Investigating MC Bug Report | Enchantment Glitch

[Husky]

MC Username

PraiseJinx​

What date/time did this occur?

4/2/2026​

Overview of Bug

Enchantment Glitch​

Explanation of Bug

https://imgur.com/c7DxvZU

Attempting to Enchant using Anvil and books.

Wasn't able to enchant at all (not told it was too expensive until I added a different name).

Need help please.​

 

[Husky]

To be clear, the bug is that despite it should be allowing me to do it, I can't add the enchantments.

 

[Zyp]

not a dev, but can you share the axe as well as the way you enchanted? minecraft is super strict in how it makes enchantments cost in XP as well as how they are combined.

 

[Husky]

not a dev, but can you share the axe as well as the way you enchanted? minecraft is super strict in how it makes enchantments cost in XP as well as how they are combined.

I did it using the lowest possible enchants - I spent the time to check every permutation.

The problem is that there's not even an indication of it being "too expensive".

If I remember correctly, the max is 39 levels. Anything above triggers "Too expensive".

I'm right on the 39 mark and adding a name to it makes it too expensive.

 

[Zyp]

I did it using the lowest possible enchants - I spent the time to check every permutation.

The problem is that there's not even an indication of it being "too expensive".

If I remember correctly, the max is 39 levels. Anything above triggers "Too expensive".

I'm right on the 39 mark and adding a name to it makes it too expensive.

You need to name the axe last, and 39 is when the text changes from being acceptable to becoming too expensive, this is working as intended.

 

[Husky]

This is NOT working as intended. I have not named the axe in any capacity.

I am pointing out that naming the axe (which costs one level) will make the axe too expensive, which means that the enchantment cost is 39 without naming. This is well within the axe cost, and I even tested this with removing unbreaking III, which removes 5 levels from the enchantment cost. This is well within the cost, and not only does it refuse to enchant or tell me it's "Too Expensive", the text will flash as you add or remove an enchantment (or just rename and undo what you did).