Minecraft Bane of Arthropods enchantment
Bane of Arthropods adds 2.5 damage per level against spiders, cave spiders, silverfish, endermites and bees, and a direct hit gives them Slowness IV for 1.5 seconds, up to 3.5 seconds at level V.
- Max level
- V
- Rarity
- Uncommon (weight 5)
- Anvil, from item
- ×2 per level
- Anvil, from book
- ×1 per level
Which items take Bane of Arthropods
Swords and spears, and books.
Axes and maces: an anvil adds it, and some chest loot comes with it.
The table offers an enchantment only on its primary items; an anvil can add it to anything that can hold it. See every enchantment an item can hold in the max enchantments by item tool.
Conflicts
Bane of Arthropods can’t share an item with Sharpness, Smite, Impaling, Density and Breach. An anvil refuses the combination, and the table never offers them together.
Enchanting table odds
Chance that one offer in the bottom slot (level 30, 15 bookshelves) includes Bane of Arthropods, on a diamond sword and on a book.
| Level | Diamond sword | Book |
|---|---|---|
| Bane of Arthropods I | — | — |
| Bane of Arthropods II | — | — |
| Bane of Arthropods III | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| Bane of Arthropods IV | 17.4% | 3.9% |
| Bane of Arthropods V | 1.6% | — |
| Any level | 19.4% | 4.3% |
Try other items, materials and bookshelf counts in the enchantment table calculator.
Power window per level
A table roll picks the highest level whose window contains the roll’s modified enchantment level. These are the registry’s min_cost and max_cost, not the level cost shown on the table.
| Level | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Bane of Arthropods I | 5 | 25 |
| Bane of Arthropods II | 13 | 33 |
| Bane of Arthropods III | 21 | 41 |
| Bane of Arthropods IV | 29 | 49 |
| Bane of Arthropods V | 37 | 57 |
Anvil cost
An anvil charges ×2 per level when Bane of Arthropods comes from another item and ×1 per level when it comes from a book, so adding Bane of Arthropods V from a book costs 5 levels before any prior-work penalty. Work out a full combine in the anvil cost calculator.
Command
Hold the item in your main hand and run this with cheats on. /enchant refuses an item that can’t hold Bane of Arthropods and any level above V.
/enchant @s minecraft:bane_of_arthropods 5Bane of Arthropods: common questions
- What is the maximum level of Bane of Arthropods?
- Bane of Arthropods goes up to level V (5).
- Can you get Bane of Arthropods from an enchanting table?
- Yes, on swords and spears, and on books. Axes and maces can hold it too, but the table never offers it on them: it goes on at an anvil, from an enchanted book or another item that has it. Axes from ruined portal, bastion and trial chamber chests can also come with it already on.
- What does Bane of Arthropods conflict with?
- Bane of Arthropods can't share an item with Sharpness, Smite, Impaling, Density and Breach.