Enchantments in Minecraft

Increases the damage dealt by a sword or axe. A universal offensive enchantment that works on every target.

Extra damage against the undead: zombies, skeletons, phantoms, withers and drowned.

Extra damage against spiders, cave spiders, bees, silverfish and endermites.

Sets the target you hit on fire, dealing extra fire damage and cooking the meat from animals you kill.

Increases the amount and the chance of drops from the mobs you kill. Essential for resource farms.

Knocks the enemy you hit back a greater distance. Handy for keeping your distance from hostile mobs.

Increases the damage of wide sword swings. Java Edition only.

Increases smash attack damage by 0.5 per block fallen and per enchantment level. The foundation of a mace build.

Reduces the effectiveness of the target's armor by 15% per level. A pick for PvP, where your opponent wears full netherite.

After a successful smash attack, launches you upward so you can chain more hits. A treasure enchantment from Trial Chambers.

Reduces all types of damage. A universal defensive enchantment that you can put on any armor piece.

Reduces damage from fire and lava, and shortens the time you burn.

Reduces damage from projectiles: arrows, ghast fireballs and blaze fireballs.

Reduces damage from creeper, TNT and ghast fireball explosions. Also reduces knockback.

Reduces fall damage. A key boots enchantment that protects you when exploring mountain biomes and the End.

Deals damage to enemies that attack you. Wears down your armor's durability faster than normal.

Extends how long you can breathe underwater. Each level adds 15 seconds, up to 60 seconds in total.

Lets you mine blocks underwater at normal speed. Without this enchantment, mining underwater is 5x slower.

Freezes the water under your feet, creating temporary ice. Can't be combined with Depth Strider.

Increases your movement speed underwater. Level III gives you normal walking speed.

Increases your walking speed on soul sand and soul soil in the Nether. You can get it by bartering with piglins.

Increases your sneaking speed. Obtained only from Ancient Cities in the Deep Dark.

Increases mining speed. Level V lets you break most blocks almost instantly.

Increases the drops from the blocks you mine: diamonds, emeralds, coal, lapis and other ores.

Lets you collect blocks in their original form: glass, grass blocks and ores as ore blocks.

Increases the damage of arrows fired from a bow. The equivalent of Sharpness for ranged weapons.

Increases arrow knockback. Useful for pushing enemies off cliffs and bridges. Not to be confused with Knockback on a sword or Wind Burst on a mace.

Arrows set the target on fire for 5 seconds, dealing extra fire damage.

Lets you shoot without using up arrows (you need 1 arrow in your inventory). Doesn't combine with Mending.

Strikes the target with lightning when you hit it during a thunderstorm. Only works under open sky.

Reduces the chance of losing durability. Level III extends an item's lifespan up to four times.

Uses the XP you collect to repair the item. The most valuable enchantment in the game, it makes items last forever.

The item disappears when you die instead of dropping on the ground. A negative enchantment that can't be removed.

Once equipped, you can't take the item off until you die or it breaks. A negative enchantment.