Talk:Durability

Can tools, armor,ect. break in creative mode?

What does that 'k' stand for in the Weapons and Tools table? --Eyvind 08:42, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

It's talking about the formula listed higher up the page:

The maximum durability of weapons and tools is given by the formula D = , where D is the durability of the tool and k is a
constant related to the material the tool is crafted from.

Though of course, that isn't at all clear if you're only reading the "tables" section of the article. -  Bomb Bloke (Talk/Contribs) 04:01, 26 December 2010 (CST)

I was compiling information for what I thought would be a bug report to Notch when I realized how the armor/durability thing actually works. I have done quite a bit of testing on this now and am 100% positive that this is exactly how it works in Beta 1.1_02. I have some screenshots that would help illustrate the point, but I don't know how to upload image files to the wiki -- I just registered today because I thought this was too important to keep to myself.

I was also wondering if it would make sense to move this to the main Armor page. It seems a little too useful to be hidden away on the Item Durability page. --CanuckMonkey 21:24, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

It's easiest to create a link [[File:Mixed Armor Damage 1.jpg|200px]] (for example) and then click the red-link and upload the file there.

Thanks, I have uploaded these now. Too bad you can't really see the defense in the thumbnails, but it isn't hard to see in the full shot and I wanted to keep the inventory screen open in the screenshot to emphasize that there is nothing funny going on here. CanuckMonkey 02:21, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

I do think the information is more pertinent on Armor, but you may need to change how you give the numbers since the durability tables aren't on that page. (or just say more often "xxx item has durability yyy") --JonTheMon 21:30, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip, I may go ahead and do this. I'll add comments indicating that this is duplicated information, of course. CanuckMonkey 02:21, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

• The used damage/health/durability unit is point, aka half-heart, in the following data.
• Armor type
  • helmet 0
  • plate 1
  • legs 2
  • boots 3
• Armor level
  • Leather 0
  • Chain 1
  • Steel 2
  • Diamond 3
  • Gold 1
• Armor point[Armor type] = {3, 8, 6, 3}
• Armor maximum durability[Armor type] = {11, 16, 15, 13} * 3 * 2^{armor level}
• Total armor value = ⌊(Total armor point - 1) * Total remaining durability / Total maximum durability⌋ + 1. Total armor value is showned to players on in-game GUI.
• When players are taking damage, they take only 1 - Total armor value/25 part of the damage.
• After players take damage, the same damage point is applied to each of the armor parts to reduce their durability by the same amount.
• Raw data dumped from running instance as proof:

Armor level/Armor type/Item id/Armor Maximum durability/Armor point
Leather Helmet 298 33 3
Leather Chestplate 299 48 8
Leather Leggings 300 45 6
Leather Boots 301 39 3
Chainmail Helmet 302 66 3
Chainmail Chestplate 303 96 8
Chainmail Leggings 304 90 6
Chainmail Boots 305 78 3
Iron Helmet 306 132 3
Iron Chestplate 307 192 8
Iron Leggings 308 180 6
Iron Boots 309 156 3
Diamond Helmet 310 264 3
Diamond Chestplate 311 384 8
Diamond Leggings 312 360 6
Diamond Boots 313 312 3
Gold Helmet 314 66 3
Gold Chestplate 315 96 8
Gold Leggings 316 90 6
Gold Boots 317 78 3

• Whether should we add 1 to their durability? That will results in confusion of calculation. Please don't.

Xfs 02:52, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, this is very helpful information to have! Incidentally, armor with zero durability is not useless, unless I have misunderstood something -- wearing armor with zero durability would still increase the "total armor point" value in the formula, which could be very helpful if the other equipped pieces of armor have enough durability (and the item with zero durability has a low enough max durability to not drag them down) to take advantage of the higher total armor points. For the next hit, anyway! --CanuckMonkey 19:07, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

You are right. Xfs 04:21, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm noticing that my tools are lasting about twice as long now, but I'm not sure if the new system is that simple. Just a heads up, as I have classes to attend! --JohnnyMadhouse 18:06, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

