Minecraft Unbreaking enchantment
Unbreaking gives each point of durability damage a chance to be ignored: 50%, 67% and 75% at levels I–III on tools and weapons, and 20%, 27% and 30% on armour.
- Max level
- III
- Rarity
- Uncommon (weight 5)
- Anvil, from item
- ×2 per level
- Anvil, from book
- ×1 per level
Which items take Unbreaking
Swords, spears, axes, pickaxes, shovels, hoes, helmets, chestplates, leggings, boots, bows, crossbows, tridents, fishing rods and maces, and books.
Shears, elytra and shields: an anvil adds 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: Unbreaking 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 Unbreaking, on a diamond pickaxe and on a book.
| Level | Diamond pickaxe | Book |
|---|---|---|
| Unbreaking I | — | — |
| Unbreaking II | — | — |
| Unbreaking III | 62.5% | 4.9% |
| Any level | 62.5% | 4.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Unbreaking I | 5 | 55 |
| Unbreaking II | 13 | 63 |
| Unbreaking III | 21 | 71 |
Anvil cost
An anvil charges ×2 per level when Unbreaking comes from another item and ×1 per level when it comes from a book, so adding Unbreaking III from a book costs 3 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 Unbreaking and any level above III.
/enchant @s minecraft:unbreaking 3Unbreaking: common questions
- What is the maximum level of Unbreaking?
- Unbreaking goes up to level III (3).
- Can you get Unbreaking from an enchanting table?
- Yes, on swords, spears, axes, pickaxes, shovels, hoes, helmets, chestplates, leggings, boots, bows, crossbows, tridents, fishing rods and maces, and on books. Shears, elytra and shields 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.
- What does Unbreaking conflict with?
- Nothing: Unbreaking combines with every other enchantment its item can hold.