Iron Spear

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For other uses, see Spear (disambiguation).
Iron Spear
Held Iron Spear.png: Infobox image for Iron Spear the item in Minecraft
Invicon Iron Spear.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Spear in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Iron Spear When in Main Hand:  3 Attack Damage  1.05 Attack Speed
Rarity tier

Common

Attack damage

Jab attack:

Charge attack:

  • 0.95x multiplier
Attack speed‌[JE only]

1.05 (0.95 seconds)

Use cooldown‌[BE only]

19 game ticks (0.95 seconds)

Attack range
  • Minimum:
    2 (2 blocks)
  • Maximum:
    4.5 (4.5 blocks)
Hitbox margin

0.125

Durability

JE: 250
BE: 251

Enchantability

14

Renewable

Yes

Stackable

No 

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An iron spear is a variant of spear crafted from iron ingots. It can be used to perform slow jab attacks or held forward to deal increasing damage based on how quickly the wielder is moving. It is the third-highest tier of spear, dealing more damage and having higher durability than a stone spear, at the cost of lower attack speed.

Obtaining

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Crafting

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Ingredients Crafting recipe
Iron Ingot +
Stick
Invicon Iron Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Ingot with description: Iron IngotInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: StickInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: Stick
Invicon Iron Spear.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Spear in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Iron Spear When in Main Hand:  3 Attack Damage  1.05 Attack Speed

Generated loot

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Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Iron Spear Buried Treasure Chest 1 16.7%
{ "item": "Iron Spear", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.16666666666666674, "structure": "Buried Treasure", "container": "Chest" }
Village Weaponsmith's chest 1 22.9%
{ "item": "Iron Spear", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22884863260948196, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }

Mob loot

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Zombies, husks, and zombie villagers can sometimes spawn holding iron spears, and have an 8.5% chance to drop it if held (+1% for each level of Looting, up to a maximum of 11.5% with Looting III)

Usage

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Attacking

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Jab attack

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An iron spear can be used while standing on the ground to perform a jab attack, dealing damage, and afterwards entering a recharge cooldown similar to that of an ender pearl or chorus fruit in Bedrock Edition, the normal attack cooldown, but the spear cannot be used again until it finishes recharging in Java Edition.

Charge attack

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When holding down the use key, the spear is lowered into an attack position, where colliding with a target deals damage depending on the velocity of the user, and the attack dismounts attacked targets from their mounts. After being held out for too long, the charge attack goes into a shaking state where attacks no longer dismount targets from their mounts. After even longer, the charge attack goes into a dropped down state where attacks no longer deal knockback, but still deal full damage.

Smelting ingredient

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Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Iron Nugget Iron Spear +
Any fuel
Invicon Iron Spear.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Spear in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Iron Spear When in Main Hand:  3 Attack Damage  1.05 Attack Speed
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Invicon Iron Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Nugget with description: Iron Nugget0.1

Sounds

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Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Spear jabsEntity-DependentWhen the holder performs a jab attackitem.spear.attacksubtitles.item.spear.attack​1.01.016
​Spear hitsEntity-DependentWhen the spear hits an entityitem.spear.hitsubtitles.item.spear.hit​1.01.016
​Charges with SpearEntity-DependentWhen the spear is lowered into an attack positionitem.spear.usesubtitles.item.spear.use​1.01.016

Data values

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ID

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Java Edition

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite iron-spear.png: Sprite image for iron-spear in Minecraft Iron Speariron_spearItem item.minecraft.iron_spear

Advancements

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IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
Mob KabobHit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear.Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement.

History

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Reveal

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September 27, 2025 Iron spears are revealed during Minecraft LIVE – September 2025.
September 29, 2025Iron spears are revealed to have a longer attack reach than other weapons when using their jab attack.

Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.21.1125w41a Added iron spears.
25w43a The texture of held iron spear has been changed, making them longer.

Bedrock Edition

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Bedrock Edition
1.21.130Preview 1.21.130.20 Added iron spears.
Preview 1.21.130.24Iron spears now have a use cooldown of 19 ticks.
Preview 1.21.130.27Iron spears now correctly have 4.5 blocks of reach.
Iron spears now have 7.5 blocks of reach in Creative mode.

Issues

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

Trivia

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Mojang screenshots

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