Enchantments
Enchantments are the key to getting more out of your armor and weapons. In Minecraft you have the ability to apply differing enchantments to each piece of your armor with some being locked to one slot. As Pathfinder lacks this concept of piecemeal armor, magic effects are applied to the armor as a whole. Some enchantments from Minecraft, which are designed for tools, are not represented here though some have been made into wondrous items. The looting enchantment has also not been included due to system incompatibilities. All other enchantments from Minecraft have been listed below for clarity and completeness though some will refer to existing armor and weapon properties and three enchantments (protection, sharpness, and power) I have judged to be equivalent to enhancement bonuses.
Melee Weapon Enchantments
Ranged Weapon Enchantments
Aura Faint Transmutation; CL 5th
Slot armor quality; Price +2 bonus; Weight —
Description
Your armor allows you to make motions underwater without impediment. While this does not aid your ability to move around, it does prevent the -2 penalty on attack rolls and the damage reduction for fighting underwater.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, freedom of movement; Cost +2 bonus
Aura Moderate Conjuration; CL 7th
Slot weapon quality; Price +2 bonus; Weight —
Description
A bane of arthropods weapon excels at finding the spots between an arthropod's plated exoskeleton. Against arthropods, the weapon's enhancement bonus is +2 better than its actual bonus and it deals an extra 2d6 points of damage. When an arthropod is struck by a bane of arthropods weapon it becomes staggered for 1 round and can only take a single standard or move action.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, summon minor monster; Cost +2 bonus
Aura Faint Abjuration; CL 3rd
Slot armor quality; Price +1 bonus; Weight —
Description
Armor with this property creates a momentary barrier in response to incoming waves of energy granting the wearer a bonus equal to its enhancement bonus to saves against instantaneous spells and effects that effect an area.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, resistance; Cost +1 bonus
Aura Faint Transmutation; CL 5th
Slot weapon quality; Price +2 bonus; Weight —
Description
Only thrown weapons can receive the channeling enchantment. When thrown, a channeling weapon becomes sheathed in crackling electricity that deals an extra 1d6 points of electricity damage on a successful hit. If wherever a channeling weapon lands is outdoors and in a stormy area – a rain shower, clouds and wind, hot and cloudy conditions, or even a tornado (including a whirlwind formed by a djinni or an air elemental of at least Large size) – it instead calls down a 5-foot-wide, 30-foot-long, vertical bolt of lightning that deals 2d10 points of electricity damage. If the weapon successfully strikes its target, they do not get a save. Otherwise, a creature in the bolt can make a DC 14 reflex save to reduce the damage taken by half.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, call lightning; Cost +2 bonus
Aura Moderate Transmutation; CL 7th
Slot magic item quality; Price +1,000 gp; Weight —
Description
Curse of binding can be applied to any magic item that can be worn including magic armor with at least a +1 enhancement bonus. The most simple and annoying curse, any wearable item enchanted with curse of binding cannot be removed once equipped. This is a curse effect and cannot be dispelled, but it can be removed with a break enchantment, limited wish, miracle, remove curse, or wish spell.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, bestow curse; Cost +1,500 gp
Aura Strong Transmutation; CL 13th
Slot magic item quality; Price +8,000 gp; Weight —
Description
Curse of vanishing can be applied to any magic item including magic weapons and armor with at least a +1 enhancement bonus. An odd curse, if the owner of an item enchanted with curse of vanishing dies the item is completely destroyed and reduced to dust. This effect occurs the moment the owner takes fatal damage before effects activate that would save them from death. A creature must be in possession of a curse of vanishing item for 24 hours before it they are counted as its owner. If the item leaves their possession for longer than 24 hours they are no longer considered its owner. Curse of vanishing is often placed on items when the owner doesn't want it found after they die.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, break, greater; Cost +4,000 gp
Aura Moderate Transmutation; CL 7th
Slot armor quality; Price +1 bonus; Weight —
Description
This armor is designed to ease movement while underwater. While wearing armor with depth strider your speed is not reduced for being underwater.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, freedom of movement; Cost +1 bonus
Aura Faint Transmutation; CL 1st
Slot weapon quality; Price +1 bonus; Weight —
Description
This enchantment aids with breaking inanimate objects. Weapons with this enchantment treat the hardness of unattended inanimate objects as being reduced by an amount equal twice the enhancement bonus of the weapon and deal an additional 2d6 points of damage against such targets.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, break; Cost +1 bonus
Aura Faint abjuration; CL 3rd
Slot armor quality; Price +1 bonus; Weight —
Description
While wearing this armor you reduce damage from falling by half.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, feather fall; Cost +1 bonus
Aura Strong Evocation; CL 12th
Slot weapon quality; Price +2 bonus; Weight —
Description
This enchantment functions as the igniting property.
