond Sword Trade.png|thumb|right|The diamond sword trade of a weaponsmith.]]

{{IN|bedrock}}, an apprentice-level weaponsmith villagers sells enchanted iron swords for at least 7-21 emeralds, and a master-level weaponsmith sells enchanted diamond swords for at least 13-27 emeralds.

{{IN|java}}, a novice-level weaponsmith villager has a {{frac|2|3}} chance of selling an enchanted iron sword for at least 7-22 emeralds. A master-level weaponsmith offers to sell an enchanted diamond sword for at least 11–27 emeralds.

The enchantments of the swords offered by villagers are the same as the ones obtained from an [[enchantment table]] at levels 5–19.

=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|iron-sword,level-enchanted-iron-sword,damaged-random-enchanted-iron-sword,golden-sword,random-enchanted-golden-sword,diamond-sword,damaged-diamond-sword,level-enchanted-diamond-sword,damaged-random-enchanted-diamond-sword,damaged-random-enchanted-diamond-sword-2}}

== Usage ==
=== Attacking ===
Pressing {{control|attack}} while holding a sword inflicts damage on both mobs and other players. Upon damaging a mob or player, the sword's [[Item Durability|durability]] decreases by 1.

Attacking a [[boat]] or a [[minecart]] with a sword stone tier or higher instantly destroys it {{only|java}}, without decreasing the sword's durability. Otherwise, it requires 2 hits, with neither decreasing durability.

==== Sweeping ====
{{exclusive|Java|section=1}}
If the attack recharge meter is 84.8% or above and the player is on the ground standing or moving slower than the [[sprinting]] speed in a straight line, the sword performs a sweeping attack indicated by a gale [[particle]] that reaches nearby enemies for {{hp|1}} and knocks them back; the amount of knockback is 80% that of the basal knockback and does not benefit from the [[knockback]] enchantment. As result, the player can perform a sweep attack while they are sprinting diagonally but it is impossible to perform a sweep attack at the same time as a critical hit or while riding some [[entity]]. All enemies within an 1 by 0.25 by 1 block area of any part of the attacked mob and whose feet are 3 or less blocks away from player's feet are affected. The [[sweeping edge]] enchantment increases the damage dealt by 50% of the normal hit damage for level I, 67% for level II and 75% for level III.

=== Damage ===
{{Main|Damage}}

==== Java Edition ====
Swords have an attack speed of 1.6 and take 0.625 seconds to [[Damage#Attack cooldown|recover]]. 

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" data-description="Sword attack damage by type"
! Material
! {{ItemSprite|Wooden Sword|text=Wooden}}
! {{ItemSprite|Golden Sword|text=Gold}}
! {{ItemSprite|Stone Sword|text=Stone}}
! {{ItemSprite|Iron Sword|text=Iron}}
! {{ItemSprite|Diamond Sword|text=Diamond}}
! {{ItemSprite|Netherite Sword|text=Netherite}}
|-
! Attack Damage
| {{hp|4}}
| {{hp|4}}
| {{hp|5}}
| {{hp|6}}
| {{hp|7}}
| {{hp|8}}
|-
! Attack Speed
| 1.6
| 1.6
| 1.6
| 1.6
| 1.6
| 1.6
|-
! Damage/Second (DPS)
| 6.4
| 6.4
| 8
| 9.6
| 11.2
| 12.8
|-
! Durability
| 59
| 32
| 131
| 250
| 1561
| 2031
|-
! Lifetime damage inflicted<ref group="note">The formula to find the total lifetime damage is ''Lifetime damage minimum = Durability × Damage per hit''. It ignores enchantments and [[Damage#Critical_hit|critical hits]], and assumes the sword is at maximum charge</ref>
| {{hp|236}}
| {{hp|128}}
| {{hp|655}}
| {{hp|1500}}
| {{hp|10927}}
| {{hp|16248}}
|}
{{notelist}}

