Minimum number of levels and bookshelves required for Minecraft enchantments

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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

This might be what I'm looking for, but why are some of the bookshelf numbers over 15 and some of the level numbers over 30? Do these mean you need 30 levels and 15 bookshelves to even have a chance to get that enchantment? If that's the case, it seems kinda weird to call this the "Minimum required" list

@rektuiemforameme This means that you can’t get the enchantment using an enchanting table and must get it through an enchanted book + anvil, loot, etc.

Gotcha. I think the main source of my confusion was I was thinking of enchanting items, not books, and knew you can get some of these > 15 bookshelf enchants on items. Thanks for putting this together, I'll try to convert it to item enchanting numbers

``Wait how am i supposed to place 29 bookshelves for the thorns enchantment if they all have to be one block away?
+does that also work on bedrock edition too?

``Wait how am i supposed to place 29 bookshelves for the thorns enchantment if they all have to be one block away?

@Awabo0 Check my comments and the reply above. Using more than 15 bookshelves won't help.

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

what are the level and shelve requirements for mending?

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

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

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.

What about Fire Protection I - IV?

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)

is this updated to 1.20.1?

what are the level and shelve requirements for mending?

bro what you cant even get mending from enchanting