Minecraft Enchantments List: How Do Enchanting Tables Work?

Want to know more about Enchantments in Minecraft? Enchantments are incredibly useful for any Minecraft player. You can gain a range of effects, including an increased amount of resources gathered, or increased power to defeat powerful enemies like the Wither and the Warden.

If you want to delve deeper into the world of Enchantments, you've come to the right place. In this guide we'll tell you how to build a Minecraft Enchanting Table and how enchantments work. Finally, we'll present a full list of all Minecraft Enchantments for easy reference.

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How to make an Enchanting Table

To make an Enchanting Table, you need to combine 4 Obsidian, 2 Diamonds, and a Book in a Crafting Table, in the following arrangement:

Wherever you place your Enchanting Table in your base or house, you should surround it with Bookshelf blocks (each with a tile of air between itself and the Enchanting Table). Each Bookshelf block in range will increase the max possible enchant level by +2, so to reach the max enchant level of 30, you'll need 15 Bookshelves arranged in an outline around your Enchanting Table, as illustrated in the below screenshot.

How does Enchanting work in Minecraft?

To enchant an item, right-click on an Enchanting Table and pop the item in the first slot. Three options for enchantments will appear for you to select.

Place 1-3 Lapis Lazuli in the second slot to unlock the different available enchantments (top enchantment requires 1 Lapis, middle requires 2, bottom requires 3).

Hover over each enchantment to see the enchantment type and level. Then click on the desired enchantment to apply it to your item. That's all there is to it!

Actually, that's a blatant lie. There's an awful lot more to enchanting than meets the eye. As well as surrounding your Enchanting Table with Bookshelves, another way to increase your chances of getting high level enchantments is by increasing your XP level. An XP level of 30 will unlock the most powerful enchantments.

It's also worth knowing that the material type of the item you're enchanting has a bearing on the likelihood of more powerful enchantments appearing. The material type with the highest "enchantability" is Gold, followed by Netherite, then Leather and Chain (for Armor) or Wood and Iron (for weapons and tools).

An item can hold multiple enchantments, as long as they don't conflict with each other (see the table of enchantments below). You can't have an item with two of the same enchantment type, but many enchantment types have different levels of power. Sharpness, for example, has five levels, with Sharpness V (5) offering the highest damage potential.

Minecraft Enchantments list

Enchantment	Effect	Applicable Items	Incompatible with	Max Level
Unbreaking	Increases durability	All weapons, armor, and tools	3
Mending	XP orbs repair the item	All weapons, armor, and tools	Infinity	1
Curse of Vanishing	Item is destroyed upon death	All weapons, armor, and tools	1
Fire Aspect	Sets target on fire	Sword	2
Knockback	Hit mobs are knocked backwards	Sword	2
Looting	Extra loot from mobs killed by weapon	Sword	3
Sweeping Edge (Java only)	Bonus sweep attack DMG	Sword	3
Wind Burst	Lets player bounce in the air following a successful hit	Mace	3
Bane of Arthropods	Slows and deals bonus DMG vs spiders, silverfish, endermites, and bees	Sword, Axe*	Sharpness, Smite	5
Breach	Negate the effectiveness of enemy armor by 15%	Mace	Bane of Arthropods, Density, Sharpness, Smite	4
Density	Boosts the DMG of mace smash attacks	Mace	Bane of Arthropods, Breach, Sharpness, Smite	5
Sharpness	Increases DMG	Sword, Axe*	Bane of Arthropods, Smite	5
Smite	Bonus DMG vs undead mobs	Sword, Axe*	Bane of Arthropods, Sharpness	5
Efficiency	Increase stun chance vs shields	Axe	5
Impaling	Bonus DMG vs ocean-spawning mobs	Trident	5
Channeling	During storms, lightning strikes target hit by Trident	Trident	Riptide	1
Loyalty	Trident returns after being thrown	Trident	Riptide	3
Riptide	Trident launches player with itself when thrown, functions only in water or rain	Trident	Channeling, Loyalty	3
Flame	Arrows set targets on fire	Bow	1
Infinity	Shooting doesn't consume arrows	Bow	Mending	1
Power	Increases DMG	Bow	5
Punch	Increases arrow knockback	Bow	2
Multishot	Shoots 3 arrows at once	Crossbow	Piercing	1
Piercing	Arrows can pierce through enemies and shields	Crossbow	Multishot	4
Quick Charge	Faster reload time	Crossbow	3
Efficiency (Tools)	Increases mining speed	Tools	5
Fortune	Chance for duplicate item drops when mining certain blocks	Tools	Silk Touch	3
Silk Touch	Mined blocks drop themselves exactly as they are.	Tools	Fortune	1
Luck of the Sea	Increase chances of finding rare loot while fishing	Fishing Rod	3
Lure	Lower wait time until fish, junk, and loot "bite"	Fishing Rod	3
Curse of Binding	Items cannot be removed from armor slots unless due to breaking or death	Armor*	1
Blast Protection	Decreases explosion DMG and knockback	Armor	Other Protection enchants	4
Fire Protection	Decreases fire DMG and burn time	Armor	Other Protection enchants	4
Projectile Protection	Decreases projectile damage	Armor	Other Protection enchants	4
Protection	Decreases damage taken	Armor	Other Protection enchants	4
Aqua Affinity	Increases underwater mining speed	Helmet, Turtle Shell	1
Respiration	Increases underwater breathing time	Helmet, Turtle Shell	3
Thorns	Reflects some of the damage taken when hit, but reduces durability	Chestplate, Armor*	3
Depth Strider	Increases underwater move speed	Boots	Frost Walker	3
Frost Walker	Turns water beneath player into frosted ice, immunity to magma block damage	Boots	Depth Strider	2
Feather Falling	Decreases fall damage	Boots	4
Soul Speed	Increases move speed over Soul Sand	Boots	3
Swift Sneak	Increases movement speed while sneaking	Trousers*	Frost Walker, Depth Strider, and Soul Speed	3

* Asterisks indicate that the enchantment can only be applied to that type of item by using an Enchanted Book on the item; they cannot be given said enchantment straight from the Enchanting Table.

That finishes our look on Minecraft Enchantments. If you're looking to give your Enchanting room a makeover, be sure to check out our list of the best Minecraft Texture Packs, or consult our list of the most beautiful Minecraft Shaders. If you're more interested in starting a good Minecraft world, take a peek at our lists of the best Bedrock seeds and best Java seeds in Minecraft.