A fire aspect weapon functions as a flaming weapon that also causes the target to catch fire upon striking it with a successful critical hit. The target does not get a saving throw to avoid catching fire, but can make a save each round on its turn to put out the fire. The flaming ability must be active for the weapon to set enemies on fire.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, flame blade, flame strike, or fireball; Cost +2 bonus
Aura Moderate Abjuration; CL 6th
Slot armor quality; Price +18,000 gp; Weight —
Description
This enchantment functions as the energy resistance (fire) property.
A suit of armor or a shield with this special ability protects against fire and is designed with patterns depicting the element it protects against. The armor absorbs the first 10 fire damage per attack that the wearer would normally take (similar to the resist energy spell).
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, resist energy; Cost +9,000 gp
Aura Strong Evocation; CL 12th
Slot weapon quality; Price +2 bonus; Weight —
Description
This enchantment functions as the igniting property.
A flame weapon functions as a flaming weapon that also causes the target to catch fire upon striking it with a successful critical hit. The target does not get a saving throw to avoid catching fire, but can make a save each round on its turn to put out the fire. The flaming ability must be active for the weapon to set enemies on fire.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, flame blade, flame strike, or fireball; Cost +2 bonus
Aura Moderate Evocation; CL 7th
Slot armor quality; Price +2 bonus; Weight —
Description
A wave of cold spreads from the feet of the creature wearing this armor turning water into ice. The ice spreads across the surface of water up to 10 feet from the creature. The ice is hard, strong, and opaque, and is 6 inches thick. Each area of ice can support as many creatures of whatever size as can ordinarily fit in the area without squeezing. If the creature wearing this armor moves more than 10 feet away from a square of ice it melts after 3d6 rounds. This armor also allows the wearer to walk across ice without issue.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, creeping ice; Cost +2 bonus
Aura Moderate Conjuration; CL 8th
Slot weapon quality; Price +1 bonus; Weight —
Description
An impaling weapon excels against aquatic foes. Against creatures of the aquatic subtype, the weapon's enhancement bonus is +2 better than its actual bonus and it deals an extra 2d6 points of damage.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, summon monster I; Cost +1 bonus
Aura Moderate Conjuration; CL 9th
Slot weapon quality; Price +2 bonus; Weight —
Description
This enchantment functions as the endless ammunition property.
Only bows and crossbows can be made into infinity weapons—firearms and other projectile weapons cannot. Each time an infinity weapon is nocked, a single nonmagical arrow or bolt is spontaneously created by the magic, so the weapon's wielder never needs to load the weapon with ammunition.
