Cleaving

This article describes content that is currently in development for Java Edition.
 
This content has appeared in Combat Test development versions for Java Edition, but the full update adding it has not been released yet.
Cleaving
Maximum level

III

Primary items

Secondary items

None

Enchantment weight
Identifier

cleaving

Incompatible with

Cleaving is a enchantment applied to axes that increases melee damage and lengthens shield disabling time. It is exclusive to the Java Edition Combat Tests.

Usage

Cleaving adds 1HP♥ + 1HP♥ × level [note 1] of damage and 0.5 seconds (10 game ticks) of shield stunning per level[note 2], for a maximum enchantment level of 3.

Damage per hit

These tables detail how much damage is added per level of enchantment, assuming the target is not wearing armor and the attack is fully charged.‌

Because Cleaving is exclusive to the Java Edition Combat Tests, the attack damages of axes in the Combat Tests are used for the tables.

Cleaving extra damage
I II III
2HP♥ 3HP♥♥ 4HP♥♥
Damage of Axes
Weapon Base damage Cleaving I Cleaving II Cleaving III
ItemSprite wooden-axe.png: Sprite image for wooden-axe in MinecraftWooden Axe 5HP♥♥♥ 7HP♥♥♥♥ 8HP♥♥♥♥ 9HP♥♥♥♥♥
ItemSprite wooden-axe.png: Sprite image for wooden-axe in MinecraftWooden Axe (critical) 7.5HP♥ × 3.75 10.5HP♥ × 5.25 12HP♥ × 6 13.5HP♥ × 6.75
ItemSprite golden-axe.png: Sprite image for golden-axe in MinecraftGolden Axe 5HP♥♥♥ 7HP♥♥♥♥ 8HP♥♥♥♥ 9HP♥♥♥♥♥
ItemSprite golden-axe.png: Sprite image for golden-axe in MinecraftGolden Axe (critical) 7.5HP♥ × 3.75 10.5HP♥ × 5.25 12HP♥ × 6 13.5HP♥ × 6.75
ItemSprite stone-axe.png: Sprite image for stone-axe in MinecraftStone Axe 5HP♥♥♥ 7HP♥♥♥♥ 8HP♥♥♥♥ 9HP♥♥♥♥♥
ItemSprite stone-axe.png: Sprite image for stone-axe in MinecraftStone Axe (critical) 7.5HP♥ × 3.75 10.5HP♥ × 5.25 12HP♥ × 6 13.5HP♥ × 6.75
ItemSprite iron-axe.png: Sprite image for iron-axe in MinecraftIron Axe 6HP♥♥♥ 8HP♥♥♥♥ 9HP♥♥♥♥♥ 10HP♥♥♥♥♥
ItemSprite iron-axe.png: Sprite image for iron-axe in MinecraftIron Axe (critical) 9HP♥♥♥♥♥ 12HP♥ × 6 13.5HP♥ × 6.75 15HP♥ × 7.5
ItemSprite diamond-axe.png: Sprite image for diamond-axe in MinecraftDiamond Axe 7HP♥♥♥♥ 9HP♥♥♥♥♥ 10HP♥♥♥♥♥ 11HP♥ × 5.5
ItemSprite diamond-axe.png: Sprite image for diamond-axe in MinecraftDiamond Axe (critical) 10.5HP♥ × 5.25 13.5HP♥ × 6.75 15HP♥ × 7.5 16.5HP♥ × 8.25
ItemSprite netherite-axe.png: Sprite image for netherite-axe in MinecraftNetherite Axe 8HP♥♥♥♥ 10HP♥♥♥♥♥ 11HP♥ × 5.5 12HP♥ × 6
ItemSprite netherite-axe.png: Sprite image for netherite-axe in MinecraftNetherite Axe (critical) 12HP♥ × 6 15HP♥ × 7.5 16.5HP♥ × 8.25 18HP♥ × 9

Incompatibilities

Cleaving, Sharpness, Bane of Arthropods, and Smite are mutually exclusive enchantments.

Data values

ID

NameIdentifierTranslation key
Cleavingcleavingenchantment.minecraft.cleaving

History

Java Edition Combat Tests
3Added Chopping.
6"Chopping" has been renamed to "Cleaving."
8bCleaving now does 1 more damage.

Notes

  1. The Cleaving enchantment itself adds 1 damage and each level adds 1 additional damage so level 1 would do 2 damage and level 3 would do 4.
  2. Cleaving can disable shields for up to 1.5 seconds longer than the default time, which is 1.6 seconds, for a total of 3.1 seconds.

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