Bane of Arthropods is a weapon enchantment that increases damage to arthropod mobs (spiders in darkness, cave spiders in mineshafts, bees witch can be found in flower plain biomes, silverfish at Y levels 30-1 or strongholds and throwing pearls to get endermites).
Usage
Each level on a sword (sweep attack possible) or axe (not sweep attack possible) adds 2.5
× 1.25 extra damage to each hit on arthropods only.
The enchantment also inflicts Slowness 4 on an arthropod when hit, with a random duration between 1 and 1.5 seconds at level I, increasing the maximum duration by 0.5 seconds each level, up to 3.5 seconds with Bane of Arthropods V.
Damage per hit
These tables detail how much damage is done per attack based on the level of enchantment used, assuming the target is not wearing armor and the attack is fully charged.[Java Edition only] Critical damage is in parentheses.
Java Edition
| Swords | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Base damage | BoA I | BoA II | BoA III | BoA IV | BoA V |
| Wooden sword | 4 (6) | 6.5 (8.5) | 9 (11) | 11.5 (13.5) | 14 (16) | 16.5 (18.5) |
| Gold sword | 4 (6) | 6.5 (8.5) | 9 (11) | 11.5 (13.5) | 14 (16) | 16.5 (18.5) |
| Stone sword | 5 (7.5) | 7.5 (10) | 10 (12.5) | 12.5 (15) | 15 (17.5) | 17.5 (20) |
| Iron sword | 6 (9) | 8.5 (11.5) | 11 (14) | 13.5 (16.5) | 16 (19) | 18.5 (21.5) |
| Diamond sword | 7 (10.5) | 9.5 (13) | 12 (15.5) | 14.5 (18) | 17 (20.5) | 19.5 (23) |
| Netherite sword | 8 (12) | 10.5 (14.5) | 13 (17) | 15.5 (19.5) | 18 (22) | 20.5 (24.5) |
| Axes | ||||||
| Weapon | Base damage | BoA I | BoA II | BoA III | BoA IV | BoA V |
| Wooden axe | 7 (10.5) | 9.5 (13) | 12 (15.5) | 14.5 (18) | 17 (20.5) | 19.5 (23) |
| Gold axe | 7 (10.5) | 9.5 (13) | 12 (15.5) | 14.5 (18) | 17 (20.5) | 19.5 (23) |
| Stone axe | 9 (13.5) | 11.5 (16) | 14 (18.5) | 16.5 (21) | 19 (23.5) | 21.5 (26) |
| Iron axe | 9 (13.5) | 11.5 (16) | 14 (18.5) | 16.5 (21) | 19 (23.5) | 21.5 (26) |
| Diamond axe | 9 (13.5) | 11.5 (16) | 14 (18.5) | 16.5 (21) | 19 (23.5) | 21.5 (26) |
| Netherite axe | 10 (15) | 12.5 (17.5) | 15 (20) | 17.5 (22.5) | 20 (25) | 22.5 (27.5) |
Bedrock Edition
| Swords | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Base damage | BoA I | BoA II | BoA III | BoA IV | BoA V |
| Wooden sword | 5 (7.5) | 7.5 (9.5) | 10 (12.5) | 12.5 (15) | 15 (17.5) | 17.5 (20) |
| Gold sword | 5 (7.5) | 7.5 (9.5) | 10 (12.5) | 12.5 (15) | 15 (17.5) | 17.5 (20) |
| Stone sword | 6 (9) | 8.5 (11.5) | 11 (14) | 13.5 (16.5) | 16 (19) | 18.5 (21.5) |
| Iron sword | 7 (10.5) | 9.5 (12.5) | 12 (15.5) | 14.5 (18) | 17 (20.5) | 19.5 (23) |
| Diamond sword | 8 (12) | 10.5 (14.5) | 13 (17) | 15.5 (19.5) | 18 (22) | 20.5 (24.5) |
| Netherite sword | 9 (13.5) | 11.5 (16.5) | 14 (19.5) | 16.5 (21) | 19 (23.5) | 21.5 (26) |
| Axes | ||||||
| Weapon | Base damage | BoA I | BoA II | BoA III | BoA IV | BoA V |
| Wooden axe | 4 (6) | 6.5 (8.5) | 9 (11) | 11.5 (13.5) | 14 (16) | 16.5 (18.5) |
| Gold axe | 4 (6) | 6.5 (8.5) | 9 (11) | 11.5 (13.5) | 14 (16) | 16.5 (18.5) |
| Stone axe | 5 (7) | 7.5 (9.5) | 10 (12) | 12.5 (14.5) | 15 (17) | 17.5 (19.5) |
| Iron axe | 6 (9) | 8.5 (11.5) | 11 (14) | 13.5 (16.5) | 16 (19) | 18.5 (21.5) |
| Diamond axe | 7 (10) | 9.5 (12.5) | 12 (15) | 14.5 (17.5) | 17 (20) | 19.5 (22.5) |
| Netherite axe | 8 (11) | 10.5 (13.5) | 13 (16) | 15.5 (18.5) | 18 (21) | 20.5 (23.5) |
Incompatibilities
Sharpness, Smite, Cleaving[upcoming: JE Combat Tests], and Bane of Arthropods are mutually exclusive. However, if commands are used to have two or more of these enchantments on the same item, the effects stack.
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Bane of Arthropods | bane_of_arthropods | enchantment.minecraft.bane_of_arthropods |
Bedrock Edition: ID... idk about it
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bane of Arthropods | bane_of_arthropods | 11 | enchantment.damage.arthropods |
History
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Added the Bane of Arthropods enchantment. | |||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 | Spiders, cave spiders and silverfishes are now affected by the Bane of Arthropods enchantment. | ||||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Bane of Arthropods V can now be applied to swords without the use of an anvil. | |||
| 14w11a | Added endermites, which are affected by the Bane of Arthropods enchantment. | ||||
| 1.15 | 19w36a | Added bees in 19w34a, which now are affected by the Bane of Arthropods enchantment. | |||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| Combat Tests | Combat Test 4 | Bane of Arthropods can now be applied to axes. | |||
| Bane of Arthropods is mutually exclusive with new enchantment Cleaving. | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Added the Bane of Arthropods enchantment. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Added endermites, which are affected by the Bane of Arthropods enchantment. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.14.0 | beta 1.14.0.1 | Added bees, which are affected by the Bane of Arthropods enchantment. | |||
Issues
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