Respiration
Respiration is an enchantment applied to helmets that extends underwater breathing time.
Respiration can be obtained from enchanting tables, drops from mobs that have spawned in a raid,‌[Bedrock Edition only] books obtained by fishing, monster room chests, librarian villagers (or if the "Villager Trade Rebalance" experimental datapack is enabled, a swamp librarian), and non-village structure loot.
Respiration grants an oxygen bonus of +1 per enchantment level, which equates to +15 seconds per level in addition to the default time of 15 seconds. It also grants a chance of not taking drowning damage each second by level / (level + 1). The maximum level that can be obtained without commands is level 3, resulting in a total time of 60 seconds underwater (including the base time without enchantments) before drowning begins, and a 75% chance to not take drowning damage each second. Wearing a turtle shell extends this time by an additional 10 seconds. Respiration can be applied to non-helmet items by use of commands.
Local game data
Respiration
| Maximum level | III |
|---|---|
| Primary items | |
| Secondary items | None |
| Enchantment weight | 2 |
| Identifier | respiration
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Respiration is an enchantment applied to helmets that extends underwater breathing time.
Obtaining
Respiration can be obtained from enchanting tables, drops from mobs that have spawned in a raid,[Bedrock Edition only] books obtained by fishing, monster room chests, librarian villagers (or if the "Villager Trade Rebalance" experimental datapack is enabled, a swamp librarian), and non-village structure loot.
Usage
Respiration grants an oxygen bonus of +1 per enchantment level, which equates to +15 seconds per level in addition to the default time of 15 seconds. It also grants a chance of not taking drowning damage each second by level / (level + 1). The maximum level that can be obtained without commands is level 3, resulting in a total time of 60 seconds underwater (including the base time without enchantments) before drowning begins, and a 75% chance to not take drowning damage each second. Wearing a turtle shell extends this time by an additional 10 seconds. Respiration can be applied to non-helmet items by use of commands.
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Respiration | respiration |
enchantment |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Respiration | respiration | 6 |
enchantment |
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 | Added Respiration. | |||||
| 1.13 | 18w08b | Respiration no longer grants enhanced vision underwater. | |||||
| 1.14 | 19w08a | Respiration enchantment is now functional for horses when added to horse armor in creative mode. | |||||
| 1.20.5 | 24w05a | Respiration enchantment is no longer functional for horses when added to horse armor in creative mode. | |||||
| 1.21 | 24w18a | The oxygen bonus increase from Respiration is now displayed as a tooltip. | |||||
| The Respiration enchantment is now only functional in the head slot. | |||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Added Respiration. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | Respiration no longer grants enhanced vision underwater. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU7 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added Respiration. |
| TU69 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Respiration no longer grants enhanced vision underwater.[verify] | ||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1.0 | Added Respiration. | ||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Respiration" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
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