The swordfish is a food… or is it a weapon? Who knows! It can be fished up about 1% of the time, or 2% when you’re in a frozen ocean biome due to biome-based fishing. Drowned also spawn with them 5% of the time.

History

1.6.1*

Swordfish now have a fun custom death message.

Look up what “cornobbling” means!

1.3.4*

The swordfish now stacks to 64 (no more cramping up your fishing chests!)

You can now apply sharpness and all sword enchantments to your swordfish

  • If you eat a swordfish with sharpness, it will deal more damage than an unenchanted one

It can now perform sweep attacks and cut bamboo and cobwebs faster

It is still unbreakable

It has the enchantability of a stone sword

1.0.1+

Drowned now have a 5% chance to spawn with a swordfish

Yes, they deal extra damage with a swordfish in their mainhand. Watch out!

1.0.0+

Death message for killing yourself with a renamed swordfish