What is Minecraft Density Enchantment: What it does and How to get?

Want to learn about the Density enchantment in Minecraft? This guide dives deep into the new mace enchantment called Density. The mace is the strongest and rarest weapon available in Minecraft. Even without enchantments, this melee weapon has the power to decimate even the Warden with just one hit. When combined with enchantments, the mace exceeds everyone’s expectations.

One of the three mace enchantments is called Density. The Density enchantment increases the damage dealt by the mace’s smash attack based on the height from which you are falling onto an enemy. If you want to get your hands on the Density enchantment in Minecraft and learn how to use it, continue reading this guide.

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How to get Density enchantment in Minecraft

This enchantment is common enough to be found in any enchanting table or book (Image via Mojang Studios)

Density is a common enchantment in Minecraft. It can be obtained through an enchanting table, trading with a librarian villager, fishing, or as rewards from ominous vaults and chests found in various structures that may contain enchanted books. The easiest way to acquire the Density enchantment is by using an enchanting table. Follow these simple steps to obtain the Density enchantment in Minecraft:

1. Craft an enchanting table using one book, two diamonds, and four obsidian blocks.
2. Place the enchanting table and surround it with bookshelves, maintaining a one-block distance between the enchanting table and the bookshelves.
3. Craft a mace using a breeze rod and a heavy core. Breeze rods can be obtained by killing breeze mobs, while a heavy core can be obtained from an ominous vault in the trial chambers.
4. Place the mace on the enchanting table to get the Density enchantment. You will need 1-3 Lapis Lazuli to apply the enchantment.

The Density enchantment has five power levels, all of which can be found on both the enchanting table and in books. If you obtain Density in an enchanted book, place the mace and the book on an anvil to apply the power-up. Trial chambers are the best spots for finding mace enchantments like Density in Minecraft.

If you want to obtain a mace and its enchantments, use a trial chamber explorer map to find the structure and participate in trials to earn rewards like heavy core blocks and Density enchanted books.

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What does Density do in Minecraft 1.21?

Mace's attack damage per fallen block can be increased with the help of density enchantment (Image via Mojang Studios)

Every melee weapon deals critical damage when falling from a few blocks. However, most melee weapons have a limited amount of damage multiplier when you are falling from a high place. However, this is not the case with the mace. The mace's attack damage increases with greater fall height. So, you can jump off a high place and land a heavy blow to any entity.

Coming back to the density enchantment, this exclusive powerup particularly increases the weapon's fall damage per block. Essentially, you can deal more damage to an enemy when falling from blocks.

Each enchantment level increases the damage per fallen block by one. Hence, you can increase the mace's attack damage per fallen block by five if you get a Level 5 density enchantment. Check out this table to understand how much damage boost a mace can get from Density enchantment:

Density Enchantment Level	Extra damage per block fallen
1	0.5(Heart x 0.25)
2	1 Heart
3	1.5(Heart x 0.75)
4	2 Hearts
5	2.5(Heart x 1.25)

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Is Minecraft Density enchantment worth it?

Is Density enchantment in Minecraft worth it? (Image via Mojang Studios)

The Density enchantment is incompatible with the Breach, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods enchantments, which may lead some players to question whether the Density enchantment is worth using. Breach, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods each have niche uses, making them somewhat unappealing.

Breach is effective only against enemies wearing armor, Smite deals increased damage to undead mobs, and Bane of Arthropods deals increased damage to arthropods like spiders. In contrast, Density works in all scenarios, and when combined with the Wind Burst enchantment, it turns a mace into an even deadlier weapon.

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Minecraft Density enchantment FAQs

1.What does the Density enchantment do in Minecraft Bedrock?

In simple terms, the Density enchantment increases the damage dealt by a mace's smash attacks. Each level of Density further increases the damage per fallen block.

2. Can villagers give you Density?

Yes, you can get a Density enchanted book from librarians in villages. However, you may need to reset the librarian villager's trades multiple times before obtaining the Density enchantment.

3. What does Density do to a mace?

Density buffs a mace by increasing its smash attack damage. It is incompatible with the Breach, Sharpness, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods enchantments. If you apply the Density enchantment to a mace, you won't be able to add Breach, Sharpness, Smite, or Bane of Arthropods to it.

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