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Minecraft Enchantments: What All 43 Do and How to Get Them

Minecraft 1.21.11 has 43 enchantments on Java and 42 on Bedrock. Per-level numbers, conflicts, treasure-only enchantments and the best picks for your gear.

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As of 1.21.11, Minecraft has 43 enchantments in Java and 42 in Bedrock, because Sweeping Edge is Java-only. The newest is Lunge, added for the spear in Java 1.21.11 and Bedrock 1.21.130. This section has a page for each one with the actual numbers per level, the gear it goes on, what it conflicts with and the cheapest way to get it, plus “best enchantments” guides for each weapon and armor slot.

If you only want the master table, start with the complete list of enchantments. If you want to know what to put on your gear, jump to the best sword enchantments or best armor enchantments.

Three ways to enchant

Most players use all three, in this order:

  1. Enchanting table. Build an enchanting table, surround it with 15 bookshelves and you get level-30 offers. Each enchant costs 1 to 3 lapis and 1 to 3 levels. The results are random and you can’t pick the enchantment, only see one hint of it.
  2. Anvil and books. An anvil lets you add exactly the enchantment you want from a book, or merge two items. Every anvil use raises the cost of the next one, and anything over 39 levels shows “Too Expensive!”. Our guide to using enchanted books covers the right order to combine them.
  3. Librarian villagers. A librarian sells one enchanted book per trade slot, and you can reroll a fresh one by breaking and replacing its lectern before you trade with it. This is how most people get Mending. See all villager jobs for the workstation setup.

Loot chests, fishing and mob drops fill in the rest.

Treasure enchantments

Some enchantments never show up on the enchanting table. Mending, Frost Walker and both curses come from librarians, fishing and chests. Soul Speed comes from piglin bartering and bastion chests, Swift Sneak only from ancient city chests, and Wind Burst only from ominous vaults in trial chambers.

Conflicts worth memorizing

You can only have one from each of these groups on a single item: Sharpness, Smite and Bane of Arthropods (plus Density and Breach on a mace); the four Protection types; Fortune and Silk Touch; Infinity and Mending; Multishot and Piercing; Depth Strider and Frost Walker; Riptide with either Loyalty or Channeling.

Java vs Bedrock in one paragraph

The editions mostly match, but a few differences matter. Sharpness adds more damage per level on Bedrock. Impaling hits anything that is wet on Bedrock but only aquatic mobs on Java. Sweeping Edge doesn’t exist on Bedrock. Mending books also drop from raid mobs on Bedrock. Both editions have the experimental Villager Trade Rebalance, which ties librarian books to the village biome; it is off unless you turn it on when creating the world.

Need to undo something? Removing enchantments with a grindstone gives back some XP, but curses stay. For command users there is an enchantment ID list that works with the /enchant command.

Sources & verification

Facts on this page are checked against these references and in-game behavior for the stated edition(s). how we verify.

In this section

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All Minecraft Enchantments List: Max Levels and Conflicts

Every Minecraft enchantment in one table for Java and Bedrock 1.21.11: max survival level, which items take it, what it conflicts with, and treasure ones.

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Aqua Affinity in Minecraft: Mine Underwater at Full Speed

Aqua Affinity removes the 5x mining slowdown when your head is underwater, but not the floating penalty. Where to get it and if it's worth a helmet slot.

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Bane of Arthropods in Minecraft: Damage and Is It Worth It?

Bane of Arthropods adds 2.5 damage per level and Slowness IV against spiders, cave spiders, bees, silverfish and endermites. Numbers and conflicts.

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Best Armor Enchantments in Minecraft 2026 for Every Slot

Put Protection IV, Unbreaking III and Mending on every armor piece, then the slot extras: Respiration, Aqua Affinity, Swift Sneak, Feather Falling.

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Best Bow Enchantments in Minecraft 2026, Ranked

The best bow has Power V, Unbreaking III, Flame and either Mending or Infinity. The full ranking, Mending vs Infinity, Punch, and PvE and PvP builds.

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Best Crossbow Enchantments 2026: Multishot or Piercing?

Every crossbow wants Quick Charge III, Unbreaking III and Mending. The fourth slot is Multishot or Piercing, which conflict. Which to pick, full builds.

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Best Elytra Enchantments: Only Unbreaking and Mending

Elytra take only Unbreaking, Mending and the two curses in survival. Flight time per Unbreaking level, Mending repair speed, and the Riptide trick.

