How to Make a Diamond Sword in Minecraft

Use this simple recipe to make a Diamond Sword in Minecraft. You can see the exact ingredients, recipe layout, and workstation below.

Diamond Sword recipe

Follow the recipe below. The pattern must use the correct slots when the recipe is shaped.

Place 2 Diamonds and 1 Stick in a Crafting Table to make 1 Diamond Sword.

The 1 × 3 pattern needs the 3 × 3 grid of a crafting table. Ingredients must stay in the shown positions, and most patterns can also be mirrored.
Each craft uses 3 ingredient items and produces 1 Diamond Sword. A full stack of 64 takes 64 crafts and 192 ingredient items in total.

Output: 1 Diamond Sword

The diamond sword is the strongest sword before netherite and keeps its enchantments when upgraded at a smithing table.

This page shows the vanilla recipe for Diamond Sword. It includes the exact ingredients, recipe layout, required workstation, and amount produced.

The data comes from Minecraft Java 26.3. Recipes can change in later game versions, so check the version you play before crafting.