Items

Items are non-block things that're usually represented as a 2D Sprite, given pseudo-3D depth. Most items only have 2 properties. A 16-bit numeric ID and a 16-bit data value.

Listing

Here is a comprehensive listing of all items.

Value	Icon	Name	Metadata use
256		Iron Shovel	Remaining uses
257		Iron Pickaxe	Remaining uses
258		Iron Axe	Remaining uses
259		Flint and Steel	Remaining uses
260		Apple
261		Bow
262		Arrow
263		Coal	Coal 0, Charcoal 1
264		Diamond
265		Iron
266		Gold
267		Iron Sword	Remaining uses
268		Wooden Sword	Remaining uses
269		Wooden Shovel	Remaining uses
270		Wooden Pickaxe	Remaining uses
271		Wooden Axe	Remaining uses
272		Stone Sword	Remaining uses
273		Stone Shovel	Remaining uses
274		Stone Pickaxe	Remaining uses
275		Stone Axe	Remaining uses
276		Diamond Sword	Remaining uses
277		Diamond Shovel	Remaining uses
278		Diamond Pickaxe	Remaining uses
279		Diamond Axe	Remaining uses
280		Stick
281		Bowl
282		Mushroom Stew
283		Gold Sword	Remaining uses
284		Gold Shovel	Remaining uses
285		Gold Pickaxe	Remaining uses
286		Gold Axe	Remaining uses
287		String
288		Feather
289		Gunpowder
290		Wooden Hoe	Remaining uses
291		Stone Hoe	Remaining uses
292		Iron Hoe	Remaining uses
293		Diamond Hoe	Remaining uses
294		Gold Hoe	Remaining uses
295		Seeds
296		Wheat
297		Bread
298		Leather Cap	Remaining uses
299		Leather Tunic	Remaining uses
300		Leather Pants	Remaining uses
301		Leather Boots	Remaining uses
302		Chainmail Helmet	Remaining uses
303		Chainmail Chestplate	Remaining uses
304		Chainmail Leggings	Remaining uses
305		Chainmail Boots	Remaining uses
306		Iron Helmet	Remaining uses
307		Iron Chestplate	Remaining uses
308		Iron Leggings	Remaining uses
309		Iron Boots	Remaining uses
310		Diamond Helmet	Remaining uses
311		Diamond Chestplate	Remaining uses
312		Diamond Leggings	Remaining uses
313		Diamond Boots	Remaining uses
314		Gold Helmet	Remaining uses
315		Gold Chestplate	Remaining uses
316		Gold Leggings	Remaining uses
317		Gold Boots	Remaining uses
318		Flint
319		Porkchop
320		Cooked Porkchop
321		Painting
322		Golden Apple
323		Sign
324		Wooden Door
325		Bucket
326		Water Bucket
327		Lava Bucket
328		Minecart
329		Saddle
330		Iron Door
331		Redstone
332		Snowball
333		Boat
334		Leather
335		Milk Bucket
336		Brick
337		Clay
338		Sugarcane
339		Paper
340		Book
341		Slime
342		Chest Minecart
343		Furnace Minecart
344		Egg
345		Compass
346		Fishing Rod
347		Clock
348		Glowstone Dust
349		Fish
350		Cooked Fish
351		Dye	Color
352		Bone
353		Sugar
354		Cake
355		Bed
356		Redstone Repeater
357		Cookie
358		Map
359		Shears	Remaining uses
2256		Record (13)
2257		Record (cat)

Metadata

Tools

	Wooden	Stone	Iron	Diamond	Gold
Max uses	59	131	250	1561	32
Efficiency	2.0	4.0	6.0	8.0	12.0
Damage Level	0	1	2	3	0

Weapon Damage

Weapon	Base Damage
Sword	4
Axe	3
Pickaxe	2
Shovel	1

Damage dealt against entities is calulated with this formula.

$$\text{Damage}=\text{Base}+(\text{Level}\times 2)$$

Weapon	Wooden/Gold	Stone	Iron	Diamond
Sword	4	6	8	10
Axe	3	5	7	9
Pickaxe	2	4	6	8
Shovel	1	3	5	7

Other tools

Item	Max uses
Flint and Steel	64
Shears	238

Armor

	Helmet	Chestplate	Leggings	Boots
Damage reduction	3	8	6	3
Base uses	11	16	15	13

Maximum amount of uses/damage absorbed is calculated with this formula.

$$\text{MaxUses}=(\text{BaseUses}\times 3)\times 2^{\text{Level}}$$

Level	Helmet	Chestplate	Leggings	Boots
Leather (0)	33	48	45	39
Chain/Gold (1)	66	96	90	78
Iron (2)	132	192	180	156
Diamond (3)	264	384	360	312

Dye

WARNING

These are sorted backwards compared to the colors that wool offers

Value	Color
0	Ink sac/Black dye
1	Red dye
2	Green dye
3	Coco beans/ Brown dye
4	Blue dye
5	Purple dye
6	Cyan dye
7	Light-gray dye
8	Gray dye
9	Pink dye
10	Lime dye
11	Yellow dye
12	Light-blue dye
13	Magenta dye
14	Orange dye
15	Bonemeal/White dye