==== Bedrock Edition ====
{{IN|bedrock}}, swords have no attack cooldown or sweep attack, and deal the following damage:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" data-description="Sword attack damage by type"
! Material
! {{ItemSprite|Wooden Sword|text=Wooden}}
! {{ItemSprite|Golden Sword|text=Gold}}
! {{ItemSprite|Stone Sword|text=Stone}}
! {{ItemSprite|Iron Sword|text=Iron}}
! {{ItemSprite|Diamond Sword|text=Diamond}}
! {{ItemSprite|Netherite Sword|text=Netherite}}
|-
! Attack Damage
| {{hp|5}} <!-- DO NOT CHANGE THESE! The values are correct, '+4 Attack Damage' means 5 total attack damage. -->
| {{hp|5}}
| {{hp|6}}
| {{hp|7}}
| {{hp|8}}
| {{hp|9}}
|-
! Durability
| 60
| 33
| 132
| 251
| 1562
| 2032
|-
! Lifetime damage inflicted<ref group="note">The formula to find the total lifetime damage is ''Durability × Damage per hit = Lifetime damage minimum''. It excludes enchantments and critical hits</ref>
| {{hp|300}}
| {{hp|165}}
| {{hp|792}}
| {{hp|1757}}
| {{hp|12496}}
| {{hp|18288}}
|}
{{notelist}}

The most amount of damage that a sword enchanted with [[Sharpness]] V can do is 11 {{in|java}} and 15.25 {{in|bedrock}}, without critical hits.

=== Sword breaking times ===
{{main|Breaking}}

A sword can also be used to destroy certain blocks 50% quicker, sometimes much quicker than with fists. Using a sword to destroy any block that doesn't break instantly by hand decreases its durability by 2; this includes bamboo, despite that the sword is the fastest tool for breaking it.<ref>{{bug|MC-195168||Swords consume double durability than they normally would when destroying bamboo saplings, bamboo, or cobwebs}}</ref>

If a sword is enchanted with [[Silk Touch]], either using [[Creative]] or [[commands]], cobwebs the sword destroys will drop the cobwebs themselves instead of the usual string. This is due to the sword being classified as the proper tool for cobwebs.

The following table shows the time it takes to break blocks on which swords have any effect. Colors indicate what gets dropped:
* White: an original block.
* Blue: block's normal drop (e.g. seeds, sapling, apple).
* Red: nothing.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" data-description="Blocks affected by swords"
! Block
! Fists
! Sword
! colspan="2" | Proper/fastest tool
|-
!style="text-align:left"| {{BlockLink|Bamboo}}
| {{tc|no|{{breaking time|Bamboo}} s }} || 0.05 s (instant) <!-- this doesn't work: {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Bamboo|Sword}} s}} -->
| {{ItemSprite|sword|link=Sword}}
| 0.05 s (instant) <!-- this doesn't work: {{breaking time|Bamboo|Sword}} s -->
|-
!style="text-align:left"| {{BlockLink|Cobweb}}
| {{tc|no|{{breaking time|Cobweb|drop=None}} s}} || {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Cobweb|Sword}} s}}
| {{ItemSprite|shears|link=Shears}}
| {{breaking time|Cobweb|Shears}} s
|-
!style="text-align:left"| {{BlockLink|Cocoa}}
| {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Cocoa}}s}} || {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Cocoa|Sword}}s}}
| {{ItemSprite|wooden-axe|link=Axe}}
| {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Cocoa|Golden}} – {{breaking time|Cocoa|Wooden}} s}}
|-
! style="text-align:left"|{{BlockLink|Hay Bale}}
| 1s
| 0.8s{{only|bedrock}}
| {{ItemSprite|wooden-hoe|link=Hoe}}
| {{breaking time|Hay Bale|Golden}} – {{breaking time|Hay Bale|Wooden}} s
|-
!style="text-align:left" rowspan="2"| {{BlockLink|Leaves}}
!rowspan="2" {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Leaves}} s}}
!rowspan="2" {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Leaves|Sword}} s}}
| {{ItemSprite|shears|link=Shears}}
| {{breaking time|Leaves|Shears}}s
|-
| {{ItemSprite|wooden-hoe|link=Hoe}}
| {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Leaves|Golden}} – {{breaking time|Leaves|Wooden}} s}}
|-
!style="text-align:left"| {{BlockLink|Jack o'Lantern}}
| {{breaking time|Jack o'Lantern}} s || {{breaking time|Jack o'Lantern|Sword}} s
| {{ItemSprite|wooden-axe|link=Axe}}
| {{breaking time|Jack o'Lantern|Golden}} – {{breaking time|Jack o'Lantern|Wooden}} s
|-
!style="text-align:left"| {{BlockLink|Melon}}
| {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Melon}} s}} || {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Melon|Sword}} s}}
| {{ItemSprite|wooden-axe|link=Axe}}
| {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Melon|Golden}} – {{breaking time|Melon|Wooden}} s}}
|-
!style="text-align:left"| {{BlockLink|Pumpkin}}
| {{breaking time|Pumpkin}}s || {{breaking time|Pumpkin|Sword}} s
| {{ItemSprite|wooden-axe|link=Axe}}
| {{breaking time|Pumpkin|Golden}} – {{breaking time|Pumpkin|Wooden}} s
|-
!style="text-align:left" rowspan="2"| {{BlockLink|Vines}} 
| rowspan="2" {{tc|no|{{breaking time|Vines}} s}} || rowspan="2" {{tc|no|{{breaking time|Vines|Sword}} s}}
| {{ItemSprite|wooden-axe|link=Axe}}
| {{tc|no|{{breaking time|Vines|Golden}} – {{breaking time|Vines|Wooden}} s}}
|-
| {{ItemSprite|shears|link=Shears}}
| {{breaking time|Vines|Shears}} s
|}

