Minecraft:Wind Burst

Template:Infobox enchantment Wind Burst is an Minecraft:enchantment applied to Minecraft:maces that causes a powerful upward Minecraft:knockback effect to be created upon executing a Minecraft:smash attack. Unlike Minecraft:wind charges, Wind Burst does not negate fall damage.

Obtaining

Wind Burst can only be obtained from Minecraft:ominous vaults in Minecraft:trial chambers in the form of Minecraft:enchanted books at level I. It is a rare enchantment, having a 5.5% chance of being ejected from an ominous vault once activated with an ominous key.

Usage

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Wind Burst launching a player into the air after using a smash attack.

When executing a Minecraft:smash attack using a Minecraft:mace enchanted with Wind Burst, the user is launched back into the air, allowing them to chain continuous smash attacks. Attacks on the ground do not activate Wind Burst, as the activation requires a smash attack.

In order to perform a smash attack, and in turn activate Wind Burst, a player has to fall more than 1.5 blocks. This can be achieved by jumping off a single block placed on the ground and attacking right before touching the ground (total fall height of ~2 blocks), or alternatively by using a Minecraft:wind charge or the Minecraft:Jump Boost effect.

The slow attack speed of the mace in Java Edition makes it impossible to chain fully-charged smash attacks with Wind Burst I on a target that stays at the same elevation.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Like wind charges, Wind Burst can interact with redstone objects such as Minecraft:levers or Minecraft:wooden doors.

Since foxes can attack mobs by pouncing on them, a fox given a mace enchanted with Wind Burst is capable of activating it. This is of little benefit to the fox, as it will typically fail to chain a second smash attack and will thus take Minecraft:fall damage.

Launch power per level

Wind Burst adds approximately 8 blocks of upward Minecraft:knockback for the first level, 16 blocks for the second level, and 24 blocks for the third level. Template:IN, Minecraft:Blast Protection reduces the effect of Wind Burst. Template:IN Minecraft:netherite armor reduces Wind Burst's effect. The table below details the explosion knockback multiplier and blocks launched per level.

Wind Burst knockback multiplier
I	II	III
1.2x (8 blocks)	1.75x (16 blocks)	2.2x (24 blocks)

Further Wind Burst levels use the formula 1.15 + 0.35 * level to calculate the knockback multiplier.

On other items

If Wind Burst is applied to an item other than a mace by use of commands or Minecraft:anvils in Minecraft:Creative mode Template:In, Wind Burst activates after the player has fallen at least 1.5 blocks. The launch from Wind Burst doesn't boost the player as high, since landing hits with any other item does not reset vertical Minecraft:velocity unlike the mace. The faster the player falls while hitting an entity, the less it is launched upwards, since gravity and the enchantment are close to causing a force equilibrium.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>