How to enchant items in minecraft

How to Enchant in Minecraft

Once you have reached the higher tiers of materials in Minecraft, you still have much more work to do before you reach the endgame levels of equipment. Enchanting is how you improve your weapons, tools, and armor to greater heights and obtain many faster-breaking speeds, weapon damage, and unique effects that can set items apart from one another. There are many different enchantments available, and not all of them are compatible with each other. This guide will show you how to enchant in Minecraft.

Contents

How to Enchant in Minecraft

Using Enchantment Table

The first step in enchanting is to make an enchantment table. This requires a book, 2 diamonds, and 4 obsidian blocks. In order to mine and gather obsidian, you will need to make a diamond pickaxe. So before you consider enchanting, you will need to obtain a total of 5 diamonds. Diamonds can be a source of frustration while playing Minecraft, due to their rarity. Just remember to dig below “Y” level 16 and remain patient. You will find the diamonds eventually.

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Once you have located your diamonds, be very careful mining them out. Dig around them to ensure there is no lava nearby that can burn through your precious diamonds. Head back to a crafting table to make a diamond pickaxe.

Now you will need to dig up some obsidian. Obsidian is formed in Minecraft when a lava source block comes into contact with water. You can easily find it without much work in deep underground caves, or you can force this interaction yourself with a bucket of lava and a water bucket.

Regardless of your method, dig up some obsidian with your diamond pickaxe. Be careful while doing this, lava will typically have more lava underneath and caves can be full of hostile mobs. Do whatever it takes to prevent yourself from burning to a crisp and losing your hard-earned diamond pickaxe.

All that remains is to get a book. Kill a few cows for a piece of leather and get 3 pieces of paper from 3 sugarcane. Cows will spawn on any grassy plains, and sugarcane will generate on a dirt or sand block adjacent to water. Odds are, at this stage of the game, you will have easy access to both these items. Craft a book by placing 3 pieces of paper and 1 leather in your crafting menu.

All that is left is to craft your enchantment table. Place an obsidian block in the middle-most slot, a row of obsidian below it, diamonds on either side of the middle obsidian block, and a book in the top middle row to craft your enchantment table.

While it would be convenient if that were all it took, you will need 15 bookshelves in order to power your enchantment table fully. To craft a bookshelf, you will need 3 books and 6 wooden planks for each bookshelf. Totaling 45 books and 90 wooden planks. You can craft them yourself, or you can consider taking some bookshelves from villages. This will only drop books, but it can save you a lot of materials.

Once you have your bookshelves made, you can arrange a spot for your enchantment table. Your enchantment table needs 15 bookshelves placed 1 block away from the enchantment table itself to unlock level 30 enchantments. There are many different configurations you can use to satisfy this condition.

In order to enchant, you will also need lapis lazuli as an additional currency for enchanting. If you have found diamonds, you have likely already found lapis lazuli underground, make sure to collect some if you intend to enchant your items. One lapis is used for level 1 enchanting, two for level 2 enchanting, and three for level 3 enchanting. Level 1 enchantments will cost 1 level, and require anywhere from level 1-10 to unlock. Level 2 enchantments will cost 2 levels and requires anywhere from levels 11-20. Level 3 enchantments will cost 3 levels and requires level 30 with a fully powered enchantment table.

The enchantment table will show you one guaranteed enchantment, there can be more, but sometimes you will only get the enchantment the table shows you. This has to do with an item’s specific enchant ability. Gold items will typically get the best enchantments, and books will have worse enchantments.

If you would like to change the enchantments you see in the enchantment table you can do so by enchanting any item. By enchanting an item with a cheap level cost enchantment, the enchantment table will offer different enchantments for your items.

Rerolling enchantments is a complete display of luck, but sometimes guaranteeing an enchantment is better than wasting 3 levels on something you do not want.

Nevertheless, you can now pick and choose which tools, weapons, or armor you want to enchant and what enchantments you would like to have on your items.

Using Anvil

Chances are you would like to optimize your enchantments and get your enchantments to the highest tiers. There are a few quirks combining enchanted items at an anvil. Any work you do to a specific item will increase the item’s cost in levels the next time you use the same item.