If the wielder attempts to load the weapon with other ammunition, the created arrow or bolt immediately vanishes and the wielder can load the weapon as normal. This ability does not reduce the amount of time required to load or fire the weapon. The created arrow or bolt vanishes if removed from the weapon; it persists only if fired. Unlike normal bow and crossbow ammunition, these arrows and bolts are always destroyed when fired.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, minor creation; Cost +2 bonus
Aura Faint Evocation; CL 5th
Slot weapon quality; Price +2 bonus; Weight —
Description
This enchantment can only be applied to bludgeoning or slashing melee weapons. Blows from this weapon tend to throw opponents backward. Whenever you hit with an attack with this weapon you may make a bull rush attempt as a free action adding this weapon's enhancment bonus to your CMB. If you make a full attack using this weapon you can attempt a check after every hit but the target does not move until after your attack finishes and only the highest check determines success. You cannot choose to move with the creature when you perform this bull rush.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, battering blast; Cost +2 bonus
Aura Moderate Transmutation; CL 7th
Slot weapon quality; Price +1 bonus; Weight —
Description
This special ability can only be placed on a weapon that can be thrown. A loyalty weapon flies through the air back to the creature that threw it. It returns to the thrower just before the creature's next turn (and is therefore ready to use again in that turn). Catching a loyalty weapon when it comes back is a free action. If the character can't catch it, the weapon drops to the ground in the square the character is in. The weapon will attempt to fly back to the character wherever the character is. If the character is more than 10 times the range increment of the weapon away, or is in a another dimension, the weapon instead returns to the square it was thrown from.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, telekinesis; Cost +1 bonus
Aura Faint Transmutation; CL 5th
Slot magic item quality; Price +12,000 gp; Weight —
Description
Mending can be applied to any magic item including magic weapons and armor with at least a +1 enhancement bonus. Objects given the mending enchantment have an uncanny ability to restore themselves as their owners grow more powerful. Whenever a character wielding a weapon, wearing armor, or otherwise carrying or using an item with the mending enchantment would gain experience (generally from enemies being defeated) the item gains 1d6 hit points. If the experience was gained for an encounter with a given CR, the item is restored by an additional 1d6 hit points per two CR of the successful encounter over the first.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, make whole; Cost +6,000 gp
Aura Faint Conjuration; CL 5th
Slot weapon quality; Price +2 bonus; Weight —
Description
This special ability can only be placed on crossbows. A weapon cannot be given the multishot quality if it possesses the piercing, improved piercing, or greater piercing qualities. When you make an attack with multishot crossbow, you may split the bolt and make up to two additional attacks against different creatures. These two attacks must be be made against against a different creature than the original target and must be different than each other. These attacks can only be made against creatures in a cone facing the original target whose length extends to the end of the range increment the original target was in. These attacks are made with all the bonuses and penalties of the original, with the exception of any spells or other limited-use magical effects that you used to enhance that particular attack, but at a -5 penalty. The attacks are made with identical bolts to the original attack.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, arrow eruption; Cost +2 bonus
Aura Moderate Transmutation; CL 6th
Slot weapon quality; Price +2 bonus; Weight —
Description
This special ability can only be placed on crossbows. A weapon cannot be given the piercing quality if it possesses the multishot quality. When you make an attack with this crossbow draw a straight line from the target extending away from you. This line extends for two range increments. You can designate as many creatures in this line beside the original target as you want, but you take a -2 penalty to your attack for each target you designate. The nearest two designated creatures, including the target, whose AC is less than or equal to your attack roll are both hit by your attack. If a spell or other limited-use magical effect is augmenting the damage from your attack, it only applies to the nearest target hit. Otherwise both targets take the same damage.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor; Cost +2 bonus
Aura Moderate Transmutation; CL 6th
Slot weapon quality; Price +3 bonus; Weight —
Description
This special ability can only be placed on crossbows. A weapon cannot be given the improved piercing quality if it possesses the multishot quality.
This enchantment functions as the piercing enchantment except the line extends for three range increments and the nearest three designated creatures, including the target, whose AC is less than or equal to your attack roll are hit by your attack.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor; Cost +3 bonus
Aura Moderate Transmutation; CL 6th
Slot weapon quality; Price +4 bonus; Weight —
Description
This special ability can only be placed on crossbows. A weapon cannot be given the greater piercing quality if it possesses the multishot quality.
