Aqua Affinity

Aqua Affinity
Maximum level

I

Primary items

Secondary items

None

Enchantment weight

2

Identifier

aqua_affinity

Aqua Affinity is an enchantment applied to helmets that removes the mining speed reduction that occurs when underwater.

Obtaining

Aqua Affinity can be obtained from enchantment tables, drops from mobs that have spawned in a raid,‌[Bedrock Edition only] books obtained by fishing, librarian villagers, and in the following structure loot chests: desert pyramids, strongholds, ocean ruins, ancient cities, mansions, pillager outposts, mineshafts, monster rooms, jungle pyramids, and from vaults in trial chambers.

Usage

Usually when the player's head is underwater, mining blocks takes 5 times as long as mining while out of water. Wearing armor with Aqua Affinity grants 400% submerged mining speed, negating this penalty.

The related but distinct speed decrease for mining while floating also results in a 5 times decrease in mining speed. The penalty for floating is not affected by Aqua Affinity. Mining without Aqua Affinity while underwater and floating takes 25 times as long as mining while out of water and standing on the ground.

Although unobtainable in Survival mode, in Java Edition levels higher than 1 increase the submerged mining speed by 400% per level, while in Bedrock Edition all levels have the same effect.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
Aqua Affinityaqua_affinityenchantment.minecraft.aqua_affinity

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
Aqua Affinityaqua_affinity8enchantment.waterWorker

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3Added Aqua Affinity.
1.915w42aAqua Affinity I has been renamed to just Aqua Affinity.
1.1318w07aAqua Affinity can now be applied on turtle shells.
1.2124w18aThe submerged mining speed increase from Aqua Affinity is now displayed as a tooltip.
The submerged mining speed increases by 400% per level instead of being a fixed value.
The Aqua Affinity enchantment is now only functional in the head slot.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1build 1Added Aqua Affinity.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU7CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1Added Aqua Affinity.
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 Aqua Affinity can now be applied on turtle shells.

Issues

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