How to Unlock Soul Speed Enchantment in Minecraft (& What it Does)

Minecraft recently released a major game update, which focuses heavily on improving the Nether. This lava filled wasteland has been in the game since it’s early years, but its finally getting some attention with new mobs, biomes, and more. The once hostile realm is brimming with more to explore and discover!

One of the new additions with this update is the Soul Speed Enchantment, which can aid in the player’s journey through the new Nether lands. This guide will teach players how to find and apply this new enchantment to their armor, and how to best make use of it.

How to Enchant Soul Speed in Minecraft

Enchantments are passive buffs that can be applied to the player’s equipment, whether it be armor or weapons. Normally, enchantments are applied by using an Enchantment Table. For those new to Minecraft, this is a special table crafted using Obsidian Blocks and Diamonds. Most enchantments, like the weapon boosting Sharpness, are found at random when placing a weapon into the Enchanting Table. However, Soul Speed cannot be obtained in this way. Instead, players will need to obtain the special Soul Speed enchanting book. These magic books can be used to enchant items using an Anvil but can be difficult to come across. The Soul Speed Book in particular is found in the hands of the new Piglin mob. These pig people reside in the Nether as of the new update, and won’t fight the player so long as they’re wearing some golden armor. Speaking of gold, that’s what the Piglin use to barter for goods; including the Soul Speed Enchantment book. There is no guarantee that they’ll yield the book on the first trade, so players ought to bring lots of gold ingots with them into the Nether if they wish to obtain Soul Speed. This enchantment can only be applied to boots, and sometimes the Piglins will trade players’ boots that have already been enchanted. How thoughtful! Of course, some Piglin drop Soul Speed boots when enchanted, but players will have to risk aggravating a horde of Pig monsters only to rely on chance. Trading golden ingots are definitely the safest method.

What is Soul Speed/How to Use it in Minecraft

As noted, Soul Speed can only be applied to boots. This is because the Soul Speed enchantment improves the player’s movement speed while walking on Soul Sand blocks. This terrain, one of the earliest features of the Nether, lowers movement speed whenever it walked on. Trying to run away from a horde of monsters or evade the fireballs of a Ghast can be tricky while moving so slowly; and that’s where Soul Speed comes in. This enchantment will allow players to navigate the Nether with ease, or at least the vast fields of the new Soul Sand Valley. Soul Speed boots will let players traverse this biome more comfortably amidst the chilling ambiance, and will expedite their exploration of the update’s new features. For those able to get their hands on Soul Speed enchanted boots, here’s an idea: Line the floors of a castle or base with Soul Sand taken from the Nether, so if other players invade on a multiplayer server, they’ll be slowed down! Of course, this requires the Soul Speed boots to be worn constantly, but it will give the base owner a speed advantage if they have it!

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