How to get rare enchantments in Minecraft
In Minecraft, you can apply various kinds of enchantments on tools, weapons, and armor parts. These are essentially special powerups that strengthen the gear. Some are commonly found in enchanting tables, but the more powerful ones can be quite hard to find. Thankfully, over the years, the community has found ways to make the task of getting Rare enchantments easier.
Here are some methods to get some of the most Rare enchantments in Minecraft.
Methods to get rare enchantments in Minecraft
Trade with librarian villagers
One of the best ways to get Rare enchantments is by trading with librarian villagers. These are working villagers who use lecterns as their job site blocks. They can sell and buy all kinds of book-related items, including, paper, bookshelves, and enchanted books.
Librarians can sell most kinds of enchanted books, including treasure enchantments like Mending. Hence, they are considered one of the best sources to get rare powerups.
You can either find a librarian villager in a village or employ a regular one through a lectern. Once a villager turns into a librarian, you can interact with it to look at what it is selling. If the enchantment you are looking for is not available, you can break the lectern block and place it again. This will reshuffle the librarian's trading list. You can repeat this process till you get the enchantment you want.
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Barter with piglins
Piglins are neutral mobs with whom you can barter to get items. These Nether mobs will take one gold ingot and in return, throw a random item from their trading list.
If you are particularly aiming to get the Soul Speed enchantment, one of the ways to obtain it is by bartering with piglins. Piglins have a rare chance (1.09%) of dropping the Soul-Speed enchanted book, or iron boots with the powerup itself.
Explore challenging structures
Apart from bartering with piglins and trading with librarians, you need to also explore certain structures to obtain specific treasure enchantments. These particular powerups cannot be obtained by a librarian; hence, you need to explore structures and look for chests containing them.
For example, an alternative method to obtain the Soul Speed enchantment is by raiding the Bastion Remnants structure in the Nether. Its generic chest will have an 11.2% chance of having the enchanted book.
Similarly, to find the Swift Sneak enchantment, you need to explore the spooky Ancient City and loot its chests, which will have a 23.2% chance of having the enchanted book.
Moreover, following the latest Minecraft 1.21 update, you can explore trial chambers and open their ominous vaults to have a 5.5% chance of getting the new Wind Burst treasure enchantment.
Fishing rare enchanted books
Finally, fishing is a simple but time-consuming method through which you can obtain the most Rare enchantments. Simply make a rod and start fishing in any water body, even a singular water block. You might get loads of raw cod and pufferfish, but there's also a 16.7% chance of getting an enchanted book that can contain Rare powerups.
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