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Best Sword Enchantments in Minecraft 2026, Ranked

The best sword has Sharpness V, Looting III, Unbreaking III and Mending, plus Sweeping Edge III on Java. The full ranking, Smite vs Sharpness, skips.

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Best Trident Enchantments: Loyalty vs Riptide Builds

Riptide conflicts with Loyalty and Channeling, so tridents get two builds: Loyalty III, Impaling V and Channeling for combat, or Riptide III for travel.

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Breach Enchantment: How Much Armor the Mace Ignores

Breach cuts the target's armor protection by 15 percentage points per level, up to 60 at Breach IV. The formula, how to get it, and when it beats Density.

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Channeling in Minecraft: Summon Lightning With a Trident

Channeling calls lightning onto whatever your thrown trident hits in a thunderstorm. What it needs, the mobs it changes, and the lightning rod trick.

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Curse of Binding: How to Get Cursed Armor Off

Curse of Binding locks armor in its slot until you die, it breaks or you switch to Creative. Every way out, why a grindstone won't help, and sources.

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Curse of Vanishing: What Happens to the Item When You Die

Curse of Vanishing deletes an item when you die instead of dropping it. When it doesn't trigger, why you can't remove it, and when it's actually harmless.

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Density Enchantment: Mace Damage Per Block Fallen

Density adds 0.5 smash damage per block fallen for each level, so Density V adds 2.5 per block. How it stacks, getting it, and Density vs Breach.

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Depth Strider in Minecraft: Walk Underwater at Land Speed

Each Depth Strider level removes a third of the water slowdown, so level III walks underwater at land speed. Its other effects, sources, and Frost Walker.

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Efficiency Enchantment: Mining Speed and Instant Mining

Efficiency adds 1 + level² to mining speed, so Efficiency V adds 26. The speed table by tool material, instant-mining setups, and how to get Efficiency V.

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Enchanted Golden Apple: Effects and Where to Find One

The enchanted golden apple gives Absorption IV, Regeneration II, Resistance and Fire Resistance, and it can't be crafted. Chest odds and when to eat it.

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Enchanting Table Language: How to Read the Symbols

The enchanting table's symbols are the Standard Galactic Alphabet, one symbol per letter. How to read them, the word list jokes, and why it's noise.

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Minecraft Enchantment IDs: Java Names, Bedrock Numbers

Every enchantment ID for commands: Java names like minecraft:sharpness, Bedrock names and numeric IDs, with /enchant and /give examples for 1.21.

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Feather Falling: How Far Can You Fall in Minecraft?

Feather Falling IV cuts fall damage by 48%, so you survive about 41 blocks instead of 22. Fall damage by level, rolling it on the table, and pairings.

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Fire Aspect Enchantment: Burn Damage and Cooked Drops

Fire Aspect sets targets on fire for 4 seconds per level, adding about 3 or 7 damage, and makes animals drop cooked meat. Immune mobs and sources.

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Fire Protection Enchantment: Lava, Fire and Burn Time

Fire Protection cuts fire and lava damage by 8% per level per piece and shortens burning by 15% per level. When it beats Protection, and getting it.

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Flame Enchantment in Minecraft: What Fire Arrows Can Light

Flame sets bow arrows on fire for about 4 extra damage and lights TNT, campfires and candles from range. What it ignites, what's immune, and its value.

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Fortune Enchantment: Drop Rates for Diamonds and More

Fortune III averages 2.2 diamonds per ore and always gets flint from gravel. Exact odds for ores, crops and other blocks, and Fortune vs Silk Touch.

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Frost Walker Enchantment: Walk on Water and Ignore Magma

Frost Walker freezes water in a 3 or 4 block radius as you walk and stops magma block damage. It's treasure-only: where to get it, and vs Depth Strider.

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How to Remove Enchantments in Minecraft with a Grindstone

Put the item in a grindstone and take it out: every enchantment except curses is removed and you get some XP back. It also resets the anvil work penalty.

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How to Use Enchanted Books in Minecraft: Anvil Costs

Put the item in an anvil's first slot and the book in the second, then pay the XP. Combining books, avoiding Too Expensive, and the cheapest order.

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Impaling Enchantment: Why Java and Bedrock Differ

Impaling adds 2.5 trident damage per level. On Java it only hits aquatic mobs; on Bedrock it hits anything in water or rain, players included.

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Infinity Enchantment: Unlimited Arrows vs Mending

Infinity lets a bow fire endless normal arrows as long as you carry one. Why it skips tipped and spectral arrows, and whether to pick Infinity or Mending.

