What Does Smite Do in Minecraft? Explained!

Minecraft enchantments are essential to surviving the game’s various challenges, whether exploring the world at night or fearlessly delving into deep caves. We have already covered the best Minecraft enchantments you should have by your side, but there’s one enchantment that can help make your weapons more powerful and reliable. Called Smite, this enchantment can easily help you take down around half of the hostile mobs in the game. But what does smite do in Minecraft and how exactly do you get it? Let’s find out in this detailed guide.

What Is Smite Enchantment in Minecraft

Smite is a popular axe and sword enchantment that allows you toincrease the damage you deal to the undead mobs.You can get a maximum offive levels of smite, each level significantly increasing the amount of damage. It can be applied on both an axe and a sword. But, using smite on a sword gives a significant advantage to the players who don’t want to switch between weapons while fighting.

Moreover, when it comes to drawbacks, the Smite enchantment is incompatible with the Bane of Arthropods, Sharpness, and the Cleaving enchantment. So, you can’t apply the Smite enchantment on an item that already has one of the three incompatible enchantments.

List of Minecraft Mobs Affected by Smite

The undeadmobs in Minecraftappear “dead” in appearance and most of them are generally hostile toward the players. Moreover, all these mobs are immune to drowning but transform when trapped underwater (zombie to drowned zombie). Not to forget, thePotion of Healing in Minecraftdamages these mobs, but the Potion of Harming ironically heals them.

With that said, here are all the undead mobs that are affected by smite enchantment:

Smite Enchantment: Levels of Damage

As mentioned earlier, the level of damage dealt to undead mobs increases with the increase in the level of Smite enchantment. However, it is quite inconsistent across the material of swords, axes, and even the editions of Minecraft. Let’s take a close look at the damage tables (viaMinecraft Wiki) to understand the various levels of Smite enchantment.

JavaEdition

Please keep in mind that the value in parentheses reflects the critical damage of the weapon. It is thedamage that the weapon causes when it is used while jumpingtoward the hostile mob. Meanwhile, the other value is damage dealt with a full charge of the weapon.WeaponBaseSmite ISmite IISmite IIISmite IVSmite VWooden Sword4(6)6.5(8.5)9(11)11.5(13.5)14(16)16.5(18.5)Gold Sword4(6)6.5(8.5)9(11)11.5(13.5)14(16)16.5(18.5)Stone Sword5(7.5)7.5(10)10(12.5)12.5(15)15(17.5)17.5(20)Iron Sword6(9)8.5(11.5)11(14)13.5(16.5)16(19)18.5(21.5)Diamond Sword7(10.5)9.5(13)12(15.5)14.5(18)17(20.5)19.5(23)Netherite Sword8(12)10.5(14.5)13(17)15.5(19.5)18(22)20.5(24.5)Wooden Axe7(10.5)9.5(13)12(15.5)14.5(18)17(20.5)19.5(23)Gold Axe7(10.5)9.5(13)12(15.5)14.5(18)17(20.5)19.5(23)Stone Axe9(13.5)11.5(16)14(18.5)16.5(21)19(23.5)21.5(26)Iron Axe9(13.5)11.5(16)14(18.5)16.5(21)19(23.5)21.5(26)Diamond Axe9(13.5)11.5(16)14(18.5)16.5(21)19(23.5)21.5(26)Netherite Axe10(15)12.5(17.5)15(20)17.5(22.5)20(25)22.5(27.5)

Bedrock Edition

Here, the value in parentheses reflects the critical damage and the other values represent the general damage when the enemy isn’t wearing armor. Here’s what the Smite enchantment damage looks like in Bedrock Edition:WeaponBaseSmite ISmite IISmite IIISmite IVSmite VWooden Sword4 (7.5)7.5 (10)10 (12.5)12.5 (15)15 (17.5)17.5 (20)Gold Sword4(7.5)7.5 (10)10 (12.5)12.5 (15)15 (17.5)17.5 (20)Stone Sword5(9)8.5(11.5)11 (14)13.5 (16.5)16 (19)18.5 (21.5)Iron Sword6(10.5)8.5(13)11 (15.5)13.5 (18)17 (20.5)19.5 (23)Diamond Sword7(12)10.5(14.5)13 (17)15.5 (19.5)18 (22)20.5 (24.5)Netherite Sword8(13.5)11.5(16)14 (18.5)16.5 (21)19 (23.5)21.5 (26)Wooden Axe3 (6)6.5 (8.5)9 (11)11.5 (13.5)14 (16)16.5 (18.5)Gold Axe3 (6)6.5 (8.5)9 (11)11.5 (13.5)14 (16)16.5 (18.5)Stone Axe4 (7)7.5 (9.5)10 (12)12.5 (14.5)15 (17)17.5 (19.5)Iron Axe5 (9)8.5 (11.5)11 (14)13.5 (16.5)16 (19)18.5 (21.5)Diamond Axe6 (10)9.5 (12.5)12 (15)14.5 (17.5)17 (20)19.5 (22.5)Netherite Axe7 (12)10.5 (14.5)13 (17)15.5 (19.5)18 (22)20.5 (24.5)

As you can notice, each new level of Smite enchantmentadds an additional 2.5 points worth of hit damage. Moreover, as you might notice, the axes of the Java edition are much more powerful than its swords. Meanwhile, the swords are the superior weapon in the Bedrock edition. In case you are wondering, this difference is because of the combat update that never arrived on the Bedrock edition, until the Minecraft Preview 1.20.50.22 that finally added some combat changes to the Bedrock edition.

How to Get Smite Enchantment in Minecraft

There are two main ways to obtain enchantments in Minecraft:

Unfortunately, there are no fixed locations to find an enchanted book for the Smite enchantment. However, you can use our guide to learnhow to find and use enchanted books in Minecraftto make your search simpler. Having said that, here’s how to apply Smite enchantment using the Enchanting Table:

How to Use SmiteEnchantmentin Minecraft

Now that your new Smite enchanted weapon is ready, let’s take it for a spin:

With that, you are now ready to step into your next fight and completely annihilate all the undead mobs of Minecraft. But, don’t become too reliant on your weapons. While your axe and sword might be powerful, they can’t deal with swarms of enemies. So, make sure that you also have a bunch of thebest Minecraft armor enchantmentsfor protection. Alternatively, you canmake an Iron Golem in Minecraftand keep it around for additional support.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better Sharpness or Smite?

As you already know, Sharpness increases the overall damage of a weapon, but Smiteonly increases the damagethat’s dealt to undead mobs. So, unless you are only planning to fight the undead mobs, Sharpness is the better option in most cases.

Does Smite 5 one shot zombies in Bedrock Edition?

On the Bedrock edition, zombies have 20 health. So, you can one-shot kill them with a Smite 5 diamond or Netherite sword. If it’s a critical hit, you can even kill a zombie with Smite 4 and an iron sword.

Radojka Travar

I’m a gaming enthusiast with a strong passion for writing. My expertise lies in creating simple, to the point and clear content teaching you about various features, mechanics and community-based inventions related to Minecraft. In spare time, I love flying around in my Minecraft world and exploring stories of other pixelated games.

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