What is the highest effective enchantment level?
After reading this question, I wondered if the enchantment was actually effective up to a certain level, or does it just keep going up to the maximum enchantment level?
[Edited Clarification]: As an example, if I created a sword with the "Sharpness" enchantment at level 1, and for every level I increased the enchantment, would it become more powerful for every level I increased it, or would it stop at a certain level?
Best Answer
Updated answer for 1.13+
This answer shows how enchantments will behave when their maximum enchantment level is exceeded with commands. See this answer for the maximum displayable enchantment level on the item tooltip.
| For these enchantments… | Their minimum effective value is… |
Their maximum effective value is… |
Some additional notes are… |
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| Aqua Affinity, Channeling, Curse of Vanishing, Flame, Infinity, Mending, Multishot, Piercing, Silk Touch | 1 | 1 | These enchantments only make changes based on their presence/absence, and are not affected by the enchantment level. |
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In 1.17+, levels higher than 255 are clamped. In 1.16?, there was no imposed limit by game code. |
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Sharpness 0 technically does add a small amount of damage to the item. | |
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Higher levels are capped at their respective maximum. |
| Depth Strider | 1 | 3 | |
| Feather Falling | 1 | 7 | |
| Frost Walker | 1 | 14 | |
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1 | 127 | Higher levels cause the enchantment to cease to function. |
| Lure | 1 | 5 | Higher levels will cause the fishing mechanic to cease to function. The fishing rod can still be cast, but nothing can ever be caught. |
| Quick Charge | 1 | 5 | Higher levels prevent the crossbow from charging. It can still be fired if charged, but cannot be charged again. |
| Efficiency, Fire Aspect, Fortune, Knockback, Looting, Luck of the Sea, Power, Punch, Respiration, Soul Speed, Sweeping Edge, Unbreaking | 1 | 255 | Higher levels are capped. |
If I missed an enchantment, please add a comment!
For more information, see the reference used to create this chart: Max effective values for enchantments
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Answer 2
Outdated answer: 1.12?
It stops becoming more Powerful
To test this I gave myself higher level sharpness swords.
/give @a minecraft:diamond_sword 1 0 {ench:[{id:16s,lvl:1000}]}
/give @a minecraft:diamond_sword 1 0 {ench:[{id:16s,lvl:5000}]}
/give @a minecraft:diamond_sword 1 0 {ench:[{id:16s,lvl:10000}]}
/give @a minecraft:diamond_sword 1 0 {ench:[{id:16s,lvl:100000}]}
/give @a minecraft:diamond_sword 1 0 {ench:[{id:16s,lvl:32767}]}
After I reached level 32767 as posted in the other question, here was the Attack Damage of my sword:
When I even added one more enchantment level this is what happened:
It went negative then subtracted one whole enchantment level!
Edit:
When I switched it around either up one negative or down one negative this is what happens starting at 32768:
Down one number: /give @a minecraft:diamond_sword 1 0 {ench:[{id:16s,lvl:-32766}]}
(I tested going down because with negative numbers you can't tell up from down). It didn't flip when I subtracted two from a negative number like it did for one with the positive number, however it did flip after one higher number was added to the number:
/give @a minecraft:diamond_sword 1 0 {ench:[{id:16s,lvl:-32769}]}
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