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Minecraft Efficiency: Master the Secrets

Author : Ryan Feb 22,2025

Maximize Your Minecraft Mining Speed with Efficiency Enchantment!

Minecraft's vast world invites endless creativity and exploration, but mining can sometimes feel tedious. Boost your mining efficiency and reclaim your precious playtime with the Efficiency enchantment! This guide explains how this enchantment works and how to obtain it for your tools.

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Minecraft character with pickaxeImage: rockpapershotgun.com

Table of Contents

  • What Does Efficiency Do?
  • Enchanting Your Tools with Efficiency
  • Obtaining Efficiency V
  • Efficiency and Stunning Shields

What Does Efficiency Do?

Efficiency enhances five tool types: Pickaxes, Shovels, Axes, Hoes, and Shears. It significantly speeds up block breaking, but only for the materials each tool is designed to mine. For instance, an axe with Efficiency will fell trees faster, but won't affect stone.

Efficiency has five levels:

  • Level I: 25% faster block breaking.
  • Level II: 30% faster.
  • Level III: 35% faster.
  • Level IV: 40% faster.
  • Level V: 45% faster (the incremental benefit from IV to V is minimal). Only pursue max level when resources allow.

Minecraft diamond toolsImage: minecraftforum.net

Enchanting Your Tools with Efficiency

To apply Efficiency, you'll need an Enchantment Table. Crafting requires:

  • 2 Diamonds
  • 4 Obsidian
  • 1 Book

Enchantment Table MinecraftImage: reddit.com

Obtaining Efficiency V

The Enchantment Table can't directly create Efficiency V on stone or diamond tools. Combine two identical tools with Efficiency IV on an Anvil to achieve Efficiency V. Alternatively, experienced players might find Efficiency V diamond tools in End cities.

Enchantment Table MinecraftImage: reddit.com

Efficiency and Stunning Shields

Beyond faster mining, Efficiency on axes increases the chance of stunning shields. Level I provides a 25% chance, increasing by 5% per level.

Minecraft enchanted ShovelImage: destructoid.com

Efficiency is a game-changer in Minecraft. Upgrade your tools to transform mining from a chore into an enjoyable part of your adventure!

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