Minecraft enchantments are an in-game feature that is used to make your experience easier if you use them carefully. Their effects can be anything from increasing a weapon’s damage, to making you able to take less damage from certain sources, to just general utility.
Respiration is a utility enchantment. You can keep reading to learn more about its specific details, such as how to get it, what it does and what you should be using it for.
How to obtain the Respiration enchantment in Minecraft
Respiration is an enchantment in Minecraft that is specific to helmets. Interestingly enough, since turtle shells are also considered a helmet, it applies to them too.
The way to obtain Respiration is the same way as you obtain any other enchantment. One way to do it is to place your item in the enchanting table, and pick the Respiration enchantment from the list. The other way to do it is to combine a Respiration enchanted book with a helmet item on an anvil.
Respiration is not mutually exclusive with any other enchantment, meaning you can place it on an item with any combination of other enchantments.
What does the Respiration enchantment do in Minecraft?
As the name might imply, Respiration makes breathing underwater easier by extending the time you can stay underwater without losing air bubbles. Specifically, it adds 15 seconds of underwater breathing per level. The max level is 3, so the max amount your underwater breathing will be extended is 45 seconds. One cool detail is that using a turtle shell as a helmet extends this time by an additional 10 seconds.
There is also an additional benefit to the enchantment which is that it adds a chance to not take damage while drowning according to the formula (level / (level +1)).
Where can you use the Respiration enchantment?
For any kind of underwater exploration, Respiration is very much essential. Regardless of whether you want to build underwater and combine your gear with the Aqua Affinity enchantment for maximum effects, or you want to explore an underwater monument and not worry about air while you’re fighting off those annoying guardians.
Key Takeaways
You should remember the following things when talking about Respiration:
- It is an enchantment that can only be applied to helmets, and turtle shells also count as helmets.
- You can obtain it the same way you can obtain any other enchantment in the Minecraft.
- It is not mutually exclusive with any other enchantment.
- The enchantment adds 15 seconds to your underwater breathing time with an increase of an additional 15 seconds per level. It also has an additional effect of sometimes negating the damage of drowning, and turtle shells also increase the breathing time by an additional 10 seconds.
- It is universally a very useful enchantment that can be used for any underwater adventures.