This pickaxe only cost 1 level to put efficiency I earlier. Placing another enchantment on this item will cost more with any additional anvil work, regardless of the level of enchantment.

However, you can also combine certain enchantments together that you cannot obtain through an enchantment table. For example, mending is never offered in an enchantment table, but you can use a mending enchanted tool with a tool of the same material to confer the bonus onto the item.

The pickaxe in the leftmost slot has fortune II and unbreaking III, the pickaxe in the middle slot provides efficiency II and mending I. Combining into the pickaxe you see above. You can even combine similar enchantments together to upgrade the enchantment itself.

In this case, the pickaxe above in the leftmost slot has fortune II and unbreaking III. The pickaxe in the middle has fortune II. Combining these two pickaxes will upgrade the fortune enchantment into fortune III. Pay attention to the level costs of your anvil enchanting. Sometimes swapping the order will cost more or less.

While it is difficult to showcase through screenshots, the first arrangement of pickaxes costs 4 levels, while swapping the order costs 10 levels. Remember to check both options to ensure you are not paying more than you have to.

Finally, be sure that you are aware of the conflicting enchantments. In the screenshot below, the leftmost pickaxe has the fortune enchantment, while the pickaxe in the middle has a silk touch. The final result of this arrangement is that the silk touch enchantment gets overridden. If you swap the order, the anvil will not allow the combination in the first place.

There are a lot of quirks to remember with enchanting items. Pay attention to the little things to save yourself a lot of time.

Enchanting through Commands

Try to be aware of what items you are holding. You cannot enchant tools with armor enchantments for example. Obviously, you can change the enchantment you are looking for with the correct syntax.

That is every way to enchant items in Minecraft.

Minecraft Enchantment List (Java Edition)

In Minecraft, you can enchant items such as armor, weapons, and tools. Each enchantment has a name and ID value assigned to it. You can use these enchantment values in the /enchant command.

Here is an interactive list of all enchantments for Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) that can be searched.

TIP: If you are not running Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac), try one of our other versions:

(Enter a value in the field above to find enchantments in the table below)

Enchantment (Minecraft ID Name)	Max Level	Description	Minecraft ID	Items	Version
Aqua Affinity (aqua_ affinity)	I	Speeds up how fast you can mine blocks underwater	6
Bane of Arthropods (bane_ of_ arthropods)	V	Increases attack damage against arthropods	18
Blast Protection (blast_ protection)	IV	Reduces blast and explosion damage	3
Channeling (channeling)	I	Summons a lightning bolt at a targeted mob when enchanted item is thrown (targeted mob must be standing in raining)	68		1.13
Curse of Binding (binding_ curse)	I	Cursed item can not be removed from player	10		1.11
Curse of Vanishing (vanishing_ curse)	I	Cursed item will disappear after player dies	71		1.11
Depth Strider (depth_ strider)	III	Speeds up how fast you can move underwater	8		1.8
Efficiency (efficiency)	V	Increases how fast you can mine	32
Feather Falling (feather_ falling)	IV	Reduces fall and teleportation damage	2
Fire Aspect (fire_ aspect)	II	Sets target on fire	20
Fire Protection (fire_ protection)	IV	Reduces damage caused by fire and lava	1
Flame (flame)	I	Turns arrows into flaming arrows	50		1.1
Fortune (fortune)	III	Increases block drops from mining	35
Frost Walker (frost_ walker)	II	Freezes water into ice so that you can walk on it (and also allows you to walk on magma blocks without taking damage)	9		1.9
Impaling (impaling)	V	Increases attack damage against sea creatures	66		1.13
Infinity (infinity)	I	Shoots an infinite amount of arrows	51		1.11.1
Knockback (knockback)	II	Increases knockback dealt (enemies repel backwards)	19
Looting (looting)	III	Increases amount of loot dropped when mob is killed	21
Loyalty (loyalty)	III	Returns your weapon when it is thrown like a spear	65		1.13
Luck of the Sea (luck_ of_ the_ sea)	III	Increases chances of catching valuable items	61		1.7.2
Lure (lure)	III	Increases the rate of fish biting your hook	62		1.7.2
Mending (mending)	I	Uses xp to mend your tools, weapons and armor	70		1.9
Multishot (multishot)	I	Shoots 3 arrows at once but only costs 1 arrow (from your inventory)		1.14
Piercing (piercing)	IV	Arrow can pierce through multiple entities		1.14
Power (power)	V	Increases damage dealt by bow	48		1.1
Projectile Protection (projectile_ protection)	IV	Reduces projectile damage (arrows, fireballs, fire charges)	4
Protection (protection)	IV	General protection against attacks, fire, lava, and falling	0
Punch (punch)	II	Increases knockback dealt (enemies repel backwards)	49		1.1
Quick Charge (quick_ charge)	III	Reduces the amount of time to reload a crossbow		1.14
Respiration (respiration)	III	Extends underwater breathing (see better underwater)	5
Riptide (riptide)	III	Propels the player forward when enchanted item is thrown while in water or rain	67		1.13
Sharpness (sharpness)	V	Increases attack damage dealt to mobs	16
Silk Touch (silk_ touch)	I	Mines blocks themselves (fragile items)	33
Smite (smite)	V	Increases attack damage against undead mobs	17
Soul Speed (soul_ speed)	III	Speeds up how fast you can move across soul sand and soul soil		1.16
Sweeping Edge (sweeping)	III	Increases damage of sweep attack	22		1.11.1
Swift Sneak (swift_ sneak)	III	Increases movement speed while sneaking		1.19
Thorns (thorns)	III	Causes damage to attackers	7		1.4.6
Unbreaking (unbreaking)	III	Increases durability of item, in effect, by decreasing the chance of the tool, weapon, or armor taking durability damage when used	34

