What Does the Lure Enchantment Do in Minecraft? (An Easy Guide)

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As you progress through the game, you've probably discovered enchantments! Enchanting your items is essential for leveling up your gameplay, giving your tools and weapons an added power boost. While the obvious choices for enchantment are your sword and pickaxe, another tool can benefit from enchantment: your fishing rod!

There are several enchantments for your fishing rod, but we're focusing on the lure in this blog post. If you want to learn more about the lure enchantment, what lure does in Minecraft, and how to obtain it, keep reading for an easy explanation!

What is the Lure Enchantment?

Enchanting your fishing rod with the lure enchantment will decrease the time it takes to get a fish to bite while fishing. This is great if you spend a lot of time fishing since you won't need to wait for a bite as long as you usually would! As an added bonus, the lure enchantment reduces the chance that you'll catch junk while fishing.

What Tools Do You Need?

Of course, you'll need an enchantment table to apply the lure enchantment to your fishing rod. To craft an enchanting table, you'll need the following:

Four obsidian blocks
Two diamonds
One book

To craft a book, you'll need some paper. Another way to enchant items is with an anvil. An anvil requires fewer rare items than an enchanting table; you only need four iron ingots and three iron blocks.

When you use an anvil, you will also need the lure enchanted book. These can be found in chests throughout your Minecraft world or by trading with a librarian villager with the lure enchantment.

Performing the Enchantment

Now that you have the tools to perform the enchantment, here's what you do:

Using the enchantment table, you will need a fishing rod and one lapis lazuli. Place the fishing rod and the lapis lazuli in their respective slots.

Three enchantments will appear randomly, so you may need to try a few times to get the enchantment you're looking for. Once the enchantment you want— in this case, lure— appears, click on it, and you're done!

If you're using the anvil, place the fishing rod and the lure enchanted book in their respective slots, and you now have a lure enchanted fishing rod!

Keep in Mind

Just remember that the lure enchantment won't influence what you catch but how quickly you catch it. If you want to increase your chances of catching rare items while fishing, you'll need to obtain the "Luck of the Sea" enchantment.

So, if you are looking for an enchantment that will reduce the time it takes to catch regular fish, the lure enchantment is the better choice for you.

The Takeaway

Enchantments are a great way to take your Minecraft gameplay to the next level. If you spend a lot of time fishing for food or resources, the lure enchantment is well worth the effort it takes to acquire!