It’s time for you to put all other weapons aside because we are going to craft a Netherite Sword in this guide. This is easily the best weapon you can find in Minecraft and a game-changer for players on the top Minecraft servers out there. Not to forget, even in the offline survival world, you can take out any hostile mob with the Netherite sword. But how powerful is this weapon? More importantly, how do you make Netherite Sword in Minecraft? Let’s find out!

We will first go over the strengths of the Netherite sword before moving on to its crafting process. If you are only interested in its crafting, use the table to skip right ahead.

  • How Powerful is a Netherite SwordItems Required to Make Netherite SwordHow to Make Netherite Sword in MinecraftBest Netherite Sword Enchantments

How Powerful is a Netherite Sword

Out of all the six swords in Minecraft, the Netherite sword is considered to be the most powerful. But how powerful it really is? Let’s try to find out by comparing the durability and the damage dealt by each sword in Minecraft.

In swords, durability stands for how much usage each of them provides to the players. Attacking a mob reduces 1 point, breaking blocks reduces 2 points, and finally, breaking items that break instantly reduces 0 points of durability.

You need to collect the following items to make a Netherite sword in Minecraft:

How to Make a Diamond Sword

To make a diamond sword, you only need to combine two diamonds with a wooden stick on the crafting table in Minecraft. Its crafting recipe is linear, so you simply need to place the stick vertically beneath the two diamonds.

Follow these steps to obtain the Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template:

  1. First, make a Nether portal and use it to travel to the Nether dimension.

  2. Then, search for a Bastion Remnant structure. Use can use commands in Minecraft to search faster.

  3. After locating the Bastion Remnant, you have to travel to its bottommost part and find the treasure room. In the middle of this room, you will find the chest with one Upgrade Smithing Template. If you don’t wish to look for templates again, learn how to duplicate (or make) Smithing Templates in Minecraft using our linked guide.

How to Make Netherite Sword in Minecraft

Once you have the Upgrade Smithing Template, follow the steps below to make a Netherite Sword in Minecraft:

  1. Then, place the Upgrade Template in the leftmost cell. You can see the dynamic animation in the Smithing table before doing so.

  2. Then, place your diamond sword in the middle cell adjacent to the template.

  3. Finally, place the Netherite ingot in the right-most cell on the Smithing table. With that, your Netherite sword is now ready for use.

Best Netherite Sword Enchantments

There are a bunch of amazing sword enchantments in Minecraft that you can use with your Netherite sword. If you want to make Netherite sword your main weapon, we suggest you at least go with these:

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