Definitions

Example of how to use an Enchantment

You can enchant the armor, weapons, and tools that you are holding by using the /enchant command.

For example, you can use the /enchant command to enchant the item that the player called DigMinecraft is holding with Blast Protection IV.

In this example, blast_protection is the name of the enchantment and 4 is the level of the enchantment to add. The command would result in the item held by DigMinecraft to be enchanted with Blast Protection IV. This enchantment would reduce explosion damage for an armor item.

Other Enchantment Lists

Here are some other enchantment lists in Minecraft:

How to Use the Enchant Command in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to use the /enchant command with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

You can enchant an item held by a player whenever you want using the /enchant command in Minecraft. Let’s explore how to use this cheat (game command).

Supported Platforms

The /enchant command is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes (1.4.4)
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes (0.16.0)
Xbox 360	No
Xbox One	Yes (1.2)
PS3	No
PS4	Yes (1.14.0)
Wii U	No
Nintendo Switch	Yes (1.5.0)
Windows 10 Edition	Yes (0.16.0)
Education Edition	Yes

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Requirements

To run game commands in Minecraft, you have to turn cheats on in your world.

Enchant Command

Enchant Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17 and 1.18, the syntax to enchant the item that a player’s holding is:

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12, the syntax to enchant the item that a player’s holding is:

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Enchant Command in Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE)

In Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE), the syntax to enchant the item that a player’s holding is:

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Enchant Command in Minecraft Xbox One Edition

In Minecraft Xbox One Edition, the syntax to enchant the item that a player’s holding is:

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Enchant Command in Minecraft PS4 Edition

In Minecraft PS4 Edition, the syntax to enchant the item that a player’s holding is:

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Enchant Command in Minecraft Nintendo Switch Edition

In Minecraft Nintendo Switch Edition, the syntax to enchant the item that a player’s holding is:

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Enchant Command in Minecraft Windows 10 Edition

In Minecraft Windows 10 Edition, the syntax to enchant the item that a player’s holding is:

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Enchant Command in Minecraft Education Edition

In Minecraft Education Edition, the syntax to enchant the item that a player’s holding is:

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Examples

Example in Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17 and 1.18

To enchant the item held by DigMinecraft with Knockback II:

To enchant the item held by the nearest player with Blast Protection IV:

To enchant the item held by a random player with Sharpness V:

To enchant the item held by all players with Silk Touch I:

Example in Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.11 and 1.12

To enchant the item held by DigMinecraft with Knockback II:

Example in Pocket Edition (PE)

