Minecraft Dungeons 2 best enchantments

Best enchantments, ranked

1. S · Lightning Surge: Rated the strongest melee enchantment: a wave for 90% of weapon damage at tier III that weakens every mob hit. Every best DPS entry on the weapon chart runs it. Hit mobs move and attack faster while weakened.
2. S · Ancient Alchemy: 60 souls a potion at tier III, and it stacks across armor pieces: two copies give 120 souls a potion, the whole soul supply of an endgame potion build. Only pays off if you drink often; pair it with Bottomless Brew.
3. S · Bottomless Brew: Potions stack up to four at a time; with potion cooldown modifiers, near-endless healing. Part of an endgame potion loadout. Chestplate only.
4. S · Health Synergy: Heals 35% of maximum health on every artifact use; with the 20-soul Mandolin it keeps you topped up. Needs cheap, short-cooldown artifacts to shine.
5. A · Swirling: The biggest flat wave: 100% of weapon damage at tier III. No status effect, unlike Lightning Surge.
6. A · Soul Blast: A wave for 75% of weapon damage plus soul damage over time. Below Lightning Surge's 90% and weakening.
7. A · Thundering: 50% chance to spark lightning for 50% of weapon damage; the pick for weapons that rarely finish a combo. Chance-based.
8. A · Barrier Brew: Drinking leaves a well that grants Fortifying, about 50% damage reduction; re-entering refreshes it. You have to stand in or return to the well.
9. A · Power Amplifier: Each artifact use adds 40% damage to the next attack at tier III, stacking with each use; in four loadouts on /builds, the Awesomeaxe one-shot and the Paragon bow among them. Only the next attack gains it, so it needs frequent artifact presses.
10. A · Dynamo: Each roll adds 40% damage to the next attack at tier III (50% on the unique roll), stacking; in the Awesomeaxe one-shot and the unlimited-arrow archer. Roll before each big hit or the charge is wasted.
11. B · Healing Smite: Kills can spawn a Regenerating well, effectively the old Radiance. Rated a notch below the wave enchantments; few kills in boss fights.
12. B · Springload: A 6-second speed boost after each artifact use. Pleasant, not strong.
13. B · Critical Quiver: Critical hits restore 5 arrows at tier III; with Fighter's Flute it powers the unlimited-arrow archer. Utility only: no damage, and the arrows of element quivers such as the Venomous Quiver are not refilled.
14. C · Poison Fog: A wave for 30% of weapon damage plus poison. Rated well below Lightning Surge.
15. C · Frost Crescent: A wave for 20% of weapon damage plus freeze. Rated well below Lightning Surge: on a frost build it hit for only 300 to 500.
16. C · Crash Landing: Bigger jump-attack knockback, which can keep enemies inside a fire wave longer. Only 5% more damage at every tier.

Placements and their evidence come from the tier list: full tier list with sources.

Enchantsmith cost per tier

What applying one costs

An enchantment is applied at the Enchantment Table, and the demo showed the price on screen: Ender Mines I on Pride of the Plains, with the next tier costing 1 emerald and 5 gold. Tier II was locked behind a merchant level the demo player had not reached. Disenchanting was offered alongside it, so a book is not a permanent commitment to the item it goes on.

Where the Enchantsmith is

The Enchantsmith is a villager merchant with a stall in the overworld rather than a menu: the demo found them in Wading Rainy Plains, at merchant level 1, with a 30-emerald price to level them up. Levelling the merchant is what unlocks the higher tiers and the re-roll action.