Armor and Weapon Enchantments for Melee Combat

In Minecraft Ultra Hardcore (UHC), enchantments can significantly enhance your equipment, giving you a crucial advantage in melee combat. This guide explores the best enchantments for swords and armor, along with strategies for gathering resources and efficiently enchanting your gear.

Sword/Axe Enchantments for Melee Combat:

1. Sharpness: Increases damage dealt by your sword. A must-have for any melee combatant.
2. Knockback: Sends opponents flying backward, useful for creating distance or knocking enemies off cliffs.
3. Fire Aspect: Sets your opponent on fire, dealing additional damage over time and causing panic.
4. Looting: Increases the loot dropped by mobs, helpful for gathering more resources like arrows or ender pearls.

In UHC, you should usually try to get Sharpness as it's the most useful melee enchant.  Fire Aspect can be very useful, however keep in mind that an opponent that's on fire can set you on fire when they melee attack you.

Armor Enchantments for Survivability:

1. Protection: Reduces damage taken from all sources, making you tougher in fights.
2. Projectile Protection: Specifically reduces damage from arrows, crucial in UHC where bow fights are common.
3. Blast Protection: Useful if you anticipate encounters with creepers or TNT traps.
4. Feather Falling: Reduce falling damage, either accidental or when quickly retreating in combat.
5. Depth Strider: Move quickly through water.  If you're crossing a swamp or a lake, this enchant can be vital to crossing the distance with speed.
6. Unbreaking: Increases the durability of your armor, ensuring it lasts longer in prolonged battles.

In UHC, the Protection Enchant is likely your most desired enchant since melee combat is the most combat, followed by Projectile Protection for ranged combat.  On your boots try to get Feather Falling if possible, but you should probably focus on some form of protection.

Gathering Lapis and Experience:
Lapis Lazuli is essential for enchanting, so prioritize mining it when you encounter it. Experience can be gained from mining ores, smelting items, and killing mobs. Consider setting up a quick mob farm or mining coal and redstone for quick experience gains.

Enchanting with Limited Experience:
In UHC, experience levels are precious. Use low-level enchantments to conserve experience, and only enchant high-level when you have enough levels. Always enchant your sword and chestplate first, as they provide the most significant combat advantages.

Using an Anvil to Combine Enchantments:
Anvils allow you to combine enchanted books or items to create more powerful gear. Focus on combining books with the same enchantments to upgrade their levels. Remember that each combination increases the experience cost, so plan your enchantments carefully.

Strategies for Efficient Enchanting:

1. Prioritize Key Enchantments: Focus on essential enchantments like Sharpness and Protection before adding others.
2. Use Enchanted Books: Enchant books to get specific enchantments, then apply them to your gear using an anvil.
3. Conserve Lapis: Only use lapis when you're sure of the enchantment you'll receive. Use the enchanting table preview to check.

By understanding and strategically applying enchantments to your weapons and armor, you can significantly enhance your combat capabilities in Minecraft UHC. Gather resources wisely, enchant efficiently, and you'll be well-equipped to dominate in melee engagements.