All Minecraft shield enchantments

Shields are one of the most useful tools in Minecraft. In the game's vast world, players need to protect themselves while fighting several hostile mobs and survive dangerous situations. In these cases, shields can be a major help. While experienced players seldom use them, shields often become necessary for those new to the game. While gamers can use shields as they are, they can also be enchanted with some special powerups.

Here are all the enchantments that can be applied to shields in Minecraft.

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Every Minecraft enchantment that can be applied to shields

1) Mending

Mending is the best enchantment for shields (Image via Mojang Studios)

The most craved and rarest powerup in Minecraft is mending. This enchantment can only be found as enchanted books from librarian villagers or chest loot. Once obtained it can be applied to a variety of gears, including shields.

This is better than the unbreaking enchantment since it allows the item to mend itself by absorbing any XP points that the player gains. As a result, the shield can become invincible because it can readily mend itself whenever players kill an entity and pick up XP orbs. For it to function, players must hold the shield in their hands and gain experience points.

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2) Unbreaking

Unbreaking can make shields last for a long time (Image via Mojang Studios)

Unbreaking is one of the most well-known and commonly used enchantments. It can be used on nearly any type of tool, weapon, armor, or shield. Every piece of equipment has a finite lifespan and can eventually break or disappear. This powerup essentially lengthens the item's lifespan by increasing its total durability.

Players can utilize this to defend themselves from more damage without their shields shattering, which makes unbreaking a very helpful enchantment. Shields' defense mechanism doesn't need any particular powerup since they can stop nearly all attacks equally.

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3) Curse of Vanishing

Curse of vanishing is a negative enchantment that makes an item vanish after a player dies with it in their inventory (Image via Mojang Studios)

The curse of vanishing, as the name suggests, is actually a negative enchantment that can also be applied to shields. Since this powerup is actually a curse, it is the worst powerup that a shield can get. An item with this powerup can vanish from the player's inventory after they pass away.

The shield can get this enchantment through the curse of vanishing enchanted books. On top of this, players can also use this enchantment to fool other players and ruin their shields.

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