Minecraft: Guide To Tool and Armor Durability

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Minecraft can be quite difficult at times. With dangerous mobs and steep cliffs, you♋ want to be as careful as possible, and this means you will need strong tools and armor. There are many differe𝓰nt tools and armor types in the game, each with its own durability.

In this guide, we are going to go over what actions affect the durability of your tools and armor. Over time, your items will lose durability, but there are many different factors that influence how fast the durability is lost. First, let's take a look at tool durability.

Updated June 4, 2023, by Sean Murray: Knowing how long your tools, weapons, and armor will last is incredibly important in Minecraft, so we've refreshed this guide with some formatting tweaks and added some helpful tips.

Tool Durability

There are several different types of tools and weapons, but durability is similar among each of them.

Tools and weapons are split into two categories; block-breaking and not block-breaking. Tools inꦯ the block-breaking category will lose durability when breaking a block, so if you dig for dirt with a sword, it will decrease its durability.

Let's take a look at these categories below, as well as what affects their durability.

Block-Breaking Tools

Tool Name	Durability Loss Conditions
Axe	-1 for breaking any block -1 for chopping wood -1 for stripping wood -2 for hitting a mob
Shovel	-1 for breaking any block -1 for making a path on dirt or grass blocks -2 for hitting a mob
Pickaxe	-1 for breaking any block -2 for hitting a mob
Sword	-2 for breaking any block -2 for hitting a mob
Hoe	-1 for breaking any block -1 for tilling dirt or grass -1 for hitting a mob
Trident	-1 for hitting a mob -2 for breaking any block
Shears	-2 for breaking any block -1 for shearing sheep

Non-Block-Breaking Tools

Remember, these tools will not decrease in durability while destroying any block. Overall, they are no better than just using your hands. However, the꧃y do lose durability when used for their intended purposes.

Tool Name	Durability Loss Conditions
Bow	-1 for shooting an arrow
Crossbow	-1 for shooting an arrow -3 for shooting 3 arrows with multishot enchantment -3 for shooting a firework
Flint and Steel	-1 for using to light or activate Nether portal
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Elytra	-1 for each second of flying
Fishing Rod	-1 for reeling in a fish -2 for catching the bobber on a block -3 for pulling non-fish items toward you -5 for pulling non-fish mobs toward you
Warped Fungus on a Stick	-1 for using boost
Carrot on a Stick	-7 for using boost

Each tool above has a set durability level. Below, you can check out the number of uses per tool type, as wel🎶l as specific tools with a unique durability.

Tool Type	Total Uses
Wood: Shovel Axe Pickaxe Hoe Sword	59 Uses
Stone: Shovel Axe Pickaxe Hoe Sword	131 Uses
Iron: Shovel Axe Pickaxe Hoe Sword	250 Uses
Diamond: Shovel Axe Pickaxe Hoe Sword	1561 Uses
Netherite: Shovel Axe Pickaxe Hoe Sword	2031 Uses
Bow	384 Uses
Crossbow	326 Uses
Flint and Steel	62 Uses
Elytra	432 Uses (seconds)
Fishing Rod	64 Uses
Warped Fungus on a Stick	100 Uses
Carrot on a Stick	25 Uses

In general, if you use a tool for something that isn't its intended purpose, then you will lose no durability. For example, if you use a fishing rod to hit a mob, no durability will be lost. Similarly, if you use any tool to break a block that would otherwise break instantly (like flowers or weeds), you won't lose any durability.

Armor Durability

Armor durability is more simple than tool durability. For every four hearts of damage that you take, your armor durability will go down by one. For example, if a mob attacks you and deals eight hea𝓡rts worth of damage, you✨ will lose two durability.

Durability for 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:each piece of armor can be affected by the damage types listed below.

Attacked by a mob or player
Hit with arrow, egg, snowball, trident, or fireball
Struck by lightning
Touching lava, fire, magma blocks, cactus, or sweet berry bush
Explosions

ꦅNot every action will affect durability though. Below, yo🦩u can find damage types that will not affect armor durability.

Being on Fire
Suffocating
Drowning
Starvation
Fall Damage (including falling into the void)
Hitting blocks as you fly using elytra
Poison, Wither, or Instant Damage effects
Freezing (in powder snow block)

Now, let's take a look at the total durability for each armor type.

Armor Type	Helmet Durability	Boot Durability	Legging Durability	Chestplate Durability
Leather	55	65	75	80
Iron	165	195	225	240
Gold	77	91	105	112
Chainmail	165	195	225	240
Diamond	363	429	495	528
Netherite	407	481	555	592

Durability And Enchantments

Tool durability can be altered with the Unbreaking enchantment. This enchantment will give tools and armor a chance to not lose any durability in a situation where it normally would.

Durability with the Unbreaking enchantment is a bit complex and follows an equation, but on average, base Unbreaking will let items last twice as long, Unbreaking II enchanted items will last three times as long, and Unbreaking III will let tools and armor last four times as long.