Types of Swords In Minecraft In the thrill of exploring the world created by a player, no one would like to die because of some undead mobs or get bullied by other players in a multiplayer server. That’s why to protect yourselves and to prove you are the best; Minecraft furnished us with swords, one of the most popular weapons in Minecraft. To give a sword better durability and the ability to work better players enchant it with the best enchants available. Enchantment for swords is available in all versions of Minecraft.
Enchantments of Sword
Bane of Arthropods Increases the attack on cave spiders, bees, endermite, spiders, and silverfish. The Bane of Arthropods enchantment can help kill these mobs within one hit, making it easier in battle and quicker to kill them when needed. This Minecraft enchantment goes to level five. Its Minecraft ID is 18. Bane of Arthropods increases the amount of damage death to these types of enemies. The effect adds 1.5 (
Fire Aspect Being one of the most useful enchantments in Minecraft, it sets the target immediately on fire. It can have a power level of up to II. Its flames get extinguished instantly in water, but the enchantment is still on it. Fire Aspect adds 4 seconds of burning per level to the target. Meat-bearing animals drop cooked meat when slain. Its Minecraft ID is 20.
Knockback Enchanting a sword with the Knockback enchantment will increase the knockback dealt when a mob or another player is hit with the sword. Enchanting a sword with the Knockback enchantment will increase the knockback dealt when a mob or another player is hit with the sword. This enchantment is very useful for fighting creepers as it stops them from exploding or other players while doing pvp. It can level up to II. Its Minecraft ID is 19.
Curse of Vanishing The Curse of Vanishing Enchantment lets you curse an item in the game. When an item is cursed with the enchantment, the curse items will disappear when a player dies in the game (instead of being dropped after the player dies). The maximum level of this enchantment is level 1. Its Minecraft ID is 71.
Looting This is one of the best enchantments to have on a sword. Looting is a rare enchantment that lets a player get more drops from mobs and rarer mob drops. This is especially useful for players seeking rare loot, such as Wither skeleton skulls (+1%) and Ender pearls. It can have a power level of up to III. Its Minecraft ID is 21.
Unbreaking The Unbreaking enchantment increases the durability of the item a player is holding. This can make an item last longer than intended, which is great when in battle. However, the enchantment only goes to level three. Its Minecraft ID is 34.
Sweeping Edg eA different way to attack enemies in Minecraft is with a sweep attack. This is done by sweeping downward with a sword, causing damage from above the enemy’s head rather than around the torso area. The sweeping edge enchantment increases the damage done by a sweep attack. Sweeping Edge is an enchantment for swords [JAVA Edition only]. The enchantment can only reach level III. Minecraft ID is 22.
Sharpness This Minecraft enchantment can go from level one to level V. It is one of the useful enchantments. Sharpness increases the amount of attack damage dealt to a player or mob. You cannot combine sharpness with Bane of Arthropods or Smite.
In Java Edition, Sharpness adds 1 ( In Bedrock Edition, Sharpness adds 1.25 extra damage for each level. Smite This enchantment only works on the undead mobs. A weapon with this enchantment deals more damage to undead foes. This affects a large range of opponents: zombies, zombified piglins, skeletons, strays, husks, drowned, zombie horses, skeleton horses, zombie villagers, phantoms, zoglins, wither skeletons, and withers. It has a level up to V. It’s Minecraft ID 17.
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Mending The Mending enchantment only goes to level 1, but it uses XP to mend tools, armor, and weapons, which are most useful, when in battle. It is also helpful when players are usable to mend or craft more tools. While it is one of the most expensive enchantments because it consumes XP, it is helpful, especially on a sword made of gold and diamond. It’s Minecraft ID 70.
How to enchant To enchant a not-enchanted sword we need lots of XP, an enchantment table, and lots of lapis lazuli. Total 15 bookshelves are put around with one block gap, maybe
put around the enchantment table to get higher or better levels of enchantments. Anything placed in that one block gap will block the bookshelf bonus from reaching the enchantment table. Now right click on the table, put the non-enchanted sword and the lapis lazuli in the slots provided, levels and the enchantment available are shown, click on the enchantment we need and we are ready to go.
Once the sword is enchanted we cannot enchant it more with the enchantment table.
We need anvil and enchanted books to combine them together. Enchanted books are available from villagers in exchange for emeralds.
In creative mode or LAN world we can use /enchant <playername> <enchantment> <level>.
e.g. /enchant CraftingMine looting 3
Advantage of Enchanting Sword When you’re playing Minecraft, have your sword enchanted with the best enchantments to gain advantages and benefits.
If your sword is enchantment, then it will reduce the risks of a player being damaged. You can play against big mobs if you have an enchantment sword with you. If you work on sword enchantment, then you will also get enchantment weapons. Conclusion These enchantments used in a Minecraft sword may provide the best protection making it the most powerful weapon. Finding enchantment may take a bit of time but once it’s done no one is there to stop one from being the best.
Smite or Sharpness: Which one is better? Although Sharpness is not as effective as Smite, as it does less damage, it is still the better enchantment out of the two. Smite is only useful when dealing with undead mobs.
How many enchantments can a sword have? A sword can have enchantments like sweeping edge, unbreaking, mending, looting, knockback, fire aspect, and curse of vanishing (which is useless). Along with all these enchantments we can add either smite or sharpness or bane of arthropods, because these 3 enchantments are not compatible with each other.
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