Vanilla Plus Enchantments

Vanilla Plus Enchantments adds a large collection of new enchantments and curses designed to feel like a natural extension of vanilla gameplay.

Features

• 45+ new enchantments for weapons, tools, and armor
• Unique high-risk curses with powerful effects
• Vanilla-friendly design and balance
• Expanded support for existing mechanics like the Breach enchantment
• Native support for Fabric and NeoForge

Enchantments

Melee Combat

Follow-Up Powers up your next strike after landing a chain of hits.

Laceration Deals short-term extra damage after a successful hit.

Long Reach Extends your melee attack distance.

Breach (Expanded) Extends armor penetration support to swords, axes, bows, and spears.

Charge Ready Reduces the time required to prepare a spear charge.

Swift Thrust Increases the attack speed and rhythm of spear thrusts.

Breakline Increases the damage of the opening hit during a charge.

Ranged Combat

Aim Assist Arrows gently curve toward the nearest entity during flight.

Trajectory Displays the predicted trajectory path of arrows and projectiles.

Quickdraw Increases your bow charge speed.

Repeating Fire Allows crossbows to fire automatically while holding right-click.

Recovery Increases the chance of recovering arrows after impact.

Tailwind Reduces projectile gravity drop for flatter trajectories.

Impact Shot Creates a wind burst knockback effect upon impact.

Trident Specials

Undertow Pulls the hit target toward the thrower.

Backwash Deals continuous damage to nearby entities while the trident is in flight.

Mining & Tools

Vein Breaker Breaks connected blocks of the same type.

Gathering Automatically pulls nearby drops and XP toward the player after mining.

Extended Reach Increases your block interaction and breaking range.

Wide Tilling Allows hoes to till a larger area of farmland at once.

Replanting Automatically replants seeds when harvesting mature crops with a hoe.

Defense & Mobility

Second Wind Grants a brief recovery boost after taking heavy damage.

Night Sight Provides better vision in dark areas when wearing a helmet.

Insulation Increases resistance to freezing conditions and powdered snow.

Silent Running Reduces movement noise and vibration detection.

Low Gravity Allows for longer hang time and softer landings.

Magnetism Pulls items and XP toward the player from a distance.

Shields & Elytra

Deflection Increases the stability and accuracy of projectile reflection.

Counter Guard Provides a better counter-attack window after a successful block.

Glide Control Provides smoother and more stable gliding flight.

Dive Increases descent speed while diving with elytra.

Impact Guard Reduces damage taken from collisions while flying.

Mending Variants

Mutually exclusive with standard Mending.

Vital Mending Uses player health to repair items when health is high.

Hunger Mending Consumes hunger and saturation to repair items.

Solar Mending Repairs items while exposed to direct sunlight.

Soaked Mending Repairs items while in water or rain.

Utility & Exploration

Wool Harvest Increases the amount of wool dropped by sheep.

Broad Cut Allows for area shearing of multiple sheep at once.

Delicate Dig Speeds up brushing while ensuring safer progress on suspicious blocks.

Relic Sense Helps locate nearby suspicious blocks with a brush.

Far Focus Increases the maximum zoom level of spyglasses.

Mark Target Helps track observed targets through walls or at a distance.

Night Scope Provides night vision while using a spyglass.

Bountiful Catch Provides a chance to catch extra items while fishing.

Golden Flame Allows flint and steel to create special golden fire.

Curses

Curse of Rupture Causes a massive explosion and destroys the trident on impact.

Curse of Wildfire Scatters fire uncontrollably and causes explosions when using flint and steel.

Curse of Undying Prevents death by consuming the armor piece itself.

Curse of Antigravity Grants extreme levitation that can be difficult to control.

Design Goals

• Clear Roles Every enchantment has a specific use case.
• Readability Effects are intuitive and easy to understand.
• Balance Situational utility is prioritized over constant power creep.

Notes

• Some enchantments are intended for specific item categories only.
• Item support is handled via tags for maximum compatibility.
• Effects and balance may continue to change during development.

Vanilla Plus Enchantments

Vanilla Plus Enchantments expands Minecraft with a large collection of new enchantments and curses designed to feel like a natural extension of vanilla gameplay.

This mod adds enchantments for weapons, bows, spears, tools, armor, shields, elytra, shears, brushes, spyglasses, fishing rods, and more. The goal is to make equipment more expressive and interesting without losing the familiar Minecraft style.

Features

• New enchantments for many different item types
• New curse enchantments with unique drawbacks
• Vanilla-friendly design philosophy
• Equipment variety without replacing vanilla progression
• Support for more specialized playstyles such as ranged combat, spear combat, exploration, mobility, and utility builds

Enchantments

Below are the enchantments currently planned for the mod.

Weapon Enchantments

Follow-Up Powers up your next strike after chained hits

Breach (Expanded) Better armor-penetration options on more weapons

Laceration Adds short extra damage after a hit

Long Reach Extends melee attack distance

Aim Assist Slight projectile steering toward nearby targets

Quickdraw Faster bow charge

Recovery Better arrow recovery chance

Tailwind Less projectile drop

Impact Shot Wind burst knockback on impact

Charge Ready Faster spear charge prep

Swift Thrust Faster spear attack rhythm

Breakline Stronger opening hit during a charge

Vein Breaker Breaks connected same-type blocks

Gathering Easier pickup of drops and XP

Extended Reach Longer block interaction range

Second Wind Better recovery after heavy damage

Night Sight Better vision in dark areas

Insulation Better resistance to freezing conditions

Silent Running Quieter movement and less vibration

Low Gravity Longer hang time and softer falling

Magnetism Pulls items and XP toward you

Deflection More stable projectile reflection

Counter Guard Better counter window after a block

Bulwark More stable shield defense under pressure

Glide Control Smoother and more stable gliding

Dive Faster descent while diving

Impact Guard Reduces elytra collision damage

Wool Harvest More wool from sheep shearing

Broad Cut Easier area shearing workflow

Fine Trim Better precision cutting

Delicate Dig Faster and safer brushing progress

Relic Sense Helps find suspicious blocks nearby

Far Focus Stronger zoom

Mark Target Helps keep track of observed targets

Night Scope Better low-light vision while scoping

Bountiful Catch Chance to gain extra copies of your catch

Design Goals

Vanilla Plus Enchantments is built around a simple idea:

add more variety without making enchantments feel out of place.

The mod focuses on:

• clear item roles
• useful but readable effects
• situational power instead of constant overload
• enchantments that feel like they could belong in vanilla Minecraft

Notes

• Some enchantments are intended for specific item categories only
• Item support is planned around Minecraft-style tags for cleaner compatibility
• Effects and balance may continue to change during development

Why this mod?

If you like the vanilla enchantment system but want more possibilities, more specialized equipment, and more interesting builds, this mod is made for that.

Vanilla Plus Enchantments aims to keep the spirit of Minecraft intact while giving players many more ways to customize how they fight, mine, explore, and survive.