Enchantments
Enchanting tables give one enchantment per use. Add slots to hold more enchantments and use Enchantment Polish to reach higher levels.
For what these enchantments do in combat, see the weapons & armour guide.
Enchantment slots
Each different enchantment uses one slot. Curses use none. Higher enchantment levels need no extra slots. Your equipment’s tooltip shows how many slots are free.
| Material | Slots |
|---|---|
| Leather, wood and stone | 0 |
| Copper | 1 |
| Iron and chainmail | 2 |
| Diamond | 3 |
| Netherite | 4 |
| Gold | Unlimited |
Bows and crossbows follow their Fletcher upgrade tier.
| Other equipment | Slots |
|---|---|
| Shields, elytra and turtle helmets | 2 |
| Utility tools | 2 |
| Tridents | 3 |
| Maces | 4 |
| Books and keys | 1 |
Books store enchantments; keys accept Binding. Neither can gain extra slots.
Adding slots
Equipment can gain two extra slots. Craft an Enchantment Slot, charge it, then apply it at an anvil.
Craft
Charge
Each slot needs 3,456 experience points. Use bottles o’ enchanting or experience jars.
Apply
Combine one charged Enchantment Slot with your equipment at an anvil.
| Upgrade | Cost |
|---|---|
| First extra slot | 100 levels |
| Second extra slot | 200 levels |
Unstable Enchanting
Some enchantments can be combined beyond their normal level limits by merging books. When you do this, the resulting book becomes unstable. Unstable books are powerful, but they cannot be applied to equipment until they are polished.
To polish an unstable enchanted book, you need Enchantment Polish. Determine how many levels the book is over its normal maximum, and combine the unstable book with an equal amount of Enchantment Polish in an anvil. This produces a polished enchanted book that can be applied to equipment.
Obtaining Enchantment Polish
First acquire Enchantment Polish Base, then brew it together with the following materials:
- 4 stacks of bottles o' enchanting
- 1 stack of redstone dust
- 1 stack of lapis lazuli
- 16 diamonds
Brewing has a 1/9 chance to yield Enchantment Polish and an 8/9 chance to produce Botched Enchantment Polish. Only Enchantment Polish can be used for polishing books. Cleric villagers accept botched polish and will provide a partial refund.
Enchantment List
Below is a list of all enchantments, including their maximum stable and unstable levels, and whether they are enchantable in an enchantment table, and whether they can be obtained from villagers.
| Enchantment | Max. Stable | Max. Unstable | Enchantable | Tradable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aqua Affinity | 1 | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bane of Arthropods | 5 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Binding | 10 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Blast Protection | 4 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Breach | 4 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Channeling | 1 | — | ||
| Charged Binding | 1 | — | ||
| Charged Silk Touch | 1 | — | ✓ | |
| Charged Unbreaking | 1 | — | ✓ | |
| Crusher | 10 | — | ✓ | |
| Curse of Binding | 1 | — | ✓ | |
| Curse of Fragility | 1 | — | ✓ | |
| Curse of Immutability | 1 | — | ✓ | |
| Curse of Inexperience | 1 | — | ||
| Curse of Irreparability | 1 | — | ||
| Curse of Vanishing | 1 | — | ✓ | |
| Density | 5 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Depth Strider | 3 | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Efficiency | 5 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Excavator | 5 | 20 | ✓ | |
| Feather Falling | 4 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fire Aspect | 2 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fire Protection | 4 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Flame | 1 | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fortune | 5 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Frost Walker | 2 | — | ✓ | |
| Harvest | 5 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hoover | 1 | — | ✓ | |
| Impaling | 5 | — | ||
| Infinity | 1 | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Knockback | 2 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Looting | 3 | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Loyalty | 3 | — | ||
| Luck of the Sea | 3 | — | ||
| Lunge | 8 | 20 | ✓ | |
| Lure | 3 | — | ||
| Mending | 4 | 20 | ✓ | |
| Multishot | 1 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Orb Booster | 5 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Piercing | 4 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Planter | 1 | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Power | 5 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Projectile Protection | 4 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Protection | 4 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Punch | 2 | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quarry | 5 | 20 | ✓ | |
| Quick Charge | 3 | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Respiration | 3 | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Riptide | 3 | — | ||
| Sharpness | 5 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Silk Touch | 1 | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Smite | 5 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Soar | 2 | 20 | ||
| Soul Speed | 3 | — | ||
| Stone Grafting | 8 | 20 | ✓ | |
| Sweeping Edge | 3 | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Swift Sneak | 3 | — | ||
| Thorns | 3 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tree Feller | 8 | 20 | ✓ | |
| Tree Shaker | 8 | 20 | ✓ | |
| Unbreaking | 3 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Undying | 10 | 20 | ✓ | |
| Vein Miner | 5 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Warranty | 15 | 20 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Wind Burst | 3 | — |