Tutorials/Best enchantments guide

This guide will give you an explanation and walk-through of the best enchantments you can apply to everything that can be enchanted in the game.

For your armor, it is important to remember that some enchantments are to be avoided and some enchantments cannot be combined. The enchantments you should absolutely avoid are Projectile Protection, Blast Protection, and Fire Protection. The reason why is there is one enchantment, called Protection, that is literally just all that in one. It protects you from pretty much everything, excluding fall damage. These enchantments can also not be combined, which is fine because you should be aiming for Protection anyways.

For your sword, you should absolutely avoid the Bane of Arthropods enchantment. As you would expect, the Sharpness enchantment is just that enchantment and more. It applies more damage to all mobs, and not a specific group of mobs like spiders.

For any other tools, there aren't really any enchantments you should avoid, aside from curses.

To editors: put any notes that are next to enchantments in a small font.

Helmet

 * Protection IV (any protection, plain, fire, projectile or blast)
 * Aqua Affinity
 * Respiration III
 * Unbreaking III
 * Mending
 * Note: Do not attempt to add "Thorns III" it will only result "Too Expensive" upon putting all of the enchantments on helmet unless you are in Creative Mode.

Chestplate

 * Protection IV (any protection, plain, fire, projectile or blast)
 * Thorns III (does use the durability up too)
 * Unbreaking III
 * Mending

Leggings

 * Protection IV (any protection, plain, fire, projectile or blast)
 * Thorns III (does use the durability up too)
 * Unbreaking III
 * Mending

Boots

 * Protection IV (any protection, plain, fire, projectile or blast)
 * Feather Falling IV
 * Depth Strider III
 * Unbreaking III
 * Mending
 * Soul Speed III

Sword

 * Sweeping Edge III ( Java Edition only)
 * Knockback II
 * Unbreaking III
 * Looting III
 * Mending
 * Sharpness V - (applies more damage for everything)
 * Smite V - (applies more damage to undead mobs)
 * Bane of Arthropods V - (definitely not recommended)

Bow

 * Power V
 * Punch II
 * Flame
 * Unbreaking III
 * Infinity (cannot be combined with Mending)
 * Mending

Axe

 * Sharpness V
 * Efficiency V
 * Silk Touch
 * Unbreaking III
 * Mending

Pickaxe

 * Efficiency V
 * Fortune III or Silk Touch (useful for Ice or Stone)
 * Unbreaking III
 * Mending

Shovel

 * Efficiency V
 * Unbreaking III
 * Silk Touch (recommended if collecting a lot of gravel)
 * Mending

Hoe
Fortune, Silk Touch, and Efficiency is only available in the latest 1.16 snapshot on Java Edition as the three enchantments are only used to harvest Nether fungi.
 * Unbreaking III
 * Efficiency V
 * Fortune III
 * Mending
 * Silk Touch

Trident

 * Channeling
 * Impaling V
 * Loyalty III
 * Riptide III
 * Unbreaking III
 * Mending

Note: Riptide is cannot be combined with Loyalty or Channeling (although Loyalty and Channeling may be combined with each other)

Fishing Rod

 * Luck of the Sea III
 * Lure III
 * Unbreaking III
 * Mending

Crossbow

 * Multishot or Piercing IV
 * Quick Charge III
 * Unbreaking III
 * Mending

Shears

 * Unbreaking III
 * Efficiency V
 * Mending

Flint and Steel

 * Unbreaking III
 * Mending

Shield

 * Unbreaking III
 * Mending

Carrot on a Stick

 * Unbreaking III
 * Mending

Elytra

 * Unbreaking III
 * Mending