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 an 8-bit data value.

Listing

Here is a comprehensive listing of all items.

Value	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	Remaining uses
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

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