Projectile Protection
Projectile Protection is a specialized armor enchantment in Minecraft that reduces damage from projectile attacks, making it valuable for combat against skeletons, pillagers, and other ranged enemies. This defensive enchantment can be applied to helmets, chestplates, leggings, and boots with a maximum level of IV.
Players can obtain Projectile Protection through enchanting tables, trading with librarian villagers, fishing for enchanted books, or finding it in monster room chests and various non-village structure loot. The enchantment also drops from raid mobs in Bedrock Edition, making it accessible through multiple gameplay paths.
Projectile Protection reduces projectile damage by 8% per level, providing up to 32% damage reduction with Projectile Protection IV. It protects against arrows, thrown tridents, shulker bullets, llama spit, blaze fireballs, wind charges, and direct impact damage from ghast fireballs and wither skulls, though not their explosion damage.
The enchantment is mutually exclusive with Protection, Fire Protection, and Blast Protection, but stacks with other Projectile Protection pieces up to an 80% damage reduction cap, making it ideal for players frequently engaging in ranged combat or exploring areas with hostile archers.
What can you enchant with Projectile Protection?
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What's the cheapest way to enchant Projectile Protection?
Enchantment Order Tool
Pick the enchantments you want on your Projectile Protection — the cheapest anvil order and its XP cost update live on the right.
Chainmail Boots
Chainmail Chestplate
Chainmail Helmet
Chainmail Leggings
Copper Boots
Copper Chestplate
Copper Helmet
Copper Leggings
Diamond Boots
Diamond Chestplate
Diamond Helmet
Diamond Leggings
Golden Boots
Golden Chestplate
Golden Helmet
Golden Leggings
Iron Boots
Iron Chestplate
Iron Helmet
Iron Leggings
Leather Boots
Leather Tunic
Leather Cap
Leather Pants
Netherite Boots
Netherite Chestplate
Netherite Helmet
Netherite Leggings
Turtle Shell| Enchantment | Level | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Chainmail Boots | 1 | |
| Chainmail Chestplate | 1 | |
| Chainmail Helmet | 1 | |
| Chainmail Leggings | 1 | |
| Copper Boots | 1 | |
| Copper Chestplate | 1 | |
| Copper Helmet | 1 | |
| Copper Leggings | 1 | |
| Diamond Boots | 1 | |
| Diamond Chestplate | 1 | |
| Diamond Helmet | 1 | |
| Diamond Leggings | 1 | |
| Golden Boots | 1 | |
| Golden Chestplate | 1 | |
| Golden Helmet | 1 | |
| Golden Leggings | 1 | |
| Iron Boots | 1 | |
| Iron Chestplate | 1 | |
| Iron Helmet | 1 | |
| Iron Leggings | 1 | |
| Leather Boots | 1 | |
| Leather Tunic | 1 | |
| Leather Cap | 1 | |
| Leather Pants | 1 | |
| Netherite Boots | 1 | |
| Netherite Chestplate | 1 | |
| Netherite Helmet | 1 | |
| Netherite Leggings | 1 | |
| Turtle Shell | 1 |
What is Projectile Protection incompatible with?
Projectile Protection is incompatible with
3Which villagers trade Projectile Protection?
Which structures contain Projectile Protection?
Found as Loot
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~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 Projectile Protection by fishing?
Projectile Protection 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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