This enchantment functions as the piercing enchantment except the line extends for four range increments and the nearest four designated creatures, including the target, whose AC is less than or equal to your attack roll are hit by your attack.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor; Cost +4 bonus
Aura Evocation; CL varies
Slot weapon quality; Price varies; Weight —
Description
This enchantment functions as an enhancement bonus for ranged weapons. This enchantment can only be placed on ranged weapons. This enchantment can be placed on any masterwork ranged weapon whether or not it already has an enhancement bonus. This enhancement stacks with any existing enhancement bonuses the weapon has and cannot increase the total enhancement bonus over the maximum limit. This enchantment can otherwise grant any degree of enhancement bonus and the cost is equal to adding an enhancement bonus of the same degree. Power properties are generally written with the bonus in roman numerals following the property. (i.e. power II for a +2 bonus)
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, magic weapon or magic weapon, greater; Cost varies
Aura Faint Abjuration; CL 5th
Slot armor quality; Price +2 bonus; Weight —
Description
This armor protects the wielder as if he had the Deflect Arrows feat. Once per round when he would normally be struck by a ranged weapon, he can make a DC 20 Reflex save. If the ranged weapon (or piece of ammunition) has an enhancement bonus, the DC increases by that amount. If he succeeds, the armor deflects the weapon. He must be aware of the attack and not flat-footed. Attempting to deflect a ranged weapon doesn't count as an action. Exceptional ranged weapons, such as boulders hurled by giants or acid arrows, can't be deflected.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, shield; Cost +2 bonus
Aura Abjuration; CL varies
Slot armor quality; Price varies; Weight —
Description
This enchantment functions as an enhancement bonus for armor. This enchantment can be placed on any masterwork armor whether or not it already has an enhancement bonus. This enhancement stacks with any existing enhancement bonuses the armor has and cannot increase the total enhancement bonus over the maximum limit. This enchantment can otherwise grant any degree of enhancement bonus and the cost is equal to adding an enhancement bonus of the same degree. Protection properties are generally written with the bonus in roman numerals following the property. (i.e. protection II for a +2 bonus)
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, mage armor; Cost varies
Aura Faint Evocation; CL 5th
Slot weapon quality; Price +2 bonus; Weight —
Description
Projectiles from this weapon tend to throw opponents backward. Whenever you hit with an attack with this weapon you may make a bull rush attempt as a free action adding this weapon's enhancment bonus to your CMB. If you make a full attack using this weapon you can attempt a check after every hit but the target does not move until after your attack finishes and only the highest check determines success. You cannot choose to move with the creature when you perform this bull rush.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, battering blast; Cost +2 bonus
Aura Faint Transmutation; CL 5th
Slot weapon quality; Price +1 bonus; Weight —
Description
This special ability can only be placed on crossbows or firearms. This weapon can be reloaded as if the wielder had the Rapid Reload feat. The time required for them to reload this weapon is reduced to a free action (for a hand or light crossbow), a move action (for heavy crossbow or one-handed firearm), or a standard action (two-handed firearm). Reloading this weapon still provokes attacks of opportunity. If this weapon is a hand crossbow or light crossbow, the wielder may fire this weapon as many times in a full-attack action as they could attack if they were using a bow.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, reloading hands; Cost +1 bonus
Aura Faint Transmutation; CL 5th
Slot weapon quality; Price +2 bonus; Weight —
Description
This special ability can only be placed on crossbows or firearms. This ability is a stronger version of the quick charge ability that reduces the time required to reload the weapon even more. The time required for them to reload this weapon is reduced to a free action (for a hand, light, or heavy crossbow or for a one-handed firearm) or a move action (for a two-handed firearm). Reloading this weapon still provokes attacks of opportunity. If this weapon is a hand, light, or heavy crossbow or a one-handed firearm, the wielder may fire this weapon as many times in a full-attack action as they could attack if they were using a bow.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, reloading hands; Cost +2 bonus
Aura Faint Transmutation; CL 5th
Slot armor quality; Price +2 bonus; Weight —
Description
