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Diamond Spear

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Diamond Spear
Held Diamond Spear.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Diamond Spear'
Invicon Diamond Spear.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Spear in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Spear
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A diamond spear is a variant of spear crafted from diamonds. It can be used to perform slow jab attacks or held forward to deal increasing damage based on how quickly the wielder is moving. It is the second-highest tier of spear, dealing more damage and having higher durability than an iron spear, at the cost of lower attack speed. It can be upgraded into a netherite spear using a netherite ingot and netherite upgrade at a smithing table.

Obtaining

Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Diamond Spear Bastion Remnant Treasure chest 1 15.2%
{ "item": "Diamond Spear", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.15225833637026243, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Spear[A][B] Bastion Remnant Treasure chest 1 15.2%
{ "item": "Damaged Enchanted Diamond Spear", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.15225833637026243, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
Enchanted Diamond Spear[C] End City Chest 1 12.7%
{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Spear", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Diamond Spear Bastion Remnant Treasure chest 1 16.6%
{ "item": "Diamond Spear", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.16629350702218604, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Spear[A][B] Bastion Remnant Treasure chest 1 16.6%
{ "item": "Damaged Enchanted Diamond Spear", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.16629350702218604, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
Enchanted Diamond Spear[C] End City Chest 1 12.7%
{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Spear", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
  1. ↑ a b All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.
  2. ↑ a b The item has between 80% and 100% of its total durability.
  3. ↑ a b Enchantment probabilities are the same as a level-20 to level-39 enchantment would be on an enchanting table that had no cap at level 30, and that was able to apply treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and where the chance of multiple enchantments is not reduced.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Diamond +
Stick
Invicon Diamond.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond with description: DiamondInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: StickInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: Stick
Invicon Diamond Spear.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Spear in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Spear When in Main Hand:  4 Attack Damage  0.95 Attack Speed

Usage

Attacking

Jab attack

A diamond spear can be used while standing on the ground to perform a jab attack, dealing damage, and afterwards entering a recharge cooldown similar to that of an ender pearl or chorus fruit on Bedrock Edition, or a version of the normal attack cooldown on Java Edition.

Charge attack

When holding down the use key, the spear is lowered into an attack position, where colliding with a target deals damage depending on the velocity of the user, and the attack dismounts attacked targets from their mounts. After being held out for too long, the charge attack goes into a shaking state where attacks no longer dismount targets from their mounts. After even longer, the charge attack goes into a dropped down state where attacks no longer deal knockback, but still deal full damage.

Upgrading

Ingredients Smithing recipe
Netherite Upgrade +
Diamond Spear +
Netherite Ingot
Invicon Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template with description: Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template Applies to:  Diamond Equipment Ingredients:  Netherite IngotInvicon Diamond Spear.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Spear in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Spear When in Main Hand:  4 Attack Damage  0.95 Attack SpeedInvicon Netherite Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Ingot with description: Netherite IngotInvicon Netherite Spear.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Spear in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Spear with description: Netherite Spear When in Main Hand:  5 Attack Damage  0.87 Attack Speed

Sounds

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Spear jabsEntity-DependentWhen the holder performs a jab attackitem.spear.attacksubtitles.item.spear.attack​1.01.016
​Spear hitsEntity-DependentWhen the spear hits an entityitem.spear.hitsubtitles.item.spear.hit​1.01.016
​Charges with SpearEntity-DependentWhen the spear is lowered into an attack positionitem.spear.usesubtitles.item.spear.use​1.01.016

Data values

ID

Java Edition

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite diamond-spear.png: Sprite image for diamond-spear in Minecraft Diamond Speardiamond_spearItem item.minecraft.diamond_spear

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
Mob KabobHit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear.Armor stands and players also count for this achievement as they are technically mobs.10Bronze

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
Mob KabobHit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear.Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement.

History

Reveal

September 27, 2025 Diamond spears are revealed during Minecraft LIVE – September 2025.
September 29, 2025Diamond spears are revealed to have a longer attack reach than other weapons when using their jab attack.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.21.1125w41a Added diamond spears.
25w43a The texture of held diamond spear has been changed, making them longer.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.21.130Preview 1.21.130.20 Added diamond spear.
Preview 1.21.130.24Diamond spears now have a use cooldown of 21 ticks.
Preview 1.21.130.27Diamond spears now correctly have 4.5 blocks of reach.
Diamond spears now have 7.5 blocks of reach in Creative mode.

Issues

Issues relating to "Diamond Spear" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

Renders

In other media

Sources

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