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Minecraft Max Enchantment Levels — Full Reference Table

Every enchantment has a maximum level, and knowing them prevents wasted anvil work and pointless book combining. This is the full vanilla reference: the max level for each enchantment and whether it is a normal (table) enchantment or a treasure enchantment you must find elsewhere.

Max-level reference

  • Sharpness V · Smite V · Bane of Arthropods V
  • Protection IV · Fire Protection IV · Blast Protection IV · Projectile Protection IV
  • Efficiency V · Power V · Impaling V · Loyalty III · Riptide III
  • Unbreaking III · Fortune III · Looting III · Sweeping Edge III · Depth Strider III · Respiration III · Aqua Affinity I · Lure III
  • Feather Falling IV · Piercing IV · Multishot I · Quick Charge III · Channeling I
  • Silk Touch I · Mending I · Infinity I · Frost Walker II · Soul Speed III · Swift Sneak III · Wind Burst III

Normal vs treasure enchantments

Normal enchantments appear in the enchanting table and trade from librarians. Treasure enchantments never appear in the table and must be found (fishing, loot, bartering) or bought from librarians: Mending, Frost Walker, Soul Speed, Swift Sneak and Wind Burst. Curses (Curse of Vanishing, Curse of Binding) are also treasure and are never desirable.

Getting to max level

The table offers up to the enchantment's cap but randomly. The reliable route to a specific max-level book is a librarian (level the trade by rerolling the lectern) or combining two of the level below at an anvil. Remember the anvil's prior-work penalty: combining books in the wrong order pushes the cost toward the 39-level 'Too Expensive' limit.

FAQ

What is the highest enchantment level?
Sharpness V, Smite V, Bane of Arthropods V, Efficiency V, Power V and Impaling V are the five-level enchantments. Most others cap at III, some at IV, and a few at I or II.
Can any enchantment exceed its vanilla max?
Only with commands or creative-mode anvils. In survival, the table, librarians and anvil combinations all stop at the vanilla caps listed here.
Which enchantment has the most levels?
The level-V group — Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods, Efficiency, Power and Impaling — have the most (five).
How do I get a book above the level a librarian sells?
Librarians sell books up to the enchantment's max level. If a librarian only offers a lower tier, reroll the trade or combine two lower books at an anvil.
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