How to make an Enchanted Leather Tunic in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft an enchanted leather tunic with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, you can add powers to a leather tunic by enchanting it. Enchantments can be added to items using an enchanting table, anvil, or game command.

enchanted leather tunic

Let's explore how to make an enchanted leather tunic using an enchanting table.

Supported Platforms

An enchanted leather tunic is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

PlatformSupported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac) Java Edition (PC/Mac)Yes
Pocket Edition (PE) Pocket Edition (PE)Yes (0.12.1)
Xbox 360 Xbox 360Yes
Xbox One Xbox OneYes
PS3 PS3Yes
PS4 PS4Yes
Wii U Wii UYes
Nintendo Switch Nintendo SwitchYes
Windows 10 Edition Windows 10 EditionYes (0.12.1)
Education Edition Education EditionYes

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Required Materials to make an Enchanted Leather Tunic

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft an enchanted leather tunic:

Enchantments for Leather Tunic

In Minecraft, you can enchant a leather tunic with the following enchantments:

Enchantment Description
Blast Protection Reduces blast and explosion damage
Curse of Binding Cursed item can not be removed from player
Curse of Vanishing Cursed item will disappear after player dies
Fire Protection Reduces damage caused by fire and lava
Mending Uses xp to mend your tools, weapons and armor
Projectile Protection Reduces projectile damage (arrows, fireballs, fire charges)
Protection General protection against attacks, fire, lava, and falling
Thorns Causes damage to attackers
Unbreaking Increases durability of item, in effect, by decreasing the chance of the tool, weapon, or armor taking durability damage when used

See a complete list of Minecraft Enchantments that is interactive and searchable.

Steps to Enchant the Leather Tunic

1. Open the Enchanting Table

First, open your enchanting table so that you have the Enchant menu that looks like this:

enchant menu

2. Enchant the Leather Tunic

In the Enchant menu, place the leather tunic in the first box. Then place 3 lapis lazuli in the second box.

TIP: In Creative mode, you do not need to place the lapis lazuli in the second box.

Enchant leather tunic

Once you have placed your leather tunic and lapis lazuli in the two boxes, you will see the enchantment slots display up to 3 enchantment options. Each enchantment will display a number on the right which is the number of experience levels that you must have to unlock and view the enchantment (this is not the cost of applying the enchantment).

In this example, the first enchantment is unlocked if you have 5 experience levels, the second one is unlocked if you have 12 experience levels, and for the third enchantment you need 30 experience levels to unlock it.

The higher the experience points required to unlock the enchantment, the better the enchantment. If you don't have enough levels, you can always earn more experience points by killing mobs or using the /xp command.

TIP: If you hover over the slot, you will see the name of the enchantment and the cost.

Enchant leather tunic

When you hover over the third enchantment, it says Protection IV and the cost of the enchantment is 3 lapis lazuli and 3 enchantment levels (ie: level on your experience bar). Protection IV is one of the 3 enchantments that you can select from the enchanting table.

Select the enchantment that you wish to apply to the leather tunic.

Completed enchanted leather tunic

Once you have selected an enchantment, your lapis lazuli and experience points will be spent and the leather tunic will glow purple. You can hover over the enchanted tunic to see its new powers.

TIP: Quite often the enchanting table will add more than just the one enchantment originally selected. So you might end up with an item that is enchanted with 2 or 3 enchantments (or maybe even 4 enchantments)!

enchanted leather tunic

The leather tunic is now an enchanted leather tunic and you can move it back into your inventory.

Congratulations, you have made an enchanted leather tunic in Minecraft!

Durability

Durability represents how long the item will last. For tools, weapons and transportation, durability is the number of useful actions before the item is destroyed. For armor items, durability is the number of hits (that can be blocked by armor) before the item is destroyed. So the higher the durability number, the longer the item will last.

The following table shows the durability for each chestplate in Minecraft:

Name Durability
Netherite Chestplate 592
Diamond Chestplate 528
Chain Chestplate 240
Iron Chestplate 240
Golden Chestplate 112
Dyed Leather Tunic 80
Leather Tunic 80

Things to Do with Enchanted Leather Tunics

Here are some activities that you can do with enchanted leather tunics in Minecraft: