Punch

Punch is a rare ranged enchantment in Minecraft 1.21. Punch is the ranged cousin of Knockback, adding launch force to your arrows so a hit shoves the target backward as well as hurting it.

Its opening level already delivers a noticeable boost — +3 blocks of knockback per arrow — and it climbs from there to a maximum of level 2 (II) on your bow.

Punch tops out at level 2, shown as II on the bow, and the gap between the levels is where the enchantment's character really lives.

Two levels, each adding about three blocks of knockback, so Punch II can push a struck mob roughly six blocks away. It changes none of the arrow's damage — only how far the impact throws whatever it lands on.

Punch fits exactly one item — the bow — and nothing else will accept it, so it is a dedicated bow enchantment through and through.

Punch has no exclusivity conflicts at all, so you can layer it onto a bow alongside every other enchantment that bow accepts without having to give anything up.

Punch can be rolled directly at an enchanting table, where reaching its top level of II on a bow generally wants a fully bookshelf-powered table at roughly level 6. If the table is not cooperating, the Punch book also comes from loot chest and villager trading, ready to apply on an anvil.

Its selection weight of 2 makes Punch a rare roll: it surfaces only now and then on a bow, so you may need to re-roll several times or simply trade a villager for the book.