Well, if you have thought that Minecraft is just about building farms, houses, mines and other stuff. Then there is a lot for you to encounter and come across in the Minecraft gameplay. Apart from all the building and exploring stuff, there are some really cool and interesting features that you can experience. One such really cool feature is the enchanting table that allows you to add power, strength, durability, and much more to the items and tools in Minecraft. How to enchant in the Enchanting table?
You might have heard or seen your friend or someone else on social media, add the various qualities to an item or tool in Minecraft. And thought of doing the same in your own Minecraft gameplay as well.
How to enchant in the Enchanting table?
In this article given below, we will be considering the ways of enchanting a tool or an item in Minecraft by using the enchanting table. So, do follow this guide to the very end in order to get the whole thing done in your respective editions of Minecraft.
Well there are a number of ways of adding enchantment to a tool or item in Minecraft, such as by using the command to enchant, or by using the anvil, or by using the enchanting table. The process of enchanting the required item by using the enchanting table is really the most fun and interesting way of doing so.
Now, before we move onto the actual process of enchanting the required tools or items in the crafting table. Let us consider the various editions used by players throughout the world that really do support the process of enchanting the item in the enchanting table.
The varying editions which support the process that we are going to follow are;
Java Edition
Pocket Edition
Xbox 360
Xbox One
PS3
PS4
Wii U
Nintendo Switch
Windows 10 Edition
Education Edition
So these are the different editions that allow their users to enchant an item in the enchanting table.
Now that we have known the editions of Minecraft, let us begin the process of enchanting an item in the enchanting table.
- Opening the enchantment table
The enchanting table is like a crafting table with a little twist to it. A crafting table combines the various required items together in a specific order, whereas an enchanting table combines the elements with an enchantment to add some special ability to it.
Other than that, the enchanting table also has a distinct design that we will be knowing in the step below.
Now, there is this thing with the enchanting table that you have rarely seen anyone else before. It is that you can actually maximize the number of enchantments that you will be applying to the respected item.
For increasing the number of enchantments in the enchanting table, you need to place the fifteen bookshelves around the enchanting table that you have already placed somewhere in your gameplay.
Here, you have successfully followed the required way for increasing the enchantments in the enchanting table.
This was applicable, if you have already opened and placed the enchanting table somewhere on your map in Minecraft.
If you haven’t opened the enchanting table in your respective device or edition of Minecraft, then you can follow the below given steps to do so.
Before we begin the process of opening the enchanting table, you need to know that the steps or gestures of opening an enchanting table do differ in each version of Minecraft.
So you would be following a different set of steps or gestures then some other edition user for opening the enchanting table.
You need to select the Enchanting table from the bar, present on the bottom of the Minecraft screen in your respective device or editions of Minecraft by following the respective steps.
The steps for opening the enchanting table in respective editions of Minecraft are;
Java Edition
For opening the enchanting table on some fixed place in Java Edition of Minecraft, you need to click on the right button of the mouse while pointing the plus sign at the spot where you wish to place it.
Pocket Edition
For opening the opening table after pointing the plus sign arrow at some point in the Pocket Edition of Minecraft. You need to tap on the spot where you wish to place the enchanting table.
Xbox 360 and Xbox One
You need to press the button LT on your respective controller while holding the plus sign at the spot where you wish to add the enchanting table. So as to open the enchanting table in Xbox 360 and Xbox One editions of Minecraft.
PS3 and PS4
You need to press the button L2 on your respective PS controllers while holding the plus sign at the exact place where you wish to add the enchanting table. So as to open the enchanting table in PS3 and PS4 editions of Minecraft.
Wii U
For opening the enchanting table in your Wii U editions of Minecraft, you need to press the ZL button on your respective editions of Minecraft While holding the plus sign arrow at the exact place where you wish to add it.
Nintendo Switch
For opening the enchanting table in your respective Nintendo Switch edition of Minecraft, you need to press the ZL button on your controllers while holding the plus sign arrow at the place where you want to add the enchanting table.
Windows 10 Edition
For opening the enchanting table in some place in the Windows 10 Edition of Minecraft, you need to click on the right button of the mouse while pointing the plus sign at the spot where you wish to place it.
Education Edition
You need to press the left button on the mouse in your respective device or editions of Minecraft while holding the plus sign arrow at the place where you wish to add the enchanting table.
So these were the required steps or processes for opening the enchanting table in Minecraft.
Here, you will notice that the enchanting table that has just opened up on your device’s screen does have a rectangular area or portion. The rectangular area holds two significant sections within it.
The first section contains two blank boxes that’s where you need to place the items or tools for enchanting.
The second section contains a list of various enchantments that you can use to enchant the item or tool. The enchantment does depend upon the levels or experiences of the players, you can only use or choose certain enchantments from the list that are permitted by the Minecraft based on your experience level.
Now that we have opened the enchanting table in our respective devices on additions of Minecraft. So we can begin the actual process of opening the enchanting table in Minecraft here.
- Adding the items
Here, in this step, we will solely be considering the process of adding the various required items to the respective blocks in the first section of the enchanting table.
We will be needing the items that will be required for enchanting. We will consider some of the items here for performing the enchanting process.
Suppose, we start with 3 lapis lazuli for enchanting them in the enchanting table on our respective devices or editions of Minecraft.
Apart from three lapis lazuli, we will also be needing an item that we will be enchanting inside the enchanting table.
So, in all you will be needing three lapis lazulis and the required item or tool for following the enchanting process.
Let us consider enchanting an ax in the enchanting table by following the steps given below.
- First of all, place the axe in the first blank block, present on the first section of the enchanting table by following the respective step or gestures in your device. You can place the axe by selecting it from the inventory.
As we have discussed in the earlier process, the enchanting table does contain two blank boxes inside the first section. In one blank box you have added the axe, and in the other one you need to add the lapis lazulis.
- Add the three lapis lazulis in the second blank box on the first section of the enchanting table by following the respective process.
Here, you have added the axe and lapis lazulis to the first section of the enchanting table.
Now that we have finished the required step involved with enchanting the item in the first section. Let us move towards the process of adding the enchantment on the second section.
- Adding the Enchantment
As we said earlier as well, the second section of the enchanting table in Minecraft contains the enchantments that are to be added to the selected item in the Minecraft gameplay.
Here is the thing with the enchantments that you need to know before moving further. The given enchantments contain a specific number on top of them. This number given on the top of the given enchantment refers to the experience level, which you should be possessing so as to use that enchantment.
That means, if you do not possess the required experience level, associated with a particular enchantment then you would not be able to use it.
There, you will see that the first enchantment has a 7 number on top of it, the second enchantment has 18 numbers on top of it, and the third enchantment has 30 numbers on top ift. Which means that you will be needing 7 experience levels for using the first enchantment, 18 experience levels for using the second enchantment, and 30 experience levels for using the third enhancement respectively.
Well, you can also gain the experience levels in Minecraft gameplay by killing the mobs, when you kill a mob you do get some experience levels. You can also increase your experience levels in the Minecraft gameplay by running the /xp command on your respective devices or editions of Minecraft.
- Select one enchantment for adding it to the required item by clicking or tapping on it in your respective devices.
There, you will notice that the three lapis lazulis that we have placed earlier have disappeared. And the enchantments have been added to the required item or tool. You will also notice some change in the appearance of that item or tool.
Here, you have finally added the enchantments to that item in the enchanting table.
So that was all about using enchanting an item in the enchanting table in Minecraft.
Follow the links given for getting a similar guide on the process of adding the tools, items, and features in Minecraft.
