Sharpness
For the enchantment in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Sharpness.
Sharpness
| Maximum level |
V |
|---|---|
| Primary items |
|
| Secondary items |
|
| Enchantment weight |
10 |
| Incompatible with |
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Sharpness is an enchantment applied to swords and axes that increases melee damage.
Obtaining
Sharpness can be obtained from enchantment tables, drops from mobs that have spawned in a raid, books obtained by fishing, monster room chests, librarian villagers, and non-village structure loot.
Only golden weapons can receive Sharpness V directly through the enchanting table. For all other weapon tiers (wooden, stone, iron, diamond, and netherite), an anvil is required to apply Sharpness V to them, though iron and diamond swords can generate with Sharpness V in end city and bastion remnant chests and iron axes with Sharpness V can be found in trial chambers barrels.
Usage
In Java Edition, Sharpness adds 1HP
extra damage for the first level and 0.5HP
× 0.25 for all subsequent levels, using the formula 0.5 * level + 0.5.
In Bedrock Edition, Sharpness adds 1HP extra damage for the first three levels, 2HP extra damage for the fourth level, and 1HP extra damage for the fifth level, using the formula 1.25 * level, where the value is always rounded down.
Damage per hit
These tables detail how much damage is done per attack based on the level of enchantment used, assuming the target is not wearing armor and the attack is fully charged.
| Edition | I | II | III | IV | V |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Java Edition | 1HP
|
1.5HP × 0.75
|
2HP
|
2.5HP × 1.25
|
3HP
|
| In Bedrock Edition | 1HP
|
2HP
|
3HP
|
5HP
|
6HP
|
Java Edition
| Swords | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Base damage | Sharpness I | Sharpness II | Sharpness III | Sharpness IV | Sharpness V |
 Wooden Sword |
4HP |
5HP |
5.5HP × 2.75 |
6HP |
6.5HP × 3.25 |
7HP
|
| Wooden Sword (critical) |
6HP |
7HP |
7.5HP × 3.75 |
8HP |
8.5HP × 4.25 |
9HP
|
 Golden Sword |
4HP |
5HP |
5.5HP × 2.75 |
6HP |
6.5HP × 3.25 |
7HP
|
| Golden Sword (critical) |
6HP |
7HP |
7.5HP × 3.75 |
8HP |
8.5HP × 4.25 |
9HP
|
 Stone Sword |
5HP |
6HP |
6.5HP × 3.25 |
7HP |
7.5HP × 3.75 |
8HP
|
| Stone Sword (critical) |
7.5HP × 3.75 |
8.5HP × 4.25 |
9HP |
9.5HP × 4.75 |
10HP |
10.5HP × 5.25
|
 Iron Sword |
6HP |
7HP |
7.5HP × 3.75 |
8HP |
8.5HP × 4.25 |
9HP
|
| Iron Sword (critical) |
9HP |
10HP |
10.5HP × 5.25 |
11HP × 5.5 |
11.5HP × 5.75 |
12HP × 6
|
 Diamond Sword |
7HP |
8HP |
8.5HP × 4.25 |
9HP |
9.5HP × 4.75 |
10HP
|
| Diamond Sword (critical) |
10.5HP × 5.25 |
11.5HP × 5.75 |
12HP × 6 |
12.5HP × 6.25 |
13HP × 6.5 |
13.5HP × 6.75
|
 Netherite Sword |
8HP |
9HP |
9.5HP × 4.75 |
10HP |
10.5HP × 5.25 |
11HP × 5.5
|
| Netherite Sword (critical) |
12HP × 6 |
13HP × 6.5 |
13.5HP × 6.75 |
14HP × 7 |
14.5HP × 7.25 |
15HP × 7.5
|
| Axes | ||||||
| Weapon | Base damage | Sharpness I | Sharpness II | Sharpness III | Sharpness IV | Sharpness V |
