A Guide to Minecraft Enchantments. Java Edition 1.19+



There are 5 categories of enchantments: All Purpose, Armor, Melee Weapons, Ranged Weapons, and Tools.


All Purpose:

Mending- 1 level. When holding an item with mending, gathering exp increases the durability of said item.

Unbreaking- 3 levels. Gives an item increased total durability, making it harder to break.

Curse of Vanishing- 1 level. Dying while having in your inventory an item with curse of vanishing, it will disappear forever (a very long time).


Armor:

Aqua Affinity- 1 level. Mining underwater is faster. (Helmet Specific)

Blast Protection- 4 levels. Reduces damage taken from explosions. Creepers, End Crystals, etc...

Curse Of Binding - 1 level. Impossible to remove armor enchanted with this effect.

Depth Strider- 3 levels. Move faster while underwater. (Boots Specific)

Feather Falling- 4 levels. Take less fall damage. (Boots Specific)

Fire Protection- 4 levels. Take less fire damage. Lava, Soul Fire, etc...

Frost Walker- 2 levels. Turns water source blocks into ice. (Boots Specific)

Projectile Protection- 4 levels. Take less damage from ranged weapons. Tridents, arrows, etc...

Protection- 4 levels. Reduces overall damage taken.

Respiration- 3 levels. Lets you stay underwater longer. (Helmet Specific)

Soul Speed- 3 levels. Walk faster on Soul Sand and Soul Soil. (Boots Specific)

Swift Sneak- 3 levels. Move faster when sneaking. (Leggings Specific)

Thorns- 3 levels. When mobs or players deal damage to you, a small percent of that damage is also taken by them.


Melee Weapons:

Bane Of Arthropods- 5 levels. Deals increased damage and applies slowness 4 to spiders, silverfish, cave spiders, endermites, and bees.

Efficiency- 5 levels. Increases mining speed. If applied to an axe, the chance to disable a shield is higher.

Fire Aspect- 2 levels. Sets enemies on fire.

Looting- 3 levels. Mobs drop more loot.

Impaling- 5 levels. Naturally spawning ocean mobs take more damage from trident. Turtles, fish, etc... (Trident Specific)

Knockback- 2 levels. Send enemies backwards upon hit.

Sharpness- 5 levels. Deal overall increased melee damage.

Smite- 5 levels. Deal more damage to the undead. Skeletons, Zombies, Withers, etc...

Sweeping Edge- 3 levels. Increases damage of sweep attack. (Sword Specific)


Ranged Weapons:

Channeling- 1 level. Trident strikes lightning after being thrown and hitting target. Also works when striking lightning rods.

Flame- 1 level. Arrows are set on fire after being shot. (Bow Specific)

Impaling- 5 levels. Naturally spawning ocean mobs take more damage from trident. Turtles, fish, etc... (Trident Specific)

Infinity- 1 level. Shoot infinite arrows. (Bow Specific)

Loyalty- 3 levels. Trident returns after being thrown. (Trident Specific)

Riptide- 3 levels. Player travels with thrown trident. (Trident Specific)

Multishot- 1 level. Shoot three arrows. (Crossbow Specific)

Piercing- 4 levels. Arrows travels through enemies. (Crossbow Specific)

Power- 5 levels. Do increased overall damage. (Bow Specific)

Punch- 2 levels. Arrows deal knockback. (Bow Specific)

Quick Charge- 3 levels. Crossbow takes less time to load. (Crossbow Specific)


Tools:

Efficiency- 5 levels. Mine faster.

Fortune- 3 levels. Increases ore drops. (Pickaxe Specific)

Luck of the Sea- 3 levels. Catch less junk when fishing, increases rare drops. (Fishing Rod Specific)

Lure- 3 levels. Fish bite quicker. (Fishing Rod Specific)

Silk Touch- 1 level. Blocks that normally change/dont drop will drop as their original form. Glass, ores, stone, etc...



Notes:


Conflicting Enchantments:
Some enchantments can’t be applied to an item along with other enchantments. Conflicting enchantments include:

Smite-Bane of Anthropos- Sharpness

Piercing- Multishot

Protection- Fire Protection- Blast Protection- Projectile Protection

Silk Touch- Fortune

Mending- Infinity

Depth Strider- Frost Walker


Commands:

You can enchant a weapon with commands in this format.

Ex. /enchant @s sharpness 5

When /giving an item, two special things can happen when enchanting; conflicting enchantments can be applied, and the max level can be overridden.

Ex. /give @s diamond_sword{Enchantments:[{id:sharpness,lvl:100},{id:smite,lvl:100]} 1



Ways to Get Enchanted Books:

Some enchantments can be found as treasure or from fishing.

Enchant a normal book in an enchanting table.

In the woodland mansion there is a secret chest with an efficiency 2 leather cap.
Some villagers will trade enchanted books.