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 recived is multiplied by 0.6 (reduced by 40%) if the attacker send an attack packet and is moving forward. It does not stack.
Unaffected mobs
Wardens are only mobs that are naturally unaffected by knockback. Squids are extremely resistant to knockback when they got out of water.
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.