Improved Enchanting
by hemiolf211
Improved Enchanting adds new enchantments and a reworked enchanting system, with four axe enchantments, chestplate and elytra options, and finds spread across loot, trades and trial vaults.
What it does
The mod changes how enchanting works and adds a set of new enchantments. Some are found on enchanting tables, in random loot, in villager trades or in nether fortress bridges, and others come from trial vault rewards or end cities. Each enchantment has its own upside and downside, and several are incompatible with one another, such as Critical Strike and Shockwave.
The server must run the mod, while players may leave it out. Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, covering the game versions 1.21 – 1.21.11 and released under CC0 1.0 Universal, which is not open source. The latest file for every loader is 2 for 1.21.11, dated 2026-04-10.
Key features
Reworked enchanting system
The enchanting process is changed beyond the vanilla rules, and the new enchantments sit alongside the base game ones.
Critical Strike for axes
Each level adds extra damage on critical hits, and it cannot be combined with Shockwave or Rampage.
Shockwave and Charge
Critical hits release a shockwave that deals scaling area damage, and higher levels lower the attack rate and break items on the floor.
Chestplate and elytra options
Absorbing Hearts applies to chestplates, while the wing enchantments grant small flight boosts and absorption when taking damage in the air.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Improved Enchanting need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders have files for Improved Enchanting?
Are the new enchantments found in the vanilla game?
In the catalog
Improved Enchanting is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,630 Magic mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
This is a chaotic Enchantment, causing a fireball to blow up in the area that does not damage the area around it. It does some serious damage to the mobs around it. This enchantment only has one level, doing fire spreading around 5 blocks around the mob. This enchantment is only found in the form of enchanting books…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/improved-enchanting
- Owner
- hemiolf211
- Published
- 2025-08-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15