This guide will give you an explanation and walk-through of the best enchantments you can apply to everything that can be enchanted in the game.
For the armor, it is important to remember that some enchantments are to be avoided and some enchantments cannot be combined. The enchantments you should absolutely avoid are Projectile Protection, Blast Protection, and Fire Protection. The reason why is there is one enchantment, called Protection, that is literally just all that in one. It protects you from pretty much everything, excluding fall damage. These enchantments can also not be combined, which is fine because you should be aiming for Protection anyways.
For your sword, you should absolutely avoid the Bane of Arthropods enchantment. As you would expect, the Sharpness enchantment is just that enchantments and more. It applies more damage to all mobs, and not a specific group of mobs like spiders.
For your pickaxe, axe, shovel, and hoe, there isn't really any enchantments you should avoid, aside from curses.
Enchantments
Helmet
- Protection IV
- Aqua Affinity
- Respiration III
- Thorns III
- Unbreaking III
- Mending
Chestplate
- Protection IV
- Thorns III
- Unbreaking III
- Mending
Leggings
- Protection IV
- Thorns III
- Unbreaking III
- Mending
Boots
- Protection IV
- Feather Falling IV
- Depth Strider III
- Thorns III
- Unbreaking III
- Mending
- Frost Walker II (not recommended)
- Soul Speed III[upcoming: JE 1.16]
Sword
- Sharpness V
- Fire Aspect II (not good for fighting endermen)
- Sweeping Edge III
- Unbreaking III
- Looting III
- Mending
- Smite V - only for fighting the Wither
Bow
- Power V
- Punch II
- Flame
- Unbreaking III
- Infinity (cannot be combined with Mending)
- Mending (cannot be combined with Infinity)
Axe
- Sharpness V
- Efficiency V
- Fortune III
- Unbreaking III
- Silk Touch (necessary for bookshelves, beehives, campfires and melons)
- Mending
- Smite V
Pickaxe
- Efficiency V
- Fortune III
- Unbreaking III
- Silk Touch (not recommended, annoying when mining ores)
- Mending
Shovel
- Efficiency V
- Fortune III
- Unbreaking III
- Silk Touch
- Mending
Hoe (Java Edition only)
- Unbreaking III
- Efficiency V
- Fortune III
- Mending
- Silk Touch
Fortune,Silk Touch,and Efficiency is only available in the latest 1.16 snapshot on Java. The two enchantments are only meant for harvesting Nether trees.
Trident
- Channeling
- Impaling V
- Loyalty III
- Riptide III
- Unbreaking III
- Mending
Fishing Rod
- Luck of the Sea III
- Lure III
- Unbreaking III
- Mending
Crossbow
- Multishot I
- Piercing IV
- Quick Charge III
- Unbreaking III
- Mending
Flint and Steel
- Unbreaking III
- Mending
Shield
- Unbreaking III
- Mending
Carrot on a Stick
- Unbreaking III
- Mending
Elytra
- Unbreaking III
- Mending
Shears
- Unbreaking III
- Efficiency V
- Mending