Bow Enchantment List

In Minecraft, you can enchant a bow with a number of different enchantments. Each enchantment has a name and ID value assigned to it. You can use these enchantment values in the /enchant command.

Here is a list of bow enchantments for the latest version of Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac).

Enchantment (Minecraft ID Name)	Max Level	Description	Minecraft ID	Version
Curse of Vanishing (vanishing_curse)	I	Cursed item will disappear after player dies	71	1.11
Flame (flame)	I	Turns arrows into flaming arrows	50	1.1
Infinity (infinity)	I	Shoots an infinite amount of arrows	51	1.11.1
Mending (mending)	I	Uses xp to mend your tools, weapons and armor	70	1.9
Power (power)	V	Increases damage dealt by bow	48	1.1
Punch (punch)	II	Increases knockback dealt (enemies repel backwards)	49	1.1
Unbreaking (unbreaking)	III	Increases durability of item, in effect, by decreasing the chance of the tool, weapon, or armor taking durability damage when used	34

Definitions

Enchantment is what the enchantment is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value used in the /enchant command.
Max Level is the maximum level that you can apply for this enchantment.
Description is the description of what the enchantment does.
Minecraft ID is the Internal number for the enchantment.
Version is the Minecraft version number that the enchantment was introduced for the name and ID, if applicable.

Example of how to Enchant a Bow

You can enchant a bow that you are holding by using the /enchant command.

For example, you can use the /enchant command to enchant the bow that the player called DigMinecraft is holding with Flame I.

/enchant DigMinecraft flame 1

In this example, flame is the name of the enchantment and 1 is the level of the enchantment to add. The command would result in the bow held by DigMinecraft to be enchanted with Flame I. This enchantment would shoot flaming arrows at its target.