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Piercing
| Maximum level |
IV |
|---|---|
| Primary items | |
| Secondary items |
None |
| Enchantment weight |
10 |
| Incompatible with |
Piercing is an enchantment applied to a crossbow that causes your arrows to pierce through entities and shields.
Usage[edit]
Arrows shot from a Piercing crossbow can pass through the number of entities equal to the enchantment level (for a total of level+1 entities damaged). The shot arrows can still be retrieved after piercing a mob, allowing for infinite use of all arrow types, including spectral and tipped arrows. Piercing ignores shields even when they are blocking.
Piercing has no effect on firework rockets fired from a crossbow.
Incompatibilities[edit]
Piercing and Multishot are mutually exclusive. However, if combined using commands, both enchantments function as normal.
Advancements[edit]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Namespaced ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Enchanter | Enchant an item at an Enchanting Table | Diamonds! | — | story/enchant_item |
|
| Two Birds, One Arrow | Kill two Phantoms with a piercing arrow | Ol' Betsy | Use a crossbow enchanted with Piercing to kill two phantoms. | adventure/two_birds_one_arrow |
|
| Arbalistic | Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot | Ol' Betsy | Note: This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it. | adventure/arbalistic |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
| Name | Namespaced ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Piercing | piercing | enchantment.minecraft.piercing |
| Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piercing | piercing | 34 | enchantment.crossbowPiercing |
History[edit]
| MINECON 2018 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minecon 2018 | Announced the Piercing enchantment as the "SUPER SECRET ENCHANTMENT". | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | Added Piercing enchantment. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.8.0 | beta 1.8.0.10 | Added Piercing enchantment. | |||
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Piercing" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
