Ultra Enchanment

Ultra Enchantment

Give vanilla enchantments a growth path.

In vanilla, enchantments stop at max level. This mod lets every enchantment keep going: Native → Advanced → Super → Ultra. Each tier isn't just bigger numbers — it adds new behavior.

---

What It Does

• Every enchantment has its own lineage. Sharpness has its own line, Unbreaking has its own. They don't interfere. Multiple enchantments on the same sword can be at different stages.
• Ascending changes what the tier gives, not just its numbers. Sharpness at Super starts scaling with total attack damage, and at Ultra additionally weakens the target's armor. Fire Protection at Super becomes full fire immunity (you won't even catch fire).
• Ascended enchantments are locked in. Grindstones can't remove them, crafting repair can't wipe them, and anvil merging won't lose them. The only way to strip one is with a Cursebreaker Stone of the matching tier.
• Lines can be long or short. Some enchantments have only one tier (Feather Falling, Respiration, Unbreaking, Mending, Punch, Flame, Infinity), some stop at Super (Fire Protection, Blast Protection, Projectile Protection), and the rest go all the way to Ultra.

A visible curve (Sharpness, damage bonus per level):

	Level 1	Max (Level 5)
Native	+1	+3
Advanced	+3	+7
Super	+6	+12 (plus +30% total attack damage)
Ultra	+10	+20 (plus +50% total attack damage, -0.25 target armor effectiveness)

Tier	Meaning
Native	The vanilla enchantment, not yet ascended
Advanced	First ascension
Super	Second ascension
Ultra	Third ascension (current endpoint)

---

Two Items, Four Jobs

In your inventory you'll find the Ascension Book and the Cursebreaker Stone. Their tooltips explain what they do.

Ascension Book

One item, four faces, told apart by the tooltip:

Tooltip says	What it does
Enchantment Ascension	Pushes an existing enchantment up one tier. Three grades: Native→Advanced / Advanced→Super / Super→Ultra
Targeted Ascension	Same push, but locked to one specific enchantment (the book says which). For precise control
Advanced Enchantment · Advanced Sharpness IV	Carrier Book: holds an ascended enchantment directly. Can be applied to gear, or merged with other books
Advanced Upgrade III	Upgrade Book: raises an already-Advanced enchantment to a specific level

Cursebreaker Stone

Comes in Advanced / Super / Ultra grades. Does one thing: removes the protection from enchantments of the same tier. Reusable, consumes durability. If the item has no matching-tier enchantment, it won't waste a charge.

---

A Full Playthrough Route

1. Level up an enchantment the vanilla way (enchanting table, villager trades, loot, fishing).
2. Use a "Native → Advanced" Ascension Book to push it to Advanced. The ascension level restarts from 1 — this is a new curve, not the old level.
3. Use Upgrade Books to raise the level. How high you go determines how strong this tier is.
4. To go further, repeat steps 2 and 3: Advanced → Super → Ultra.
5. To reroll or change direction, use a matching-tier Cursebreaker Stone to remove protection, then wash and rebuild.

You'll see names like "Advanced Sharpness 3" — that number is the ascension level. The original Sharpness 5 on the item is untouched; it only decides whether you meet the threshold to enter this tier.

Ascension threshold = that enchantment's vanilla max level: Sharpness needs max 5, Knockback needs max 2, Mending's max is 1.

---

What the Anvil Can Do

Put in anvil	Result
Gear + Ascension / Upgrade / Carrier Book	Ascend, level up, or inscribe the book's enchantment onto gear
Carrier Book + Ascension / Upgrade Book	Push the book itself up a tier, or raise the enchantment level inside it
Carrier Book + Carrier Book	Merge: same enchantment and same level → level +1. Different enchantments merge into one book
Vanilla Enchanted Book + Ascension Book	Transcribe into a Carrier Book (the legit survival way to get one)
Same-name Gear + Same-name Gear	Enchantments on the same lineage and tier get level +1, and durability is repaired together
Gear + Repair Material	Normal durability repair; ascended enchantments are preserved

When a Carrier Book is applied to gear, entries that don't fit (wrong tier, gear doesn't support that enchantment) aren't wasted — they return in a "half-used" book you can use elsewhere.

---

Supported Enchantments (26)

The "Max" column shows what you get when that tier is fully leveled (tier caps differ per enchantment).

Melee Weapons

Enchantment	Tiers	Max effect
Sharpness	Advanced / Super / Ultra	+7 / +12 plus 30% total attack damage / +20 plus 50% total attack damage, -0.25 target armor
Smite	Advanced / Super / Ultra	+27.5 vs undead / +45 vs undead plus unconditional +7 / +75 vs undead plus unconditional +12, -0.25 target armor
Knockback	Advanced / Super / Ultra	Knockback 5 / Knockback 9 plus bonus damage / Knockback 15 plus more damage, inflicts Slowness on hit (5s base, +5s per level)
Fire Aspect	Advanced / Super / Ultra	Extra 40–60 ticks of fire / additional damage / stacks two layers of fire plus damage
Looting	Advanced / Super / Ultra	Drop +0.07 / +0.12 plus XP / +0.20 plus more XP
Sweeping Edge	Advanced / Super / Ultra	Sweep damage +1 / plus Knockback 0.55 / plus -0.06 target armor

