Iron Sword

The Iron Sword is the second most powerful and durable sword in Minecraft, topped only by the Diamond Sword. It deals about 5 more damage points than that done by hand. Iron Swords are relatively easy to craft, as Iron Ore is more common due to Infinite Worlds, and is also found as loot in Villages, Dungeons, and Strongholds.

Crafting

 * 1 Stick + 2 Iron Ingots = 1 Iron Sword

Trivia

 * It does equivalent damage to that done by a Diamond Axe.
 * It is often featured in pop culture, like the Diamond Sword.
 * Before Update 0.11.0, the Iron Sword was one of the 3 tools that only existed in the creative mode inventory. The others were the Iron Hoe and Iron Shovel.