Java Edition:Incompatible Mace Enchantments
Currently, Breach, Density, Bane of Arthropods, and Smite are mutually exclusive enchantments for the mace. However, Breach and Density were not incompatible with any enchantments when they were first introduced. In addition to that, maces are no longer able to be enchanted with Sharpness. Therefore, many incompatible enchantment combinations were obtainable prior to these changes.
Obtaining
While these enchantments were not mutually exclusive, they could be applied to the same mace or enchanted book using an anvil or an enchantment table. There are many possible orders and levels of enchantments and the other enchantments: Wind Burst, Fire Aspect, Unbreaking, Mending, and Curse of Vanishing can also be applied.
Breach and Density
From 24w13a (1.20.5 Snapshot), when the Breach and Density enchantments were added, to 24w18a (1.21 Snapshot), the Breach and Density enchantments were not incompatible with each other. They were made incompatible in 24w19a for parity reasons, as they were mutually exclusive in Bedrock Edition.[1]
Breach/Density with Bane of Arthropods/Smite
From 24w13a (1.20.5 Snapshot) to 1.20.6, Breach was compatible with Bane of Arthropods or Smite. Additionally, Density was compatible with Bane of Arthropods or Smite. Since this version range overlapped with Breach and Density being compatible, it is possible to get a mace or enchanted book with Breach, Density, and Smite or Breach, Density, and Bane of Arthropods.
Sharpness
From 24w18a (1.21 Snapshot) to 1.21 Pre-Release 3, maces can be enchanted with Sharpness in an anvil. This was removed in 1.21 Pre-Release 4, making maces with Sharpness discontinued.
Combining
Grindstone Enchantment Dupe
In 24w11a (1.20.5 Snapshot), placing an item in the top slot of a grindstone, then an enchanted item in the bottom slot of the grindstone will duplicate the enchantments from the bottom item onto the top item. Since the mace cannot be enchanted in this version, the mace would first need to be enchanted in a later version. Breach, Density, and Wind Burst cannot be applied with this method as they are not added until 24w13a (1.20.5 Snapshot). However, Bane of Arthropods, Smite, and Sharpness were compatible with Breach and Density from 24w13a (1.20.5 Snapshot) to 1.20.6. Therefore, it is possible to get a mace with Breach, Density, Bane of Arthropods, Smite, and Sharpness.
See also
- Mace with Fire Aspect
- Trident with Incompatible Enchantments
- Crossbow with Incompatible Enchantments