The Ultimate Minecraft 1.20 Weapons Guide - Sword, Bow, Axe, Trident & Crossbow Compared

The Ultimate Minecraft 1.20 Weapons Guide

Learn Everything About the Top 5 PVP and Mob Weapons in Minecraft like Swords, Tridents, Crossbows, Bows and Axes, because in this Beginners Guide to Minecraft PVP and how to become at How to PVP in Minecraft 1.9 / 1.20 PVP with learning what is the best weapon in Minecraft 1.20 as in this Minecraft PVP Weapon Guide I show how to Win Every PVP in Minecraft and Every Fight with Mobs with The Correct Way to PVP in Minecraft and Also the Best Enchantments for every weapon in Minecraft 1.20 Bedrock & Java

📑Chapters📑
0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Bow and Arrow Explained
3:28 - Crossbow Explained
5:32 - Trident Explained
9:54 - Sword Explained
13:01 - Axe Explained
16:07 - Final Weapon Comparison

[christina]

A couple of things you missed. First, using the axe as a weapon uses twice the durability in combat. Second, and this is a big one, you can have multiple crossbows on your hotbar, pre-charged, and use them in quick succession, giving more damage per second than any other weapon hands down. You showed this in effect at the end of the video, but I imagine a lot of people didn't realize what was happening.

[themonsieurmonsieur]

7:26 on java impaling doesn't affect drowneds since they are undead mobs not aquatic, this make the java trident only useful on turtles and (elder)guardians
However in bedrock, tridents are wayyy more effective since mobs under rain will take damage from impaling, so you basically one hit every regular overworld mobs

[creaturexxii]

One thing I like about the crossbow is being able to effectively fire from cover. With the bow, you're exposed when you draw it back as your movement is slowed down, making it harder to fire from cover. A loaded crossbow doesn't inhibit your movement allowing you fire while on the move. Plus, quick charge mitigates the disadvantage of long loading time, allowing you to fire rapidly while putting out full power shots.

[Darklink]

I hope everyone reading this has a beautiful day :)

[Joe-bshd]

You forgot to say how a crossbow with a piercing enchant gives you infinity arrows, including Tipped arrows. Making it useful for villager curing, or whatever other uses you might have for tipped arrows.

Shoot a piercing enchanted crossbow with a weakness tipped arrow at the zombie villager, then give it a golden apple, and finally retrieve back the arrow wherever it landed, thus 1 arrow of weakness that can be used forever for all your curing villager needs. No more having to constantly brew potion of weakness!

[AutoCarPk]

My favourite weapon is a bow, I defeated a whole raid on hard mode just using the bow and specially without taking damage.

[sansgmx]

Dude, I love your guides. Without you I'd be a dead man.

[TheGreatOwlMaster]

Using a riptide trident in the rain with an elytra lets you go insanely fast, I think it might even be the fastest method of transport in the game. It's also a good idea to leave puddles (blocks of water with waterlogged chests) around you base as a way to use riptide anytime instead of walking around or using an elytra and fireworks

[investigator-]

My favorite weapon is the crossbow but I'd like to see more enchantments like flame on it rather than just piercing, multishot and quick charge.

[arly]

Bro you are making the best content out here on YouTube. It has helped me a lot. Keep up the amazing work.

[HylianKirbo]

A neat thing about the Tridents, Impaling works on mobs that are in rain as well- it can easily outdamage a Sharpness V Netherite Sword by a long shot with that.

[cooldownboi]

The damage of the bow is dependent on the speed of the arrow. If you shoot an arrow while speed flying with an elytra, you can deal insane amounts of damage

[rapid]

You forgot to include the fact that piercing crossbows go through shields, so they're good for pvp

[steamsleeper]

I did something different on my most recent survival world and went for two tridents. The versatility of them is underrated, and as a Bedrock player the impaling dmg is insane. Definitely my favorite weapon

[zichenghan]

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[_wetmath_]

you should explain the firework crossbows in more detail. there are different crafting recipes for different types of pvp firework rockets.

the rocket that does the most damage is crafted with 7 firework stars, 1 sugarcane and 1 gunpowder. conversely a rocket crafted with only 1 star instead of 7 does the least damage.

additionally, i craft firework stars with 7 different coloured dyes, 1 fire charge and 1 gunpowder in order to create the most effective smokescreen to blind players who have their particles turned on. the fire charge creates a "large ball" firework star which increases the AoE damage and the animation radius

but you did not mention it in the video or link it in the description as of 3 hours after this video released

[twentytwo]

One tip, you can use a book with Looting III on a bow and it works. I keep all my Looting books just for bows, because you can get Looting on a sword normally.
Just make sure you don't have Flame on your bow, because if the mob gets killed by the fire it won't drop more loot. The arrow needs to kill the mob for more loot.
Very good for farming all sorts of things, especially in the Nether for Whither skulls and Ghast tears you can farm them from distance.

[Solanuma]

Im really glad to have those extensive guides and lots of contributions in the comments whenever i want to learn somethig new about minecraft
i don't like relying on the wiki ever since got taken over by Fandom

[NatetheSensitivePlant]

1 thing that I think you forgot to mention or because it is an obscure mechanic is that bows with power enchantment their arrows fly faster and have longer range because arrow damage code is based on velocity so a more powerful bow can be insane

[Sabagegah]

Riptide is very effective for leaping out of water as a mix-up or travel method. I put a Riptide trident in my main hand to leap out of the water, and a Loyalty trident in my offhand to snipe enemies from above. When it’s raining, you can dash repeatedly with Riptide instead.