To enchant the item held by DigMinecraft with Protection IV:

To enchant the item held by the nearest player with Fire Protection IV:

To enchant the item held by a random player with Unbreaking III:

To enchant the item held by all players with Efficiency V:

Example in Xbox One Edition

To enchant the item held by DigMinecraft with Luck of the Sea III:

To enchant the item held by the nearest player with Respiration II:

Example in PS4 Edition

To enchant the item held by DigMinecraft with Flame I:

To enchant the item held by the nearest player with Knockback II:

To enchant the item held by a random player with Looting III:

To enchant the item held by all players with Quick Charge III:

Example in Nintendo Switch Edition

To enchant the item held by DigMinecraft with Bane of Arthropods IV:

To enchant the item held by the nearest player with Frost Walker II:

Example in Windows 10 Edition

To enchant the item held by DigMinecraft with Projectile Protection IV:

To enchant the item held by the nearest player with Bane of Arthropods IV:

To enchant the item held by a random player with Power V:

To enchant the item held by all players with Infinity I:

Example in Education Edition

To enchant the item held by DigMinecraft with Aqua Affinity I:

To enchant the item held by the nearest player with Fortune III:

To enchant the item held by a random player with Knockback II:

To enchant the item held by all players with Fire Aspect II:

How to Enter the Command

1. Open the Chat Window

The easiest way to run a command in Minecraft is within the chat window. The game control to open the chat window depends on the version of Minecraft:

2. Type the Command

First, it’s important to note that when you use the /enchant command you can enchant the item that a player is holding. This is the item that is currently selected in the hot bar for that player.

In this example, we are going to enchant the item that the player called DigMinecraft is holding with Knockback II:

Type the command in the chat window. As you are typing, you will see the command appear in the lower left corner of the game window. Press the Enter key to run the command.

This /enchant command uses a Name value of knockback and a Level value of 2.

Once the cheat has been entered, the item that is selected in DigMinecraft’s hot bar will glow purple because it has been enchanted.

You will see the message » Enchanting succeeded » appear in the lower left corner of the game window.

You have now enchanted the diamond sword held by DigMinecraft with Knockback II.

Congratulations, you have learned how to use the /enchant command in Minecraft.

Enchantment Lists

Find the enchantment ID or name to use in the /enchant command from one of the lists below:

The (Pretty Much) Complete Guide to Minecraft Enchanting

I find myself utterly frustrated when I come across a guide that provides good information, but lacks some important details. If you’ve been looking for a, well, more or less complete guide to Minecraft Enchanting, look no further, because the wait is over.

Please Note that I wrote this with my knowledge prior to the 1.10 and 1.9 updates, as I recently got back into the game and struggled to learn about some of the new mechanics. If anything below is incorrect, feel free to correct me in the comments section below.

0: Table of Contents:
1: How To Enchant.
2: The Enchantments, and What They Do.
3: Using Commands to Get Unnatural Enchants.
4: IDs and Bukkit Data Values
5: Conclusion

1: How To Enchant.

Enchanting is easy and is extremely beneficial. It ultimately levels the playing field. Below, I will explain the different ways to enchant your items.

By Enchantment Table:
The best way to enchant your gear is through the use of an Enchantment Table. With a shaped crafting recipe, place a book in the top middle slot, obsidian in the direct middle, obsidian in the bottom middle, obsidian in the bottom left, obsidian in the bottom right, and a diamond in the left middle and in the right middle.

The recipe should look like this in your Crafting Table!

With an enchantment table, you will need bookshelves, experience levels, and lapis lazuli. To lace your items with the best enchantments, you will want to use the thirty level option. This can be achieved by surrounding your enchantment table with at least 15 bookshelves, collecting thirty levels, and three pieces of lapis lazuli.

Make sure your bookshelves are not touching the enchantment table as they will have no effect, your bookshelves must be at least one block away.

When you have collected all the necessary items, put your item in the left hand slot, and your lapis next to it. Enchanting an item will consume the lapis and take away the levels equivalent to how many lapis items you used.

