Enchantment Exploration
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
A mod which rebalances the enchantment table to use enchanted books chiseled bookshelves for their enchantments. Part of the difficult craft modpack.
⬇ Download on ModrinthEnchantment Exploration
Server-side enchantment revamp to balance enchanting and exploration. Enchanting tables now use books in chisled bookshelves for enchanting.
Customisable
Using Mod Menu and Cloth Config allows you to customise virtually any part of the mod, and toggle features of the mod, or even the whole mod itself at any time
Completely Server-side
If you play on a server or e4mc world, none of the connecting players need the mod installed!
Changes
Enchantment Table Changes
- Enchanting tables only enchant with enchanted books placed in chiselled bookshelves placed around them in the normal configuration
- The enchantment options are as follow:
- Random enchantment at book's level with a 20% chance of bumping up a level if applicable (10 Levels)
- One random enchantment and then a 50% chance to add each compatible enchantment, every enchantment has a 40% chance of bumping down a level (10 Levels)
- All compatible enchantments bumped down one level (10 Levels)
Individual level costs and chances can be configured
Anvil Changes
- Tools can no longer be combined or enchanted
- Repair bows, crossbows, with string or tridents with prismarine, and add custom repair materials
- Books only carry one enchantment; two matching enchantments of the same level are the only way to combine books.
- You can also use a nether star (configurable) to upgrade an enchantment book by a level.
Loot Table Changes
- Enchanted Books are now found by structure. Following is a list of where you can find them by default. (Configurable)
| Book | Structure |
|---|---|
| Monster Rooms (Dungeons) and Mineshafts | Sweeping Edge, Smite, Bane of Arthropods, Power, Efficiency, Blast Protection, Projectile Protection, Fire Protection, Unbreaking |
| Jungle Temple | Sharpness, Feather Falling, Thorns, Infinity, Lunge |
| Desert Temples | Silk Touch, Punch, Knockback, Looting |
| Stronghold | Mending |
| Ancient Cities | Breach, Wind Burst, Density, Swift Sneak |
| Nether Fortress | Fortune, Fire Aspect |
| Bastions | Flame |
| Treasure Bastions | Protection |
| Pillager Outpost and Woodland Mansions | Quick Charge, Multishot, Piercing |
| Igloo | Frost Walker |
| Shipwreck | Impaling, Luck of The Sea, Lure |
| Ocean Ruins | Depth Strider, Aqua Affinity, Channelling |
| Buried Treasure | Resperation, Loyalty, Riptide |
- 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.
- Ships as enchantment-exploration-1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 168 KB
- Download link checked 18 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.