This Minecraft tutorial explains the Fire Protection enchantment with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

Background

The Fire Protection enchantment reduces the damage caused by fire and lava.

You can add the Fire Protection enchantment to any piece of armor such as helmets, chestplates, leggings or boots using an enchanting table, anvil, or game command. Then you will need to wear the enchanted armor to gain the fire protection.

The maximum level for the Fire Protection enchantment is Level 4. This means that you can enchant an item with up to Fire Protection IV. The higher the level, the more powerful the enchantment.

 

Enchantment Name Fire Protection
Min Level Level 1 (Fire Protection I)
Max Level Level 4 (Fire Protection IV)
Description Reduces the damage caused by fire and lava
Applies To Helmets
Chestplates
Leggings
Boots
How to add Enchantment 1. Enchanting Table
2. Anvil
3. /enchant command

Incompatible Enchantments

In Minecraft, the Fire Protection enchantment can not be combined with the following enchantments:

  • Blast Protection
  • Projectile Protection
  • Protection

Items to Enchant with Fire Protection

In Minecraft, you can enchant the following items with Fire Protection:

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Wear the Enchanted Armor

Once you have armor enchanted with Fire Protection, you need to wear the enchanted armor. You will not gain the fire protection until the armor items are worn.

Move each of the armor items (helmet, chestplate, leggings, boots) with Fire Protection from your inventory to your character’s armor boxes.

You will see your character’s appearance change as the armor is worn.

Now that you are wearing the enchanted armor with Fire Protection, the amount of damage that you will take from fire and lava will be reduced.

Congratulations, you just learned all about the Fire Protection enchantment in Minecraft.

Enchantment ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, Fire Protection has the following enchantment ID and Name values:

Enchantment
(Minecraft ID Name)		 Max Level ID Version
Fire Protection
(minecraft:fire_protection)		 IV 1
  • 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 Fire Protection

Enchant Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

Fire Protection I:

/enchant @p fire_protection 1

Fire Protection II:

/enchant @p fire_protection 2

Fire Protection III:

/enchant @p fire_protection 3

Fire Protection IV:

/enchant @p fire_protection 4

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

Other Enchantments

There are other enchantments in Minecraft such as:

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