The Way it Works:
You must have enough levels to initiate the enchantment process, and that is indicated through the number all the way to the right of the GUI below the glyphs. The number all the way to the left, next to the depiction of the sparkling XP orb is how much experience will be consumed when the enchantment is finished, as well as how much lapis you need.

By doing a third tier enchant and using thirty levels, it is possible to get up to four maxed out enchants, or just one. The Table tells you even before enchanting the item one enchant you will receive, and it’s highly probable that you will get more.

Enchanting is also possible and recommended through the use of an anvil. The anvil allows you to combine items of the same type and material to merge their durability and enchantments, as well as combine enchanted books, add books to items, and name your items.

Every action in an anvil takes XP Levels.

Anvils are the only way you can apply some enchantments to your gear. An example of this is Mending, which is only possible to get by trading with a librarian that holds the book. I will further explain this in another Guide.

An anvil is the only way Thorns III can be acquired, as you need to combine two Thorns II books. It is not a natural enchantment. This also must be done to acquire level five enchantments, by combining to lesser books of the same enchant and then applying the book to an item through the anvil.

2: The Enchantments, and What They Do.

Protection: Shields the players from all forms of environmental damage. It is not as effective against single sources of damage such as the other forms of protection, and it is exclusive to armor. It’s the only protection enchant that can be on your armor at once if you choose for it. However, protection cannot defend the player against hunger or the void.
Max Level: Four (IV).

Fire Protection: As the name states, it defends the wearer from all forms of fire damage, and allows the fire to burn for a shorter duration. It does not protect against other sources of damage like protection does, but offers an increased protection to fire and fire mobs. Armor Exclusive, you can only have one protection on your armor at a time.
Max Level: Four (IV).

Blast Protection: Like the above, it’s all in the name. Blast protection nullifies the effects of creeper explosions, ghast fireballs, TNT, and other things that make you go BOOM. This being said, it protects from damage and explosion knock back. Like the other forms of protection, it is armor exclusive and can not be on the armor with the other enchantments.
Max Level: Four (IV).

Projectile Protection: Projectile Protection tends to be the weak link when compared to the other protections. Since it only defends the player against projectiles, such as arrows and shot fire charges, it’s uses are limited but not useless. Again, it is armor exclusive and can be the only protection on the armor.
Max Level: Four (IV).

Thorns: Damages all melee and ranged mobs that attack the player, including other players, and deals more damage based on the level. Thorns also decreases armor durability at a faster than normal rate, so it’s good to have thorns with it.
Max Level: Three (III).

Respiration: Respiration increases your breath when submerged in water per level, as well as decreases time between suffocation. It even gives improved vision. In other words, it allows you to become semi aquatic.
Max Level: Three (III).

Aqua Affinity: This enchant affects your digging speed when under water. Keep in mind you can break blocks faster in water while standing on a solid block, rather than swimming.
Max Level: One (I).

Feather Falling: Decreases fall damage taken, from heights or ender pearls. Allows for arguably more graceful landings.
Max Level: Four (IV).

Depth Strider: With depth strider, you can move in the water faster. At its max natural level, you can move nearly as fast in the water as you can on land. Depth strider is exclusive to Frost Walker, but both will function if applied to a pair of boots with commands.
Max Level: Three (III).

Frost Walker: Freezes any still water stood on by the wearer, and turns the water into frosted ice. Yes, Minecraft added an enchantment to bring that old «Jesus» hack to life.
Max Level: Two (II).

Sword:
(Note: Most sword enchantments can be put on axes through the use of an anvil).

Sharpness: Increases dealt damage to any mob hit, the go to enchantment on most PVP servers. Sharpness is exclusive to Smite and Bane of Arthropods, as it can be the only damage modifier on a melee weapon.
Max Level: Five (V).

Smite: In relation to Sharpness, Smite adds even more damage per hit, but only affects undead mobs. These include zombies, skeletons, and the wither.
Max Level: Five (V).

Bane of Arthropods: Like the above, it increases dealt damage, but only to Arthropods. Or for those of us who are clueless of that word, bugs. Scorn those Entomologists!
Max Level: Five (V).

Knockback: Pushes foes backward further with each hit. With unnatural enchants, enchants above the Vanilla Minecraft cap, this enchant can practically make mobs vanish with a single hit.
Max Level: Two (II).

