Enchantment Command Generator

How to use it

1. Choose the item, or tick Enchanted book.
2. Set the levels: Max for survival levels, 255 for the highest the game allows, or type any number.
3. Copy the /give command; survival-legal picks also get /enchant commands.

Good to know

• Run commands from a command block for levels and items that can't be typed in chat.
• Over-max enchantments still follow the 80% protection cap and other limits.
• For Bedrock, only /enchant up to the max level works.

Related: God armor generator, Max enchantment levels, and the enchantment calculator for the cheapest anvil order.

How the commands work

Since Java 1.21.5 enchantments are an item component: /give @p netherite_sword[enchantments={sharpness:5,looting:3}]. Books use stored_enchantments instead. Levels can go up to 255.

/enchant is stricter: it only works on the item in the player's hand, up to the normal max level, and refuses conflicting enchantments.

On Bedrock Edition only /enchant works, also limited to the max level: for example /enchant @s sharpness 5.

The syntax in each Java version

The /give format changed twice in recent years. So a command from an old video often fails in a new world. Match the command to your version:

This tool writes the newest format, which works in Java 26.3.

Reading a /give command

• @p targets the nearest player. Use @s for yourself, @a for everyone, or type a player name.
• The item id comes next, like netherite_sword. The minecraft: prefix is optional.
• The square brackets hold item components. Inside enchantments, each entry is an id, a colon and a level.
• Separate entries with commas and no spaces, for example {sharpness:5,looting:3,mending:1}.
• Add more components in the same brackets. For example, unbreakable={} stops the item from taking damage.
• Also, enchantment_glint_override=true adds the glint without any enchantment.
• For a colored name, add custom_name; the anvil color names tool writes that part.

Common errors and fixes

• An error right after the item id usually means the wrong format for your version. Check the table above.
• "Unknown or incomplete command" in a single-player world means cheats are off. Open the world to LAN with cheats on, or use a command block.
• Chat takes at most 256 characters. A full god kit command can be longer, so paste it into a command block instead.
• Use ids, not display names: binding_curse, not "Curse of Binding". The tool always writes the right id.
• Levels must run from 1 to 255. A level of 0, or anything higher than 255, breaks the command.
• /enchant fails if the item can't take the enchantment, if the level is above the normal max, or if the item already has a conflicting one. Use /give in those cases.

Useful variations

• /give @a instead of @p hands a copy to every player online, which suits event prizes.
• Add a number after the brackets for several copies, for example ... 3 for three swords.
• To put an item straight into a slot, use /item replace entity @s weapon.mainhand with and then the item part of the command.
• The armor slots for that command are armor.head, armor.chest, armor.legs and armor.feet.
• From a command block, @p means the player nearest to the block, so stand close when you press the button.

What over-max levels really do

Most enchantments keep scaling past their survival max, but some stop. Sharpness adds 0.5 damage per level plus 0.5, so Sharpness X adds 5.5 and Sharpness 255 adds 128. Unbreaking on a tool skips durability loss with a chance of level in (level + 1), so an Unbreaking 255 tool loses durability on about one use in 256.

Protection is different. Protection points stop at 20 (80% less damage), and Protection IV on all four pieces already gives 16. So Protection 255 only lifts you from 64% to 80% less damage. The armor calculator shows the cap at work.

Also, an over-max book from /give does not stay over-max in survival. If you put a Sharpness X book on a sword in an anvil, the anvil caps the result at Sharpness V.