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Minecraft 26.3 · Enchantment

Piercing Enchantment

Crossbow arrows pass through mobs and shields; they can be picked back up. Max level IV. Available from the enchanting table.

What Piercing does

The effect at each level and what it costs on an anvil

Level	Effect	Anvil cost (item / book)
I	Passes through 1 extra mob	1 / 1
II	Passes through 2 extra mobs	2 / 2
III	Passes through 3 extra mobs	3 / 3
IV	Passes through 4 extra mobs	4 / 4

Quick stats

Numbers from the 26.3 data pack

ID	minecraft:piercing
Max level	IV
Enchanting table weight	10 (common)
Anvil cost per level	1 from an item, 1 from a book
Treasure	No
Curse	No

Works on

Items that can roll it on a table, and items that only take it from a book

Enchanting table and anvil

Crossbow

Incompatible with

An anvil refuses to combine these with Piercing

Multishot

Other enchantments for the same items

Enchantments that share a primary item with Piercing

Try it in the tools

Build a /give command or plan the anvil merge

Anvil Cost Optimizer The cheapest merge order for a loadout, with a Too Expensive warning. Enchantments List All 43 enchantments: max levels, items, conflicts, anvil costs and a /give builder. Piercing in the enchantment tool See it on a book and copy a /give command.