Enchantments

Learn about the data pack enchantments, their functions and where to obtain them.

The Barely Default enchantments are either original ideas or inspired by Minecraft Dungeons. Below you can find where to obtain the enchantments, what primary items use them, what they might be exclusive to and what their functionality is. Some vanilla enchantments have been tweaked as well.

Key:

Green = Vanilla

Yellow = Data Pack

☠️ = Curse

Vanilla Enchantment Changes

Listed below are the changes made to the vanilla enchantments.

Bane of Arthropods

This enchantment has it's primary items list expanded to more than just swords and axes.

  • Swords

  • Axes

  • Hoes

Blast Protection

This enchantment has it's primary items list expanded to more than just player armor.

  • Player Armor

  • Wolf Armor

  • Horse Armor

  • Happy Ghast Harnesses

Feather Falling

This enchantment has it's primary items list expanded to more than just boots.

  • Leather Boots

  • Chainmail Boots

  • Golden Boots

  • Iron Boots

  • Diamond Boots

  • Netherite Boots

  • Leather Horse Armor

  • Golden Horse Armor

  • Iron Horse Armor

  • Diamond Horse Armor

Fire Protection

This enchantment has it's primary items list expanded to more than just player armor.

  • Player Armor

  • Wolf Armor

  • Horse Armor

  • Happy Ghast Harnesses

Frost Walker

Much like feather falling, frost walker has it's primary item list expanded as well.

Primary Items:

  • Leather Boots

  • Chainmail Boots

  • Golden Boots

  • Iron Boots

  • Diamond Boots

  • Netherite Boots

  • Leather Horse Armor

  • Golden Horse Armor

  • Iron Horse Armor

  • Diamond Horse Armor

Impaling

This enchantment now shares the same mechanics as it does in Bedrock meaning it now deals damage to impaling sensitive mobs and mobs in water, rain, and water cauldrons. Damage increase is also nerfed from 2.5 damage to 2 damage.

Primary Items:

  • Trident

Infinity

Inspired by the functionality of the infinity enchantment in Minecraft Dungeons, we've gone ahead and given this enchantment a 50% chance to not consume your ammunition.

Primary Items:

  • Bow

  • Crossbow

Applies to spectral arrows and tipped arrows

Knockback

This enchantment has it's primary items list expanded to more than just swords.

Primary Items:

  • Swords

  • Axes

  • Hoes

  • Mace

Applies to spectral arrows and tipped arrows

Looting

This enchantment has it's primary items list expanded to more than just swords.

  • Swords

  • Axes

  • Bow

  • Crossbow

Projectile Protection

This enchantment has it's primary items list expanded to more than just player armor.

  • Player Armor

  • Wolf Armor

  • Horse Armor

  • Happy Ghast Harnesses

Protection

This enchantment has it's primary items list expanded to more than just player armor.

  • Player Armor

  • Wolf Armor

  • Horse Armor

  • Happy Ghast Harnesses

Sharpness

This enchantment has it's primary items list expanded to more than just swords and axes.

  • Swords

  • Axes

  • Hoes

Smite

This enchantment has it's primary items list expanded to more than just swords and axes.

  • Swords

  • Axes

  • Hoes

Data Pack Enchantments

Listed below are all of the enchantments added in the data pack.

Accelerate

Shooting a projectile gives it zero gravity; your projectile will fly in a straight path.

Levels: 1

Primary Items:

  • Crossbow

Exclusive Set:

  • Quick Charge

  • Infinity

  • Gravity Shot

  • Levitation Shot

  • Poison Shot

  • Radiance Shot

  • Fuse Shot

Found In:

Enchantment table, villager trades, random loot, mob spawned equipment

Beast Boss

Increased damage from your pet wolf. 1 base damage, 0.5 additional damage per level.

Levels: 5

Primary Items:

  • Wolf Armor

Found In:

Enchantment table, villager trades

Beast Surge

Increased the movement speed, movement efficiency, water movement efficiency and jump strength to your pet wolf and horse. 0.25 base movement speed, 0.125 additional movement speed per level. 1 base movement efficiency, 0.5 additional movement efficiency per level. 0.6 base water movement efficiency, 0.1 additional water movement efficiency per level. 0.2 base jump strength, 0.1 additional jump strength per level. Happy Ghasts have increased flying speed: 0.15 base flying speed, 0.10 additional flying speed per level.

