Minecraft: How To Get The Swift Sneak Enchantment

Minecraft’s Wild Update introduced loads of new content to the ever-expanding sandbox title, including new mobs, blocks, some new biomes, as well as some items. Additionally, a brand new enchantment was added to the game, though not one that can be attained through traditional enchanting methods. Swift Sneak is a three-tiered enchantment that provides players with increased speed while crouching.

Swift Sneak is an example of a non-renewable enchantment in Minecraft, meaning it can not be indefinitely attained. This is because the only way to get this enchantment is through the use of an enchanted book, which is a single-use resource. Players can seek out more books of this same kind but will have to travel out further and further to find them each time.

Where To Find Swift Sneak Books In Minecraft

Swift Sneak enchanted books can be found naturally in chests in Ancient Cities. These are the only natural structures that have the possibility of containing Swift Sneak as loot. Any one of the three levels of the enchantment can be found, and they are applied to leggings using an anvil, not boots! This is done by placing the book and the leggings in an anvil and paying the experience fee to combine them.

So in order to find Swift Sneak, players will need to find an Ancient City. Ancient Cities are underground constructions that spawn exclusively in Deep Dark biomes. They spawn below Y: -52, so finding them is no easy task. Players should dig deep and look for Deep Dark caves, identifiable by their dark, glistening blue sculk blocks, as seen above. Once found, players can explore the cave and may find themselves in a city. Alternatively, if players know their world seed, they can make use of Chunkbase’s Ancient City finder to locate some nearby ones.

Ancient Cities are massive, with countless chests, so there’s a very high likelihood of finding a Swift Sneak book, as well as other loot. Players ought to be careful of Wardens that may be roaming around the city and deal the highest damage from any melee attack in the game.

How To Best Preserve The Swift Sneak Enchantment In Minecraft

Because Swift Sneak is non-renewable, players may want to avoid losing the leggings they apply it to. This can be done by repairing the leggings whenever their durability gets low. If a player is using diamond leggings, for example, repairs can be made by combining diamonds with the leggings in an anvil. This will preserve its enchantments. It is also advised to not use this enchanted book on leggings of a tier lower than diamond, as non-renewable enchantments should not be wasted.

Without Swift Sneak, players will crouch-walk at 30% of their standard walking speed, so a max-level enchantment will more than double their swiftness. The three levels of the enchantment affect the player’s sneak speed as follows:

• Swift Sneak I: 45% that of regular walking speed
• Swift Sneak II: 60% that of regular walking speed
• Swift Sneak III: 75% that of regular walking speed