Enchanting System ReImagined (ESR)

ESR is a Minecraft Fabric mod for 1.20.1 that replaces vanilla enchanting RNG with a system built around deliberate choice and limits.

Instead of rolling the table for hours or stacking a dozen passive buffs on one piece of armor, items are limited to a single, max-level enchantment, and options can be guaranteed by placing enchanted books in chiseled bookshelves.

Features

1. One Enchantment Limit

Every item can have at most one enchantment.
The enchantment is always applied at its maximum level (placing Sharpness on a sword would give you Sharpness V stats).
Curses have a chance to also be applied to an item along side the desired enchantment if the enchantment fails.
Anvils are used only for repairs; combining items or books to stack enchantments is disabled.

2. Chiseled Bookshelves Guarantee Enchantments

Place enchanted books in chiseled bookshelves around the enchanting table to guarantee those exact options on the table.
Enchanted books placed in chiseled bookselves are consumed when used to enchant an item (this can be disabled in the config).
Regular bookshelves nearby give XP and lapis discounts on the enchanting.
The table interface is updated to show readable enchantment names (Sharpness) instead of Galactic runes, and includes scrollbar support when you have many shelves.

3. De-enchanted Loot

Armor, weapons, and tools generated in loot chests spawn without enchantments.
Enchanted books still spawn in chests, but conform to the single-enchantment cap.
Modded and vanilla enchanted books are injected into chest loot pools with configurable weights so all enchantments have a fair spawn rate.

Config `(enchanting-system-reimagined.json`)

You can edit these options directly in the JSON file or in-game via Mod Menu:

Enchanting System Reimagined