Archive · 21 May 2025
Minecraft: How to Craft and Use Enchanting Tables
To enchant items in Minecraft, you first need an enchanting table.
You build it with obsidian, diamonds, and a book.
Place the book on top, diamonds on the sides, and obsidian below.
Surround the table with bookshelves, leaving one block of space, to get better enchantments.
You'll also need Lapis Lazuli and experience levels to enchant items.
Put the item and Lapis Lazuli in the table and pick an enchantment.
You can combine enchantments with an anvil or remove them with a grindstone.
Players can enhance tools and weapons using enchantments.
An enchanting table is required to access enchantments.
The table needs 4 obsidian, 2 diamonds, and 1 book to build.
Bookshelves increase enchantment strength and are placed around the table.
Lapis Lazuli and experience levels are needed to enchant items.
- Who
- Minecraft players
- What
- Building and using an enchanting table to create enchantments
- When
- Anytime during gameplay
- Where
- In Minecraft
- Why
- To enhance tools and weapons with special abilities
- Materials for Enchanting Table
- 4 obsidian blocks, 2 diamonds, 1 book
- Book placement
- Top-middle slot
- Diamond placement
- Left and right slots of second row
- Obsidian placement
- Bottom row and center slot of second row
- Bookshelf requirement
- 15 bookshelves needed for 30 levels
- Bookshelf ingredients
- 3 books, 6 wooden planks per bookshelf