How does enchanting work in minecraft

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Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page. Enchantments : Contains enchantments on this item that affect the way the item works.

Values are clamped between 0 and when reading. StoredEnchantments : Contains enchantments for enchanted books. RepairCost : Number of experience levels to add to the base level cost when repairing, combining, or renaming this item with an Anvil. A diamond pickaxe with multiple high-level enchantments, right after enchanting. Categories Gameplay Add category. Cancel Save. Fan Feed 1 Java Edition 1. Universal Conquest Wiki. Used to combine enchanted items tools, armor, weapons , add enchantments from books, or repair an enchanted item while preserving enchantments.

Used to remove all non-curse enchantments on an item returning a small amount of experience , and optionally repair an item for no experience. Increases damage and applies Slowness IV to arthropod mobs spiders, cave spiders, silverfish, endermites and bees. Trident "channels" a bolt of lightning toward a hit entity. Functions only during thunderstorms and if target is unobstructed with opaque blocks. Increases tool speed. Turns water beneath the player into frosted ice and prevents the damage the player would take from standing on magma blocks.

Trident deals additional damage to mobs that spawn naturally in the ocean. In Bedrock Edition , having impaling on a trident also deals extra damage to players or mobs in water or rain. Arrows pass through multiple entities and Shields ; arrows can be recovered after passing through entities. Reduces projectile damage such as damage from arrows , thrown tridents , ghast and blaze fireballs, etc. Extends underwater breathing time.

Stacks with a Turtle Shell. Turtle Shell. Infinity , Mending. Fishing Rod. Riptide III [note 1]. Piercing IV , Multishot. If no options come up, keep taking the item out and putting it back until you get one. Keep in mind, you might not be able to enchant all things at level 1. The cost to enchant items is the experience you gain by killing mobs , breeding livestock, mining resources, or using your furnace. For example, if you're level five and do a level 3 enchantment , you would go back to level 2.

The better the enchantment , the more levels it takes. Enchantments reach a maximum of level 30 and the higher-level enchantments require bookshelves around the enchanting table. In order to obtain the highest level of enchantment , you need a total of 15 bookshelves. The bookshelves must be arranged one block away from the enchanting table in a 1 high, 5 by 5 square, with an opening for a door.

The effects caused by enchanting can vary wildly from knocking your foes back to igniting them as if you used a flint and steel. As of the update 1. Players may enchant their item as long as they have the required resources to do so. In order to enchant using an anvil, players will need to have an enchanted book. Enchanted books can be found by searching in treasure chests, strongholds , fishing using the luck of the sea enchantment or by trading with villagers.

Players can also create an enchanted book by placing a non-enchanted book in the enchanting table. Once they have obtained the enchanted book, players will need to craft an anvil using four iron ingots and three iron blocks. Upon opening the anvil, players will see three open slots.

The slot on the far left is where players will place the item they wish to enchant. The middle slot is where players will place the enchanted book, and the finished enchanted product will be on the right.

Some enchantments can only be found as enchanted books. For example, Mending is one of the best enchantments in the game, but players will never see it on an enchanting table. Players can get stronger enchantments by using an enchanting table and placing bookshelves around it. The maximum level of enchantment that players can get is level For more powerful enchantments, you will need to build bookshelves and place them near the enchantment table. Each bookshelf increases the maximum available enchantment by 1 or 2 levels, up to a maximum of 30 levels 15 bookcases.

Bookshelves should be 2 blocks away from the table, on the same level or one higher. There must be nothing between the bookshelf and the table. Instead of enchanting an item, you can enchant a book instead. The enchantment can be saved for later, and applied to an item using an Anvil.

However, you can combine two enchanted items, or add a second enchantment from an enchanted book, using an Anvil. You can repair enchanted items with an Anvil. Minecraft 1. See what's new. How to Enchant Items in Minecraft Enchanting is the way to make magic armor, weapons or tools.

Enchantable Items You can enchant all kinds of armour, swords, bows and tools including shears, fishing rods and flint-and-steel.