==== Safety around constructions ====
In Creative mode, swords are unable to break blocks. However, care must still be taken around [[minecart]]s, [[painting]]s, [[item frame]]s,{{only|java}} and [[armor stand]]s; these are entities, thus can be broken with swords in Creative.<ref>{{bug|MC-27140}}</ref><ref>{{bug|MC-18463}}</ref>

=== Enchantments ===
Swords can receive, gathered from mob drops/villager trades or be found in various loot chests (example: End City, Bastion Remnant)with the following [[enchantment]]s:

{| class="wikitable sortable col-2-center col-3-right"
|+
!Name
!Max Level
![[Enchanting|Method]]
!Weight
|-
|[[Fire Aspect]]
|II
|{{Inventory slot|Enchanting Table}}{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|2
|-
|[[Looting]]
|III
|{{Inventory slot|Enchanting Table}}{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|2
|-
|[[Unbreaking]]
|III
|{{Inventory slot|Enchanting Table}}{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|5
|-
|[[Sharpness]]<ref group=note name=note1>Sharpness, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods are mutually exclusive.</ref>
|V
|{{Inventory slot|Enchanting Table}}{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|10
|-
|[[Smite]]<ref group=note name=note1/>
|V
|{{Inventory slot|Enchanting Table}}{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|5
|-
|[[Bane of Arthropods]]<ref group="note" name=note1/>
|V
|{{Inventory slot|Enchanting Table}}{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|5
|-
|[[Knockback]]
|II
|{{Inventory slot|Enchanting Table}}{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|5
|-
|[[Mending]]
|I
|{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|2
|-
|[[Curse of Vanishing]]
|I
|{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|1
|-
|[[Sweeping Edge]]{{Only|java|short=1}}
|III
|{{Inventory slot|Enchanting Table}}{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|2
|}
Golden swords have the highest enchantability, yet the least durability{{Notelist}}

=== Fuel ===
Wooden swords can be used as fuel in [[furnace]]s, smelting 1 item per sword.

=== Smelting ingredient ===
{{Smelting|showname=1|Iron Sword;Golden Sword|Iron Nugget;Gold Nugget|0,1}}

=== Piglins ===
If a {{EntityLink|Piglin}} see a golden sword, it will set off to reach it, then stare at it for 120 — 160 ticks, putting it in their inventory, and continue to perform the action it was taking before being attracted by the golden sword.