I noticed this as well while mining netherrack. I got 132 from one stone pick! I also got 60 from a wood pick, testing wood pick on regular stone now... And 60 from wood pick. We need some extensive tests, looks like Notch secretly up'd the tool durability. Levy 06:06, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Just tested the iron pick on Netherrack and got 251. Unless I didn't pick one up somewhere, the new durability value is 251. Anyone willing to donate their time to testing gold and diamond?Levy 12:18, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

My recent test with a gold pick on Netherrack proved to yield something interesting. It did only mine up 33, but the gold pick tore through the Netherrack like butter, seemingly. Perhaps they have a faster collection rate as apposed to other tools. Levy 12:37, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

The massive lack of testing on this surprises me. Not only does the original equation have absolutely zero correlation to the current durability, but the double durability penalty no longer applies to any tools. The entire section on double durability penalties and anything to do with the equation should be removed until someone has either seen the source code and verified it, or done the testing themselves. PaperStrike 05:31, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Is contents of this page still true? -- Rei000 09:59, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

No, it wasn't. I fixed most of the things that I knew about and moved the old info into a new History section. I still don't know if the armor durability tables are true anymore; I'll do some experimentation soon. Also, enchantment effects on durability (both "Unbreaking" on tools and any of the various protection types on armor) should be detailed here by someone with the actual figures; I don't have time to test that all myself. — minrice2099 [talk] 21:39, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

• Thanks! :) -- Rei000 01:15, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

"Prior to Beta 1.2 (single player) and 1.0 (multiplayer), when a tool broke, the game considered the last block broken as if it had been done with your hands, often not causing a drop." I've been playing since before Beta, and I don't remember this happening. Can anyone confirm? Hydraxan14 04:40, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

I can't confirm its happening pre-Beta, but I can confirm that it happened in Beta 1.8. 「ディノ奴千？！」^{? · ☎ Dinoguy1000} 05:09, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm the one that moved/re-worded it on the page, and you're right, I'm not sure about it pre-beta, but it was a long standing multiplayer bug in beta. — minrice2099 [talk] 20:02, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing out the SMP component; I don't play SSP enough any more (mostly just to test stuff) to have noticed it (or its absence) there. 「ディノ奴千？！」^{? · ☎ Dinoguy1000} 01:38, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

The wiki said wood tools used to have 60 uses, but now it says 66. Which is it? (33*2=66 and 66*2=132.) HotdogPi 00:32, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

The page stated that any time the player takes armorable damage, that's two points of durability for armor. I've been testing armor and that's just wrong for, e.g skeleton arrows. I'm not sure about creepers or enchantment-protected damage though. Anyone know for sure, before I get around to testing that? --Mental Mouse 19:48, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Feather Falling boots don't lose durability when taking falling damage, so I think any damage type that normally ignores armor doesn't make it lose durability, even when enchanted. -- Orthotope 00:35, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Thorns is said to adversely affect the rate at which armor degrades. The mechanics of this should be here. Cultist O 15:09, 22 January 2013 (UTC) As of Minecraft 1.16, Thorns no longer affects the durability of armor. The behavior was unintended and was classified as a bug. Thorns now only uses durability when activated, no longer using extra durability. -- tie004uk 15:38, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

It's random. Armor has disappeared after being hit (although it never protects me), swords sometimes disappear when I press a button (may be dependent if I'm pressing it with the sword), and a sword has disappeared when I die with keep inventory on, but never when using it, and it does deal more damage, unlike the armor. The sword has only disappeared if I haven't used it. Note: Negative damage items using /give. HotdogPi ⑬㊲ 00:11, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

• And it seems to cause crashes and out of memory errors. HotdogPi ⑬㊲ 00:44, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

This must have been done quickly and without testing because I just tested a couple of tools and such to see what their durability is, and while the durability says x/x the actual uses is x+1. Here's the items I used and their amount of uses. (0 durability counts as 1 use left).