Levels: 3

Primary Items:

  • Wolf Armor

  • Leather Horse Armor

  • Golden Horse Armor

  • Iron Horse Armor

  • Diamond Horse Armor

  • Happy Ghast Harnesses

Found In:

Enchantment table, villager trades

Illager's Bane

Increased damage to all #minecraft:raiders. 2.5 base damage, 2.5 additional damage per level.

Levels: 5

Primary Items:

  • Swords

  • Axes

  • Hoes

Exclusive Set:

  • Sharpness

  • Bane of Arthropods

  • Smite

  • Experience Rend

Found In:

Enchantment table, villager trades, random loot, mob spawned equipment

Burning

When the victim wearing this enchantment is attacked, the attacker is ignited. 4 second base ignition, 2 additional seconds per level.

Levels: 3

Primary Items:

  • Chestplates

Exclusive Set:

  • Thorns

  • Chilling

Found In:

Treasure

Busy Bee

20% chance to summon a bee minion when attacking a victim.

Levels: 1

Primary Items:

  • Swords

  • Axes

  • Hoes

Exclusive Set:

  • Leeching

  • Tempo Theft

  • Guarding Strike

Found In:

Treasure

Chilling

When the victim wearing this enchantment is attacked, the attacker is given the slowness effect. 2 second base effect, 3 additional seconds per level.

Levels: 3

Primary Items:

  • Chestplates

Exclusive Set:

  • Thorns

  • Burning

Found In:

Treasure

☠️ Curse of Gluttony

Any item that ends up with this curse turns into an item that can always be consumed. Cursed items provide 2 nutrition and 0.4 saturation.

Levels: 1

Primary Items:

  • Swords

  • Pickaxes

  • Axes

  • Shovels

  • Hoes

  • Mace

  • Shears

  • Flint and Steel

Found In:

Treasure, villager trades, random loot

Eggstract

When the attacker kills a mob with this enchantment, there is a 10% chance that it will drop it's spawn egg. Slimes and magma cubes however only have a 3% chance to drop their egg.

Levels: 1

Primary Items:

  • Hoes

Exclusive Set:

  • Fortune

Found In:

End city loot

Experience Rend

At the cost of player experience points, the damage inflicted by the attacker is increased. Requires a minimum of 5 experience levels to deal the extra damage. 1 base damage, 1 additional damage per level.

Levels: 5

Primary Items:

  • Swords

  • Axes

  • Hoes

Exclusive Set:

  • Sharpness

  • Bane of Arthropods

  • Smite

  • Illager's Bane

Found In:

Enchantment table, villager trades, random loot, mob spawned equipment

Exploding

Causes an explosion on impact when the user falls more than 10 blocks, explosion radius is increased the higher the fall. The attacker is not immune to the explosion. Does destroy terrain.

Levels: 1

Primary Items:

  • Mace

Exclusive Set:

  • Wind Burst

  • Thundering

Found In:

Trial chambers (rare ominous reward)

Fast Cast

Decreased the cooldown time of spells cast by staves.

Levels: 3

Primary Items:

  • Necromancer Staff

  • Drowned Staff

  • Nameless Staff

Found In:

Bastion loot, nether bridge loot, end city loot

Fire Focus

Increases the attack damage against victims that are on fire. 0.5 base damage, 0.5 additional damage per level.

Levels: 2

Primary Items:

  • Chestplates

Exclusive Set:

  • Protection

  • Projectile Protection

  • Blast Protection

  • Fire Protection

  • Magic Protection

  • Poison Focus

  • Regen Focus

Found In:

Trial chambers (rare ominous reward)

Food Reserves

Periodically consumes food automatically to replenish wearer's hunger. The hunger and saturation given is equivalent to the item consumed. Consumables that give potion effects or have functionality are not consumed.

Levels: 1

Primary Items:

  • Helmets

Exclusive Set:

  • Thorns

Found In:

Treasure

Freezing

The attacker applies slowness to the victim. 2 second base effect, 3 additional seconds per level.

Levels: 2

Primary Items:

  • Swords

Exclusive Set:

  • Fire Aspect

  • Poison Cloud

  • Weakening

  • Weaving Strike

Found In:

Enchantment table, villager trades, random loot, mob spawned equipment

Fuse Shot

Creates a small explosion that damages and knocks back entities. Does not damage terrain.

Levels: 1

Primary Items:

  • Bow

  • Crossbow

Exclusive Set:

  • Infinity

  • Flame

  • Levitation Shot

  • Poison Shot

  • Radiance Shot

  • Weaving Shot

Found In:

Trial chambers (rare ominous reward)

Gravity

When the victim is hit, they are brought closer to the attacker. Does the opposite of the knockback enchantment.

