Commands/enchant

enchant

Permission level required	2‌[JE only] 1‌[BE only]
Restrictions	Cheat only‌[BE only]

Adds an enchantment to a player's selected item, subject to the same restrictions as an anvil. Also works on any mob or entity holding a weapon/tool /armor in their main hand in Java Edition.

Syntax

• Java Edition

enchant <targets> <enchantment> [<level>]

• Bedrock Edition

enchant <player: target> <enchantmentId: int> [level: int]

enchant <player: target> <enchantmentName: Enchant> [level: int]

Arguments

JE: <targets>: entity
BE: player: target: CommandSelector<Actor>

Specifies the target(s).

Must be a player name, a target selector or a UUID‌^{[Java Edition only]}.

JE: <enchantment>: item_enchantment
BE: enchantmentId: int: int or <enchantmentName: Enchant>

Specifies the enchantment to be added to the item held in main hand by the target.

JE: <level>: integer
BE: level: int: int

Specifies the enchantment level. Should be not greater than the maximum level for the specified enchantment. If not specified, defaults to 1.

Must be a 32-bit integer number. In Java Edition, it must be between 0 and 2147483647 (inclusive). In Bedrock Edition, it must be between 1 and 2147483647 (inclusive).

Result

Command	Trigger	Java Edition	Bedrock Edition
any	the arguments are not specified correctly	Unparseable	Failed
	<targets> or player: target fails to resolve to one or more entities (named player must be online)	Failed
	<level> or level: int is greater than the maximum level for the specified enchantment
	all the selected players meet one or more of the following conditions: there's no item in its hand the enchantment is not valid for items in its main hand the enchantment conflicts with current enchantments (for example, "Piercing" cannot be given to a crossbow which already has "Multishot", and "Sharpness III" cannot be given to a sword which already has "Sharpness I") items in its main hand already have this enchantment‌[Java Edition only] items in its main hand already have this enchantment with its maximum level‌[Bedrock Edition only]
	On success	Adds the specified enchantment to the item held by the target.

Output

Command	Edition	Situation	Success Count	/execute store success ...	/execute store result ...
any	Java Edition	On fail	0	0	0
		On success	1	1	the number of players whose items are successfully enchanted.
	Bedrock Edition	On fail	0	N/A	N/A
		On success	the number of players whose items are successfully enchanted.	N/A	N/A

Notes

In Bedrock Edition, there's a bug: If items already have the enchantment with the specified level, executing command makes the enchantment increase by 1 level.

Examples

• To give the Infinity enchantment to all players holding a bow:

  /enchant @a infinity

• To enchant the nearest player's held sword with Sharpness 5:

  /enchant @p sharpness 5

History

Java Edition
1.4.4		pre			Added /enchant.
1.13		17w45a			Removed /enchant.
		18w06a			Re-added /enchant.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.16.0		build 5			Added /enchant.

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