== Sounds ==
{{Edition|Java}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Strong attack1.ogg
|sound2=Strong attack2.ogg
|sound3=Strong attack3.ogg
|sound4=Strong attack4.ogg
|sound5=Strong attack5.ogg
|sound6=Strong attack6.ogg
|subtitle=Strong attack
|source=player
|description=When a player deals an attack that does not trigger any other attack sounds
|id=entity.player.attack.strong
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.player.attack.strong
|volume=''varies'' <ref group=sound>0.6 for <code>strong1</code> through <code>strong4</code>, and 0.7 for <code>strong5</code> and <code>strong6</code></ref>
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Critical attack1.ogg
|sound2=Critical attack2.ogg
|sound3=Critical attack3.ogg
|subtitle=Critical attack
|source=player
|description=When a player deals a critical hit
|id=entity.player.attack.crit
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.player.attack.crit
|volume=0.7
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Knockback attack1.ogg
|sound2=Knockback attack2.ogg
|sound3=Knockback attack3.ogg
|sound4=Knockback attack4.ogg
|subtitle=Knockback attack
|source=player
|description=When a player deals a sprinting attack
|id=entity.player.attack.knockback
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.player.attack.knockback
|volume=0.7
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Sweep attack1.ogg
|sound2=Sweep attack2.ogg
|sound3=Sweep attack3.ogg
|sound4=Sweep attack4.ogg
|sound5=Sweep attack5.ogg
|sound6=Sweep attack6.ogg
|sound7=Sweep attack7.ogg
|subtitle=Sweeping attack
|source=player
|description=When a player deals a sweep attack
|id=entity.player.attack.sweep
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.player.attack.sweep
|volume=0.7
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|rowspan=2
|sound=Weak attack1.ogg
|sound2=Weak attack2.ogg
|sound3=Weak attack3.ogg
|sound4=Weak attack4.ogg
|subtitle=Weak attack
|source=player
|description=When a player deals an attack with no damage
|id=entity.player.attack.nodamage
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.player.attack.weak
|volume=0.7
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Weak attack
|source=player
|description=When a player attempts to attack without sufficient cooldown
|id=entity.player.attack.weak
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.player.attack.weak
|volume=0.7
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Random break.ogg
|subtitle=Item breaks
|source=player
|description=When a sword's durability is exhausted
|id=entity.item.break
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.item.break
|volume=0.8
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{Edition|Bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Strong attack1.ogg
|sound2=Strong attack2.ogg
|sound3=Strong attack3.ogg
|sound4=Strong attack4.ogg
|sound5=Strong attack5.ogg
|sound6=Strong attack6.ogg
|source=player
|description=When a player deals an attack with damage
|id=game.player.attack.strong
|volume=0.2
|pitch=0.8-1.2}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Weak attack1.ogg
|sound2=Weak attack2.ogg
|sound3=Weak attack3.ogg
|sound4=Weak attack4.ogg
|source=player
|description=When a player deals an attack with no damage
|id=game.player.attack.nodamage
|volume=0.2
|pitch=0.8-1.2}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Random break.ogg
|source=player
|description=When an sword's durability is exhausted
|id=random.break
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.9
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Wooden Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=wooden_sword
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Stone Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=stone_sword
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Iron Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=iron_sword
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Diamond Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=diamond_sword
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Golden Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=golden_sword
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Netherite Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=netherite_sword
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Wooden Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=wooden_sword
|id=308
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Stone Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=stone_sword
|id=312
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Iron Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=iron_sword
|id=307
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Diamond Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=diamond_sword
|id=316
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Golden Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=golden_sword
|id=322
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Netherite Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=netherite_sword
|id=604
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Time to Strike!;Overkill;Oooh, shiny!}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Oh Shiny}}

== History == 
=== Blocking ===
{{main|Blocking}}
[[File:Parrying.png|thumb|right|The blocking animation using a sword before and after [[Java Edition 14w30a]] (from the [[Adventure Update|Adventure]] to the [[Bountiful Update|Bountiful]] updates).]]
 
Previously, since the [[Adventure Update]], all types of swords could be used to parry to block some forms of damage. If the player is blocking with a sword when attacked, the sword deflects 50% of incoming damage from melee, non-magical projectiles like arrows, and explosions, along with minimizing airborne knockback. The sword is held in front of the player and its durability is not reduced by blocking. The player moves at a slower rate than [[sneaking]] if blocking with a sword. Sword blocks could be engaged and disengaged instantly, with no delay between the input and damage mitigation nor cooldown between lowering a block and raising a new one.
 
After the [[Combat Update]], the sword blocking functionality was replaced by blocking with [[shield]]s and to accommodate the [[dual wield]] system. Shields negate more damage and knockback than sword blocking from "blockable" attacks (they block 100% damage and knockback after [[Java Edition 1.11]]), but, unlike swords, they lose durability, have a 0.25 second startup period before damage can be mitigated and can be temporarily disabled by attacks with an [[axe]].

=== Knockback ===
The knockback dealt by swords used to be higher than while the players are using another melee [[item]]s, like an axe or with the hands. This feature was removed in [[Java Edition 1.9]] and is also no longer used in ''[[Bedrock Edition]]''.

