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How to Craft Wooden Sword in Minecraft

Wooden Sword in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Basic melee combat.

The recipe wants 2 Planks and 1 Stick, and a Crafting Table to run it on. Place them as two Planks stacked in the middle column and a single Stick in the bottom-middle cell. Done once, that is 1 Wooden Sword. One lasts 59 uses.

Wooden Sword Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Wooden Sword is minecraft:wooden_sword. In commands the namespace may be left off, so wooden_sword works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p wooden_sword
Give several at once
/give @p wooden_sword 5
Give it to a named player
/give Steve wooden_sword 1

Cheats have to be on for Wooden Sword to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Repairing Wooden Sword

Wooden Sword lasts 59 uses, and it does not have to be thrown away when it runs low: an anvil and some Planks put it back, and every enchantment on it stays.

Two worn ones can also be merged on a grindstone. That is the cheaper route and it asks no levels, but it strips every enchantment off, so it suits a plain Wooden Sword rather than one you have invested in.

The cheapest fix of all is Mending, which Wooden Sword accepts. Experience you collect goes into the tool rather than your level bar, and it keeps itself topped up.

Overview

The Wooden Sword deals 4 attack damage and has 59 durability. The most basic melee weapon. Wooden Sword uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

The wooden sword was already in the game in Minecraft Beta 1.0, the oldest release with an English language file to read, so this recipe is at least that old. The recipe itself last changed in Minecraft 1.21.2. Guides written before that release show a different set of ingredients for the wooden sword, so check the grid above rather than the video.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with planks (craft from logs) and stick (craft from planks).

Stack Maths

Per craft 2 planks buy 1 wooden sword; per stack 64 buys 32. You supply 32 sticks to go with it. Craft 32 empties the box exactly.

Which Material Lasts Longest

Durability of every material this item comes in, weakest first.
Golden SwordGolden SwordGold32
Wooden SwordWooden SwordWood59
Stone SwordStone SwordStone131
Iron SwordIron SwordIron250
Diamond SwordDiamond SwordDiamond1561
Netherite SwordNetherite SwordNetherite2031

What It Does In A Fight

Swings before it breaks
29 swings
Attack damage
4
Attacks per second
1.6
Enchantability
15

Calculated from Minecraft Java 26.2’s own block hardness and tool speed values, without enchantments, Haste or Mining Fatigue. Bedrock Edition publishes no equivalent figures, so these are Java only.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Planks2xCraft from logs
StickStickStick1xCraft from planks

For Wooden Sword: 2x Planks (craft from logs) and Stick (craft from planks), brought to a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

2 Planks makes 4 Stick, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 4 Planks.

  1. 1
    2StickStick4Stick
  2. 2
    Wooden SwordWooden SwordWooden Swordthis page

Gather this first

4Planks

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    2x Planks

  2. 2

    StickStickStick

  3. 3

    Wooden Sword

Minecraft crafting recipe for Wooden Sword: 2 x Planks, 1 x Stick in a crafting table, making 1 Wooden Sword.

Tips & Notes

  • Shopping list: 2x Planks and 1x Stick. Plan the Planks first: craft from logs.

Uses for Wooden Sword

  • Basic melee combat
  • Destroying cobwebs quickly

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Wooden Sword in Minecraft?
To craft a Wooden Sword you need 2 Planks and 1 Stick at a Crafting Table. Copy the grid above cell for cell, and one craft produces one Wooden Sword.
What do you need to make a Wooden Sword from scratch?
Counting all the way down, a Wooden Sword comes to 4 Planks, spread over 2 crafts.
Where do you find the materials for a Wooden Sword?
Here is where each part of a Wooden Sword comes from. Planks: craft from logs. Stick: craft from planks.
How many hits does a Wooden Sword last?
A Wooden Sword lasts 29 swings. A hit costs two durability out of 59, where breaking a block costs one, which is why the same material lasts half as long in a fight as it does in a mine.
How many Wooden Swords do you get from one craft?
The Wooden Sword recipe makes one Wooden Sword per craft.
What is the item ID for Wooden Sword in Minecraft?
Wooden Sword is registered as minecraft:wooden_sword. Commands accept the short form wooden_sword as well, and Bedrock spells it the same. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Wooden Sword?
The command for Wooden Sword is /give @p wooden_sword, with an optional count after it. It only runs with cheats enabled.
What version of Minecraft added the Wooden Sword?
The wooden sword was older than we can prove: already there in Minecraft Beta 1.0, and that is the oldest language file Mojang still publishes, so the trail simply stops. Today the game builds it from 2 Planks and 1 Stick, as shown above.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
2 Planks and 1 Stick in, 1 Wooden Sword out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 2 ingredients.
How far back it goes
Present in Minecraft Java Beta 1.0, the oldest release that exists to check. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
When the recipe last changed
Walked forward through 50 Java releases from 1.13 onwards; 1.21.2 is the last one that altered it.
Stack size, durability, enchantments, burn time
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
Break times, damage and wear
Hardness and tool speed, Java 26.2. Calculated, not timed.
The recipe book unlock
What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 1 Wooden Sword per craft against the stack size.

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