Minecraft: 6 BEST Boots Enchantments [280+ Hours Experience]

Boots Enchantments make them much more effective for you in Minecraft.

In Minecraft, you do not need to play with plain old boots. Instead, you can use a number of different enchantments on the boots. Then, not only will they give you the Armor that you normally get, but you’ll also get special benefits from the Enchantments. That is why it is necessary to have Enchantments on Boots to make them more useful in Minecraft.

Key Takeaways
  • There are a total of 13 Enchantments for Boots in Minecraft.
  • Including these, the boots have some unique Enchantments.
  • The unique Enchantments make the game a lot easier for you.
  • The Best Enchantments for Boots are Mending, Frost Walker, Depth Strider, Unbreaking, and Protection.
  • There are a variety of methods using which you can acquire Enchantments in Minecraft.
  • These include using Enchantment Table, Trading with Villagers, or even Bartering with Piglings in The Nether.
  • Some combos make boots much more useful.

It is essential that you go through my Boot Enchantments comparison table before getting into the details:

Enchantment NameMax LevelDescriptionHow To Acquire
MendingLevel 1Recharges the durability of your boots
at the expense of your experience points.
Search through chests in
dungeons, jungle/ desert temples, and strongholds.
Feather FallingLevel 4Reduces the damage taken by 12% at
Level 1 and 48% at Level 4 in case of a big fall.
Can be acquired by using the enchantment table.
Frost WalkerLevel 2- Allows players to walk on water as it turns
water into ice for a short period of time.
- Protects you from magma blocks when you
walk on top of them.
Trading with villagers with armorer and librarian trade, fishing, and treasure chests.
Depth StriderLevel 3Allows players to travel faster when they are
underwater.
Can be acquired by using the enchantment table
UnbreakingLevel 3Increases the durability of your boots.
- Level 1 increases durability by 100%. Level 2
by 200% and Level 3 by 300%.
- Trade it with a librarian villager
- Looting dungeon chests
ProtectionLevel 4- Level 1 gives 4% damage protection
- Level 2 gives 8% damage protection
- Level 3 gives 12% and Level 4 gives 16%
damage protection.
Can be acquired by using the enchantment table

Best Minecraft Boot Enchantments

Boots are a type of Armor that gives you protection from attacks. There is a variety of boots available, ranging all the way from Leather boots to Netherite boots. They themselves are better at protecting you, but it can get better when you apply enchantments on them.

Mending

Max LevelDescriptionHow to Acquire
Level 1Recharges the durability of your boots at the expense of your experience points.Search through chests in dungeons, jungle/ desert temples, and strongholds.

The first enchantment I will talk about is Mending. Mending enchantment can be applied to any item in the game, whether it’s any armor piece, tool, or weapon.

Mending Enchantment Minecraft.
The Mending Enchantment repairs Boot’s durability with Experience Points. [Image taken by eXputer]
Mending is an enchantment that allows you to recharge the durability of the boots; in other words, it repairs boots. It does that by using the experience points you gain from performing certain tasks in Minecraft. However, the experience points will be aimed only toward the boots when they are used. Once the durability level is fulfilled, you will receive XP points normally again. 

The maximum level of Mending you can get is only Level I. Mending is a difficult enchantment to get your hands on. It can only be found as an enchanted book but never on an enchanting table. Although it is a rare enchantment, it is worthwhile to achieve. We’ll explain later how you can acquire it. 

Feather Falling

Max LevelDescriptionHow to Acquire
Level 4Reduces the damage taken by 12% at Level 1 and 48% at Level 4 in case of a big fall.Can be acquired by using the enchantment table.

Feather Falling enchantment is actually used for boots specifically. It helps reduce damage by 12% in case of a big fall. Damage is reduced without affecting the speed at which you fall. So, instead of dying, you can survive and recover from the drop; for instance, it can be utilized while exploring and wandering about in caves.

Feather Falling Enchantment.
Feather Falling reduces the damage you take by falling down. [Screenshot by eXputer]
However, if you use level IV of the feather falling enchantment, the damage you get is reduced by 48%, which is great. For instance, when you teleport using Ender Pearl, the Feather Falling enchantment will be handy. 

Frost Walker

Max LevelDescriptionHow to Acquire
Level 2
  • Allows players to walk on water as it turns water into ice for a short period of time.
  • Protects you from magma blocks when you walk on top of them.
Trading with villagers with armorer and librarian trade, fishing, and treasure chests.

One of the best enchantments in Minecraft for the boots is the Frost Walker enchantment. Once again, it is a boots-only enchantment, meaning you can’t get it on anything else. It allows you to be able to commute through the water as it enables you to walk on water. It temporarily turns water into ice to quickly just commute through water from one place to another without wasting any time.

Frost Walker enchantment of boots minecraft.
Frost Walker enchantment lets players walk on water. [Image taken by eXputer]
Once you walk past that spot, the ice will automatically turn back into the water. It is a great method to travel on water if you don’t have time to build a boat. Not only that, you can use it to your benefit if you are running from the mob.

