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The Ideal Crossbow Enchantments
September 14, 2026
The crossbow trades a bow's Power/Infinity/Flame options for its own set, built around a single big fork.
Multishot vs. Piercing IV — pick one
Multishot fires three arrows in a spread from a single arrow consumed, ideal for crowds — a raid, a mob farm's kill room, anything where you want maximum targets hit per shot. Piercing lets one arrow pass through up to 4 entities in a straight line, better for lined-up single targets or when you want to conserve arrows on precision shots. They're mutually exclusive, so decide based on whether you fight groups or need range and precision more often.
Quick Charge III
Cuts the crossbow's reload time significantly — at level III it reloads over 40% faster than an unenchanted crossbow, which matters far more here than on a bow since a crossbow's biggest weakness is exactly that slow reload between shots.
Unbreaking III + Mending
No fire/knockback/power options exist for crossbows — enchantment-wise, this and Quick Charge/Multishot/Piercing are the entire pool — so durability is straightforward: both stack with no conflicts.
Quick Charge III- Multishot I
- Unbreaking III
- Mending I