10 Best Boot Enchantments in Minecraft

Tools, weapons, and equipment will be your best friends when it comes to surviving in Minecraft, as they offer players an endless list of benefits and advantages. Since most of your time will be spent running around in search of resources, treasures, locations, and more, enchanted boots can be one of your best assets. But, things can be tricky with so many awesome enchantments to choose from.

Editor’s Note: This article was updated on August 14th with the most up-to-date information related to the game.

10 Best Boot Enchantments In Minecraft

Boots are going to get you from A to B, but they can also help you survive by granting some useful benefits and effects. There are 6 types of Minecraft boots with varying levels of renewability, efficiency, and durability readily available to players, and applying enchantments will be the best way to get the most out of your boots – especially if they’re high-level.

Below is an outline of all of the best boot enchantments in Minecraft, as well as their number of available upgrade levels, their primary uses, and their potential disadvantages:

1. Feather Falling

The Feather Falling enchantment is exclusive to boots and is a fairly popular option since it reduces fall damage and Ender pearl teleportation damage. These effects make it really useful all-around and can be invaluable for all playstyles since it can stack with Protection.

All-in-all, Feather Falling is generally considered the best option for boots in general. Their function is very simple, but it can be an absolute lifesaver in many situations – whether you end up breaking the only block under you while building, or get punted off a cliff by an unexpected creeper blast.

While it does not affect fall speed, players can expect up to 48% reduced fall damage and up to 80% reduced reduction when combined with Protection enchantments. However, stacking effects do not apply when the boots are enchanted with Protection and Feather Falling.

2. Depth Strider

Depth Strider allows you to swim faster underwater, making it easier to navigate oceans, rivers, and underwater caves. When combined with a water-breathing potion, Depth Strider allows you to mine blocks underwater quickly, speeding up tasks like gathering resources or exploring underwater stuff and locations. It can be beneficial in underwater combat, allowing you to move more swiftly and evade attacks from aquatic mobs like drowned. Depth Strider III – Maximizes swimming speed underwater, making it the most effective level.

3. Protection

The Protection enchantment has 4 upgrade levels and can greatly boost your overall defense. While it isn’t the best enchantment option for boots, it can be a great addition if your other armor pieces are already equipped with great enchantments and your character is still feeling a bit squishy.

It will not impact the kill command or hunger, and it will not help out with damage from the void or reduce the impact of negative effects in the Bedrock Minecraft Edition. However, it does reduce overall damage in many instances and does not involve any penalties when it’s activated.

4. Unbreaking

Unbreaking extends the lifespan of your boots by reducing the frequency with which they take damage. For example, an Unbreaking III-enchanted pair of boots will last about three times longer before needing repair or replacement compared to non-enchanted boots. By making your boots last longer, Unbreaking reduces the need for frequent repairs using an anvil or crafting materials.

This saves resources like iron, experience levels, and time spent on repairs. Unbreaking IV gives you an 80% chance of not losing durability (though this level is not available in vanilla Minecraft without commands or mods).

5. Mending

Mending repairs your boots by transferring collected experience points into durability. As long as you continue to collect experience, your boots can essentially last forever, avoiding the need for frequent repairs or replacements. When you use Mending, the enchantments on your boots are preserved. This is the best part because repairing boots through conventional methods can sometimes result in the loss of enchantments or require re-enchanting, which can be costly

6. Fire Protection

Fire Protection, logically, decreases the amount of damage taken from fire and lava. This is particularly useful when exploring the Nether, where lava pools and blaze attacks are common.

If you’re fighting mobs or players who use fire-based attacks (like Blaze or Ghast fireballs), Fire Protection will reduce the damage from these attacks, making combat encounters less dangerous and this enchantment more useful in PvP.

7. Blast Protection

Blast Protection decreases the damage taken from explosions, such as those caused by creepers, TNT, and ghast fireballs. This can lower the risk of dying when encountering these explosive threats.

Blast Protection can be combined with other protective enchantments like Protection IV or Fire Protection to create a better defense system.

8. Projectile Protection

Projectile Protection decreases the amount of damage taken from projectile attacks, such as arrows, ghast fireballs, and other ranged attacks. Projectile Protection IV reduces projectile damage by 32%, making it highly valued in PvP.

9. Soul Speed

Soul Speed allows you to move faster on soul sand and soul soil, which are otherwise slow and difficult to travel. This makes navigation in the Nether, where these blocks are common, much quicker. If you’re farming Nether wart, which is commonly grown on soul sand, Soul Speed makes it easier to move around your farm quickly

10. Frost Walker

Frost Walker turns water into ice as you walk over it, allowing you to traverse bodies of water without the need for a boat or swimming. This is especially useful for crossing large lakes, rivers, or oceans. Frost Walker can also turn lava into solid blocks, which allows you to walk across lava lakes, although the converted blocks can be dangerous if you’re not careful.

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