For the enchantment in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Smiting.
Smite is an enchantment applied to a sword or axe, increasing the damage dealt to undead mobs.
Usage[]
Smite applied to a sword or axe increases damage dealt to skeletons, zombies, zombie villagers, withers, wither skeletons, zombified piglins, skeleton horses, zombie horses(15), strays, husks, phantoms, drowned, and zoglins.
Each level separately adds 2.5
× 1.25 extra damage on each hit to undead mobs.
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 | Smite I | Smite II | Smite III | Smite IV | Smite 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 | Smite I | Smite II | Smite III | Smite IV | Smite 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 | Smite I | Smite II | Smite III | Smite IV | Smite V |
| Wooden sword | 4 (7.5) | 7.5 (10) | 10 (12.5) | 12.5 (15) | 15 (17.5) | 17.5 (20) |
| Gold sword | 4 (7.5) | 7.5 (10) | 10 (12.5) | 12.5 (15) | 15 (17.5) | 17.5 (20) |
| Stone sword | 5 (9) | 8.5 (11.5) | 11 (14) | 13.5 (16.5) | 16 (19) | 18.5 (21.5) |
| Iron sword | 6 (10.5) | 8.5 (13) | 11 (15.5) | 13.5 (18) | 17 (20.5) | 19.5 (23) |
| Diamond sword | 7 (12) | 10.5 (14.5) | 13 (17) | 15.5 (19.5) | 18 (22) | 20.5 (24.5) |
| Netherite sword | 8 (13.5) | 11.5 (16) | 14 (18.5) | 16.5 (21) | 19 (23.5) | 21.5 (26) |
| Axes | ||||||
| Weapon | Base damage | Smite I | Smite II | Smite III | Smite IV | Smite V |
| Wooden axe | 3 (6) | 6.5 (8.5) | 9 (11) | 11.5 (13.5) | 14 (16) | 16.5 (18.5) |
| Gold axe | 3 (6) | 6.5 (8.5) | 9 (11) | 11.5 (13.5) | 14 (16) | 16.5 (18.5) |
| Stone axe | 4 (7) | 7.5 (9.5) | 10 (12) | 12.5 (14.5) | 15 (17) | 17.5 (19.5) |
| Iron axe | 5 (9) | 8.5 (11.5) | 11 (14) | 13.5 (16.5) | 16 (19) | 18.5 (21.5) |
| Diamond axe | 6 (10) | 9.5 (12.5) | 12 (15) | 14.5 (17.5) | 17 (20) | 19.5 (22.5) |
| Netherite Axe | 7 (12) | 10.5 (14.5) | 13 (17) | 15.5 (19.5) | 18 (22) | 20.5 (24.5) |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smite | smite | enchantment.minecraft.smite |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smite | smite | 10 | enchantment.damage.undead |
History[]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Added Smite. | |||
| 1.4.2 | 12w32a | Added zombie villagers, which are affected by Smite. | |||
| 12w34a | Added withers, which are affected by Smite. | ||||
| 12w36a | Added wither skeletons, which are affected by Smite. | ||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w16a | Added skeleton horses and zombie horses, which are affected by Smite. | |||
| 1.10 | 16w20a | Added husks and strays, which are affected by Smite. | |||
| 1.13 | 18w10c | Phantoms are now affected by Smite. | |||
| 18w11a | Added drowned, which are affected by Smite. | ||||
| 1.16 | 20w15a | Zoglins are now affected by Smite. | |||
| 1.19 | Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1 | Added wardens, which are affected by Smite. | |||
| 22w12a | Wardens are no longer affected by Smite. | ||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| Combat Tests | Combat Test 4 | Smite can now be applied to axes. | |||
| Smite is mutually exclusive with new enchantment Cleaving. | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Added Smite. | |||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Added skeleton horses, zombie horses, husks and strays, which are affected by Smite. | |||
| v0.16.0 | build 4 | Added withers, which are affected by Smite. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.13.8 | Added drowned, which are affected by Smite. | |||
| 1.6.0 | beta 1.6.0.1 | Added phantoms, which are affected by Smite. | |||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Added zoglins, which are affected by Smite. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU7 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added Smite. |
| TU14 | 1.04 | Added zombie villagers, which are affected by Smite. | |||
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | Added withers, which are affected by Smite. | ||
| Added wither skeletons, which are affected by Smite. | |||||
| TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | Added skeleton horses, husks and strays, which are affected by Smite. | |
| TU54 | CU44 | 1.52 | Patch 24 | 1.0.4 | Added zombie horses, which are affected by Smite. |
| TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Added phantoms and drowned, which are affected by Smite. | ||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added Smite. | ||||
| 1.3.12 | Added withers, which are affected by smite. | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Smite" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.