If you have managed to make the mace in Minecraft and want to turn it into an even more powerful weapon, then you should know about the density enchantment. It significantly increases the mace’s damage and is extremely easy to obtain. So, let’s stop beating around the bush and learn everything about the density enchantment in Minecraft.
What is the Density Enchantment in Minecraft
Density is one of the mace-exclusive enchantments and is far simpler compared to Breach. It can only be applied to the Mace in Minecraft, and apart from that, there’s no other use to it. However, don’t take this fact as its drawback since it highly increases the damage output of the mace and makes it an exceptionally strong weapon in the game.
Density helps your mace gain the ability to increase its attacking damage by 0.5 times the number of blocks you fall from towards the targeted mob. This value can increase up to 2.5 times once you obtain the Density V enchantment in Minecraft.
How Does Density Work on Minecraft Mace?
As mentioned above, the Density enchantment adds a fixed damage value per block fallen to the mace. This value depends on its level, and you can refer to the following to calculate the damage output for all levels of this enchantment:
- The normal Mace does 6 points (or 3 hearts) of damage
- Density 1: 0.5 points (0.25 hearts) per block
- Density 2: 1 points (0.5 hearts) per block
- Density 3: 1.5 points (0.75 hearts) per block
- Density 4: 2 points (1 hearts) per block
- Density 5: 2.5 points (1.25 hearts) per block
So with that in mind, each level of the density enchantment adds half a point of damage or one-quarter of a heart for each fallen block in Minecraft.
This means if you jump from a 10-block-tall platform, you will deal a total of 25 additional damage with a density V mace. This damage is added to the already calculated mace’s smash attack damage, so you can deal around 85 damage in total if you fall from that height.
How to Get Density Enchantment in Minecraft
Similarly to Breach, you can get the density enchantment in a few simple ways in Minecraft. You can obtain the enchantment using the enchanted table, from looting structures, trading with villagers, or simply by using commands. Here’s how each method works:
1. Using the Enchanted Table
The first method only requires you to make an enchanting table and place the mace and lapis lazuli in it.
By surrounding the enchanting table with 15 bookshelves, you can ensure you have the highest chances for the maximum level density V enchantment, though this is quite rare.
2. From Looting Structures
The second method of obtaining the density enchantment is by looting structures that can generate enchanted books, as density can appear in this form as well.
The most reliable structure is the trial chambers, where you can obtain density from the ominous vault. However, if you already have the mace, you might already have a density-enchanted book as well.
3. Trading with Villagers
The next way is to find a village that has a Librarian. Sometimes, the beginner-level Librarian won’t provide you with anything useful, and you need to level them up by making trades.
Once they get to the Journeyman or Master level, you can get useful enchanted books from these fellows, and if you’re lucky, the stock will have a Density enchanted book as well.
4. Using Commands
The final way is by using commands, but you need to turn on cheats in the game to make this work. Although some of your friends might even start a fight if they ever come to know about this, this is one way to get the enchantment. All you need to do is type in the following command in the game chat: ‘/enchant @<player_name> minecraft:density 5‘.
Why is the Density Enchantment Best for Mace
Density is considered to be the best for your Mace in Minecraft, and this is primarily due to its damage multiplier for the number of blocks jumped. With the mace without any enchantments, you can one-shot a Warden if you jump from a height of over 200 blocks.
However, with a density V mace, you can kill the Warden in one hit by falling for about 100 blocks only. This is a major difference and does make you realize how powerful density really is.
Just like all damage enchantments for the mace, density is incompatible with breach, sharpness, smite, and bane of arthropods. So, you could have density, unbreaking, mending, fire aspect, and wind burst enchantments on one mace to max it out fully.
You may further use Elytra on your back and fall from the highest possible levels to one-shot kill enemies. Furthermore, with the wind burst enchantment on the weapon, you can land a single hit on the enemy, and make another jump automatically to carry out the second hit.
Now you know how to get the density enchantment and what abilities it provides your incredible mace with. So, will you go for the overall high-damage build or perhaps more specialized damage toward undead mobs, spiders, or armored players? Share with us in the comments below!
The maximum level for the Density enchantment is 5, and it can inflict 2.5 points of damage multiplier per block of the jump.
In most of the use cases, the Density enchantment shines out Breach due to its ability to one-shot enemies, if you jump from enough height.
No, if you apply the Density enchantment on your Mace, it won’t go with the Breach, Sharpness, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods enchantment.
The best possible combo along with the Density for Mace can be the Mending, Fire Aspect, and Wind Burst enchantments.
