Quick Charge

Quick Charge is an uncommon ranged enchantment in Minecraft 1.21. Quick Charge speeds up crossbow reloading, shaving time off the draw so you can fire again sooner after each shot.

Its opening level already delivers a noticeable boost — Loading time reduced by 0.25 seconds (1.0s total) — and it climbs from there to a maximum of level 3 (III) on your crossbow.

Quick Charge tops out at level 3, shown as III on the crossbow, and the gap between the levels is where the enchantment's character really lives.

Each of its three levels removes a quarter-second from the reload. A normal crossbow takes 1.25 seconds to load; Quick Charge III cuts that to about 0.5 seconds, which is actually faster than fully drawing a bow.

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

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

Quick Charge can be rolled directly at an enchanting table, where reaching its top level of III on a crossbow generally wants a fully bookshelf-powered table at roughly level 12. If the table is not cooperating, the Quick Charge book also comes from loot chest and villager trading, ready to apply on an anvil.

Its selection weight of 5 makes Quick Charge an uncommon roll: it appears with middling frequency when enchanting a crossbow — common enough to plan around, but not guaranteed on any given roll.