See my shiny enchanted diamond chest armor.
Enchanting is one of the new functions in Minecraft, released with the third version of the 1.9 pre-release. This is a quick illustrated guide to making an enchanting table and enchanting weapons and armor.
How To Make A Minecraft Enchanting Table
You will need:
- Two Diamonds.
- Four Pieces of Obsidian.
- A Book.
Arrange these items thusly:
How To Enchant Minecraft Weapons and Armor
Survival mode now includes a leveling system and you’ll need to be at least level one in order to enchant anything. This means that enchanting does not work at all in creative mode, because you can’t gain experience in creative mode.
To enchant an item, simply right click on the enchanting table and put an item in the slot. It can be a piece of armor or a weapon.
Here’s an illustration of a successful level one enchant in progress…
If you don’t get any viable options on the first try (ie, if all the options are non clickable) you can keep taking the item out of the slot and putting it on until an option does come up. You won’t be able to enchant all items and weapons at level one, but your enchanting options will increase as you gain levels.
The Cost of Minecraft Enchanting
Enchanting is not free. In fact, it appears to actually use up exp. If you’re level one and you want an enchanted sword, be prepared to go back to level 0 after the fact. Higher level enchants use up more exp. Leveling isn’t therefore something you do to ‘get better’ so much as to get access to better enchants. Once you have them, you have to go back and start earning exp all over again.
