What Does Efficiency Do in Minecraft?

Efficiency is a type of enchantment in Minecraft that can be applied to mining tools — axes, pickaxes, hoes, shears, shovels — to break blocks faster. The Efficiency enchantment can be upgraded up to level 5, which adds a 45% boost to your mining speed.

In this guide, we’ll get into how Efficiency affects your tools and where you can find the materials you need to craft it. Then, we’ll show you how you can upgrade your Efficiency to get the most value out of your tools.

What Does Efficiency Do in Minecraft?

Efficiency is an enchantment that allows a tool to break blocks more quickly. It’s widely considered one of the most important enchantments in Minecraft.

After all, if you’re going to spend hours and hours breaking blocks, you want to make sure you’re doing it as efficiently as possible.

Note that the effect only applies when the tool is used on the type of block it was “intended” to break. In other words, a pickaxe with the Efficiency enchantment will break ore and rock blocks faster but will break wood blocks at the same rate.

Efficiency pairs well with the Unbreakable enchantment. With the Unbreakable enchantment, your tool will break far less often, allowing you to get the most out of the Efficiency effect.

FAQs

Can you get Efficiency X (level 10) in Minecraft?

No (at least, not without mods). Vanilla Minecraft only allows for enchantments up to level 5.

How do you get Efficiency V?

The maximum Efficiency level is V (5), but the highest level of Efficiency you can craft on an enchanting table is level IV (4). You must combine two of the same tool type, each with Efficiency IV, on an anvil to obtain one tool with Efficiency V.

And that does it for this guide on Efficiency in Minecraft. As explained above, Efficiency accelerates your mining rate, making it one of the best ways to speed up your block-breaking. It isn’t that hard to enchant your tools with Efficiency, but you’ll need some Lapis Lazuli and a high character level to do so.

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