# Density Enchantment in Minecraft: What It Does and How to Use It

_Published October 16, 2026_

Density scales Mace smash-attack damage with how far you fell — the exact per-block, per-level bonus, and what it conflicts with.

Density adds extra mace smash-attack damage for every block you fell before landing the hit — the higher the fall, the bigger the bonus.

## What Density actually does

Density adds 0.5 extra damage per block fallen, per level — 0.5 per block at level I, up to 2.5 per block at level V. A Density V mace smash from a significant height can deal very large bonus damage on top of the mace's base smash-attack damage, which already scales with fall distance on its own even without the enchantment.

## How to use it

Density rewards falling from height before a smash attack — jumping from a tower, using an elytra dive, or a wind-charge launch, then landing the hit. It's part of the same six-way damage-type exclusion group as Sharpness/Smite/Bane of Arthropods/Breach/Impaling, so it directly competes with Breach specifically on a mace (both are mace-exclusive damage-type picks).

## Well-known builds that use it

Density is one of the two signature mace enchantments (alongside Breach) — see [The Ideal Mace Enchantments](/guides/ideal-mace) for the full build. Density is the pick for maximizing raw smash damage from height, where Breach instead focuses on ignoring armor.

[Build a Density Mace in the calculator →](https://anvilcalc.com/#eyJpIjoibWFjZSIsImUiOltdLCJwIjowLCJuIjoiIiwidCI6W1siZGVuc2l0eSIsNV0sWyJ3aW5kX2J1cnN0IiwzXSxbInVuYnJlYWtpbmciLDNdLFsibWVuZGluZyIsMV1dfQ)

For the full mace overview, including the recipe, how to get a heavy core and how the smash attack works, see [Minecraft Mace: Recipe, Smash Attack & Enchantments](/guides/minecraft-mace-guide).

## Frequently asked questions

**Can you have both Density and Breach on a mace?**

No — they're mutually exclusive, along with Smite and Bane of Arthropods, as part of the same damage-type exclusion group swords/axes use for Sharpness/Smite/Bane of Arthropods.

**Does Density work without falling first?**

A mace's smash attack itself requires falling at least 1.5 blocks to trigger at all — Density's bonus then scales with however far you fell beyond that.