Knockback is an enchantment to a sword that increases the sword's knockback.
Usage[]
The knockback multiplies distance of the base knockback. Knockback I will have a 105% increase in knockback.normal or knockback.sprinting values and knockback II will have a 190% increase in these values, it combines slightly with knockback caused by attacking while sprinting. Players can cause a knockback of up to six blocks without commands.
When using commands to increase the knockback value beyond two, the limit on the amount of knockback that a player can take is much less than the amount of knockback that any other entity can take.
In Java Edition, players can hit armor stands back with a knockback enchantment, but not in Bedrock Edition.
There are two kinds of knockback in which the enchantment works, normal or sprinting. Both kinds have horizontal knockback, which affects only X and Z coordinate values, and vertical knockback, which affects only Y coordinate value.
By default in Minecraft, if the attacking players are sprinting, they deal more knockback to the damaged ones. This is the reason of PvP movement-related actions like W-tapping (sprint reset). Damaged players start receiving less knockback while they are in the air.
On a combat situation where two players are moving, the horizontal knockback received is multiplied by 0.6 (reduced by 40%) if the attacker send an attack packet and is moving forward. It does not stack.
Resistant mobs[]
- Iron golems are unaffected by knockback from normal attacks, but are affected by knockback from enchantments.
- Squid are resistant to knockback when outside of water.
- Wardens are completely unaffected by knockback.
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Knockback | knockback | enchantment.minecraft.knockback |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knockback | knockback | 12 | enchantment.knockback |
History[]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Added Knockback, which can be applied to swords. | |||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| Combat Tests | Combat Test 4 | Knockback can now be applied to axes. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Added Knockback. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU7 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added Knockback. |
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Knockback" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.