How to Craft Golden Sword in Minecraft

The Golden Sword deals 4 attack damage and has 32 durability. It has the highest enchantability of all swords.

Overview

The Golden Sword deals 4 attack damage and has 32 durability. It has the highest enchantability of all swords. Golden Sword uses a shaped recipe, meaning the ingredients must sit in the exact pattern shown in the grid above; placing them in the wrong cells will not produce the item. A Crafting Table gives you the full 3x3 grid, which you need for any recipe larger than 2x2. You can craft one from four planks, and most bases keep one near the furnaces.

The recipe was added in Minecraft Alpha and still works the same way in version 1.21. Each craft yields a single Golden Sword.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with gold ingot (smelt gold ore) and stick (craft from planks). If any of those are not already in your stores, gather them first, because the craft itself takes only a moment once everything is in the grid. With the ingredients on hand and a Crafting Table placed, Golden Sword is one of the quicker things to add to your inventory.

Crafting Recipe

Crafting Table

Golden Sword

Materials Needed

Item	Amount	Where to Find
Gold Ingot	2	Smelt gold ore
Stick	1	Craft from planks

To make Golden Sword you will gather 2x Gold Ingot (smelt gold ore) and Stick (craft from planks). Lining these up before you open the Crafting Table saves a trip back to storage, especially if you plan to craft several at once.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Open your Crafting Table to access the 3x3 crafting grid.
Arrange the ingredients in the crafting grid following the pattern shown above.
Place Gold Ingot in: row 1, column 2; row 2, column 2.
Place Stick in: row 3, column 2.
Collect your Golden Sword from the output slot.

Tips & Notes

If the output slot stays empty, double-check the pattern against the grid above; a shaped recipe fails silently when even one ingredient is in the wrong cell.

Uses for Golden Sword

Melee combat with high enchantability
Bartering with piglins

How Golden Sword Fits Your World

Weapons in 1.21 cover both melee and ranged combat. Swords apply a sweeping attack to nearby mobs and benefit from Sharpness and Looting, while bows and crossbows let you fire from a safe distance, and the new mace deals damage that scales with how far you fall onto a target. Choosing the right weapon for a fight is often the difference between trading blows and ending it in one hit. For Golden Sword specifically, that means it is most valuable for melee combat with high enchantability and bartering with piglins.

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Golden Sword on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Golden Sword?

You need 2 Gold Ingot, 1 Stick, made at a Crafting Table. Gather all of the materials first, then arrange them in the exact grid pattern shown above to produce the Golden Sword.

How many Golden Sword does the recipe produce?

The recipe produces a single Golden Sword per craft.

What is Golden Sword used for?

Golden Sword is used for several things: Melee combat with high enchantability; Bartering with piglins.

What version of Minecraft added Golden Sword?

Golden Sword was added in Minecraft Alpha and works the same way in the current 1.21 release. Recipes for it are identical across Java and Bedrock Edition unless noted otherwise.

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