This enchantment allows the creature limited ability to breathe in airless environments. This ability can sustain the wearer for a number of rounds equal to two times their constitution score after which they must hold their breath or seek air to avoid suffocation or drowning. This duration resets when the creature is in breathable air.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, water breathing; Cost +2 bonus
Aura Moderate Transmutation; CL 7th
Slot weapon quality; Price +2 bonus; Weight —
Description
This enchantment can be placed on melee piercing weapons. As long as you are in water or heavy rain you can activate this ability as a standard action launching yourself, weapon forward, in a direction. You move 60 feet in any direction, including up and down, but only in a straight line. You can pass through any creatures in your path and any creature you pass through you can roll an attack against using this weapon. You provoke attacks of opportunity as normal along this movement. This ability otherwise counts as an overrun combat maneuver.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, hydraulic torrent; Cost +2 bonus
Aura Evocation; CL varies
Slot weapon quality; Price varies; Weight —
Description
This enchantment functions as an enhancement bonus for melee weapons. This enchantment can only be placed on melee weapons. This enchantment can be placed on any masterwork melee weapon whether or not it already has an enhancement bonus. This enhancement stacks with any existing enhancement bonuses the weapon has and cannot increase the total enhancement bonus over the maximum limit. This enchantment can otherwise grant any degree of enhancement bonus and the cost is equal to adding an enhancement bonus of the same degree. Sharpness properties are generally written with the bonus in roman numerals following the property. (i.e. sharpness II for a +2 bonus)
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, magic weapon or magic weapon, greater; Cost varies
Aura Faint conjuration; CL 5th
Slot weapon quality; Price +1 bonus; Weight —
Description
This enchantment functions as the merciful property with the following additions.
A silk touch weapon deals an extra 1d6 points of damage, but all damage it deals is nonlethal damage. This weapon is capable of dealing non-lethal damage to creature normally immune to non-lethal damage. The target of an attack with a silk touch weapon suffers no physical injuries or damage to themself or their equipment. On command, the weapon suppresses this ability until told to resume it (allowing it to deal lethal damage, but without any bonus damage from this ability).
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, cure light wounds; Cost +1 bonus
Aura Faint Evocation; CL 5th
Slot weapon quality; Price +1 bonus; Weight —
Description
A smite weapon is imbued with holy power. This power makes the weapon good-aligned and thus bypasses the corresponding damage reduction. Against undead, the weapon's enhancement bonus is +2 better than its actual bonus. It also deals an extra 2d6 points of damage against undead.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, searing light; Cost +1 bonus
Aura Moderate Transmutation; CL 8th
Slot weapon quality; Price +2 bonus; Weight —
Description
This special ability can only be placed on melee weapons. A sweeping edge weapon allows a wielder using the Cleave feat to make one additional attack if the first attack hits, as long as the next foe is adjacent to the first and also within reach. This additional attack cannot be against the first foe. This weapon also deals an extra 1d6 damage to all targets when using the Cleave feat.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, divine power; Cost +2 bonus
Aura Moderate Transmutation; CL 9th
Slot armor quality; Price +3 bonus; Weight —
Description
Any creature that deals damage to the wearer of this armor, before applying defensive abilities such as immunity, resistance, and DR, automatically take 1d6 points of force damage to a maximum of the damage dealt to the wearer before applying defensive abilities such as immunity, resistance, and DR. This damage is increased by the enhancement bonus of the armor after applying the maximum.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor; Cost +3 bonus
Aura Moderate Transmutation; CL 6th
Slot magic item quality; Price +3,000 gp; Weight —
Description
Unbreaking can be applied to any magic item including magic weapons and armor with at least a +1 enhancement bonus. An unbreaking item is warded from damage and decay. A metallic item cannot rust and a wooden item cannot rot or warp, even by magical or supernatural means. An unbreaking item gains double the normal bonus to its hardness and hit points for each point of its enhancement bonus. The break DC for an unbreaking item and the wielder's combat maneuver defense against sunder maneuvers against the unbreaking item each gain a bonus equal to twice the item's enhancement bonus and it gains a bonus on saving throws against direct attacks (such as a rust monster's rust ability) equal to its enhancement bonus.
Construction
Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor; Cost +1,500 gp
This stat block goes with the
Minecraft setting.