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Minecraft Enchantment List

All 43 enchantments with max levels, what they do, what they conflict with and where to get them. Plan a full set with the enchantment calculator.

Enchantment	Max	Goes on	Source	What it does
Sharpness	V	Sword, Axe, Spear	Table	Adds flat melee damage to every hit, no matter what you are fighting. In Java the bonus is 0.5 x level + 0.5, so Sharpness V adds 3 damage.
Smite	V	Sword, Axe, Spear	Table	Adds 2.5 damage per level against undead mobs: zombies, skeletons, wither skeletons, drowned, husks, phantoms, zoglins, the Wither.
Bane of Arthropods	V	Sword, Axe, Spear	Table	Adds 2.5 damage per level against arthropods — spiders, cave spiders, silverfish, endermites and bees — and briefly slows them.
Density	V	Mace	Table	Adds mace smash damage for every block you fall before landing the hit: 0.5 extra damage per level per block fallen.
Breach	IV	Mace	Table	Reduces the effectiveness of the target armour by 15% per level, so armoured targets take far more of your hit.
Knockback	II	Sword, Spear	Table	Pushes the target roughly 3 blocks further per level on hit.
Fire Aspect	II	Sword	Table	Sets the target alight for 4 seconds per level, and mobs that drop raw meat drop it cooked instead.
Looting	III	Sword, Spear	Table	Adds up to one extra common drop per level and raises the chance of rare drops by about 1% per level.
Sweeping Edge	III	Sword	Table	Raises sweep-attack damage to 50%, 67% and 75% of your sword damage at levels I, II and III. Java Edition only.
Lunge	III	Spear	Table	Spear only. A jab attack throws you forward horizontally — about 0.9 blocks per tick at level II and 1.4 at level III — at the cost of hunger, saturation and one durability.
Efficiency	V	Pickaxe, Axe, Shovel, Hoe, Shears	Table	Increases mining speed sharply. Efficiency V on a diamond or netherite pickaxe with Haste II gives instant-mine on stone.
Fortune	III	Pickaxe, Axe, Shovel, Hoe	Table	Multiplies drops from ores, crops and a few other blocks. Fortune III averages more than double the diamonds per vein.
Silk Touch	I	Pickaxe, Axe, Shovel, Hoe, Shears	Table	Blocks drop themselves instead of their usual product — glass, ice, ore blocks, bookshelves, spawners, bee nests.
Unbreaking	III	Most gear	Table	Each level gives durability a chance to not be consumed, roughly doubling effective lifespan per level.
Mending	I	Most gear	Treasure	Experience orbs repair the held or worn item instead of filling your XP bar. Two durability per XP point.
Curse of Vanishing	I	Most gear	Curse	The item is destroyed when you die instead of dropping.
Power	V	Bow	Table	Increases arrow damage by 25% x (level + 1), so Power V roughly doubles a fully drawn shot.
Punch	II	Bow	Table	Adds knockback to arrows, about 3 blocks per level.
Flame	I	Bow	Table	Arrows set the target on fire for 5 seconds of burn damage.
Infinity	I	Bow	Table	Shooting no longer consumes arrows, as long as you carry at least one ordinary arrow.
Quick Charge	III	Crossbow	Table	Cuts crossbow reload time by 0.25 seconds per level.
Multishot	I	Crossbow	Table	Fires three arrows for the price of one; only the centre arrow can be picked up.
Piercing	IV	Crossbow	Table	Arrows pass through up to one extra entity per level, and shields no longer stop them.
Loyalty	III	Trident	Table	A thrown trident flies back to you, faster at higher levels.
Riptide	III	Trident	Table	Launches you with the trident when you are in water or in the rain, up to roughly 3 blocks per level of distance.
Channeling	I	Trident	Table	During a thunderstorm, a thrown trident summons lightning onto the mob it hits.
Impaling	V	Trident	Table	Adds 2.5 damage per level against aquatic mobs. In Java it applies to mobs in water; in Bedrock to any mob in water or rain.
Luck of the Sea	III	Fishing Rod	Table	Improves the odds of treasure catches and reduces junk.
Lure	III	Fishing Rod	Table	Reduces the wait between bites by 5 seconds per level.
Protection	IV	Helmet, Chestplate, Leggings, Boots, Turtle Helmet	Table	Reduces damage from almost every source by 4% per level, capped by the overall protection limit.
Fire Protection	IV	Helmet, Chestplate, Leggings, Boots	Table	Reduces fire, lava and burning damage by 8% per level and shortens burn time.
Blast Protection	IV	Helmet, Chestplate, Leggings, Boots	Table	Reduces explosion damage and knockback by 8% per level.
Projectile Protection	IV	Helmet, Chestplate, Leggings, Boots	Table	Reduces arrow, trident and other projectile damage by 8% per level.
Thorns	III	Helmet, Chestplate, Leggings, Boots	Table	Attackers take damage back, with a chance based on level, at the cost of extra durability on your armour.
Respiration	III	Helmet, Turtle Helmet	Table	Extends underwater breathing by 15 seconds per level and slows drowning damage.
Aqua Affinity	I	Helmet, Turtle Helmet	Table	Removes the underwater mining speed penalty.
Depth Strider	III	Boots	Table	Increases movement speed in water; at level III you move almost at land speed.
Frost Walker	II	Boots	Treasure	Freezes water beneath you into frosted ice so you can walk across it.
Feather Falling	IV	Boots	Table	Reduces fall damage by 12% per level, stacking with Protection.
Soul Speed	III	Boots	Treasure	Move faster on soul sand and soul soil, at the cost of extra boot durability.
Swift Sneak	III	Leggings	Treasure	Removes most of the movement penalty while crouching.
Curse of Binding	I	Helmet, Chestplate, Leggings, Boots, Elytra	Curse	The item cannot be removed once worn, except by dying or letting it break.
Wind Burst	III	Mace	Treasure	A successful mace smash bounces you back into the air, up to about 7 blocks per level.

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Recommended loadouts, with the reasoning and the anvil order for each:

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FAQ

How many enchantments are in Minecraft?

There are 43 enchantments in the current version, counting both curses and the newer mace and spear enchantments. Not all of them can be obtained from an enchanting table.

What is the difference between treasure and normal enchantments?

Treasure enchantments never appear at an enchanting table. Mending, Frost Walker, Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, Wind Burst and the two curses have to come from loot chests, fishing, villager trades or piglin bartering.

What is the highest level enchantment?

Level V is the ceiling in survival: Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods, Efficiency, Power, Impaling and Density all reach V. Commands can push levels far higher, but the anvil will not.

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