Depth Strider
Depth Strider is a boots-only enchantment in Minecraft that reduces movement speed penalties when walking or swimming in water, making it essential for underwater exploration and ocean travel. This aquatic mobility enchantment has a maximum level of III and significantly improves water navigation efficiency.
Players can obtain Depth Strider through enchanting tables, trading with librarian villagers, fishing for enchanted books, or discovering it in structure loot from desert pyramids, strongholds, ocean ruins, ancient cities, trial chambers, woodland mansions, and various dungeon chests. The enchantment also drops from raid mobs in Bedrock Edition.
Depth Strider reduces water movement penalties by one-third per level, with Depth Strider III allowing players to swim at the same speed as walking on land. The enchantment affects horizontal movement only and reduces resistance from flowing water currents. It synergizes excellently with Dolphin's Grace effect for enhanced underwater speed.
The enchantment is mutually exclusive with Frost Walker, requiring players to choose between water mobility and ice-walking capabilities. Depth Strider is ideal for players engaging in underwater construction, ocean exploration, treasure hunting, or frequent water-based transportation across large bodies of water.
What can you enchant with Depth Strider?
What's the cheapest way to enchant Depth Strider?
Enchantment Order Tool
Pick the enchantments you want on your Depth Strider — the cheapest anvil order and its XP cost update live on the right.
Chainmail Boots
Copper Boots
Diamond Boots
Golden Boots
Iron Boots
Leather Boots
Netherite Boots| Enchantment | Level | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Chainmail Boots | 1 | |
| Copper Boots | 1 | |
| Diamond Boots | 1 | |
| Golden Boots | 1 | |
| Iron Boots | 1 | |
| Leather Boots | 1 | |
| Netherite Boots | 1 |
What is Depth Strider incompatible with?
Depth Strider is incompatible with
1Which villagers trade Depth Strider?
Which structures contain Depth Strider?
Found as Loot
11
~2.8
~4.3
~5.7
~6.8
~7.1
~9.1
~9.2
~18.8
StrongholdLibraries~53.5StrongholdStorerooms~1031.0StrongholdAltars~1351.0| 35.9% | 0.44 | ~2.8 | |
| 23.5% | 0.26 | ~4.3 | |
| 17.5% | 0.19 | ~5.7 | |
| 14.7% | 0.15 | ~6.8 | |
| 14.1% | 0.14 | ~7.1 | |
| 11.0% | 0.11 | ~9.1 | |
| 10.8% | 0.11 | ~9.2 | |
| 5.3% | 0.05 | ~18.8 | |
| StrongholdLibraries | 1.87% | 0.02 | ~53.5 |
| StrongholdStorerooms | 0.097% | <0.01 | ~1031.0 |
| StrongholdAltars | 0.074% | <0.01 | ~1351.0 |
How do you get Depth Strider by fishing?
Depth Strider can be obtained by fishing with 
in the following biome:
| All Biomes except Jungle Biome | 0.0255% | 0.0360% | 0.0468% | 0.0578% |
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