This article is about tiers of tools and weapons. For the tiers of armor, see Armor materials.
Not to be confused with Music Disc Tears.
Tiers refer to the different levels and materials of tools and weapons.
Tiers
There are currently seven tiers in the game: wood, gold, stone, copper, iron, diamond, and netherite. The tier of an item determines its mining level, durability, mining efficiency, damage bonus, enchantability, and repair item. Note that all items in Bedrock Edition have 1 more durability than listed.
| Tier name | Mining level | Durability | Mining efficiency | Damage bonus[a] | Enchantability | Repair item |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood | 0 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 15 |  Planks
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| Gold | 32 | 12 | 22 (25 on armor) |  Gold Ingot
| ||
| Stone | 1 | 131 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Copper | 191 | 5 | 13 (8 on armor) |  Copper Ingot
| ||
| Iron | 2 | 250 | 6 | 2 | 14 (9 on armor) |  Iron Ingot
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| Diamond | 3 | 1561 | 8 | 3 | 10 |  Diamond
|
| Netherite | 4 | 2031 | 9 | 4 | 15 |  Netherite Ingot
|
- ↑ The damage bonus is added to the base attack damage of 1. Most tiered items further modify their attack damage value. In Java Edition this does not apply to axes and hoes.
Mining level
Mining level is an internal numeric value used by pickaxes that represents an additional restriction to whether or not blocks drop anything when mined, in addition to requiring the correct tool type. While it is used only by pickaxes, other tools have mining level values internally that match their tier.
A block with the tag minecraft:needs_stone_tool[note 1] requires a mining level of 1 or higher, a block with the tag minecraft:needs_iron_tool[note 2] requires a mining level of 2 or higher, and a block with the tag minecraft:needs_diamond_tool[note 3] requires a tool with mining level 3 or higher. If a block has no mining level tags, it can be mined with a mining level of 0. There is an unused 4th mining level with the tag minecraft:needs_netherite_tool.
For a table of which mining level every block has, see Breaking § Best tools. The "Metal" and "Rock" categories are split by mining level.
Affected items
All of the swords, axes, pickaxes, shovels, hoes, and spears use tiers.
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition Indev | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.31 | 20100131 | Tier system for wooden, stone, iron, diamond, and gold tools added. Each tier has a different mining speed multiplier and durability. Swords also have a different damage bonus. | |||||
| 20100201-2227 | Added mining levels. Before this update, blocks and ores could be broken by hand. | ||||||
| 20100202-4 | All tools can now be used to hit mobs. Damage bonuses apply to all tools instead of just swords. | ||||||
| 20100206-2034 | Added hoes. Since they did not mine any block types faster, the only differences between each tier were their durability and their damage bonus. | ||||||
| Java Edition Infdev | |||||||
| 20100313 | The durability of diamond-tier items has been increased from 257 to 513. | ||||||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v1.0.3 | The durability of diamond-tier items has been increased to 1025. | ||||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||||
| 1.2 | The durability of wood, stone, iron, and diamond tier items have been increased to about twice the previous value. | ||||||
| The mining speed multiplier of gold-tier items has been increased to 12. | |||||||
| Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Added the enchanting system. Each tier has a different level of enchantability. | |||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w41a | Added the ability to repair items in an anvil. Each tier requires a different material to be used. | |||||
| 1.9 | 15w35a | Damage bonuses no longer apply to hoes. | |||||
| 1.13.1 | 18w30b | The durability of all tiers has been decreased by one due to the fix of MC-120664. | |||||
| 1.16 | 20w06a | Netherite tools added to tier system. | |||||
| 20w09a | Hoes can now break certain block types more quickly, making them affected by mining speed multipliers. | ||||||
| 20w22a | Blackstone can now be used to repair stone-tier items. | ||||||
| 1.16.2 | 20w29a | Tools are now sorted based on their tier in the creative inventory. | |||||
| 1.17 | 21w07a | Grimstone (now called "Deepslate") can now be used to repair stone-tier items. | |||||
| 21w08a | Cobbled deepslate is now used to repair stone-tier items instead of regular deepslate. | ||||||
| 1.21.9 | 25w31a | Copper tools added to tier system. | |||||
| 1.21.11 | 25w41a | Added spears, which use the tier system. | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.2.0 | Added stone-tier items. They have infinite durability. | ||||||
| v0.3.0 | Added mining levels. Before this update, blocks and ores could be broken by hand. | ||||||
| Added wooden-tier items. They have 11 durability. | |||||||
| Stone-tier items' durability has been decreased to 132 uses. | |||||||
| v0.3.2 | Added diamond, gold, and iron tier items. | ||||||
| v0.3.3 | The durabilities of all tiers have been increased to match Java Edition. The durability of gold tools was not increased, but they were given a speed boost. | ||||||
| v0.4.0 | Added hoes. Since they did not mine any block types faster, the only differences between each tier were their durability and their damage bonus. | ||||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Added the ability to repair items in an anvil. Each tier requires a different material to be used. | |||||
| Added the enchanting system. Each tier has a different level of enchantability. | |||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | Netherite tools added to tier system. | |||||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.17.0.52 | Cobblestone and cobbled deepslate can now be used to repair stone-tier items.[1] | |||||
| Stone can no longer be used to repair stone-tier items. | |||||||
| 1.21.100 Experiment | Preview 1.21.100.23 | Copper tools added to tier system. | |||||
| 1.21.130 | Preview 1.21.130.20 | Added spears, which use the tier system. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Tier system for wooden, stone, iron, diamond, and gold tools added. |
| TU14 | 1.04 | Added the ability to repair items in an anvil. Each tier requires a different material to be used. | |||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1.0 | Tier system for wooden, stone, iron, diamond, and gold tools added. | ||||||
See also
References
Notes
- ↑ Includes iron ore, copper ore, lapis lazuli ore, deepslate iron ore, deepslate copper ore, deepslate lapis lazuli ore, blocks of copper, blocks of raw copper, blocks of iron, blocks of raw iron, blocks of lapis lazuli, cut copper and its variants, and lightning rods.
- ↑ Includes diamond ore, emerald ore, gold ore, redstone ore, deepslate diamond ore, deepslate emerald ore, deepslate gold ore, deepslate redstone ore, blocks of diamond, blocks of emerald, blocks of gold, and block of raw gold
- ↑ Includes ancient debris, obsidian, crying obsidian, blocks of netherite, respawn anchors, and glowing obsidian[BE only].
