Of Minecraft’s enchantments, few are as popular or useful as Efficiency. It is essential for every player to have as its benefits are huge, and it can be applied to multiple types of tools.
To check if you fully understand Efficiency, how it works and how to use it properly, keep reading!
How to obtain the Efficiency enchantment
To obtain the Efficiency enchantment in Minecraft, you will need to find or craft an enchantment table and then use it. You can also find it as an enchanted book in a dungeon or village and then combine it with a tool by using an anvil.
Keep in mind that you can only apply the Efficiency enchantment to pickaxes, axes, shovels, hoes and sheers.
Tools made of stone and diamond can only get up to Efficiency level 4 if made through the enchanting table. Others can get it up to level 5. However, you can combine 2 diamond/stone items with Efficiency 4 to get Efficiency 5, or you can find a pre-enchanted tool in an end city or bastion remnant.
What does the Efficiency enchantment do?
Efficiency increases the speed at which the tool mines blocks, allowing the player to gather resources faster. The higher the level of the enchantment, the faster the tool will mine blocks.
For axes, it also increases the chance that an axe will stun a shield on hit, with the base chance being 25%, increasing another 5% per level. This additional benefit of the Efficiency enchantment only works in Minecraft Java Edition.
Where can you use the Efficiency enchantment?
Because the Efficiency enchantment increases the speed at which you collect resources, it can be useful if you’re looking to gather a large quantity of materials. For example, if you’re looking to build a large base made of wood, then having the Efficiency enchantment on the axe with which you collect the wood will be very useful and will allow you to break down more trees at faster rates.
Additionally, it can be useful in certain challenges that require you to collect resources quickly. Say you’re tasked with collecting a lot of obsidian within 10 minutes – you will be able to collect it much faster if your pickaxe is enchanted with Efficiency, especially Efficiency 5, which is the highest level.
Key Takeaways
Since it is one of the more important and useful enchantments in the game, make sure to remember what was said in this article:
- You can obtain the enchantment by enchanting a tool yourself or by using a book you’ve found in the wild.
- The enchantment increases the speed at which you mine blocks, with the specific blocks depending on which tool you’re enchanting.
- For axes, there is also an additional benefit that increases the chance to break a shield on hit.
- Stone and diamond tools cannot get Efficiency 5 through an enchantment table. You will need to either find one that already has it, or combine two other tools that have Efficiency 4.
- The enchantment is really useful for all-around building needs. It can help you collect a lot of materials in a short time