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Golden Spear

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Golden Spear
Held Golden Spear.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Golden Spear'
Invicon Golden Spear.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Spear in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Spear
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A golden spear is a variant of spear crafted from gold ingots. 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 seventh-highest tier of spear, dealing the same damage as a wooden spear but with lower attack speed and durability. It can be admired by piglins, and has the highest enchantability.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Gold Ingot +
Stick
Invicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold IngotInvicon 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 Golden Spear.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Spear in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Spear When in Main Hand:  1 Attack Damage  1.05 Attack Speed

Mob loot

Piglins and zombified piglins have a 5% chance to spawn wielding golden spears, and those holding one have an 8.5% chance (+1% for each level of Looting, up to a maximum of 11.5% with Looting III) to drop it when killed by a player or tamed wolf.

Usage

Attacking

Jab attack

A golden 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.

Smelting ingredient

Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Gold Nugget Golden Spear +
Any fuel
Invicon Golden Spear.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Spear in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Spear When in Main Hand:  1 Attack Damage  1.05 Attack Speed
Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Charcoal.png: Inventory sprite for Charcoal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Charcoal with description: CharcoalInvicon Oak Log.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Log in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Log with description: LogInvicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Overworld PlanksInvicon Lava Bucket.png: Inventory sprite for Lava Bucket in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lava Bucket with description: Lava BucketInvicon Block of Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Block of Coal with description: Block of Coal
Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Nugget with description: Gold Nugget0.1

Piglins

Piglins are attracted to golden spears and run toward any golden spear on the ground, inspecting it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory.

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 golden-spear.png: Sprite image for golden-spear in Minecraft Golden Speargolden_spearItem item.minecraft.golden_spear

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
Oooh, shiny!Distract a Piglin using goldGive a piglin a gold item​[more information needed] while it is aggressive toward the player.30Silver
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)
Oh ShinyDistract Piglins with gold The player must not be wearing any golden armor when the piglin accepts or picks up the item.
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 Golden spears are revealed during Minecraft LIVE – September 2025.
September 29, 2025Golden 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 golden spears.
Piglins can now also spawn with and drop golden spears.
25w43a The texture of held golden spear has been changed, making them longer.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.21.130Preview 1.21.130.20 Added golden spears.
Piglins can now also spawn with and drop golden spears.
Preview 1.21.130.24Golden spears now have a use cooldown of 19 ticks.
Preview 1.21.130.27Golden spears now correctly have 4.5 blocks of reach.
Golden spears now have 7.5 blocks of reach in Creative mode.

Issues

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

Trivia

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