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Minimum number of levels and bookshelves required for Minecraft enchantments.md

Minimum number of levels and bookshelves required for Minecraft enchantments

Last updated: August 2019

I made this for my answer to a question on Arqade/Gaming Stack Exchange.

Enchantment Levels Bookshelves
Aqua Affinity I 0 0
Bane of Arthropods I 5 3
Bane of Arthropods II 14 7
Bane of Arthropods III 24 12
Bane of Arthropods IV 33 17
Bane of Arthropods V 43 22
Blast Protection I 5 3
Blast Protection II 14 7
Blast Protection III 24 12
Blast Protection IV 33 17
Channeling I 28 14
Depth Strider I 11 6
Depth Strider II 23 12
Depth Strider III 34 17
Efficiency I 0 0
Efficiency II 12 6
Efficiency III 24 12
Efficiency IV 35 18
Efficiency V 47 24
Feather Falling I 5 3
Feather Falling II 12 6
Feather Falling III 19 10
Feather Falling IV 26 13
Fire Aspect I 11 6
Fire Aspect II 34 17
Flame I 23 12
Fortune I 17 9
Fortune II 27 14
Fortune III 38 19
Frost Walker I 11 6
Frost Walker II 23 12
Impaling I 0 0
Impaling II 10 5
Impaling III 19 10
Impaling IV 28 14
Impaling V 38 19
Infinity I 23 12
Knockback I 5 3
Knockback II 28 14
Looting I 5 3
Looting II 27 14
Looting III 38 19
Loyalty I 19 10
Loyalty II 25 13
Loyalty III 31 16
Luck of the Sea I 17 9
Luck of the Sea II 27 14
Luck of the Sea III 38 19
Lure I 17 9
Lure II 27 14
Lure III 38 19
Multishot I 0 0
Piercing I 3 2
Piercing II 23 12
Piercing III 43 22
Piercing IV 63 32
Power I 0 0
Power II 12 6
Power III 24 12
Power IV 35 18
Power V 47 24
Projectile Protection I 3 2
Projectile Protection II 10 5
Projectile Protection III 17 9
Projectile Protection IV 24 12
Protection I 0 0
Protection II 13 7
Protection III 26 13
Protection IV 39 20
Punch I 13 7
Punch II 37 19
Quick Charge I 17 9
Quick Charge II 27 14
Quick Charge III 38 19
Respiration I 11 6
Respiration II 23 12
Respiration III 34 17
Riptide I 19 10
Riptide II 31 16
Riptide III 43 22
Sharpness I 0 0
Sharpness II 13 7
Sharpness III 26 13
Sharpness IV 39 20
Sharpness V 52 26
Silk Touch I 17 9
Smite I 5 3
Smite II 14 7
Smite III 24 12
Smite IV 33 17
Smite V 43 22
Sweeping Edge I 5 3
Sweeping Edge II 15 8
Sweeping Edge III 26 13
Thorns I 11 6
Thorns II 34 17
Thorns III 58 29
Unbreaking I 5 3
Unbreaking II 14 7
Unbreaking III 24 12
@Awabo0
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Awabo0 commented May 4, 2023

Oh sorry i just got confused because of a YouTube video that said if you place more bookshelves some enchantments become more common and others are more common under 15 bookshelves

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SsNiPeR1 commented May 16, 2023

what are the level and shelve requirements for mending?

@Coshezin
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Coshezin commented May 17, 2023

This makes no sense at all. In items and even books we can get those enchantments higher than 30 levels. Almost every IV enchantment are higher, and they're possible to get in the enchanting table

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SsNiPeR1 commented May 17, 2023

