ENCHANTMENTS · COMBAT
Looting in Minecraft - Anvil Cost & Compatibility
Increases mob loot quantity and rare-drop chance.
Max Level
3
Book Cost
4/lvl
Conflicts
-
Treasure
No
Added
vanilla
Anvil Calculator
Optimal order · XP cost · Too-Expensive guardPick the gear you want to enchant. Books you add below will be merged onto it in the cheapest order we can find.
Compatible items
How to get Looting
- Enchanting table: Surround a level 30 table with 15 bookshelves and roll until Looting appears.
- Villager trading: Reroll librarian villagers until one stocks Looting.
- Loot: Bastions, end cities and trial chambers regularly drop enchanted gear with Looting.
Anvil cost worked example
Applying a level-3 Looting book onto a brand-new
item costs 12
XP levels (book multiplier 4 times level
3). Adding it on top of an item that has already been on
the anvil once raises the cost by another 1
level for the prior-work penalty; twice and the penalty jumps to
3; three times, 7;
and so on by 2^n - 1.
Pair Looting with cheap stuff first if you can - Unbreaking and Mending have low multipliers and don't conflict, so they're usually the cheapest path to a full endgame loadout.
Pair Looting with
FAQ
- What does Looting do in Minecraft?
- Increases mob loot quantity and rare-drop chance.
- What is the maximum level of Looting?
- Looting caps at level 3.
- Which items can have Looting?
- Sword.
- What enchantments conflict with Looting?
- Looting does not conflict with any other enchantment.
- How much XP does Looting cost on the anvil?
- Each level of Looting adds bookMultiplier 4 times the new level to the anvil cost. At max level (3) that is 12 XP plus any prior-work penalty.