Curse of Vanishing is an enchantment that causes the item to disappear upon death.
Obtaining[]
Curse of Vanishing is a treasure enchantment; it can be obtained from End City, Jungle Temple, and Stronghold chest loot, Ruined Portal, fishing, raid drops[BE only], or trading with a librarian of any level.
Usage[]
When the player dies while an item enchanted with Curse of Vanishing is in their inventory, it does not drop on the ground, but is removed from the world entirely. The item does not vanish if it is dropped manually, or if it is placed in a chest before death.
The effect can be mitigated by storing affected items inside a shulker box,[1] or by setting the keepInventory gamerule to true.
Curse of Vanishing cannot be removed by a grindstone or a crafting table. However, if the cursed item is a pumpkin or mob head, placing and breaking the head removes the curse.
If an item dropped by a mob (such as a zombie or skeleton wearing armor) has Curse of Vanishing, the enchantment's effect works as normal.
Of all enchantments in the game, Curse of Vanishing is compatible with the greatest number of different item types. It can be added to any type of item which can be enchanted at all, including compass, carved pumpkin and jack o'lantern.
The effect is irrelevant in singleplayer Hardcore difficulty because death is permanent, so no items can be retrieved after dying.
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Curse of Vanishing | vanishing_curse | enchantment.minecraft.vanishing_curse |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curse of Vanishing | vanishing | 28 | enchantment.curse.vanishing |
History[]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Added Curse of Vanishing. | |||
| Currently can be applied to any item. | |||||
| 16w44a | Curse of Vanishing enchanted book appears in both the tools tab and the combat tab in the Creative Inventory.[2] | ||||
| release | Curse of Vanishing can now be applied only to equipment. | ||||
| 1.15 | 19w35a | Curse of Vanishing can now be applied to carved pumpkins and no longer be applied to regular pumpkins.[3] | |||
| 1.16 | 20w06a | Curse of Vanishing can no longer be removed by combining it with another item in a crafting interface.[4] | |||
| 20w14a | Compasses can now be enchanted with Curse of Vanishing. | ||||
| 1.19 | 22w14a | Recovery compasses can now be enchanted with Curse of Vanishing. | |||
| 22w15a | Recovery compasses can no longer be enchanted with Curse of Vanishing. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.2.13 | beta 1.2.13.5 | Added Curse of Vanishing. | |||
| Curse of Vanishing cannot be obtained in the Creative inventory. | |||||
| Curse of Vanishing is obtainable only via trading with librarian villagers. | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.2 | Enchanted books with Curse of Vanishing are no longer obtainable from trading with librarians. | |||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | Curse of Vanishing has been implemented. | |||
| Curse of Vanishing has been added to the Creative inventory. | |||||
| 1.19.40 | beta 1.19.40.23 | Enchanted books with Curse of Vanishing are now again obtainable from trading with librarians. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU54 | CU44 | 1.52 | Patch 24 | 1.0.4 | Added Curse of Vanishing. |
Issues[]
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