=== Historical changes per version ===
{{History|java indev}}
{{History||0.31|snap=20091231-2|[[File:Iron Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added iron swords.
|Iron swords cannot be [[craft]]ed yet, but can be added to the [[player]]'s [[inventory]] during world creation.}}
{{History||0.31|snap=?|The iron sword is no longer added to the player's inventory during world creation.}}
{{History||0.31|snap=20100128|[[File:Wooden Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Stone Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Diamond Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Swords made from wood, stone, and diamond have been added.
|Swords cannot be crafted yet, but have been added to the [[item]] [[chest]] in the Indev house.|A sword held by the player is now rendered to appear more 3D.}}
{{History||0.31|snap=20100129|Wood, stone, iron, and diamond swords can now be [[craft]]ed.}}
{{History|||snap=20100130|[[File:Golden Sword JE1.png|32px]] Swords can now be made out of gold.}}
{{History|||snap=20100131|Swords now have [[durability]]. 
|Better swords now last longer.
|Swords now cost 1 durability per hit, and 2 points per block broken.}}
{{History||20100206|[[File:Golden Sword JE2 BE1.png|32px]] The texture of gold swords has been slightly changed.}}
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.2.0|snap=release|[[Zombie pigmen]] now hold golden swords.}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.2|Swords, like all [[tool]]s, now have more [[item durability|durability]].
|Prior, diamond swords had 1024 durability, iron swords had 128, stone swords 64 and wood and gold had 32 durability.}}
{{History||1.5|The damages of all swords have increased by 1, due to the player's barehand damage increasing from {{hp|1}} to {{hp|2}}.
|As a result, wooden and golden swords now dealt {{hp|5}}, stone swords {{hp|7}}, iron swords {{hp|9}}, and diamond swords {{hp|11}}.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|Added the ability to block with a sword, giving the [[player]] more options in combat.
|Swords deflect 50% of incoming melee damage, non-magical projectiles like arrows and explosion damage, and a bit of knockback.
|The sword is held in front of the player and its durability is not reduced by blocking.|The player moves at a slower rate than [[sneaking]] when blocking with a sword.
|As barehand damage has been reduced from {{hp|2}} to {{hp|1}}, the damages of all swords have been reduced to their pre Beta 1.5 values.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|Sword [[damage]] has been reduced to make way for [[enchanting]]. A diamond sword's damage has been reduced from {{hp|10}} to {{hp|7}}, iron has been reduced from {{hp|8}} to {{hp|6}} and stone has been reduced from {{hp|6}} to {{hp|5}}. Wooden and golden swords still deal {{hp|4}} damage.|Iron swords are now found in the new [[stronghold]] altar [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4|Swords can now be enchanted in the [[enchantment table]].}}
{{History||1.1|snap=12w01a|Iron swords are now found in [[village]] blacksmith chests.}}
{{History||1.2.1|snap=12w06a|The [[player]] now has a rare chance of obtaining iron swords by killing [[zombie]]s and golden swords from [[zombie pigmen]] from the addition of [[rare drops]]. These swords have a 20% chance of being enchanted.}}
{{History||1.2.4|snap=release|[[Spruce planks]], [[birch planks]], and [[jungle planks]] can now be used to craft wooden swords.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w18a|Wooden swords can now be used as [[fuel]] in a [[furnace]].}}
{{History|||snap=12w21a|Blacksmith [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] diamond swords for 12–13 [[emerald]]s, and iron swords for 7–10 emeralds.
|With the [[trading]] implementation, renewable [[item]]s such as [[wheat]] can now be [[trading|sold]] to buy a diamond sword. This has now made all swords [[Renewable Resource|renewable]].}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w32a|[[Zombie]]s may sometimes wield iron swords, dealing extra [[damage]].}}
{{History|||snap=12w34a|If a [[player]] has dyed leather armor equipped and selected a sword of any kind, it appears in the color of the dye applied to the armor, when switching to second or third person view.}}
{{History|||snap=12w36a|Added [[wither skeleton]]s, which hold stone swords.}}
{{History||1.4.6|snap=12w49a|[[Unbreaking]] can now be applied to a sword with an [[enchanted book]].}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w18a|Golden swords are now found in the new [[chest]]s in [[nether fortress]]es.}}
{{History|||snap=13w21a|Instead of replacing the barehanded [[damage]] ({{hp|1}}), swords now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in all swords doing {{hp|1}} more damage than before.}}
{{History|||snap=13w25b|In [[Creative]] mode, swords are no longer able to break [[block]]s, and no [[sound]] plays when they're hit with one.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=1.7.1|[[Acacia planks]] and [[dark oak planks]] can now be used to craft wooden swords.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|Weaponsmith [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] enchanted diamond swords for 12–15 [[emerald]]s, and iron swords for 9–10 emeralds. Unenchanted swords are no longer sold.}}
{{History|||snap=14w30a|Sword holding position have been tweaked, and the blocking animation has changed. Blocking while mining was made impossible. Blocking immediately after attacking no longer continues the swing animation.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w31a|[[Enchanting|Enchanted]] iron and diamond swords can now be found in [[end city]] ship [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=15w33c|Swords no longer block attacks. Instead, [[shield]]s are used.}}
{{History|||snap=15w34b|Swords now use the attack speed [[attribute]]. The attack speed of a sword is 1.25 or 0.8 seconds.}}
{{History|||snap=15w34c|Nerfed swords, they now do {{hp|1}} less [[damage]] and have an attack speed of 1.45, or 0.69 seconds.
|Swords can now do a sweep attack when moving at walking speed or slower, which knock back [[mob]]s near the one hit. The attack speed meter must be filled for it to work.}}
{{History|||snap=15w36a|Each [[Sharpness]] level now adds {{hp|1}} damage to the base damage at level I and an additional {{hp|0.5}} for each additional level, down from a flat {{hp|1.25}} per level.}}
{{History|||snap=15w37a|Swords now have an attack speed of 1.6, or 0.63 seconds.}}
{{History|||snap=15w43a|The average yield of golden swords in [[nether fortress]] chests has been decreased.}}
{{History|||snap=15w49a|Sweep attack now does {{hp|1}} damage to affected [[mob]]s and players.}}
{{History||1.11.1|snap=16w50a|Golden and iron swords now [[smelt]] down into one of their respective [[nugget]]s.
|Added [[Sweeping Edge]] enchantment.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], these [[item]]s' numeral IDs were 268, 272, 267, 276 and 283.}}
{{History|||snap=18w10a|Swords can now generate in [[buried treasure]] chests.}}
{{History||September 10, 2018|link={{tweet|JasperBoerstra|1039167196801458176}}|[[File:Wooden Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Stone Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Iron Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Golden Sword JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Diamond Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[Jasper Boerstra]] tweets an image of updated sword textures.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Wooden Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Stone Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Iron Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Golden Sword JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Diamond Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of all swords have been changed.
|Swords now break [[bamboo]] instantly.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w06a|[[File:Netherite Sword JE1.png|32px]] Added netherite swords.
|Netherite swords are obtained by combining one diamond sword and one [[netherite ingot]] in a [[crafting table]].
|[[Crimson planks]] and [[warped planks]] can now be used to craft wooden swords.}}
{{History|||snap=20w09a|[[File:Diamond Sword JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of diamond swords has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=20w10a|[[File:Netherite Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of netherite swords has been changed.
|Netherite swords can no longer be [[crafted]].
|Netherite swords are now obtained by combining one diamond sword and one [[netherite ingot]] in a [[smithing table]].}}
