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Enchantments improve an item’s existing abilities or add new ones. You can get them from an enchanting table, enchanted books traded by librarian villagers, or an anvil; which enchantments apply depends on the item, slot, and edition. This guide covers the main methods and the enchantments documented by Minecraft Help, with Java Edition 1.21 details called out separately for the mace.
How to enchant items in Minecraft
The three practical routes differ in what they require and how you control the result. Microsoft Learn’s Introduction to Enchantments also lists the /enchant command as an option.
- Enchanting table: Use it on an eligible item that has no enchantments, paying experience points and lapis lazuli. The table offers enchantments for the item; it is not a way to directly select any enchantment you want.
- Librarian trade: Librarian villagers offer enchanted books in exchange for emeralds. A book lets you target a particular enchantment when you apply it, subject to item compatibility.
- Anvil: Combine an enchanted book with a compatible item, or combine eligible items to transfer or combine applicable enchantments. The result depends on compatibility.
/enchantcommand: Microsoft Learn lists this as a method, but command availability and syntax depend on the game edition, permissions, and world settings.
These methods do not make every enchantment available on every item. Check the item and edition before planning a build.
Minecraft enchantments list
Minecraft Help groups enchantments by gear category. The list below follows those practical categories; each linked entry provides the effect, eligible items, and maximum level in the Help index. Availability can vary by edition, and the index marks Sweeping Edge as Java Edition-only.
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General enchantments
- Mending — repairs the item using collected experience.
- Unbreaking — gives the item a chance to avoid durability loss.
- Curse of Vanishing — causes the item to disappear when its holder dies.
Armor enchantments
- Protection — reduces damage from many sources.
- Fire Protection — reduces fire and lava damage.
- Blast Protection — reduces explosion damage.
- Projectile Protection — reduces damage from projectiles.
- Thorns — can damage attackers when they hit the wearer.
- Respiration — extends underwater breathing time.
- Aqua Affinity — improves underwater mining speed.
- Feather Falling — reduces fall damage.
- Depth Strider — improves movement through water.
- Frost Walker — freezes water beneath the wearer while walking.
- Soul Speed — improves movement on soul sand and soul soil.
- Swift Sneak — improves movement while sneaking.
- Curse of Binding — prevents the equipped item from being removed normally.
Melee weapon enchantments
- Sharpness — increases damage.
- Smite — increases damage against undead mobs.
- Bane of Arthropods — increases damage against arthropods.
- Knockback — increases the distance targets are pushed.
- Fire Aspect — sets targets on fire.
- Looting — can increase mob drops.
- Sweeping Edge — increases sweeping attack damage; Minecraft Help identifies it as Java Edition-only.
- Loyalty — returns a thrown trident to its user.
- Impaling — increases trident damage to aquatic targets.
- Riptide — propels the user when a trident is thrown in water or rain.
- Channeling — summons lightning with a trident hit under the required conditions.
Ranged weapon enchantments
- Power — increases bow damage.
- Punch — increases bow knockback.
- Flame — sets targets hit by arrows on fire.
- Infinity — lets a bow fire without consuming ordinary arrows while the user carries one.
- Multishot — fires multiple projectiles from a crossbow.
- Piercing — lets crossbow projectiles pass through targets.
- Quick Charge — reduces crossbow loading time.
Tool enchantments
- Efficiency — increases mining speed.
- Fortune — can increase certain block drops.
- Silk Touch — causes eligible blocks to drop themselves instead of their usual drops.
Fishing enchantments
- Luck of the Sea — improves the chance of valuable fishing catches.
- Lure — reduces the wait for a bite while fishing.
Java Edition 1.21: choosing mace enchantments
Mojang’s Java Edition 1.21 release notes introduced three mace-exclusive enchantments. The figures below describe the Java 1.21 rules documented in those notes; they should not be treated as a verified description of every later version or Bedrock Edition.
| Enchantment | Effect and maximum level | Acquisition | Compatibility and trade-off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Density | Common; maximum V. Each level adds 0.5 damage per fallen block. | Enchanting table or enchanted books in random loot chests. | Mutually exclusive with Breach, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods. Choose it to scale mace damage with a fall. |
| Breach | Rare; maximum IV. Each level reduces the target’s armor effectiveness by 15%. | Enchanting table or enchanted books in random loot chests. | Mutually exclusive with Density, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods. Choose it when reducing armor effectiveness is more useful than Density’s fall-based damage. |
| Wind Burst | Unique; maximum III. A successful hit launches the attacker upward, with each level increasing the bounce by seven blocks. | Wind Burst I comes from Ominous Vaults; higher levels are made by combining at an anvil. | Successful use removes the fall-damage protection otherwise associated with a successful smash attack. Its mobility can therefore create a landing risk. |
Density and Breach are alternatives rather than a stackable pair, and neither combines with Smite or Bane of Arthropods under the Java 1.21 rules. Wind Burst changes how a mace hit moves its user, so consider the bounce and resulting fall exposure as part of the same choice.
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How to choose an enchantment
- Start with the item: confirm the enchantment applies to that gear and slot in your edition.
- Choose the outcome: decide whether you need damage, protection, durability, mobility, faster mining, or different drops.
- Check alternatives: some useful enchantments are mutually exclusive, so choose the effect that best fits your intended use.
- Plan the route: use a table for eligible unenchanted gear, a librarian book when you need a specific book, or an anvil to apply or combine compatible enchantments.
- Verify version-specific behavior: use the enchantment index for the edition you play, and treat the mace figures here as Java 1.21 documentation.
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