Curse of Vanishing is an enchantment that causes the item to disappear on death.
Obtaining
Curse of Vanishing can be obtained only from chest loot, fishing, or trading for enchanted books.
In Bedrock Edition, this enchantment is available only via third-party software or from converting an Xbox One Edition world to Bedrock Edition that has an item with the curse .[until BE 1.16.0]
Usage
When the player dies, the item disappears instead of dropping on the ground. The item may still be dropped normally.
The effect can be prevented by storing the affected items inside of a shulker box or setting the keepInventory gamerule to true.
Curse of Vanishing can not be removed from an item using a grindstone. However, the curse can be removed by combining it with another item in a crafting interface.(MC-158807) [until JE 1.16] This curse can be used to troll players, if they manage pick up the item. If used on powerful armour, it can be a devastating loss to a player. A good way of doing this would be to lure them to stand on a dispenser with a pressure plate on it, with armour inside that has the curse on said item.
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Curse of Vanishing | vanishing_curse | enchantment.minecraft.vanishing_curse |
Bedrock Edition:[more information needed]
History
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Added Curse of Vanishing. | |||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 1.16 | 20w14a | Compasses can now be enchanted with Curse of Vanishing. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.2.0 | ? | Added Curse of Vanishing. | |||
| Curse of Vanishing is obtainable only via trading with librarian villagers. | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.2 | Enchanted books with Curse of Vanishing are now no longer obtainable from trading with librarians. | |||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | Curse of Vanishing has now been implemented. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU54 | CU44 | 1.52 | Patch 24 | 1.0.4 | Added Curse of Vanishing. |