Another great benefit of using frost Walker enchantment is its protection from certain blocks as you walk on the ground, such as magma blocks. But, it does not give you any advantage when dealing with Lava.

The maximum level for frost walker enchantment is level II. The level of enchantment defines the blocks that will transform into ice. The formula to determine that is “2 + Enchantment level“.

Depth Strider

Max LevelDescriptionHow to Acquire
Level 3Allows players to travel faster when they are underwater.Can be acquired by using the enchantment table

Another enchantment that is exclusive to Boots is the Depth Strider enchantment. Depth Stricker Enchantment helps you to travel faster when underwater. It reduces the power of water, slowing you down by ⅓ at level I. But that reduction increases as you level up the enchantment. Using the maximum level, which is level III, you can move as fast underwater as you can run on the ground.

Depth Strider ability.
Depth Strider lets players move faster underwater. [Screenshot by eXputer]
Depth Strider is especially used in cases such as exploring an ocean monument or avoiding sinking while obtaining a trident. You can use it when you have to outrun the monsters.

Unbreaking

Max LevelDescriptionHow to Acquire
Level 3Increases the durability of your boots. 

  • Level 1 increases durability by 100%.
  • Level 2 by 200%.
  • Level 3 by 300%.
  • Trade it with a librarian villager 
  • Looting dungeon chests

Unbreaking is one of the most useful Enchantments in all of Minecraft. That is because you can use it on almost all of the game’s equipment, armor pieces, tools, or weapons. You can consider it a universal enchantment in the game.

Unbreaking enchantment.
The Unbreaking enchantment makes Boots more durable. [Image taken by eXputer]
Applying Unbreaking on boots significantly increases their durability. Level I increases the durability of the weapon by 100%. At level II, it is 200%; at level III, it increases to 300%. That means the boots will last three times longer than usual. You can use it on rare items such as Netherite boots to ensure they last longer. 

Protection

Max LevelDescriptionHow to Acquire
Level 4
  • Level 1 gives 4% damage protection.
  • Level 2 gives 8% damage protection.
  • Level 3 gives 12% damage protection.
  • Level 4 gives 16% damage protection.
Can be acquired by using the enchantment table

Protection enchantment may be easily considered one of the best enchantments. It reduces the damage taken from all sources. But, if you use specific Protection enchantments like Blast Protection or Fire Protection, they will reduce their respective damages. But the Protection Enchantment affects all types of damages at once.

Protection enchantment.
With the Protection enchantment, you will take less damage. [Screenshot by eXputer]
At level I, you will get a 4% damage protection; it doubles at level II. At level III, it becomes 12%; finally, at the maximum level IV, it becomes 16%. That is only for the boots. Using it on all armor pieces will get a 64% damage reduction with the Protection Enchantment. Using it will significantly increase your defense.

All Boots Enchantments

There are a total of 13 Enchantments available for Boots in the game. We’ll list each of them and explain briefly what that enchantment does.

  • Blast Protection: It reduces the damage you take from TNT or Creeper explosions. You can get up to 32% damage reduction.
  • Curse of Binding: Any item with the enchantment curse of binding will be worn permanently till the player dies.
  • Curse of Vanishing: Any item with the enchantment curse of vanishing will disappear from the world if the player dies wearing it.
  • Depth Strider: Increases your movement speed under the water.
  • Feather Falling: Reduces the damage that you receive from falling. It doesn’t affect the falling speed, only the damage taken.
  • Fire Protection: Reduces damage taken from fire, including lava and magma blocks. The damage is reduced by around 32% if Fire Protection 4 is used.
  • Frost Walker: Temporarily freezes water and converts it into Frosted Ice blocks when you walk over it. That makes you immune to damage from Magma Blocks, Campfire, etc.
  • Mending: Restores the durability of boots using experience points gained from different activities.
  • Projectile Protection: Reduces the damage caused by fireballs, arrows, tridents, etc. Like all other protection enchantments, the maximum reduction is up to 32%.
  • Protection: With the enchantment, it reduces any type of damage taken. You can get a maximum of 16% off any one piece of equipment.
  • Soul Speed: With the enchantment, you can walk faster and more quickly on soul sand and soul soil if Soul Speed is applied on boots.
  • Thorns: It exerts damage on the attacks that are attacking you.
  • Unbreaking: Gives increased durability to boots, which in turn makes the boots last for longer durations.

Best Enchantment Combinations For Boots

Although there are tons of combinations that you can get on the boots, some of them are more useful than others. So, here are some of the best combinations of Enchantments on Boots. 

  • Feather Falling + Soul Speed + Protection + Unbreaking
  • Protection + Unbreaking + Mending
  • Protection + Depth Strider 
  • Thorns + Unbreaking + Mending
  • Thorns + Feather Falling + Unbreaking + Mending
  • Unbreaking + Mending
  • Unbreaking + Feather Falling

Enchantments in Minecraft make the game a lot easier for you. Not only will they increase the Boots’ durability, but they also make them much more useful. In addition to that, you can get enchantment on Helmet, Bow, Axe, or even Swords. If you are still learning it, starting with less valuable items on which you test Enchantment is better. It would be best to practice on items that use Iron as the main ingredient.

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