 Wooden Axe |
7HP |
8HP |
8.5HP × 4.25 |
9HP |
9.5HP × 4.75 |
10HP
|
| Wooden Axe (critical) |
10.5HP × 5.25 |
11.5HP × 5.75 |
12HP × 6 |
12.5HP × 6.25 |
13HP × 6.5 |
13.5HP × 6.75
|
 Golden Axe |
7HP |
8HP |
8.5HP × 4.25 |
9HP |
9.5HP × 4.75 |
10HP
|
| Golden Axe (critical) |
10.5HP × 5.25 |
11.5HP × 5.75 |
12HP × 6 |
12.5HP × 6.25 |
13HP × 6.5 |
13.5HP × 6.75
|
 Stone Axe |
9HP |
10HP |
10.5HP × 5.25 |
11HP × 5.5 |
11.5HP × 5.75 |
12HP × 6
|
| Stone Axe (critical) |
13.5HP × 6.75 |
14.5HP × 7.25 |
15HP × 7.5 |
15.5HP × 7.75 |
16HP × 8 |
16.5HP × 8.25
|
 Iron Axe |
9HP |
10HP |
10.5HP × 5.25 |
11HP × 5.5 |
11.5HP × 5.75 |
12HP × 6
|
| Iron Axe (critical) |
13.5HP × 6.75 |
14.5HP × 7.25 |
15HP × 7.5 |
15.5HP × 7.75 |
16HP × 8 |
16.5HP × 8.25
|
 Diamond Axe |
9HP |
10HP |
10.5HP × 5.25 |
11HP × 5.5 |
11.5HP × 5.75 |
12HP × 6
|
| Diamond Axe (critical) |
13.5HP × 6.75 |
14.5HP × 7.25 |
15HP × 7.5 |
15.5HP × 7.75 |
16HP × 8 |
16.5HP × 8.25
|
 Netherite Axe |
10HP |
11HP × 5.5 |
11.5HP × 5.75 |
12HP × 6 |
12.5HP × 6.25 |
13HP × 6.5
|
| Netherite Axe (critical) |
15HP × 7.5 |
16HP × 8 |
16.5HP × 8.25 |
17HP × 8.5 |
17.5HP × 8.75 |
18HP × 9
|
Bedrock Edition
| Swords | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Base damage | Sharpness I | Sharpness II | Sharpness III | Sharpness IV | Sharpness V |
| Wooden Sword |
5HP |
6HP |
7HP |
8HP |
10HP |
11HP × 5.5
|
| Wooden Sword (critical) |
7.5HP × 3.75 |
9HP |
10.5HP × 5.25 |
12HP × 6 |
15HP × 7.5 |
16.5HP × 8.25
|
| Golden Sword |
5HP |
6HP |
7HP |
8HP |
10HP |
11HP × 5.5
|
| Golden Sword (critical) |
7.5HP × 3.75 |
9HP |
10.5HP × 5.25 |
12HP × 6 |
15HP × 7.5 |
16.5HP × 8.25
|
| Stone Sword |
6HP |
7HP |
8HP |
9HP |
11HP × 5.5 |
12HP × 6
|
| Stone Sword (critical) |
9HP |
10.5HP × 5.25 |
12HP × 6 |
13.5HP × 6.75 |
16.5HP × 8.25 |
18HP × 9
|
| Iron Sword |
7HP |
8HP |
9HP |
10HP |
12HP × 6 |
13HP × 6.5
|
| Iron Sword (critical) |
10.5HP × 5.25 |
12HP × 6 |
13.5HP × 6.75 |
15HP × 7.5 |
18HP × 9 |
19.5HP × 9.75
|
| Diamond Sword |
8HP |
9HP |
10HP |
11HP × 5.5 |
13HP × 6.5 |
14HP × 7
|
| Diamond Sword (critical) |
12HP × 6 |
13.5HP × 6.75 |
15HP × 7.5 |
16.5HP × 8.25 |
19.5HP × 9.75 |
21HP × 10.5
|
| Netherite Sword |
9HP |
10HP |
11HP × 5.5 |
12HP × 6 |
14HP × 7 |
15HP × 7.5
|
| Netherite Sword (critical) |
13.5HP × 6.75 |
15HP × 7.5 |
16.5HP × 8.25 |
18HP × 9 |
21HP × 10.5 |
22.5HP × 11.25
|
| Axes | ||||||
| Weapon | Base damage | Sharpness I | Sharpness II | Sharpness III | Sharpness IV | Sharpness V |
| Wooden Axe |
4HP |
5HP |
6HP |
7HP |
9HP |
10HP
|
| Wooden Axe (critical) |
6HP |
7.5HP × 3.75 |
9HP |
10.5HP × 5.25 |
13.5HP × 6.75 |
15HP × 7.5
|
| Golden Axe |
4HP |
5HP |
6HP |
7HP |
9HP |
10HP
|
| Golden Axe (critical) |
6HP |
7.5HP × 3.75 |
9HP |
10.5HP × 5.25 |
13.5HP × 6.75 |
15HP × 7.5
|
| Stone Axe |
5HP |
6HP |
7HP |
8HP |
10HP |
11HP × 5.5
|
| Stone Axe (critical) |
7.5HP × 3.75 |
9HP |
10.5HP × 5.25 |
12HP × 6 |
15HP × 7.5 |
16.5HP × 8.25
|
| Iron Axe |
6HP |
7HP |
8HP |
9HP |
11HP × 5.5 |
