Enchanting in Minecraft is a way to imbue gear and books with special effects and attributes that can greatly benefit the player. To empower an item, one needs to place it upon an Enchanting Table, preferably in the company of many Bookshelves. By exchanging Experience and lapis lazuli, players can acquire these effects.
There are other methods in which to have something enchanted, such as utilizing an anvil, interacting with a villager, fishing up a random enchanted book, or even when looting dungeons and strongholds. There is a great variety to be found in this expansive world of blocks.
39 Aqua Affinity
Aqua Affinity is a helmet-only enchantment that allows the player to mine faster while underwater.
38 Bane Of Arthropods
This one empowers a sword with an effect that increases damage dealt to all arthropod enemies, such as spiders, cave spiders, silverfish, endermites, and bees.
37 Blast Protection
If one is having trouble with explosives, they should consider upgrading their armor with the Blast Protection enchantment to reduce damage and knockback received.
36 Channeling
This is one that can only be imbued into tridents. It allows the player to call down a bolt of lightning, but only during a storm.
Just be sure to do so outside and while the target is unobstructed.
35 Cleaving
Here's one that grants axes greater damage output and more impact to stun shielded foes.
34 Curse Of Binding
This is an enchantment that can only be found via treasure hunting. When applied to an item in an armor slot, it prevents that item from being removed.
33 Curse Of Vanishing
Here's a wicked one that nobody would want on their weapons, tools, or armor. Upon a player's death, any item with this enchantment will be destroyed.
32 Depth Strider
With Depth Strider on one's boots, the player can walk through the water much quicker.
31 Efficiency
This is arguably the most desirable trait to have on one's mining and harvesting tools.
It increases the speed of pickaxes, axes, shovels, hoes, and shears.
30 Feather Falling
Another Boots-only enchantment. This one reduces the damage taken from falling great heights.
29 Fire Aspect
All pyromaniacs should endeavor to acquire this trait on their swords. When striking objects or enemies, it sets them on fire.
28 Fire Protection
Whether by mining or by exploring the upper terrain, pools of lava can appear suddenly. Armor with this enchantment will help one resist damage from such threats.
27 Flame
This is the Fire Aspect equivalent for Arrows. When this enchantment is placed on a bow, any arrows fired from it will ignite their targets.
26 Fortune
This enchantment grants more drops from mining certain items. It is a great one for collecting bonus ore.
It can even allow a greater yield from crops, making it an excellent enchantment for farming as well.
25 Frost Walker
This boot enchantment will turn the water under the player's feet into blocks of ice so that they can travel across any body of water without needing to swim.
24 Impaling
Another one only for Tridents. It gives one the power to skewer undersea foes with greater damage.
23 Infinity
As the name suggests, this grants one infinite ammunition. Having this enchantment on one's bow means that it will not use up any arrows from their inventory.
22 Knockback
This is a trait that is a handy one for crowd control when facing off against multiple mobs. With clever use of the terrain, one can even do away with foes by knocking them off cliffs.
21 Looting
Looting is a great way to get more drops from mobs like Zombies and Skeletons.
Very useful for gathering bones for bonemeal or zombie flesh for potions.
20 Loyalty
This one imbues the player's trident with a recalling spell that activates if the player throws their three-pointed javelin. Loyalty will cause the weapon to return directly to the player's hand.