{{History|||snap=20w15a|Stone swords can now be crafted using [[blackstone]].}}
{{History|||snap=20w16a|Golden and netherite swords now generate in [[bastion remnants]] chests.
|Golden swords now generate randomly enchanted in [[ruined portal]] chests.}}
{{History|||snap=20w17a|Diamonds swords now generate in place of netherite swords in bastion remnant [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.2|snap=20w30a|Damaged enchanted iron swords can now be found in [[bastion remnant]] chests.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w08a|Stone swords can now be crafted using [[cobbled deepslate]].}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w11a|[[Mangrove planks]] can now be used to craft wooden swords.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w04a|Upgrading diamond swords to netherite swords now requires the netherite upgrade [[smithing template]].}}
{{History|upcoming java}}
{{History||Combat Tests|snap=1.14.3 - Combat Test|The attack speed for all swords has been increased to 3.
|The base [[damage]] is now {{Hp|2}}, meaning that all swords now do {{Hp|1}} more damage than before}.
|The attack reach of swords has been increased to 3.5 [[block]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=Combat Test 2|The attack speed of all swords has been decreased to 2.5.}}
{{History|||snap=Combat Test 3|The attack speed of all swords has been changed from 2.5 back to 3.0.
|The attack key can now again be held down to automatically attack when the attack meter is full.
|Attacks now happen only when the sword is at 120% charge, slower than if attacks were timed.}}
{{History|||snap=Combat Test 4|Sword can now perform critical, knockback ([[sprint]]) hits on 100% charge.
|The attack reach of all weapons was decreased by 0.5 [[block]]. Sword now have a 3 [[block]]s reach.
|The 200% attack now gives a bonus reach of 1 [[block]].}}
{{History|||snap=Combat Test 5|Weapons have been nerfed. All material tiers have been nerfed by {{Hp|1}} except wood and gold, and the sword tier have been nerfed by {{Hp|1}}. This means that the wooden/stone/golden sword now does {{Hp|4}} damage, the iron sword now does {{Hp|5}} damage and the diamond sword now does {{Hp|6}} damage.}}
{{History|||snap=Combat Test 6|All weapons' attack reach have been buffed by 0.5 [[block]].
|200% attacks have been removed.
|Swords now always do sweep attack, even in the air.
|The cooldown for missed hit is a 4-tick cooldown instead of using the attack speed attribute.}}
{{History|||snap=Combat Test 7c|All weapons' attack reach have been nerfed by 0.5 [[block]]. The sword's attack reach is now 3 [[block]]s again.
|200% attacks have been re-added.
|Swords no longer sweep without [[Sweeping Edge]] and 200% charge again.
|Adjusted the netherite tier value to match the weapon nerf in Combat Test 5}}
{{History|||snap=Combat Test 8b|Enchantment bonus attack damage are now included in the base damage when calculating critical hits (they were excluded before). Due to this change, enchanted swords critical attacks are now way more powerful (especially with high enchantments)}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.2.0|[[File:Stone Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added stone swords.}}
{{History||v0.3.0|[[File:Wooden Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added wooden swords.
|Survival players no longer start out with an infinite durability stone sword in the inventory.}}
{{History||v0.3.2|[[File:Iron Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Golden Sword JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Diamond Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added iron, gold, and diamond swords.}}
{{History||v0.4.0|Iron swords have replaced stone swords in the creative inventory.}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=build 1|Iron swords can now be found in [[stronghold]] altar [[chest]]s and inside blacksmith chests.}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 11|Wooden, stone, golden and diamond swords are now available in the [[creative]] [[inventory]].}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 12|Wooden, stone, golden and diamond swords have been removed from creative.}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 13|All swords are available in creative mode again.}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Instead of replacing the barehanded [[damage]] ({{hp|1}}), swords now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in all swords doing {{hp|1}} more damage than before.|In [[creative]] mode, swords are no longer able to break [[block]]s, and no [[sound]] plays when they're hit with one.|Golden swords can now be found in [[nether fortress]] chests.
|[[Zombie]]s now rarely spawn holding an iron sword that have a chance to [[drops|dropped]].
|Golden swords are now rarely dropped by [[zombie pigmen]].
|Stone swords are now rarely dropped by [[wither skeleton]]s.}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Iron swords are now sometimes dropped by [[husk]]s that spawn holding an iron sword.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Enchanted iron and diamond swords can now be found in [[end city]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.0.4|snap=alpha 1.0.4.0|Iron swords and enchanted diamond swords are now sold by weaponsmith [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Iron and golden swords are now [[smelting|smeltable]].
|Added [[vex]]es, which rarely drop an iron sword if killed using [[Looting]] enchantment.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Wooden Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Stone Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Iron Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Golden Sword JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Diamond Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of all swords have been changed.
|Iron swords are now found in [[plains]] [[village]] weaponsmiths.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Iron swords can now be found in [[savanna]], [[snowy taiga]], [[taiga]] and [[desert]] village weaponsmiths.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|[[Pillager]]s and [[vindicator]]s that spawn in [[raid]]s can now drop iron swords upon [[death]].
|[[Trading]] has been changed. Iron swords [[trading|sold]] by weaponsmith [[villager]]s now cost 2 [[emerald]]s while diamond swords cost 8 emeralds as part of their fourth tier trades.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.51|[[File:Netherite Sword BE1.png|32px]] Added netherite swords.
|Netherite swords are obtained by combining one diamond sword and one [[netherite ingot]] in a [[crafting table]].
|[[File:Diamond Sword JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of diamond swords has been changed.
|Golden swords are now sometimes [[drops|dropped]] by [[piglin]]s that spawn holding a golden sword.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.16.0.57|Netherite swords can no longer be [[crafting|crafted]].
|Netherite swords are now obtained by combining one diamond sword and one [[netherite ingot]] in a [[smithing table]].
|Stone swords can now be crafted using [[blackstone]].
|Golden and netherite swords now generate in [[bastion remnant]] chests.
|Golden swords now generate randomly enchanted in [[ruined portal]] chests.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.16.0.63|Diamonds swords now generate in place of netherite swords in bastion remnant [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.17.30|snap=beta 1.17.20.20|Swords now break [[bamboo]] instantly.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Wooden Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Stone Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Iron Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Golden Sword JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Diamond Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added swords (all five types).}}
{{History||xbox=TU5|The ability to block with swords has been added, giving the [[player]] more options in combat.}}
{{History||xbox=TU53|xbone=CU43|ps=1.49|wiiu=Patch 23|switch=1.0.3|Iron and golden swords are now [[smelting|smeltable]].}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Wooden Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Stone Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Iron Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Golden Sword JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Diamond Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of all swords have been changed.}}
{{History||ps=1.92|The ability to block with swords has been removed.}}

