ENCHANTMENT / TOOLSMAX V
Efficiency
Speeds up appropriate block-breaking actions.
When to use
Useful for a dedicated pickaxe, shovel or axe used frequently.
Tool effectiveness and harvest requirements still matter.
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Speeds up appropriate block-breaking actions.
Useful for a dedicated pickaxe, shovel or axe used frequently.
Tool effectiveness and harvest requirements still matter.
Can increase certain block or resource drops.
Consider it for a resource-gathering pickaxe.
Fortune and Silk Touch cannot normally be combined on the same item.
Lets suitable blocks drop themselves rather than their normal drops.
Carry a separate tool for collecting blocks intact.
Mutually exclusive with Fortune in ordinary play.
Reduces durability consumption over time.
Helpful on frequently used equipment.
Durability behavior can vary with the item.
Repairs eligible equipment using collected experience.
Useful for gear you intend to keep.
Usually incompatible with Infinity on a bow.
Reduces many common forms of incoming damage.
A general-purpose armor enchantment.
Other protection types can compete for the same armor slot.
Reduces fall damage when on boots.
Consider it before extended exploration or building at height.
Helps extend underwater breathing time.
For helmets used in underwater exploration.
Improves underwater mining performance.
A utility helmet enchantment for submerged builds.
Improves movement speed in water.
Suited to boots for water-heavy exploration.
Normally incompatible with Frost Walker.
Increases melee attack damage.
A common broad-purpose melee choice.
Check compatibility with Smite or Bane of Arthropods.
Increases damage against undead enemies.
Specialist melee gear for encounters with undead mobs.
Conflicts with Sharpness on the same item under normal rules.
Can increase certain drops from defeated mobs.
Use on a sword kept for resource collection.
Sets suitable melee targets on fire.
Consider its interactions with the surrounding environment.
Raises bow arrow damage.
A straightforward choice for a damage-focused bow.
Allows a bow to fire normal arrows without consuming each one when requirements are met.
Useful on bows when arrow supply is limited.
Typically conflicts with Mending.
Ignites appropriate targets with fired arrows.
A specialized bow enhancement.
Increases arrow knockback.
Creates space between you and approaching enemies.
Reduces waiting time for bites in appropriate fishing conditions.
Useful for frequent fishing sessions.
Affects the distribution of catches while fishing.
Pair with a rod used for longer fishing sessions.
Causes a thrown trident to return to its user.
Useful for repeated thrown-trident combat.
Riptide is usually incompatible with Loyalty.
Propels the player under required water/rain conditions.
Mobility for players who understand its environment requirements.
Normally incompatible with Loyalty and Channeling.
Increases trident damage against eligible targets.
Target eligibility differs by game edition.