Minecraft Thorns enchantment
Each level of Thorns gives a 15% chance that an attacker who hits you takes 1 to 5 damage back. Each time it triggers, the armour loses 2 extra durability.
- Max level
- III
- Rarity
- Very rare (weight 1)
- Anvil, from item
- ×8 per level
- Anvil, from book
- ×4 per level
Which items take Thorns
Chestplates, and books.
Helmets, leggings and boots: 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
Nothing: Thorns combines with every other enchantment its item can hold.
Enchanting table odds
Chance that one offer in the bottom slot (level 30, 15 bookshelves) includes Thorns, on a diamond chestplate and on a book.
| Level | Diamond chestplate | Book |
|---|---|---|
| Thorns I | 1.8% | 0.2% |
| Thorns II | 31.3% | 0.7% |
| Thorns III | — | — |
| Any level | 33.0% | 0.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Thorns I | 10 | 60 |
| Thorns II | 30 | 80 |
| Thorns III | 50 | 100 |
Anvil cost
An anvil charges ×8 per level when Thorns comes from another item and ×4 per level when it comes from a book, so adding Thorns III from a book costs 12 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 Thorns and any level above III.
/enchant @s minecraft:thorns 3Thorns: common questions
- What is the maximum level of Thorns?
- Thorns goes up to level III (3).
- Can you get Thorns from an enchanting table?
- Yes, on chestplates, and on books. Helmets, leggings and boots 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. Armour from ruined portal, bastion and shipwreck chests can also come with it already on.
- What does Thorns conflict with?
- Nothing: Thorns combines with every other enchantment its item can hold.