Iron Spear is a tier-three polearm weapon in Minecraft, crafted on a crafting table by placing one iron ingot at the tip with two sticks running diagonally below it to produce a single spear. Iron Spear deals 3 attack damage (1.5 hearts) in Java Edition — one point more in Bedrock Edition — with an attack speed of 1.05, a durability of 250 uses, and an enchantability of 14. The defining trait of Iron Spear is reach: the weapon strikes targets from 2 up to 4.5 blocks away, noticeably farther than an iron sword, letting players poke skeletons and creepers before they close the gap.

Iron Spear has two attack types: a quick jab performed by pressing attack, which triggers a 0.95-second cooldown, and a charge attack that lowers the spear while the use key is held and deals velocity-based damage once the player moves at 11 blocks per second or faster. Iron Spear accepts the exclusive Lunge enchantment plus standard options like Sharpness, and it spawns naturally on zombies, husks, zombie villagers, and zombie horsemen, which drop Iron Spear at an 8.5% chance, rising to 11.5% with Looting III. Players who skip crafting can find Iron Spear in buried treasure chests (16.7% chance) and village weaponsmith chests (22.9% chance), making it a dependable early reach weapon before the diamond and netherite tiers.