• Item - Uses

• Wood Pickaxe - 60
• Stone Pickaxe - 132
• Iron Pickaxe - 251
• Gold Pickaxe - 33
• Diamond Pickaxe - 1562
• Fishing Rod - 65
• Bow - 385
• Shears - 239
• Flint & Steel - 65

199.187.203.27 20:36, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

The Indev and Alpha sections under History are incorrect. I joined minecraft during alpha. I never played indev, and I remember item durability being added months *after* I started playing. Therefore, durability was added in alpha. I and thousands of other players had gotten used to playing SMP for at least a month or two with tools that never broke. Durability being added was seen by many players - myself included at the time - as a tedious change that detracts from fun, similar to hunger being added much later. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.32.242.159 (talk) at 19:47, 22 November 2015 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

False. Durability was added in Indev (this picture). -BDJP ^(t|c) 21:48, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Can anyone confirm that F3+H doesn't work if you hit it while in your inventory? (That is, you can't set it when you are in your inventory. It works fine if you hit it while not in inventory. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Nacoranisalive (talk • contribs) at 11:49, 14 September 2018 (UTC)‎ (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

I'm trying to see item durability in Bedrock, and I am pressing f3+h, but nothing is happening. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by RealAnaban (talk • contribs) at 20:25, 06 January 2019 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

Missing all relevant durability values. Can someone please fix this? 104.247.236.253 19:01, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Done. Need verification on durability of netherite leggins, then the note can be removed from the table. ~ Amatulic (talk) 06:49, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

"Items with the Unbreakable tag do not deplete their durability or break when used. Their durability is not shown, even with advanced tooltips enabled, though it is retained in the NBT data. Such an item can be acquired using /give @s <item_name>{Unbreakable:1b}."

So to indicate an unbreakable tool, there would be "Unbreakable" in place of the durability remaining, if it is used? 76.64.52.246 19:59, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

Is an item destroyed when its durability reaches zero, or at the next use of the item after it's already at zero? Amatulic (talk) 03:25, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

First of all, many pages about a tool (e.g. iron pickaxe) have a note like: "this tool has X durability in Java and X+1 in Bedrock". That isn't mentioned anywhere on this page. Is it even true? Asking as a Java player, I don't have access to Bedrock.

I thought this was caused by the difference in treating 0-durability items. As far as I know, it works like this: an iron pickaxe in Java has 250 hits, a pickaxe with 1 hit left can mine one block and it breaks. In Bedrock it also has 250 hits, but a pickaxe with 1 hit left can mine a block and still exist as a 0-durability item, which then can mine one additional block. Is this correct? Is it the same for all tools? (Flint and steel, for example, doesn't mention that).

Second: the crossbow. History section says that "The durability of crossbows is increased to 465 to match Bedrock Edition", but the list says that a crossbow in Bedrock has 464 uses? This might be related to the 1st issue.

Third, also probably related: the brush. In Java, a brush has 64 durability, and it can be used on the armadillo 4 times and it breaks: every brushing counts as 16 uses. In Bedrock, it can be used 5 times - again, cause of the 0-durability item existing after four uses, I think? If so, the "approximately 12 uses" should be just removed from this article.

Finally, regarding Edu tools: the sparkler and glow stick. Sparkler's article doesn't mention what durability it has, and glow stick's article says 95, while here, they are both mentioned as having 100 uses. Which is correct?

--Melwin22 (talk) 19:57, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

1) Yes, tools in Bedrock have 1 extra point of durability, likely related to how 0-durability is treated (MCPE-176713).

3) Brushing an armadillo removes 16 points of durability both in Java and in Bedrock. After brushing an armadillo 4 times in Bedrock, the brush has a single point of durability left (which can be used to brush an armadillo a fifth time), due to point 1.--Capopanzo (talk | contribs) 20:48, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Can confirm flint and steel has 65 uses in Bedrock, crossbow has 465--Capopanzo (talk | contribs) 21:01, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

I don't see any information regarding the Mace's durability (the new weapon released in the 1.21 update). Can somebody add that information please? I would do it myself, but I an uncertain on its information. - Alex26337 (talk) 10:59, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

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Wilf233_zhMCW（论·功） 12:17, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

About two thirds of the intro describes the colors used for the durability bar... and it doesn't even go into much detail. Should someone add a section for that? FluffyGuardian70 (talk) 18:57, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

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