Density
Increases the damage dealt by the mace based on fall distance, adding extra damage per block fallen.
Overview
Density is an uncommon special enchantment in Minecraft 1.21. Density supercharges the mace's signature falling smash, adding extra damage for every block you have dropped before the blow connects.
Its opening level already delivers a noticeable boost — +0.5 extra damage per block fallen — and it climbs from there to a maximum of level 5 (V) on your mace.
Effects Per Level
Max Level & Effect Scaling
Density tops out at level 5, shown as V on the mace, and the gap between the levels is where the enchantment's character really lives.
Each of its five levels adds 0.5 extra damage per block fallen, so Density V adds 2.5 damage for each block of your fall on top of the mace's already brutal base smash. The further you fall, the more the bonus compounds, which is what makes high-altitude mace attacks so devastating.
Compatible Items
Incompatible With
These enchantments cannot be combined with Density on the same item.
Compatibility & Conflicts
Density fits exactly one item — the mace — and nothing else will accept it, so it is a dedicated mace enchantment through and through.
Density cannot share a mace with Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods and Breach. All of these sit in the same mutually-exclusive group as Density, so a mace can wear only one of them at once and you choose which playstyle to commit to.
How to Obtain
How to Get It
Density can be rolled directly at an enchanting table, where reaching its top level of V on a mace generally wants a fully bookshelf-powered table at roughly level 11. Should the table prove stingy with Density, you can instead source the book from loot chest and villager trading and anvil it on.
Its selection weight of 5 makes Density an uncommon roll: it appears with middling frequency when enchanting a mace — common enough to plan around, but not guaranteed on any given roll.
Tips & Best Combinations
The headline damage enchantment for the mace and the one most builds prioritise. Combined with Wind Burst for chained aerial smashes, Density turns the mace into the highest single-hit weapon in the game. It conflicts with Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods and Breach, so you commit the mace to one damage path.
For the strongest setup, pair Density with Wind Burst, Unbreaking and Mending — the durability enchantments in particular keep the item alive long enough to make the investment worthwhile.
Keep in mind: exclusive to the mace. Adds 0.5 extra damage per block fallen per level on top of the base mace smash attack damage. Synergizes with Wind Burst for repeated smash attacks.
Related Enchantments
Density FAQ
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