Breach

enchantments

Breach is an enchantment in Minecraft. It can be applied up to level 4.

Breach is a powerful mace enchantment in Minecraft that reduces enemy armor effectiveness by 15% per level, with a maximum level of 4. This combat-focused enchantment deals damage as though the target's armor provides 15 percentage points less protection per enchantment level, making it highly effective against heavily armored opponents.

Players can obtain Breach through enchanting tables, librarian villager trading, fishing, or finding enchanted books in ominous vaults and various structures. The enchantment works by reducing only the armor's base protection, not affecting enchantments like Protection or Resistance effects.

At maximum level (Breach IV), this enchantment reduces armor effectiveness by 60%, making it particularly valuable in PvP scenarios where opponents wear diamond or netherite armor. While less effective in singleplayer survival compared to Smite against undead mobs, Breach excels against armored players and certain mobs like closed-shell shulkers. The enchantment is incompatible with Density, Sharpness, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods.

Properties

What can you enchant with Breach?

Enchantment For

ItemAn item this enchantment can be applied to. Follow it for its own page.

Crafting StationWhere you can apply it: enchanting table, anvil, or both.

MaceCrafting Station

	Crafting Station
ItemAn item this enchantment can be applied to. Follow it for its own page. Crafting StationWhere you can apply it: enchanting table, anvil, or both.
Mace Mace	Enchanting table Anvil

Breach FAQ

Quick answers

The maximum level of Breach is level 4.

Breach can be applied to Mace.


LevelThe villager must reach this trade level before offering this deal. ChanceHow likely this appears — the bar compares it at a glance. StockHow many times you can make this trade before the villager needs to restock. Villager XPExperience the villager earns from this trade — it levels them up toward better offers.
Librarian Librarian	Novice	1.28%	5-64 × Emerald 1 × BookBreach Breach	12	+1
Librarian Librarian	Apprentice	1.28%	5-64 × Emerald 1 × BookBreach Breach	12	+5
Librarian Librarian	Journeyman	1.28%	5-64 × Emerald 1 × BookBreach Breach	12	+10
Librarian Librarian	Expert	0.85%	5-64 × Emerald 1 × BookBreach Breach	12	+15


StructureA place whose chests can contain this item. Follow it for its own page. ChanceHow likely this appears — the bar compares it at a glance. Avg. per ChestThe average number you'll collect per chest opened, counting the empty ones. Avg. Chests to SearchRoughly how many chests of this type you'd open before finding one.
Ancient CityAncient CityChestBest odds	35.9%	0.44	~2.8
Desert PyramidDesert Pyramid	23.5%	0.26	~4.3
Woodland MansionWoodland Mansion	17.5%	0.19	~5.7
Monster RoomMonster Room	14.7%	0.15	~6.8
MineshaftMineshaft	14.1%	0.14	~7.1
Pillager OutpostPillager Outpost	11.0%	0.11	~9.1
Ocean RuinOcean Ruin	10.8%	0.11	~9.2
Jungle PyramidJungle Pyramid	5.3%	0.05	~18.8
Trial ChambersTrial ChambersOminous Vaults	2.75%	0.03	~36.4
StrongholdStrongholdLibraries	1.87%	<0.01	~53.5
StrongholdStrongholdStorerooms	0.097%	<0.01	~1031.0
StrongholdStrongholdAltars	0.074%	<0.01	~1351.0

Breach

What can you enchant with Breach?

Enchantment For

Breach FAQ

What is Breach incompatible with?

Which villagers trade Breach?

Villager trades

Which structures contain Breach?

Found as Loot

How do you get Breach by fishing?

Breach can be obtained by fishing with in the following biome:

Related guides

Breach is incompatible with