Levels: 2

Primary Items:

  • Swords

  • Axes

  • Hoes

  • Mace

Exclusive Set:

  • Knockback

  • Knockup

Found In:

Enchantment table, villager trades, random loot, mob spawned equipment

Gravity Shot

When the victim is hit, they are brought closer to the attacker. Does the opposite of the punch enchantment.

Levels: 1

Primary Items:

  • Bow

  • Crossbow

Exclusive Set:

  • Punch

Found In:

Enchantment table, villager trades, random loot, mob spawned equipment

Growing

Increases the scale, attack damage and max health of the player. 0.15 base multiplied size, 0.25 multiplied size at level 2, 0.35 multiplied size at level 3 and 0.5 multiplied size at level 4 (3 blocks tall). 0.5 base attack damage, 0.5 additional per level. 2 base health, 2 additional health per level.

Levels: 4

Primary Items:

  • Leggings

Exclusive Set:

  • Shrinking

Found In:

Treasure

Guarding Strike

20% chance to be given the resistance effect for 4 seconds after a successful attack.

Levels: 1

Primary Items:

  • Swords

  • Axes

  • Hoes

Exclusive Set:

  • Busy Bee

  • Leeching

  • Tempo Theft

Found In:

Treasure

Head Hunter

Players killed by this enchantment will drop their heads.

Levels: 1

Primary Items:

  • Tridents

Found In:

Treasure and random loot

Knockup

The attacker knocks the victim vertically into the air rather than horizontally which is seen in knockback's functionality.

Levels: 2

Primary Items:

  • Swords

  • Axes

  • Hoes

  • Mace

Exclusive Set:

  • Knockback

  • Gravity

Found In:

Enchantment table, villager trades, random loot, mob spawned equipment

Leeching

The attacker has a 20% chance to be given the regeneration effect when dealing damage to a victim.

Levels: 1

Primary Items:

  • Swords

  • Axes

  • Hoes

Exclusive Set:

  • Busy Bee

  • Tempo Theft

  • Guarding Strike

Found In:

Treasure

Levitation Shot

Has a 20% chance to summon an area effect cloud with levitation at the victim's location.

Levels: 1

Primary Items:

  • Bow

  • Crossbow

Exclusive Set:

  • Flame

  • Infinity

  • Fuse Shot

  • Poison Shot

  • Radiance Shot

  • Weaving Shot

Found In:

Trial chambers (rare ominous reward)

Lucky Explorer

Has a 1% chance to spawn an item while moving. 40% chance for the item to be a torch, 10% chance for the item to be a cookie.

Levels: 1

Primary Items:

  • Boots

Exclusive Set:

  • Mending

Found In:

Treasure

Magic Protection

Provides damage protection against magic types (Indirect magic, magic, sonic booms and wither). 2 base protection, 2 additional protection per level.

Levels: 4

Primary Items:

  • Helmets

  • Chestplates

  • Leggings

  • Boots

  • Wolf Armor

  • Horse Armor

  • Happy Ghast Harnesses

Exclusive Set:

  • Protection

  • Projectile Protection

  • Blast Protection

  • Fire Protection

  • Wisdom

Found In:

Enchantment table, villager trades, random loot, mob spawned equipment

Poison Cloud

Attacker has a 10% chance to inflict the poison effect on a victim. 2 second base effect, 3 additional seconds per level.

Levels: 2

Primary Items:

  • Swords

Exclusive Set:

  • Fire Aspect

  • Freezing

  • Weakening

  • Weaving Strike

Found In:

Enchantment table, villager trades, random loot, mob spawned equipment

Poison Focus

Increases the attack damage against victims that have the poison potion effect. 0.5 base damage, 0.5 additional damage per level.

Levels: 2

Primary Items:

  • Chestplates

Exclusive Set:

  • Protection

  • Projectile Protection

  • Blast Protection

  • Fire Protection

  • Magic Protection

  • Fire Focus

  • Regen Focus

Found In:

Trial chambers (rare ominous reward)

Poison Shot

Has a 30% chance to summon an area effect cloud with poison at the victim's location.

Levels:1

Primary Items:

  • Bow

  • Crossbow

Exclusive Set:

  • Infinity

  • Flame

  • Levitaion Shot

  • Fuse Shot

  • Radiance Shot

  • Weaving Shot

Found In:

Trial chambers (rare ominous reward)

Radiance Shot

Has a 20% chance to summon an area effect cloud with regeneration at the attacker's location.

