Silk Touch - Mined blocks will drop as blocks instead of breaking into other items/blocks.Improving Minecraft’s tools and weapons is an arduous and even repetitive task.Lure - Decreases wait time until fish/junk/loot “bites” (Max enchantment level: 3).Luck of the Sea - Increases rate of fishing rare loot (enchanting books, etc.) (Max enchantment level: 3).Fortune - Increases certain item drop chances from blocks.Quick Charge - Decreases crossbow charging time.Piercing - Arrows pass through multiple entities (Max enchantment level: 4).Multishot - Shoot 3 arrows at the cost of one only one arrow can be recovered.Riptide - Trident launches player with itself when thrown.Loyalty - Trident returns after being thrown.Infinity - Shooting with projectiles does not consume arrows.Impaling - Trident deals additional damage to mobs that spawn naturally in the ocean.Functions only during thunderstorms and if the target is unobstructed by opaque blocks. Channeling - Trident channels a bolt of lightning toward a hit entity.Available only in Java Edition (Max enchantment level: 3)
Sweeping Edge - Increases sweeping attack damage.Smite - Increases damage to undead mobs.Knockback - Knocks back mobs away from you when hit.Impaling - Trident deals additional damage to mobs that spawn naturally in the ocean.Looting - Increases amount of loot earned from mobs.Efficiency - When applied to an axe it increases the chance that the axe may stun a shield, with the base chance being 25% and a 5% increase for each level of efficiency.Bane of Arthropods - Increases damage and applies Slowness IV to arthropod mobs (spiders, cave spiders, silverfish, endermites and bees).Thorns - Reflects some of the damage taken when hit, at the cost of reducing durability.Soul Speed - Increases walking speed on soul sand and soul soil.Respiration - Extends underwater breathing time.Protection - Reduces most types of damage by 4% for each level.Projectile Protection - Reduces projectile damage.Frost Walker - Changes the water source blocks beneath the player into frosted ice and prevents the damage the player would take from standing on magma blocks.Fire Protection - Reduces fire damage and burn time.Feather Falling - Reduces fall damage.Depth Strider - Increases underwater movement speed.Curse of Binding - Items cannot be removed from armor slots unless the cause is death or breaking.Blast Protection - Reduces explosion damage and knockback.Aqua Affinity - Increase the rate of underwater mining speed.Curse of Vanishing - Item destroyed upon death.Unbreaking - Increases item durability.Mending - Repairs the item when gaining XP orbs.These enchantments can be applied to any armor/tool/weapon. Here we will break down what each enchantment can be applied to and a description of the effects.
Some are only available for armor while some are restricted to tools.
Enchanting your tools can give your gear a huge boost or new abilities! Enchantments can be broken down into a few major groups based on what you are enchanting.