Minecraft is a game that offers endless possibilities for creativity and exploration. One of the ways you can customize your gameplay is by enchanting your items with various effects. Enchantments can make your items more powerful, durable, or useful in different situations.
One of the most important items you can enchant in Minecraft is your sword. A sword is your primary weapon for combat and defense against hostile mobs and other players. Having a well-enchanted sword can give you an edge in survival mode, adventure mode, or multiplayer servers.
Best Sword Enchantments in Minecraft
But what are the best sword enchantments in Minecraft? How do they work and how can you get them? In this article, we will answer these questions and more. We will list and describe 10 of the best sword enchantments in Minecraft, based on their effects, levels, compatibility, and availability.
Let’s get started!
Mending
Mending is the best enchantment out there that repairs your sword with experience points. Every time you gain experience orbs from killing mobs, mining ores, or other activities, your sword will automatically use them to restore its durability. This means you can use your sword indefinitely without worrying about it breaking.
Mending is a treasure enchantment that cannot be obtained from an enchanting table. You can only find it on enchanted books or items in dungeon chests, fishing loot, raids loot, or trading with villagers.
Mending has only one level and it is compatible with all other sword enchantments except Curse of Vanishing.
Unbreaking III
Unbreaking III is a must-have enchantment that increases the durability of your sword by reducing the chance of losing durability points when using it. Each level of Unbreaking adds a 25% chance of not reducing durability on each hit. At level III, this means your sword will last four times longer than normal.
Unbreaking III can be obtained from an enchanting table or an anvil using enchanted books or items. It has three levels and it is compatible with all other sword enchantments except Curse of Vanishing.
Sharpness V
Sharpness V is a jack-of-all-trades enchantment that increases the outgoing damage of your sword by 3 attack damage against any type of mobs. This means you can kill most enemies faster and easier with fewer hits.
Sharpness V can be obtained from an enchanting table or an anvil using enchanted books or items. It has five levels and it is compatible with all other sword enchantments except Smite, Bane of Arthropods, and Curse of Vanishing.
Sweeping Edge III
Sweeping Edge III is a great enchantment for sweep attacks that increases the damage dealt to multiple enemies by up to 75%. When you attack with a sword while standing still or walking slowly (not sprinting), you will perform a sweep attack that hits all enemies within a cone-shaped area in front of you. The higher the level of Sweeping Edge, the more damage each enemy will receive from the sweep attack.
Sweeping Edge III can be obtained from an enchanting table or an anvil using enchanted books or items. It has three levels and it is compatible with all other sword enchantments except Curse of Vanishing.
Fire Aspect II
Fire Aspect II is a simple and powerful enchantment that sets enemies on fire for 4 seconds per level when hit with your sword. This means they will take additional fire damage over time as well as being unable to heal naturally while burning.
Fire Aspect II can be obtained from an enchanting table or an anvil using enchanted books or items.
Looting III
Looting III is a useful enchantment that increases the loot dropped by enemies killed with your sword by 1 per level on average. This means you can get more items, experience, and rare drops from mobs such as ender pearls, wither skulls, or music discs.
Looting III can be obtained from an enchanting table or an anvil using enchanted books or items. It has three levels and it is compatible with all other sword enchantments except Curse of Vanishing.
Smite V
Smite V is a specialized enchantment that increases the outgoing damage of your sword by 2.5 attack damage per level against undead mobs such as zombies, skeletons, withers, phantoms, and drowned. This means you can deal massive damage to these common enemies and kill them faster.
Smite V can be obtained from an enchanting table or an anvil using enchanted books or items. It has five levels and it is compatible with all other sword enchantments except Sharpness, Bane of Arthropods, and Curse of Vanishing.
Bane of Arthropods V
Bane of Arthropods V is another specialized enchantment that increases the outgoing damage of your sword by 2.5 attack damage per level against arthropod mobs such as spiders, cave spiders, silverfish, and endermites. It also applies a slowness effect to these enemies for 1 second per level.
Bane of Arthropods V can be obtained from an enchanting table or an anvil using enchanted books or items. It has five levels and it is compatible with all other sword enchantments except Sharpness, Smite, and Curse of Vanishing.
Knockback II
Knockback II is a defensive enchantment that pushes enemies back by several blocks when hit with your sword. This can help you create some distance between you and your foes or knock them off cliffs or into lava.
Knockback II can be obtained from an enchanting table or an anvil using enchanted books or items.
Curse of Vanishing I
Curse of Vanishing I is a cursed enchantment that causes your sword to disappear when you die in the game. This means you will lose your precious weapon forever if you are not careful.
Curse of Vanishing I can be obtained from chest loot, fishing, raid drops, or trading with a librarian. It has only one level and it is incompatible with all other sword enchantments.
Conclusion
These are some of the best sword enchantments in Minecraft that can make your weapon more powerful, durable, and versatile. However, not all enchantments can be combined together, so you have to choose wisely depending on your preferences and playstyle.
Remember that enchanting your sword requires experience levels and lapis lazuli, so make sure you have enough resources before attempting to do so. You can also use an anvil to combine two enchanted swords or books together for more options.
We hope this article helped you learn more about the best sword enchantments in Minecraft and how to get them. Happy crafting!
