
Enchantment Desc adds short enchantment descriptions to item tooltips.
It is designed to work server-side (tooltips are sent via item components), so players can see enchantment explanations without needing a client-side mod.
Features
- Name + description per enchantment
- For items and enchanted books with multiple enchantments, each enchantment is shown as:
- Enchantment name (with level)
- Description lines directly underneath
- For items and enchanted books with multiple enchantments, each enchantment is shown as:
- Works for enchanted items and enchanted books
- Automatically updates results
- Anvil combine
- Grindstone (including grind-enchantments workflows)
- Command-friendly
- Tooltips are refreshed when items are granted/modified via commands such as
/giveand/enchant.
- Tooltips are refreshed when items are granted/modified via commands such as
Configuration
Descriptions are loaded from the config file:
config/enchantment.json
Format:
- Key: enchantment id
- You can use either:
minecraft:sharpnesssharpness(defaults tominecraft:)
- You can use either:
- Value: description text
Example:
{
"mending": "Repairs the item using experience.",
"minecraft:unbreaking": "Reduces durability damage."
}
Compatibility notes
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- If the mod NeoEnchant is installed, Enchantment Desc will also read description entries from that mod.
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- Enchantment Desc refreshes grindstone output so descriptions appear on the resulting stack.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.11
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as enchantment-neoforge-1.21.11-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 308 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.