How much damage does each tool do?

Question

I read on the wiki that a diamond shovel does as much damage as a wooden sword.

This lead me to wonder how much damage each tool does.

What I'd like to know is the specific values that each tool at each tier does (wooden, stone etc.) including swords.

Half a heart is equal to one damage, so a whole heart is two damage.

The reason I want to know is in case I get caught in a fight without a sword, I'll know which of my tools is going to offer me the best chance of surviving.

Zero · Accepted Answer

The damage charts can be located here but I cropped them for you.

Mobs' health is measured in 'hearts', just like the player's. Chickens
  have 2 hearts; sheep have 4; cows, squids and pigs have 5; spiders/cave spiders
  have 8; skeletons, creepers, blazes, tamed wolves zombie pigmen, and zombies
  have 10; Ghasts have only 5 hearts. Wild wolves have
  4 hearts. Slimes and magma cubes react differently to damage. Their
  health depends on their size.

Any tool not listed above (hoe's, shears etc.) will do normal "fist" damage when used.

Critical hits are as following:

John · Answer

In 1.8 or earlier versions, tool damage bonuses are:

Swords (4 for wooden or golden, +1 for stone, +2 for iron, +3 for diamond)
Axes (3 for wooden or golden, +1 for stone, +2 for iron, +3 for diamond)
Pickaxes (2 for wooden or golden, +1 for stone, +2 for iron, +3 for diamond)
Spades (1 for wooden or golden, +1 for stone, +2 for iron, +3 for diamond)
Hoes (N/A)

Note: They also receive +1 from initial attack strength.

So for a diamond sword you will deal 4 hearts of damage if the hit is not critical.
Note that critical hits deal +50% more damage than usual ones.

In 1.9, tools also have a cooldown, which prevents you from hitting too often (even if the cooldown is short; see here for more details.) 
Also, axes deal +2 damage than previous versions, more than swords, but the cooldown for them is big, and they are damaged 2 durability points per hit, rather than swords. Except for axes, tool damages are the same as in 1.8.

Sebastian Herb · Answer

Java Edition 1.9 or later:

None: 1
Wooden Sword: 4, cooldown of 0.63 seconds
Golden Sword: 4, cooldown of 0.63 seconds
Stone Sword: 5, cooldown of 0.63 seconds
Iron Sword: 6, cooldown of 0.63 seconds
Diamond Sword: 7, cooldown of 0.63 seconds
Netherite Sword (1.16 or later): 8, cooldown of 0.63 seconds
Wooden Axe: 7, cooldown of 1.25 seconds
Golden Axe: 7, cooldown of 1 second
Stone Axe: 9, cooldown of 1.25 seconds
Iron Axe: 9, cooldown of 1.11 seconds
Diamond Axe: 9, cooldown of 1 second
Netherite Axe (1.16 or later): 10, cooldown of 1 second
Wooden Pickaxe: 2, cooldown of 0.83 seconds
Golden Pickaxe: 2, cooldown of 0.83 seconds
Stone Pickaxe: 3, cooldown of 0.83 seconds
Iron Pickaxe: 4, cooldown of 0.83 seconds
Diamond Pickaxe: 5, cooldown of 0.83 seconds
Netherite Pickaxe (1.16 or later): 6, cooldown of 0.83 seconds
Wooden Shovel: 2.5, cooldown of 1 second
Golden Shovel: 2.5, cooldown of 1 second
Stone Shovel: 3.5, cooldown of 1 second
Iron Shovel: 4.5, cooldown of 1 second
Diamond Shovel: 5.5, cooldown of 1 second
Netherite Shovel (1.16 or later): 6.5, cooldown of 1 second
Wooden Hoe: 1, cooldown of 1 second
Golden Hoe: 1, cooldown of 1 second
Stone Hoe: 1, cooldown of 0.5 seconds
Iron Hoe: 1, cooldown of 0.33 seconds
Diamond Hoe: 1, cooldown of 0.25 seconds
Netherite Hoe (1.16 or later): 1, cooldown of 0.25 seconds
Trident: 9, cooldown of 0.91 seconds

Java Edition 1.8 or earlier or Bedrock Edition

None: 2
Wooden Sword: 5
Golden Sword: 5
Stone Sword: 6
Iron Sword: 7
Diamond Sword: 8
Netherite Sword (Bedrock Edition): 9
Wooden Axe: 4
Golden Axe: 4
Stone Axe: 5
Iron Axe: 6
Diamond Axe: 7
Netherite Axe (Bedrock Edition): 8
Wooden Pickaxe: 2
Golden Pickaxe: 2
Stone Pickaxe: 3
Iron Pickaxe: 4
Diamond Pickaxe: 5
Netherite Pickaxe (Bedrock Edition): 6
Wooden Shovel: 2
Golden Shovel: 2
Stone Shovel: 3
Iron Shovel: 4
Diamond Shovel: 5
Netherite Shovel (Bedrock Edition): 6
Wooden Hoe: 2
Golden Hoe: 2
Stone Hoe: 3
Iron Hoe: 4
Diamond Hoe: 5
Netherite Hoe: 6
Trident (Bedrock Edition): 9

Java Edition Combat Test 8c

None: 2
Wooden Sword: 4, cooldown of 0.33 seconds
Golden Sword: 4, cooldown of 0.33 seconds
Stone Sword, 4, cooldown of 0.33 seconds
Iron Sword: 5, cooldown of 0.33 seconds
Diamond Sword: 6, cooldown of 0.33 seconds
Netherite sword: 7, cooldown of 0.33 seconds
Wooden Axe: 5, cooldown of 0.5 seconds
Golden Axe: 5, cooldown of 0.5 seconds
Stone Axe: 5, cooldown of 0.5 seconds
Iron Axe 6, cooldown of 0.5 seconds
Diamond Axe: 7, cooldown of 0.5 seconds
Netherite Axe: 8, cooldown of 0.5 seconds
Wooden Pickaxe: 3, cooldown of 0.4 seconds
Golden Pickaxe: 3, cooldown of 0.4 seconds
Stone Pickaxe: 3, cooldown of 0.4 seconds
Iron Pickaxe: 4, cooldown of 0.4 seconds
Diamond Pickaxe: 5, cooldown of 0.4 seconds
Netherite Pickaxe: 6, cooldown of 0.4 seconds
Wooden Shovel: 2, cooldown of 0.5 seconds
Golden Shovel: 2, cooldown of 0.5 seconds
Stone Shovel: 2, cooldown of 0.5 seconds
Iron Shovel: 3, cooldown of 0.5 seconds
Diamond Shovel: 4, cooldown of 0.5 seconds
Netherite Shovel: 5, cooldown of 0.5 seconds
Wooden Hoe: 2, cooldown of 0.5 seconds
Golden Hoe: 2, cooldown of 0.29 seconds
Stone Hoe: 2, cooldown of 0.4 seconds
Iron Hoe: 3, cooldown of 0.33 seconds
Diamond Hoe: 3, cooldown of 0.29 seconds
Netherite Hoe: 4, cooldown of 0.29 seconds
Trident: 7, cooldown of 0.5 seconds

Reach in Java Edition Combat Test 8c

Sword: 3
Axe: 2.5
Pickaxe: 2.5
Shovel: 2.5
Hoe: 2.5

How much damage does each tool do?

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Java Edition 1.9 or later:

Java Edition 1.8 or earlier or Bedrock Edition

Java Edition Combat Test 8c

Reach in Java Edition Combat Test 8c

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