Minecraft Impaling enchantment
Impaling adds 2.5 damage per level against aquatic mobs such as guardians, dolphins, squid, turtles and fish. Drowned don't count as aquatic, so it doesn't help against them.
- Max level
- V
- Rarity
- Rare (weight 2)
- Anvil, from item
- ×4 per level
- Anvil, from book
- ×2 per level
Which items take Impaling
Tridents, and books.
None beyond the table items.
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
Impaling can’t share an item with Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods, 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 Impaling, on a trident and on a book.
| Level | Trident | Book |
|---|---|---|
| Impaling I | — | — |
| Impaling II | — | — |
| Impaling III | — | — |
| Impaling IV | 27.4% | 1.4% |
| Impaling V | 8.9% | 0.4% |
| Any level | 36.4% | 1.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Impaling I | 1 | 21 |
| Impaling II | 9 | 29 |
| Impaling III | 17 | 37 |
| Impaling IV | 25 | 45 |
| Impaling V | 33 | 53 |
Anvil cost
An anvil charges ×4 per level when Impaling comes from another item and ×2 per level when it comes from a book, so adding Impaling V from a book costs 10 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 Impaling and any level above V.
/enchant @s minecraft:impaling 5Impaling: common questions
- What is the maximum level of Impaling?
- Impaling goes up to level V (5).
- Can you get Impaling from an enchanting table?
- Yes, on tridents, and on books.
- What does Impaling conflict with?
- Impaling can't share an item with Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods, Density and Breach.