Updated 25 October 2026. Facts on this page come from minecraft.wiki, minecraft.net and the live Artemis PvP server; sources are listed at the bottom.
Projectile Protection Enchantment in Minecraft: What It Does
Projectile Protection reduces damage from arrows, tridents, fireballs, shulker bullets and other projectiles. It cannot share a piece with Protection, Fire Protection or Blast Protection, so it is a specialist choice for skeleton-heavy areas and bow PvP.
Projectile Protection at a glance
| Max level | IV |
| Goes on | Armor |
| Cannot combine with | Protection, Fire Protection and Blast Protection. |
| Where to get it | Enchanting tables, librarians, fishing and loot. |
Get enchantments from an enchanting table with bookshelves, from enchanted books on an anvil, from librarian villagers, or as loot (a few, like Wind Burst, only come from special loot such as ominous vaults); see enchanting and anvils.
What does Projectile Protection do?
It cuts projectile damage more than Protection does, across every piece wearing it. More: armor enchantments.
More about Projectile Protection
Ghast fireballs, blaze fireballs and shulker bullets count as projectiles, so it helps in the Nether and the End too. In general PvP, Protection on every piece usually wins.
Enchanting tables use lapis lazuli and experience levels, anvils combine books and gear, and librarians sell books. Treasure enchantments only come from loot, trading and fishing, never the table, and higher levels cost more experience to apply and repair.
An enchanted book combines with an item of the right type at an anvil, and two books or items with the same enchantment at the same level merge into the next level up. Each anvil use raises the item's repair cost, so plan the order of your combinations and add Mending early.
Tips for Projectile Protection
Use it on one piece if you raid pillager outposts or fight skeleton farms by hand. Every enchantment: every enchantment.
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Frequently asked questions
Does Projectile Protection block ghast fireballs?
It reduces the direct hit, but not the explosion.
Sources
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