Armor

Enchantment	Tiers	Max effect
Protection	Advanced	All damage reduction 5 (even the damage types vanilla excludes)
Fire Protection	Advanced / Super	Fire reduction 5, burn time -85%, plus vanilla Protection 4 / full fire immunity (you won't even catch fire)
Blast Protection	Advanced / Super	Explosion reduction 5, knockback resistance 0.6, plus vanilla Protection 4 / full explosion immunity
Projectile Protection	Advanced / Super	Projectile reduction 5, plus vanilla Protection 4 / full projectile immunity
Feather Falling	Advanced (level 1 only)	Full fall damage immunity
Thorns	Advanced / Super / Ultra	Reflect 2–10 / 4–20 / 8–40; trigger chance scales with level (Advanced +30% per level, Super +45%, Ultra +60%); durability cost per reflect 2 → 1 → 0

General & Tools

Enchantment	Tiers	Max effect
Respiration	Advanced	Oxygen bonus +12
Unbreaking	Advanced	Extra 20% chance to negate 1 durability point (armor's vanilla reduction still applies)
Mending	Advanced	Repair efficiency ×8
Efficiency	Advanced / Super / Ultra	Extra mining efficiency +6 / plus block XP / adds another mining efficiency line (+12 total) plus block XP

Bows & Crossbows

Enchantment	Tiers	Max effect
Power	Advanced / Super / Ultra	Conditional damage +5.5 / +9 plus knockback / +15 plus knockback
Punch	Advanced	Knockback 5 plus bonus damage
Flame	Advanced	Arrows ignite for an extra 60 ticks (vanilla 100 ticks still applies)
Infinity	Advanced	No arrow is consumed, any type (tipped and spectral included)
Multishot	Advanced / Super / Ultra	6 arrows, 15° spread / 12 arrows, 30° spread plus damage / 20 arrows, 50° spread plus damage and piercing
Piercing	Advanced / Super / Ultra	Piercing 9 plus damage / Piercing 15, damage and knockback / Piercing 25, higher damage and knockback

Tridents & Fishing

Enchantment	Tiers	Max effect
Impaling	Advanced / Super / Ultra	+27.5 / +45 / +75 vs aquatic mobs
Riptide	Advanced / Super / Ultra	Spin attack strength 6 / 12 / 24 (cap stays at level 1, strength doubles per tier)
Lure	Advanced / Super / Ultra	Bite time -35 / -60 plus fishing luck / -100 plus fishing luck
Luck of the Sea	Advanced / Super / Ultra	Fishing luck 7 / 12 plus faster bite / 20 plus faster bite

Not ascended (not included in this version): Depth Strider, Swift Sneak, Loyalty, Channeling, Quick Charge. Deliberately excluded: Fortune, Silk Touch (ascending them isn't safe), and the two curses (ascending them is meaningless). Channeling, Flame, Infinity, Mending, Multishot have a vanilla cap of level 1, so Upgrade Books and merging don't apply — their strength comes entirely from the tier itself.

---

Deliberate Design Choices

• Ascended items never become "Too Expensive" on the anvil. Pure ascension and pure leveling don't inflate the repair cost either.
• When using Ascension and Carrier Books, the anvil's name field is ignored (same-name gear merging does use it, as in vanilla).
• Creative mode can give a blank item a tier directly, including jumping straight to Ultra — for display builds and comparisons.
• After ascension, only a Cursebreaker Stone can remove protection. This is a deliberate trade-off, not an oversight.

---

FAQ

Q: Why does the ascension level start at 1? A: Each tier is a new curve, and starting at level 1 makes the strength easiest to read. The original enchantment level on the item doesn't change — it only decides whether you can enter this tier.

Q: How do I undo an ascension? A: Use a matching-tier Cursebreaker Stone. It doesn't destroy the item, only removes the protection; after that, vanilla methods like the grindstone work again.

Q: Will it conflict with other enchantment mods or modpacks? A: This mod only takes over the 26 enchantments it supports; other enchantments and other mods are unaffected. It has targeted compatibility with Legendary Tooltips / Prism / MmmMmmMmmMmm.

Q: Will ascended gear become too strong? A: Each tier is designed as "vanilla tier, then one notch up", and the cost rises with each tier (anvil cost increases per tier). Exact numbers are in the Supported Enchantments section above.

Q: Does it work in multiplayer? A: Yes, but the server must also have the mod installed, otherwise ascended enchantments won't resolve correctly.

Q: Can I make only some enchantments ascend? A: This version supports the 26 listed above; other enchantments stay vanilla.

---

For Data Pack Authors

The growth curve is not hard-coded — it's meant to be adjusted via data packs, without touching the mod itself.

What you can tune:

• Level cap per enchantment (independent per entry: Unbreaking 3, Protection 4, Sharpness 5 each their own)
• Ascension threshold per tier (how many levels needed to be allowed up)
• Anvil cost per tier
• Shape of the ascension chain: make a line stop at Advanced, or don't open ascension for a given enchantment at all
• Effects and numbers per tier (how much extra damage, how much knockback, whether to add a new effect)
• Display names ("Advanced Sharpness" can be renamed to "Skyrender")

That means you can build: a lightweight pack that only opens ascension for three enchantments, a power pack that pushes Ultra Sharpness higher, a "two tiers but each is a huge leap" short chain, or a completely new naming scheme for an entire modpack.

The exact syntax and the per-entry number tables live in the repo's docs/ folder — that part is for authors. Regular players can stop reading here and go play.

---

License

MIT license.