Fire Aspect: Adds fire to any mob hit, and as a bonus, it cooks any meat dropped if the animal was still on fire on death. It’s important to note that the fire effects are weaker on nether mobs.
Max Level: Two (II).

Looting: Increases the amount of drops a mob leaves behind, and chances of rare items. A good example is a mob’s weapon, armor, or carrots, potatoes, and iron from zombies.
Max Level: Three (III).

Power: Increases arrow damage, and unlike swords, this is the only damage modifying enchant for the bow. It is definitely crucial to having a good, and effective bow.
Max Level: Five (V).

Punch: This enchant is equivalent in effect to the sword’s knockback enchant. It throws adversaries backwards with each shot. This enchant is ideal for bow spammers, as even pulling back on the draw string a little bit can send a mob flying back.
Max Level: Two (II).

Flame: This enchant is equivalent to the sword’s fire aspect. It sets mobs aflame, and deals extra damage to them. Like the sword, if an animal is shot with a flame bow and is killed on the arrow’s impact, the animal will dropped cooked meat.
Max Level: One (I).

Infinity: Arguably the most important enchantment of a bow, infinity can duplicate arrows out of one. You only need to have one arrow in your inventory and it will never be consumed. You will not, however, be able to pickup shot arrows like a normal bow, because all the arrows shot are duplicated of the one in your inventory.
Max Level: One (I).

Tools:
Pick, Shovel, Axe:

Efficiency: Increases mining and digging speed of all blocks by its supported tool. Can be put on sheers as well as the tools above.
Max Level: Five (V).

Silk Touch: Allows blocks to be obtained in their pure form. This includes ores, grass blocks, glass, and ice. Silk Touch is exclusive to Fortune, you can not naturally get both enchants on a pickaxe at the same time.
Max Level: One (I).

Fortune: Like Looting, it yields more with each block break. From a vain of eight diamonds, you could acquire double the amount or more.
Max Level: Three (III).

Lure: Like the name states, this enchant decreases the wait time between catches by luring more fish to your line. At Level eight, an unnatural enchantment in Minecraft and can only be received through the use of commands, can catch a fish almost instantly upon casting. Anything past ten will not function properly.
Max Level: Three (III).

Luck of the Sea: Decreases the amount of junk on your line and allows for a higher chance to get treasure items. Some of these items are dungeon gear like saddles, while other treasures can be enchanted tools and weapons. Junk can include bad stuff like TNT though, so be weary while fishing!
Max Level: Three (III).

All Tools, Weapons, and Armor:

Unbreaking: Increases the item’s durability points, and can be placed on almost all tools, including the Elytra.
Max Level: Three (III).

Mending: Using XP orbs, items with the Mending enchant gain back three durability, and it is split between items for each orb gained. Like Unbreaking, can be used on almost any tool including Shields and the Elytra.
Max Level: One (I).

3: Using Commands to Get Unnatural Enchants.

By using a Command Block, given to a player in-game by typing /give (Player Name) 137 1, you can enchant items with unnatural enchants.

This string of commands being put into the Command Block will allow you to enchant your tool or weapon with virtually any combination, and make the enchantment levels as high as you would like.
Here is a basic command to get an enchanted item:
give @p minecraft:Item 1 0 ]>

Here is an example of a player using the command I specified above in a command block.

The weapon stated above would have the name «OP Sword,» the lore «Lay waste to your foes,» and the enchants Sharpness 10000, Smite 10000, Bane of Arth. 10000, Knockback 10000, Fire Aspect 10000, Looting 10000, and even Fortune 10000. If you were to kill any single mob, or any piece of grass with this sword, the drops would create so much lag your game would most likely crash. It crashed my server one time when I was fooling around and hit a piece of grass, and I learned my lesson then!

There are plugins that allow you to do the same thing on a server with a simple command, and I use it on my own server!

4: IDs and Bukkit Data Values:

Each enchant has an ID, and Bukkit configuration files handle the enchants differently. In order to make over powered weapons through command blocks, you need to know the Items IDs, and if you are ever trying to configure a plugin of some sorts on your server, knowing the Bukkit data values could be helpful.

