They're the second best for durability (the best is diamond) but there only the third for attack strength.
yes there are iron swords. you make them the same way just with ingots instead of planks.
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The current weapons without mods are swords (Wood, stone, iron, gold, and diamond) and the bow. Also, axes can be used as weapons too, but are not recommended.
yes you can create things like swords
The only weapons in vanilla minecraft are swords and bows (and arrows), there are no spears.
In Minecraft,in order to get iron ore out of a mined block of iron you need to smelt the iron ore block in a furnace.
The only thing you can do with Iron Ore in Minecraft is smelt it in a furnace to get Iron Ingots.
You can enchant bows, swords, picks, axes, swords, and all pieces armour.
Yes and then Iron
Iron.
Minecraft* You need a stone pickaxe to mine iron in Minecraft.
Kill some skeletons. Feed their bones to dogs/wolves. There you go. Protected.You can also build a starter shelter using dirt. Build a staircase down underground, find some iron, make Iron Armor and Iron Swords, And then improve your shelter.[Edit by Ryuzaki.]