Levels: 1

Primary Items:

  • Bow

  • Crossbow

Exclusive Set:

  • Infinity

  • Flame

  • Levitation Shot

  • Fuse Shot

  • Poison Shot

  • Weaving Shot

Found In:

Trial chambers (rare ominous reward)

Range

Increases the distance in which a spell from a staff can be cast.

Levels: 3

Primary Items:

  • Necromancer Staff

  • Drowned Staff

  • Nameless Staff

Found In:

Bastion loot, nether bridge loot, end city loot

Regen Focus

Increases the attack damage against victims that have the regeneration potion effect. 0.5 base damage, 0.5 additional damage per level.

Levels: 2

Primary Items:

  • Chestplates

Exclusive Set:

  • Protection

  • Projectile Protection

  • Blast Protection

  • Fire Protection

  • Magic Protection

  • Fire Focus

  • Poison Focus

Found In:

Trial chambers (rare ominous reward)

Rush

The wearer is given the speed effect when attacked. 1 second base duration, 1 additional second per level. 0 base effect amplifier, 1 additional effect amplifier per level

Levels: 3

Primary Items:

  • Leggings

Exclusive Set:

  • Swift Sneak

Found In:

Treasure

Shrinking

Reduces the size of the wearer, decreases attack damage and lowers max health. -0.15 base multiplied size, -0.25 multiplied size at level 2, -0.35 multiplied size at level 3 and -0.5 multiplied size at level 4 (1 blocks tall). -0.5 base attack damage, -0.5 additional per level. -2 base health, -2 additional health per level.

Levels: 4

Primary Items:

  • Leggings

Exclusive Set:

  • Growing

Found In:

Treasure

Skate

Increases movement speed when stepping on all forms of ice (ice, packed ice, blue ice, forsted ice). Takes damage when on listed blocks similarly to soul speed on soul sand and soul soil. 0.0405 base movement speed, 0.0105 additional movement speed per level.

Levels: 2

Primary Items:

  • Boots

Exclusive Set:

  • Soul Speed

  • Depth Strider

  • Swiftfooted

Found In:

Treasure, igloo chest loot, snowy village homes

Stepping

Increases block step height by 1.

Levels: 1

Primary Items:

  • Boots

Found In:

Treasure

Swiftfooted

Increases the wearer's generic movement speed. 0.025 base movement speed, 0.01 addition movement speed per level.

Levels: 3

Primary Items:

  • Boots

Exclusive Set:

  • Soul Speed

  • Depth Strider

  • Skate

Found In:

Enchantment table, villager trades, random loot, mob spawned equipment, treasure

Tempo Theft

Attacker has a 20% chance to gain the speed effect when damaging a victim.

Levels: 1

Primary Items:

  • Swords

  • Axes

  • Hoes

Exclusive Set:

  • Busy Bee

  • Leeching

  • Guarding Strike

Found In:

Treasure

Thundering

Summons a lightning bolt after the attacker falls from more than 10 blocks.

Levels: 1

Primary Items:

  • Mace

Exclusive Set:

  • Wind Burst

  • Exploding

Found In:

Trial chambers (rare ominous reward)

Weakening

Attacker has a 10% chance to inflict the weakness effect on a victim. 2 second base effect, 3 additional seconds per level.

Levels: 2

Primary Items:

  • Swords

Exclusive Set:

  • Fire Aspect

  • Freezing

  • Poison Cloud

  • Weaving Strike

Found In:

Enchantment table, villager trades, random loot, mob spawned equipment

Weaving Shot

Has a 30% chance to summon an area effect cloud with weaving at the victim's location.

Levels: 1

Primary Items:

  • Bow

  • Crossbow

Exclusive Set:

  • Flame

  • Infinity

  • Fuse Shot

  • Poison Shot

  • Radiance Shot

  • Levitation Shot

Found In:

Alpha spider death loot table

Weaving Strike

Attacker has a 20% chance to inflict the weaving effect on a victim. 2 second base effect, 3 additional seconds per level.

Levels: 2

Primary Items:

  • Swords

Exclusive Set:

  • Fire Aspect

  • Freezing

  • Weakening

  • Poison Cloud

Found In:

Alpha spider death loot table

Wisdom

When killing entities or breaking blocks that drop experience, the experience received is doubled.

Levels: 1

Primary Items:

  • Helmets

  • Chestplates

  • Leggings

  • Boots

Exclusive Set:

  • Protection

  • Projectile Protection

  • Blast Protection

  • Fire Protection

  • Magic Protection

Found In:

Woodland mansion loot, stronghold library loot

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