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'''Tiers''' refer to the different levels and materials of tools and weapons.

== Tiers ==
There are currently six tiers in the game: wood, stone, iron, diamond, netherite, and gold. The tier of an item determines its mining level, durability, mining speed multiplier, damage bonus, enchantability, and repair item.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" data-description="Tiers"
! Tier name
! Mining level
! [[Durability]]
! [[Breaking#Speed|Mining speed multiplier]]
! [[Damage ]]bonus{{fn|The damage bonus is added to the base attack damage of 1. Most tiered items further modify their attack damage value.}}
! [[Enchantability]]
! [[Unit repair|Repair item]]
|-
!Wood
| rowspan="2" |0
|59
|2
| rowspan="2" |0
|15
| style="text-align:left | {{BlockLink|Planks|id=oak planks}}
|-
!Gold
|32
|12
|22
| style="text-align:left " | {{ItemLink|Gold Ingot}}
|-
!Stone
|1
|131
|4
|1
|5
| style="text-align:left " |
{{BlockLink|Cobbled Deepslate}}<br>{{BlockLink|Cobblestone}}<br>{{BlockLink|Blackstone}}
|-
!Iron
|2
|250
|6
|2
|14
| style="text-align:left " |{{ItemLink|Iron Ingot}}
|-
!Diamond
|3
|1561
|8
|3
|10
| style="text-align:left " |{{ItemLink|Diamond}}
|-
!Netherite
|4
|2031
|9
|4
|15
| style="text-align:left " |{{ItemLink|Netherite Ingot}}
|}
{{fnlist}}

== Mining level ==
The mining level of a tool is an internal numeric value that represents an additional restriction to [[breaking]] blocks, in addition to requiring a specific type of tool. Blocks in the [[tag]] <code>minecraft:needs_diamond_tool</code> require a tool with mining level 3 or higher, the block tag <code>minecraft:needs_iron_tool</code> mandates a mining level of 2 or higher, and the tag <code>minecraft:needs_stone_tool</code> means the tool must have at least mining level 1. Blocks that are in none of those block tags can be mined with any tool tier, but may still require a certain tool type.

A [[golden pickaxe]] is unique because with a mining level of 0, it cannot mine its own respective ore or material block (gold-related blocks), which require a mining level of at least 2.

In the vanilla game, all blocks that require a non-zero mining level happen to also require a [[pickaxe]] to obtain the block in item form. And while [[netherite tools]] have a higher mining level than diamond tools, no blocks in the vanilla game differentiate between these two mining levels.

== Affected items ==

[[Sword]]s, [[axe]]s, [[pickaxe]]s, [[shovel]]s, and [[hoe]]s all use tiers.

== Other mechanics ==
Other mechanics in the game use these tiers for various purposes.
* [[Ancient debris]], [[blocks of netherite]], [[crying obsidian]], [[obsidian]], and [[respawn anchor]]s require a pickaxe to have a mining level of 3 or better.
* [[Diamond ore]], [[blocks of diamond]], [[blocks of emerald]], [[emerald ore]], [[blocks of gold]], [[gold ore]], [[blocks of raw gold]], [[redstone ore]] and deepslate variants of mentioned ores require a pickaxe to have a mining level of 2 or better.
* [[Blocks of copper]], [[copper ore]], [[blocks of raw copper]], [[cut copper]], [[cut copper slab]]s, and [[cut copper stairs]] of all levels of oxidation, [[blocks of iron]], [[iron ore]], [[blocks of raw iron]], [[blocks of lapis lazuli]], [[lapis lazuli ore]], [[lightning rod]]s and deepslate variants of mentioned ores require a pickaxe to have a mining level of 1 or better.

== History ==
{{Info needed section|Legacy Console Edition}}
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java indev}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.31|dev=20100131|Tier system for wooden, stone, iron, diamond, and gold [[tool]]s added. Each tier has a different mining speed multiplier and durability. [[Sword]]s also have a different damage bonus.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100201-2227|Added mining levels. Before this update, blocks and ores could be broken by hand.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100202-4|All tools can now be used to hit mobs. Damage bonuses apply to all tools instead of just swords.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100206-2034|Added [[hoe]]s. Since they did not mine any block types faster, the only differences between each tier were their durability and their damage bonus.}}

|{{HistoryLine|java infdev}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100313|The durability of diamond-tier items has been increased from 257 to 513.}}

|{{HistoryLine|java alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v1.0.3|The durability of diamond-tier items has been increased to 1025.}}

|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2|The durability of wood, stone, iron, and diamond tier items have been increased to about twice the previous value.
|The mining speed multiplier of gold-tier items has been increased to 12.{{info needed|what was their mining speed multplier before this version?}}}}

|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|Added the [[enchanting]] system. Each tier has a different level of enchantability.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.2|dev=12w41a|Added the ability to repair items in an [[anvil]]. Each tier requires a different material to be used.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9|dev=15w35a|Damage bonuses no longer apply to [[hoe]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13.1|dev=18w30b|The durability of all tiers has been decreased by one due to the fix of {{bug|MC-120664}}.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w06a|Netherite tools added to tier system.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w09a|Hoes can now break certain block types more quickly, making them affected by mining speed multipliers.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w22a|[[Blackstone]] can now be used to repair stone-tier items.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.2|dev=20w29a|[[Tools]] are now sorted based on their tier in the [[creative inventory]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=21w07a|[[Grimstone]] (now called Deepslate) can now be used to repair stone-tier items.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w08a|[[Cobbled deepslate]] is now used to repair stone-tier items instead of regular deepslate.}}

|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.2.0|Added stone-tier items. They have infinite durability.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.0|Added mining levels. Before this update, blocks and ores could be broken by hand.
|Added wooden-tier items. They have 11 durability.
|Stone-tier items' durability has been decreased to 132 uses.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.2|Added diamond, gold, and iron tier items.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.3|The durabilities of all tiers have been increased to match ''Java Edition''. The durability of gold tools was not increased, but they were given a speed boost.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.4.0|Added hoes. Since they did not mine any block types faster, the only differences between each tier were their durability and their damage bonus.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|Added the ability to repair items in an [[anvil]]. Each tier requires a different material to be used.
|Added the [[enchanting]] system. Each tier has a different level of enchantability.}}
|{{HistoryLine|Bedrock Edition}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.0|dev=beta 1.16.0.51|Netherite tools added to tier system.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.0|dev=beta 1.17.0.52|[[Cobblestone]] and [[cobbled deepslate]] can now be used to repair stone-tier items.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-64644}}</ref>
|[[Stone]] can no longer be used to repair stone-tier items.}}

|{{HistoryLine|legacy console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Tier system for wooden, stone, iron, diamond, and gold tools added.{{info needed}}}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU14|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.04|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Added the ability to repair items in an [[anvil]]. Each tier requires a different material to be used.}}
|{{HistoryLine|3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|Tier system for wooden, stone, iron, diamond, and gold tools added.}}
}}

== See also ==
* [[Armor materials]]
* [[Materials]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Navigation ==
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