Minecraft sometimes feels overwhelming, and we’ll help you sort through its mechanics. Now, we’re ranking the best bow enchantments in Minecraft.
Because there’s a single bow type in the game (plus crossbows), the ranged weapon is underrepresented. They are also harder to use, as you must micro-manage the arrow crafting. But there’s a way to make bows stand on top of your favorite melee weapons. That is by putting Enchantments, some of which are easy to find.
We’re detailing how the buff works, and we’ll share an overview of how to obtain it. Minecraft has an overwhelming amount of exploration, crafting, combat, and trading mechanics. Our goal is to simplify your experience.
Selecting the Best Bow Enchantments in Minecraft
Enchantments are power-ups you may place on weapons, tools, and armor using the Anvil. You’d recognize an Enchanted bow because it lookspurple.
Now, bows have seven Enchantments available. These buffs offer some variety, but some are more useful than others. Also, some of these Enchantments have tiers, while others come in a single variant.
you may craftsix Enchantmentson the bow simultaneously, but these weapons can’t have both Infinity and Mending (only one of the two). That means you can have a bow with all Enchantments except Infinity or Mending.
We’re ranking these seven Enchantments. At the top, we’re putting the ones that will make your life easier or your character more powerful. These are the ones you should find or buy sooner rather than later.
Then, at the bottom, we left the ones that are not as special. In other words, you may skip them or save your currency if you find these Enchantment books on traders. Lastly, the Enchantments are available forMinecraft Bedrock and Java editions, but there’s an exception.Unbreakingdoesn’t seem to be available on Java.
Power is a straightforward buff, a sure choice for all players. In essence, it’s a damage buff. Minecraft offers a single type of bow, so you may’t craft a powerful diamond bow -but you can craft a diamond sword.
Crafting is not the way to increase the weapon’s damage. Instead, Power is one of the two ways to increase the damage. The other way is using Tipped Arrows, some of which can pack an extra punch.
Power comes in five tiers. Each tier is more powerful. Once you reach Power V, you’ll get a 150% damage increase. More specifically,Power will increase damage by 25% per level, and the damage will round itself up to the nearest half-heart. Here’s the chart:
Flame is, no doubt, the most fun Enchantment for bows. A Flame bow will make mobs burn!
The fire will last on the mob for five seconds, and it will cause 2.5 hearts of damage per second. That’s a total of 12.5 hearts, which may sound little. However, it grants a lot of power to elemental arrows, making them very easy to craft.
Similarly, Flame bows will benefit from damage-dealing arrowheads. you may even fire a poison-head arrow with your Flame bow, and the mob will get on fire and suffer from the poison damage tick.
