Jan 9, 2026, 07:53 PM

User request: Book Name: Optimal Enchanting – No XP or Attempts WastedOptimal Enchanting – No XP or Attempts Wasted ============================================= This book shows the EXACT order to combine enchantments to spend the LEAST XP and LEAST attempts on the anvil. GOLDEN RULE 2025/2026 (1.20.5+ and newer): - Cheapest enchantments FIRST on the item - Expensive ones (high levels) LAST - Combine books with multiple enchants together BEFORE applying to item ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1. HELMET – Best order (minimal cost) ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1. Unbreaking III (book) 2. Mending (book) 3. Protection IV (book) 4. Respiration III (book) 5. Aqua Affinity (book) ──────────────────────────────────────────────── Optional (add at end if needed): • Thorns III • Blast Protection / Projectile Protection / Fire Protection IV Note: If you want only one Protection type – put it RIGHT AFTER Mending. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 2. CHESTPLATE / LEGGINGS ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1. Unbreaking III 2. Mending 3. Protection IV ──────────────────────────────────────────────── Optional later: • Thorns III (expensive – only if really needed) Leggings extra: • Swift Sneak III (put it LAST – very expensive) ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 3. BOOTS – Most common optimal order ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1. Unbreaking III 2. Mending 3. Protection IV 4. Feather Falling IV 5. Depth Strider III OR Soul Speed III (depending where you play) ──────────────────────────────────────────────── Optional at end: • Frost Walker II (only if you DON'T want Depth Strider) IMPORTANT: Depth Strider and Frost Walker CANNOT be combined! ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 4. SWORD – Cheapest path to strongest sword ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1. Unbreaking III 2. Mending 3. Looting III 4. Sharpness V (OR Smite V / Bane of Arthropods V) 5. Sweeping Edge III (Java) OR Fire Aspect II ──────────────────────────────────────────────── Order if you want Fire Aspect too: 1. Unbreaking III 2. Mending 3. Looting III 4. Fire Aspect II 5. Sharpness V 6. Sweeping Edge III ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 5. PICKAXE / AXE / SHOVEL – Two variants ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Variant A – Fortune (diamonds, emerald, coal...) 1. Unbreaking III 2. Mending 3. Efficiency V 4. Fortune III Variant B – Silk Touch (stone, glass, ore blocks...) 1. Unbreaking III 2. Mending 3. Efficiency V 4. Silk Touch Note: Silk Touch and Fortune CANNOT be combined! ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 6. BOW – Two main paths ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Variant A – Max damage (most players) 1. Unbreaking III 2. Mending 3. Power V 4. Punch II 5. Flame Variant B – Infinite arrows (rarer) 1. Unbreaking III 2. Mending 3. Infinity (Power and Flame can be added but expensive) ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 7. CROSSBOW – Best 2025/26 order ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1. Unbreaking III 2. Mending 3. Quick Charge III 4. Multishot OR Piercing IV (Multishot = 3 arrows, Piercing = goes through multiple mobs) ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 8. SHIELD (only sensible enchants) ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1. Unbreaking III 2. Mending ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 9. TRIDENT – Best path ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1. Unbreaking III 2. Mending 3. Loyalty III (OR Riptide III if you only play in water) 4. Channeling (optional – very situational) 5. Impaling V IMPORTANT: Loyalty and Riptide CANNOT be combined! ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── GOLDEN RULE (repeat 10×) ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Cheapest enchants → FIRST Most expensive (level 5, Mending, Protection IV) → LAST Good luck enchanting and may your anvil never eat too much XP! ⚔️✨