Here is a Chart of the Minecraft Enchantment Data Values from the Minecraft Wiki:

For Bukkit, the enchantment IDs are no different, but the Data Values are:

Protection; PROTECTION_ENVIRONMENTAL
Fire Protection; PROTECTION_FIRE
Blast Protection; PROTECTION_EXPLOSIONS
Projectile Protection;
Feather Falling; FALL_PROTECTION
Respiration; OXYGEN
Aqua Affinity; WATER_WORKER
Thorns; THORNS
Depth Strider; DEPTH_STRIDER
Frost Walker; (FROST_WALKER?)
Sharpness; DAMAGE_ALL
Smite; DAMAGE_UNDEAD
Bane of Arthropods; DAMAGE_ARTHROPODS
Knockback; KNOCKBACK
Fire Aspect; FIRE_ASPECT
Looting; LOOT_BONUS_MOBS
Efficiency; DIG_SPEED
Silk Touch; SILK_TOUCH
Unbreaking; DURABILITY
Fortune; LOOT_BONUS_BLOCKS
Power; ARROW_DAMAGE
Punch; ARROW_KNOCKBACK
Flame; ARROW_FIRE
Infinity; ARROW_INFINITE
Luck of the Sea; LUCK
Lure; LURE
Mending; (MENDING?)

Remember, don’t get the Bukkit Enchantment Data Values, the above, mixed up with the Minecraft ones!

5: Conclusion
There is probably much more I could cover, and I will continue to learn more until I can cover the detail I have neglected. Thank you for choosing my Guide to read over the many on PMC. If you appreciated the work I put into this, or learned something new, leave a diamond, or a comment down below!

How to Enchant Items in Minecraft

Enchanting is the way to make magic armor, weapons or tools.

To enchant an item, you need to gain experience levels. The more levels you have, the stronger the enchantments you can do, but you won’t know exactly what you’re getting until after it’s done!

Enchantable Items

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

Enchantments

There are many types of enchantments: see the full list here.

How to Enchant Items

Get some experience points

Enchanting works by trading in experience levels (the green number above your toolbar) for enchantments. You get experience points (XP) in several ways, the main ones being killing mobs and from cooking or smelting things in furnaces.

Build an enchantment table

You will need obsidian, two diamonds and a book (made from paper, which is made from sugar cane, and leather, for which you will have to kill a cow or some rabbits).

Enchant your item

Right-click on the enchantment table to bring up the enchanting interface.

Place the item you wish into the slot, and three potential enchantments will be offered.

The number in green on the right is how many levels you need to have to be able to do the enchantment. However, doing the enchantment will not cost you all of those levels.

The top enchantment will cost you 1 level and 1 piece of Lapis Lazuli; the middle one will cost you 2 of each and you will need 3 levels and 3 pieces of Lapis lazuli for the bottom enchantment.

In this example, the middle enchantment says 13. I would need to have more than 13 levels to do this enchantment, but it would only actually cost me 2 levels (leaving me with 11 levels after I did the enchantment).

Place 1, 2, or 3 pieces of Lapis Lazuli in the slot and the enchantments you have enough levels to perform will light up. Choose your enchantment and click!

The mysterious characters can be decoded, but they are not helpful. If you mouse over the enchantments, you can see one of the enchantments you will get on your item. There may or may not be additional enchantments, but you will only find out after you perform the enchantment.

Generally, the more levels you need to do the enchantment, the better the enchantments you will get, and the more of them there will be.

If you don’t want any of the enchantments offered (perhaps you wanted to spend a particular number of levels), you will need to enchant a different type of item, or maybe a book, and then you will get a different set of 3 choices next time.

Higher Level Enchantments

A basic Enchantment Table will only allow enchantments up to 8 levels. 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).

Bookshelf placement

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.

Enchanted Books

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.

Why would you want to do this?

Combining Enchantments

Once an item is enchanted, it can’t be further enchanted using an Enchanting Table.

However, you can combine two enchanted items, or add a second enchantment from an enchanted book, using an Anvil.

Repairing Enchanted Items

You can repair enchanted items with an Anvil.