How to Make and Use Spear in Minecraft

The spear is a new weapon in Minecraft that bridges the gap between the sword and the trident. It’s launching as part of the Mounts of Mayhem update and allows players to perform both quick jabs and destructive charge attacks. Sounds exciting? These attacks make it an excellent choice for both ground and mounted combat scenarios.

Whether you’re facing some powerful, hostile mobs or dueling other players online, mastering the spear will give you an extra edge. So, this guide details the steps to make the spear and how to use the weapon in the game.

Items Required to Make a Spear

Although the weapon is yet to arrive in the stable Minecraft build, Mojang has revealed the crafting recipe of the spear. Making it is quite easy and doesn’t require a lot of resources.

You need the following items to craft the spear in Minecraft:

• 2 Sticks
• Wooden planks, Stone block, Copper ingot, Iron ingot, Gold ingot, Diamond ingot, or Netherite ingot

You can easily make sticks from two wooden planks of any type. As for the second item, it depends on the tier of the spear you want to craft. For instance, using a wooden plank gives a wooden spear, while using an iron ingot yields an iron spear, and so on. Once you’re sure of the tier, get a crafting table to start making this weapon.

How to Craft a Spear in Minecraft

Having gathered all the required resources, follow the steps below to craft a spear in Minecraft:

• Right-click on the crafting table to open its UI.
• Then, place a stick on the bottom-left corner.
• Place another stick at the center of the 3 x 3 grid.
• Now, place the wooden plank, stone block, or an ingot at the top right corner
• This will complete the recipe, and the spear will appear in the rightmost cell.

Now, you can drag and drop the spear in your inventory and start using it to take down hostile mobs in Minecraft.

How to Use a Spear in Minecraft

The spear comes with two attack modes – Jab Attack and Charge Attack, each offering a unique combat advantage depending on your positioning. Here’s a quick breakdown of the spear’s attacking abilities.

1. Jab Attack

The Jab attack is the standard strike for this weapon and is useful for close-range combat. All you need to do is hold the spear in your hand and click the left mouse button once, while your enemy is within range. This will deal melee damage, and the reach is longer than most melee weapons.

However, after each Jab, the spear enters a brief cooldown period similar to using an Ender Pearl or a Chorus Fruit in Minecraft.

Nonetheless, this weapon is excellent if you want to keep enemies at bay. You can even increase the power of this weapon by using the best spear enchantments, especially the new Lunge enchantment released exclusively for it.

2. Charge Attack

The Charge Attack is where the spear truly shines and helps in building the momentum of the attack. This means that the faster you’re moving, the higher the damage dealt on impact. You will find this attack similar to that of a Mace in Minecraft, only that its damage depends on the speed you’re traveling at instead of the fall height.

So all you need to do is mount an animal, such as a horse or Nautilus, and dash towards the enemy holding the spear in your hand. Once the spear hits the enemy, it will not only deal damage, but also cause knockback or even dismount them.

However, keep the following points in mind while performing a charged attack:

• In an ideal situation, a charge attack deals damage, knocks back enemies, and also dismounts them.
• If you’ve held the spear for long, it will start to shake, and during this time, it loses the power to dismount but can perform its other two abilities.
• If the spear is held for a longer time, the knockback effect is also lost, and it can only deal damage when hit.

However, after a short duration, you will be able to hold the spear in an ideal condition again and charge at enemies with full force. Don’t forget that higher-tier spears like Netherite and Diamond have high attack damage and activation of states, but longer cooldowns than the lower-tier spears like Wooden and Stone.

One last pro-tip for players is that you can use the spear charge attacks while flying with an Elytra or while riding the Minecarts or boats on icy surfaces at high speeds.

That is all you need to know about spears in Minecraft. So, what other ways have you thought of using the spear attacks in the game? Tell us in the comments below.