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Knockback Enchantment: Distance per Level, When to Skip

Knockback II pushes mobs about 6.7 blocks instead of 1.5. Exact distances per level, which mobs ignore it, and why many leave it off their main sword.

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Looting Enchantment: Extra Drops and Wither Skull Odds

Looting III adds up to 3 extra common drops and 3 points to rare drop odds, raising wither skeleton skulls from 2.5% to 5.5%. What Looting doesn't affect.

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Loyalty Enchantment: Trident Return Speed and the Void Trap

Loyalty brings a thrown trident back at 16.7, 33.3 or 50 blocks per second by level. How the return works, the Java void trap, and a Loyalty build.

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Luck of the Sea: Fishing Treasure Odds Per Level

Luck of the Sea III raises fishing treasure from 5% to 11.3% and cuts junk from 10% to 4.2%. Odds by level, what counts as treasure, best rod setup.

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Lure Enchantment: How Much Faster You Catch Fish

Lure cuts fishing wait time by 5 seconds per level, so Lure III turns a 5 to 30 second wait into 0 to 15. Why location matters, and Luck of the Sea.

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How to Get Mending in Minecraft and How It Repairs Gear

Mending repairs gear with XP at 2 durability per point. How to get a Mending book from a librarian, the lectern reroll trick, and Java vs Bedrock sources.

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Multishot Enchantment: Three Arrows, One Cost

Multishot fires three crossbow projectiles for the cost of one arrow but uses 3 durability a shot. Fireworks, where to get it, and Multishot vs Piercing.

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Piercing Enchantment: Arrows Through Mobs and Shields

Piercing IV sends a crossbow arrow through up to 5 targets, ignores shields, and lets you pick every arrow back up. Its limits, and Piercing vs Multishot.

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Power Enchantment in Minecraft: Bow Damage by Level

Power V raises bow damage by 150%, so a full-charge shot goes from 6 to 15 damage. Damage by level and charge, getting Power V, and what pairs with it.

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Protection Enchantment: Damage Reduction Math Explained

Protection IV cuts 16% of damage per piece, 64% on a full set, capped at 80%. How it stacks with other protection types, Java vs Bedrock, getting it.

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Punch Enchantment: Bow Knockback Distances

Punch makes arrows knock targets back about 5.5 blocks at level I and 8.8 at level II. Where it helps, where it backfires, Java vs Bedrock, sources.

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Quick Charge Enchantment: Crossbow Reload Speed

Quick Charge cuts crossbow load time by 0.25 seconds per level, from 1.25s to 0.5s at level III. Why the table won't give III, sources, and builds.

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Respiration Enchantment: How Long You Stay Underwater

Respiration adds about 16 seconds of air per level: 16 seconds normally, about 64 at Respiration III. Stacking it with a turtle shell and how to get it.

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Riptide Enchantment: Launch Distances and Elytra Tricks

Riptide turns a trident into a launcher in water or rain: 9, 15 or 21 blocks per throw by level. Where it fails, the elytra combo, and Riptide vs Loyalty.

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Sharpness Enchantment: Damage per Level on Each Edition

Sharpness V adds 3 extra damage on Java and up to 6 on Bedrock. Exact numbers per level, what it goes on, its conflicts, and how to get Sharpness V.

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Silk Touch in Minecraft: What It Can and Can't Pick Up

Silk Touch makes blocks drop themselves: ores, glass, ice, grass blocks, ender chests and bee nests with bees. What it can't do, and Silk Touch vs Fortune.

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Smite Enchantment in Minecraft: Undead Damage Per Level

Smite adds 2.5 damage per level against zombies, skeletons, phantoms and the Wither. Java and Bedrock numbers, conflicts, and when it beats Sharpness.

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Sweeping Edge (Java Only): Sweep Damage per Level

Sweeping Edge raises sword sweep damage to 50%, 67% or 75% of base damage, on Java Edition only. The formula, worked examples, and if it's worth it.

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Thorns Enchantment in Minecraft: Is It Worth the Durability?

Thorns gives each armor piece a 15% chance per level to hit attackers for 1 to 5 damage, but costs 2 extra durability each time. Java vs Bedrock.

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Unbreaking Enchantment: How Much Longer Your Gear Lasts

Unbreaking III makes tools last 4x longer on average but armor only about 1.43x. The exact odds per level, what it goes on, and how to get Unbreaking III.

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Wind Burst Enchantment: Mace Launch Height, How to Get It

Wind Burst launches you about 8, 16 or 24 blocks up after a mace smash. It only drops at level I, from ominous vaults. Finding, combining and using it.