{{History|New Nintendo 3DS Edition}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Wooden Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Stone Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Iron Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Golden Sword JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Diamond Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added swords.
|Swords cannot block attacks.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
*The sword's traditional [[texture]] came from [[Notch]]'s abandoned RPG, ''[[Legend of the Chambered]]''. The iron sword's texture was created first, as it was from the game, and the other swords followed.
*In ''Java Edition'', with the introduction of netherite swords, it is possible to one-hit kill undead [[mob]]s in the game (except [[wither]]s and [[zombie]]s/[[skeleton]]s with random armor) using a sword with the [[Smite]] V enchantment, without the need to perform a critical hit (this was previously possible only with a [[Smite]] V stone, iron, or diamond axe).
*Plastic diamond and enchanted swords are official ''[[Minecraft]]'' merchandise.<ref>https://shop.minecraft.net/products/minecraft-sword?_pos=1&_psq=sword&_ss=e&_v=1.0</ref><ref>https://shop.minecraft.net/products/minecraft-enchanted-purple-sword?_pos=4&_psq=sword&_ss=e&_v=1.0</ref>
*In the game [[wikipedia:Transformice|''Transformice'']], a diamond sword can be found in the shop.

== Gallery ==
=== Enchanted swords ===
<gallery>
Enchanted Wooden Sword.gif|Enchanted wooden sword.
Enchanted Stone Sword.gif|Enchanted stone sword.
Enchanted Iron Sword.gif|Enchanted iron sword.
Enchanted Golden Sword.gif|Enchanted golden sword.
Enchanted Diamond Sword.gif|Enchanted diamond sword.
Enchanted Netherite Sword.gif|Enchanted netherite sword.
</gallery>

