Piercing enchantment command

minecraft:piercingEnglish name Piercing

Piercing (minecraft:piercing) has a maximum level of IV.Crossbow bolts can pierce multiple mobs.Here are commands for enchanted books, direct enchantment, and enchantments above the normal level cap.

Common Commands

Apply Piercing IV to the held item

/enchant @p minecraft:piercing 4

The held item must support this enchantment, and it must not conflict with existing enchantments

Piercing IV Enchanted Book

/give @p enchanted_book[stored_enchantments={piercing:4}]

Crossbow with Piercing IV

/give @p crossbow[enchantments={piercing:4}]

Over the Limit: Piercing Level 10

/give @p crossbow[enchantments={piercing:10}]

With /give, you can set the level up to 255; this isn't possible with an Enchanting Table or Anvil in Survival mode

Combine more enchantments in the Item Generator

Basic Information

Enchantment ID: minecraft:piercing
Max Level: IV
Effect: Crossbow bolts can pierce multiple mobs
Rarity (Weight): 10 (lower means rarer)
Anvil Cost Multiplier: 1

Incompatible with Piercing

Multishot

Items That Support Piercing (1)

Crossbow

Data from the official Minecraft Java 26.3 data. All commands have passed the 26.3 syntax check.