This Minecraft tutorial explains the Bane of Arthropods enchantment with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

Background

The Bane of Arthropods enchantment increases your attack damage against mobs such as spiders, cave spiders, silverfish, and endermites.

     

You can add the Bane of Arthropods enchantment to any sword or axe using an enchanting table, anvil, or game command. Then use the enchanted sword/axe to fight an arthropod and see just how quickly you can kill spiders, silverfish and endermites!!

The maximum level for the Bane of Arthropods enchantment is Level 5. This means that you can enchant an item with up to Bane of Arthropods V. The higher the level, the more powerful the enchantment.

 

Enchantment Name Bane of Arthropods
Min Level Level 1 (Bane of Arthropods I)
Max Level Level 5 (Bane of Arthropods V)
Description Increases your attack damage against mobs such as spiders, cave spiders, silverfish and endermites
Applies To Swords
Axes
How to add Enchantment 1. Enchanting Table
2. Anvil
3. /enchant command

Incompatible Enchantments

In Minecraft, the Bane of Arthropods enchantment can not be combined with the following enchantments:

  • Sharpness
  • Smite

Items to Enchant with Bane of Arthropods

In Minecraft, you can enchant the following items with Bane of Arthropods:

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Hold the Enchanted Sword/Axe

Once you have a sword or axe that is enchanted with Bane of Arthropods, you need to hold the enchanted item in your hand. You will not gain the improved attack damage against arthropods until the item is held in your hand and used.

Congratulations, you just learned all about the Bane of Arthropods enchantment in Minecraft.

Enchantment ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, Bane of Arthropods has the following enchantment ID and Name values:

Enchantment
(Minecraft ID Name)		 Max Level ID Version
Bane of Arthropods
(minecraft:bane_of_arthropods)		 V 18
  • Enchantment is what the enchantment is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value used in the /enchant command.
  • Max Level is the maximum level that you can apply for this enchantment.
  • Minecraft ID is the Internal number for the enchantment.
  • Platform is the platform that applies.
  • Version is the Minecraft version number that the enchantment was introduced for the name and ID, if applicable.

Enchant Command for Bane of Arthropods

Enchant Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

Bane of Arthropods I:

/enchant @p bane_of_arthropods 1

Bane of Arthropods II:

/enchant @p bane_of_arthropods 2

Bane of Arthropods III:

/enchant @p bane_of_arthropods 3

Bane of Arthropods IV:

/enchant @p bane_of_arthropods 4

Bane of Arthropods V:

/enchant @p bane_of_arthropods 5

See more examples of how to use the /enchant command.

Other Enchantments

There are other enchantments in Minecraft such as:

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