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Who this is for: Minecraft players planning underwater builds, ocean exploration, or monument raids.
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What Aqua Affinity Does
Aqua Affinity is a helmet enchantment in Minecraft that eliminates the mining speed penalty when you’re underwater. Normally, breaking blocks underwater takes about 5 times longer than on land, but this enchantment restores your normal mining speed even when submerged.
How It Works
When you’re underwater without Aqua Affinity, your mining speed drops dramatically because the game treats water as if you’re not touching the ground. This enchantment removes that penalty completely, letting you mine at full speed whether you’re floating, swimming, or standing on the ocean floor.
Key Details
- Equipment: Only works on helmets (including turtle shells)
- Max Level: I (there’s only one level)
- Compatibility: Works with other helmet enchantments like Respiration
- Effect: Restores normal mining speed underwater
Getting Aqua Affinity
You can obtain this enchantment through several methods:
- Enchanting table (requires 1-3 levels)
- Anvil with enchanted books
- Finding enchanted helmets in loot chests
- Trading with librarian villagers
Why It’s Useful
This enchantment becomes invaluable for underwater construction projects, ocean monument raids, or any extended underwater mining. Without it, clearing large underwater areas or harvesting materials from the ocean floor becomes painfully slow. Combined with Respiration, it makes underwater exploration and building much more practical. If you’re planning any serious underwater adventures in your blocky world, this enchantment will save you countless hours of frustration.
TL;DR
Aqua Affinity is a helmet enchantment that removes the underwater mining speed penalty, letting you break blocks at normal speed while submerged.