This makes no sense at all. In items and even books we can get those enchantments higher than 30 levels. Almost every IV enchantment are higher, and they're possible to get in the enchanting table

but you can exclude probabilities

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Ontotoro commented Jul 6, 2023 •
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Nah none of you get it. I literally created this account just to clarify. The enchanting table is capped at 30 levels, there will never be the need to have more than 30 levels to use an enchanting table. Every enchantment has a required level in order to be shown/acquired in the enchanting table as shown in the list provided by op-Here, I'm not sure with the details as this list only applies to books, but what I am sure is that not every enchantment is available with only 15 bookshelves as most people think. Every bookshelf contributes 2 levels per bookshelf to the enchanting table. You can put a bookshelf on every block that's 2 blocks away (including corners) of the enchanting table and on the block 1 level higher above it. So a total of 32 bookshelves can be put around an enchanting table. However, since the enchantment table is capped, using 32 bookshelves yields the same results as using 15 bookshelves. edit: I did some testing and overall I concluded that using 15 bookshelves gave me better and more useful enchantments than using 32. Still, enchantments like Power V and Smite V appear to be unobtainable using a book on the table.

@SpruceMarcy
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SpruceMarcy commented Jul 15, 2023

What about Fire Protection I - IV?

@RoastedLamb325
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RoastedLamb325 commented Aug 12, 2023 •
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You are aware it caps out at 30 level with 15 bookshelves. Although adding more bookshelves than 15 just makes rare enchantments more common. However, you could just get a swamp villager in the new snapshot and max him out for mending. @Ontotoro (sorry to bother)

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JawsTheAxolotl commented Aug 27, 2023

is this updated to 1.20.1?

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JawsTheAxolotl commented Aug 27, 2023

what are the level and shelve requirements for mending?

bro what you cant even get mending from enchanting

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JohnnYDeveloperAHK commented Aug 5, 2024 •
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In Minecraft version 1.20.1, you can place up to 24 bookshelves around an enchanting table. To get the highest level of enchants, which is level 30, you need at least 15 bookshelves. Even tho 15 bookshelves are good enough to access level 30 enchants, adding more bookshelves up to the maximum of 24 can increase the chance of getting rarer enchants. These high-level enchantments will still cost 3 levels of your XP bar.

It's impossible to place more than 24 bookshelves around the enchanting table, Therefore anything that shows 25 or more bookshelves needed for a certain enchant, means it's not possible to get it through enchanting.

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among-imp commented Mar 8, 2025

what are the level and shelve requirements for mending?

you cant get mending soul speed or frost walker from an enchanting table

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among-imp commented Mar 8, 2025

Nah none of you get it. I literally created this account just to clarify. The enchanting table is capped at 30 levels, there will never be the need to have more than 30 levels to use an enchanting table. Every enchantment has a required level in order to be shown/acquired in the enchanting table as shown in the list provided by op-Here, I'm not sure with the details as this list only applies to books, but what I am sure is that not every enchantment is available with only 15 bookshelves as most people think. Every bookshelf contributes 2 levels per bookshelf to the enchanting table. You can put a bookshelf on every block that's 2 blocks away (including corners) of the enchanting table and on the block 1 level higher above it. So a total of 32 bookshelves can be put around an enchanting table. However, since the enchantment table is capped, using 32 bookshelves yields the same results as using 15 bookshelves. edit: I did some testing and overall I concluded that using 15 bookshelves gave me better and more useful enchantments than using 32. Still, enchantments like Power V and Smite V appear to be unobtainable using a book on the table.

not all enchantments above lvl 30 unobtainable you just cant get lvl 5 enchantments like sharpness 5 or power 5 anything lvl 4 can be obtained other than tressure enchantments which are mending swift sneak soul speed and frost walker

@QwertyNocturnal
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QwertyNocturnal commented Jul 20, 2025

what are the level and shelve requirements for mending?

Mending is a treasure enchantment which cannot be obtained using an enchantment table and aren't generated on randomly enchanted equipment sold by villagers or worn by mobs. If a treasure enchantment is tradable, it has double the price (before capping to 64 emeralds) compared to a non-treasure enchantment of the same level.

@Inventornikolai-maker
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Inventornikolai-maker commented Jul 24, 2025

You forgot 1 enchantment. Fire protection. There's 3 new enchantments for the mace, called 'breach', 'density' and 'wind burst' .

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Inventornikolai-maker commented Jul 24, 2025

What about Fire Protection I - IV?

I was thinking the same thing. Now there's 3 new enchantments for the mace.

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