12HP × 6
|
| Iron Axe (critical) |
9HP |
10.5HP × 5.25 |
12HP × 6 |
13.5HP × 6.75 |
16.5HP × 8.25 |
18HP × 9
|
| Diamond Axe |
7HP |
8HP |
9HP |
10HP |
12HP × 6 |
13HP × 6.5
|
| Diamond Axe (critical) |
10.5HP × 5.25 |
12HP × 6 |
13.5HP × 6.75 |
15HP × 7.5 |
18HP × 9 |
19.5HP × 9.75
|
| Netherite Axe |
8HP |
9HP |
10HP |
11HP × 5.5 |
13HP × 6.5 |
14HP × 7
|
| Netherite Axe (critical) |
12HP × 6 |
13.5HP × 6.75 |
15HP × 7.5 |
16.5HP × 8.25 |
19.5HP × 9.75 |
21HP × 10.5
|
Incompatibilities
Sharpness, Smite, Density, Cleaving, Breach, and Bane of Arthropods are mutually exclusive. However, if commands are used to have two or more of these enchantments on the same item, their effects stack.
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Sharpness | sharpness | enchantment |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharpness | sharpness | 9 | enchantment |
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Added Sharpness. | |||||
| 1.7.4 | 13w48a | Attack damage display of weapons enchanted with sharpness now takes the damage increase from the enchantment into account. | |||||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Sharpness V can now be applied to a sword without the use of an anvil. | |||||
| 1.9 | 15w36a | The formula for sharpness has been changed to Level + 0.5 * (Level - 1). Previously, Sharpness added 1.25HP × 0.625 damage per level; see Armor/Old § Enchantments for the effect of pre-1.9 Protection. Sharpness I now adds 1, sharpness II stays the same 2.5, sharpness III now adds 4, sharpness IV now adds 5.5 and sharpness V now adds 7. | |||||
| 15w36d | Changed the sharpness calculation from Level + 0.5 * (Level - 1) to 1 + 0.5 * (Level - 1), greatly weakening the values of the enchantment. | ||||||
| 1.20.5 | 24w03a | Axes can now receive Sharpness through an enchanting table, rather than only through an anvil.[1] | |||||
| 24w12a | Axes can no longer receive Sharpness through an enchanting table. | ||||||
| 1.21 | 24w18a | Attack damage display of weapons enchanted with sharpness no longer takes the damage increase from the enchantment into account.[2] | |||||
| Sharpness can now be applied to maces.[3] | |||||||
| pre4 | Sharpness can no longer be applied to maces. | ||||||
| Java Edition Combat Tests | |||||||
| 4 | Sharpness is mutually exclusive with new enchantment Cleaving. | ||||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Added Sharpness. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU7 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added Sharpness. |
| TU33 | CU21 | 1.24 | 1.24 | 1.24 | Patch 3 | Attack damage display of weapons enchanted with sharpness now takes the damage increase from the enchantment into account. | |
| TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | The formula for Sharpness has been changed as per Java Edition 1.9 changes. | |
Issues
Issues relating to "Sharpness" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
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