=== Texture packs ===
<gallery>
File:Wood sword TP.png|Wooden sword in the [[Texture Pack DLC|Plastic Pack]].
Stone Sword SDGP.png|Stone sword in the [[Super Duper Graphics Pack]].
File:Gold sword Natural.png|Gold sword in the [[Texture Pack DLC|Natural Pack]].
</gallery>

=== In other media ===
<gallery>
File:Alex Fighting in Nether.jpeg|Pixel art of [[Alex]] fighting with a diamond sword in the [[Nether]].
File:Alex Retrieving Diamond Sword.jpeg|Alex retrieving another diamond sword from a [[chest]].
File:Sinister Sword Sprite MCD.png|The [[MCD:Sinister Sword|Sinister Sword]], a unique sword featured in ''Minecraft Dungeons''.
File:Sword GUI.png|A nondescript [[MCD:Sword|sword]] as it appears in ''[[Minecraft Dungeons]]''.
File:Sword (item).png|A sword as it appears in ''[[Legend of the Chambered]]''.
File:Sword Shirt.png|Officially licensed T-Shirt of a diamond sword.
File:IronSword replica.jpg|Foam replica of an iron sword.
</gallery>

== References ==
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[[Category:Combat]]

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[[fr:Épée]]
[[hu:Kard]]
[[ja:剣]]
[[ko:검]]
[[nl:Zwaard]]
[[pl:Miecz]]
[[pt:Espada]]
[[ru:Меч]]
[[tr:Kılıç]]
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Iron Golems were added specifically to protect Villagers against attacks such as zombie sieges.

Trivia

  • When a zombie is attacking a villager or door, it will usually ignore the player unless the player attacks it.
  • Zombies also attack villager children.
  • Sieges cannot occur when it's raining in another biome during the day because the Zombies will burn when attempting to attack the villagers. However, when it's raining in another biome during night, sieges can still occur.
  • Although zombies are the only mob that attacks villagers, Iron Golems still attack other hostile or neutral mobs. This is probably because they can be created by the player for self-defense, not for defending a village; it could also mean that other mobs may lead sieges against villages.
  • If the player spawns a lot of zombies, they will eventually start a siege and all crowd one door.
  • Sieges can occur in player-made villages and mushroom biomes, despite zombies not spawning in mushroom biomes naturally. This is further evidence that sieges are different from standard mob spawning.
  • As of 12w32a, if the player turns mob spawning off with the cheat /gamerule, sieges can still occur.
  • Early in development, Notch considered adding a gamemode Zombie Siege. It would be you fighting waves of monsters (likely Zombies). This gamemode was, however, never implemented, and has since been abandoned.
  • The chance of trying to start a siege is 10% for each night, but the start may still fail due to other reason. If it does start one, no other sieges will be started that night.
  • The siege consists of up to 20 extra zombies, all spawning randomly near a single spot chosen randomly inside a square centered with village center and edges twice the village radius (a bug is related to this, though).

Issues

Issues relating to "Siege" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.


Gallery

References

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