This module allows you to, with mixed success, transfer the enchantments on tools, weapons and armor onto enchanted books for reuse.

Details

To extract an enchantment, the player must throw an enchanted item on top of an Enchantment Extractor. The enchantment will be removed from the item, but the item will not be deleted. There is a chance that the enchantment will be placed on a book inside the extractor. If extraction fails, either a puff of smoke releases, or a "Congealed Enchantment" (vex) is spawned. No book is required for extraction; the Extractor creates the book if it successfully extracts an enchantment.

Technical Summary

Powerful Enchantments (Mending, Sharpness V, Power V, Silk Touch, Efficiency V, Looting III) have a 3% chance to be cursed with Curse of Vanishing when extracted. A "Congealed Enchantment" will stay alive for 5 seconds before naturally dying. When the Enchantment Extractor is broken all items used to craft it will be dropped.

Creation

To create an Enchantment Extractor, place down a dropper and insert the following recipe inside, then throw an enchanting table on top.

<INSERT RECIPE>

Extraction Success Rates

Below is a list of all Enchantments and their success rate of being extracted.

Enchantment % Chance of Success
Armor Enchantments
Protection, Fire Protection, Blast Protection and Projectile Protection 1 95
Protection, Fire Protection, Blast Protection and Projectile Protection 2 80
Protection, Fire Protection, Blast Protection and Projectile Protection 3 65
Protection, Fire Protection, Blast Protection and Projectile Protection 4 50
Feather Falling 1 90
Feather Falling 2 75
Feather Falling 3 60
Feather Falling 4 45
Respiration 1 75
Respiration 2 50
Respiration 3 30
Aqua Affinity 40
Thorns 1 70
Thorns 2 55
Thorns 3 35
Depth Strider 1 85
Depth Strider 2 60
Depth Strider 3 25
Frost Walker 1 30
Frost Walker 2 10
Curse of Binding 10
Weapon Enchantments
Sharpness 1 95
Sharpness 2 70
Sharpness 3 60
Sharpness 4 50
Sharpness 5* 30
Bane of Arthropods 1 95
Bane of Arthropods 2 85
Bane of Arthropods 3 75
Bane of Arthropods 4 65
Bane of Arthropods 5 55
Knockback 1 75
Knockback 2 45
Fire Aspect 1 85
Fire Aspect 2 35
Looting 1 70
Looting 2 55
Looting 3* 40
Sweeping Edge 1 70
Sweeping Edge 2 50
Sweeping Edge 3 30
Tool Enchantments
Efficiency 1 95
Efficiency 2 85
Efficiency 3 75
Efficiency 4 60
Efficiency 5* 20
Silk Touch* 10
Fortune 1 80
Fortune 2 30
Fortune 3 5
Bow Enchantments
Power 1 70
Power 2 45
Power 3 40
Power 4 30
Power 5* 25
Punch 1 80
Punch 2 50
Flame 15
Infinity 15
Fishing Enchantments
Luck of the Sea 1 80
Luck of the Sea 2 60
Luck of the Sea 3 40
Lure 1 75
Lure 2 65
Lure 3 35
General Enchantments
Unbreaking 1 90
Unbreaking 2 55
Unbreaking 3 35
Curse of Vanishing 8
Mending* 5

*Has a 3% chance of having Curse of Vanishing when extracted

Advancements

Advancement Description Requirement
Clever Enchanting Construct an Enchantment Extractor. Create an Enchantment Extractor
Magical Thief Successfully extract the mending enchantment

from a tool with an Enchantment Extractor.

Successfully extract an un-cursed mending book

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History

Date Version Change
26 May 2014 1.0 Released Enchantment Extractors
10 Jun 2015 1.0 Bug fixes for 1-click
17 Sept 2017 2.0 Updated for 1.12

Previous Versions

MC 1.8 Version

The MC 1.8 Version (v1.0) did not have achievements. Additionally, there was no chance that a vex would spawn in this version; if the extraction fails, nothing happens. In this version, there is also no chance for powerful enchantments to be cursed. If the table is broken, only the enchanting table and dropper would be dropped.