Some enchantments in Minecraft are so cosmetic you might as well consider them useless for gameplay. But that doesn’t mean they don’t have their uses for fun.
Frost Walker is an enchantment like that. Keep reading to learn about how it works and what you can use it for.
How to obtain the Frost Walker enchantment
Frost Walker is a Minecraft enchantment that can only be applied to boots. However, it works for all types of boots.
Players that want to obtain Frost Walker can do so by finding an enchanted book to combine with an item, or randomly get it themselves on an enchantment table.
Keep in mind, though, that Frost Walker is mutually exclusive with Depth Strider. This means that you can only have one of the two on one pair of boots.
What does the Frost Walker enchantment do?
Although the name makes it seem like its usage is straightforward, there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to Frost Walker.
Its base effect is that it transforms water you walk on to ice. Specifically, any still water blocks with air above them within a (2 + level) radius will be transformed into ice. If you’re playing on Java Edition, this radius will be a circle, and if you’re playing on Bedrock Edition, it will be a square. It can have an enchantment level of either 1 or 2, with 2 having a bigger radius.
The additional benefit that isn’t as well known is that when you have Frost Walker on, you don’t take damage from campfires and magma blocks. However, you still take damage from lava.
If boots that have Frost Walker are placed on an armor stand, then the effects will still work.
Where can you use the Frost Walker enchantment?
It is a useful enchantment if you want to get through an area that has a lot of water, such as lakes or small rivers.
Other than that, it doesn’t really have many practical uses.
Key Takeaways
The Frost Waker Minecraft enchantment has a few details to remember about it, such as:
- You can obtain it with an enchantment table, or with an enchanted book found in the wild.
- It is mutually incompatible with Depth Strider.
- When put on boots, it makes water within a certain radius turn to ice. There are two levels, with level 2 having a higher radius.
- It also has an additional effect where it also prevents damage from magma blocks and campfires
- It can be used to easily pass through lakes and rivers.