Minecraft what does thorns do

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Cancel Update. This means that you can enchant an item with up to Thorns III. The higher the level, the more powerful the enchantment. Once you have armor enchanted with Thorns, you need to wear the enchanted armor.

You will not damage attackers with your armor until the armor items are worn. Move each of the armor items helmet, chestplate, leggings, boots with Thorns from your inventory to your character's armor boxes. Now that you are wearing the enchanted armor with Thorns, mobs will suffer damage when they physically attack you. See a complete list of Minecraft Enchantments that is interactive and searchable.

While using this site, you agree to have read and accepted our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. D ig M inecraft. Home Enchantments. Please re-enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The stacking effect was a bug from developers, but over time it became a feature amongst many games. This stacking of Thorns enchantment is capped at the damage of 4 i. This is given by the formula —. Thorns enchantment also knockback the attacker. This is very useful when you are surrounded by many mobs.

There are some other enchantments like Minecraft Piercing which also helps you when fighting with mobs. Thorns 1 is useless if you are attacked by many mobs. Thorns 2 if effective but not the best level of enchantment I would say.

Thorns 3 is useful when many mobs attack you together. Thorns 3 helps the most because of its knockback capability. Applying Thorns to your items is a very easy process. You need Lapis Lazuli , enchanting table, or Anvil to do this. Lapis Lazuli is a bluish item that is used in enchanting. The enchanting table is used to apply enchantment to any item at the cost of your XP.

The table gives random applicable enchantments to your item. To increase the level of receivable enchantments, you need to cover the enchantment table with bookshelves.