This report only describes that an enchantment is shown which is not available. See MC-30730, which describes the general behavior that an enchantment table may provide less than three enchantments.
The bug
When enchanting fishing rods, you are not able to apply low level enchants; the bug here is that these enchants still appear as if they could be selected. They should be greyed out.
See attached
[media]: The first slot, which the mouse is hovering over, does not display any promised enchant in the tooltip and clicking it does nothing, yet it's not greyed out like the middle slot.
Example
Here is an example in video:
[media]Bug analysis
@unknown has done a detailed analysis of when the bug occurs and possible solutions in this comment.
Code analysis
The following is based on decompiled version of Minecraft 1.9 using MCP 9.24 beta. All method and class names are the names used in the decompiled version.
The reason why this happens is because the enchantment level returned by the method net.minecraft.enchantment.EnchantmentHelper.calcItemStackEnchantability(Random, int, int, ItemStack) is used. This method always returns at least 1 for the first enchantment (0 meaning no enchantment available). I am not sure if this can be fixed in this method, however what can be done is having the method net.minecraft.inventory.ContainerEnchantment.onCraftMatrixChanged(IInventory) set 0 as enchantment level if no enchantments are available.
This might not be the best solution and is only a suggestion.
Linked issues
is duplicated by 82
MC-50844
Damaged Fishing Rods not able to be enchanted
Resolved
MC-72819
Fishing Rod seems to break enchanting.
Resolved
MC-84953
Enchanting uses levels but does not apply them to item placed on the enchantment table.
Resolved
MC-85339
Enchanting a fishing rod no enchant
Resolved
MC-91812
Enchanting fishing rod with levels < 4 eats up level and lapis
Resolved
MC-91899
Enchanting - Fisingrods
Resolved
MC-98704
Fishing rod enchanting bug
Resolved
MC-98960
Can't enchant a fishing rod.
Resolved
MC-99078
Enchanting Fishing Rods
Resolved
MC-101966
Enchanting Problems
Resolved
MC-103527
Unable to Enchant Fishing rod
Resolved
MC-103842
Null Enchant for Fishing Rods
Resolved
MC-105189
Fishing rods give rip offs when enchanting. (duplicate)
Resolved
MC-105314
Enchanting fishing rod in enchanting table sometimes wastes levels and lapis lazuli
Resolved
MC-110281
1.11 Bug - Enchanting Bug
Resolved
MC-131485
First level of enchantment table is empty
Resolved
MC-131743
Fishing Rods Don't Enchant
Resolved
MC-132666
Fishing Rods Cannot be Enchanted
Resolved
MC-132916
Invalid enchantement
Resolved
MC-134345
Sometimes cannot properly enchant equipment on enchanting table.
Resolved
MC-140116
First slot in Enchantment Table while enchanting a fishing rod is invalid
Resolved
MC-141574
Fishing rod enchantments
Resolved
MC-141670
Enchaning table dosnt enable you to select the first 2 enchamtments for fishing rods
Resolved
MC-144478
Blank fishing rod enchantments
Resolved
MC-146178
Cannot Enchant Fishing Rod
Resolved
MC-148176
Enchant impossible fishing rod
Resolved
MC-150216
The 1st and 2nd slots of the Enchantment Table cannot be used
Resolved
MC-153378
Fishing Rod can't be enchanted after enchanting other items
Resolved
MC-153524
Lure/Luck of the Sea enchantments cannot be applied
Resolved
MC-155879
Trying to enchant fishing rod
Resolved
MC-156003
Not able to enchant
Resolved
MC-156537
The Fishing rod when enchanting with 1 xp and 1 lapiz doesnt enchant or show the enchantment
Resolved
MC-156849
The Fishing rod when enchanting with 1 xp and 1 lapiz doesnt enchant or show the enchantment
Resolved
MC-159826
Level 1 enchantments sometimes have no effect and can't be chosen.
Resolved
MC-160251
Unable to enchant a fishing rod
Resolved
MC-168194
Fishing Rod Enchanting not working
Resolved
MC-170704
Can't enchant fishing rod
Resolved
MC-172562
Enchanting bug for snapshot 20w07a
Resolved
MC-178681
Empty enchantment in table
Resolved
MC-180988
Mess up with enchants for Fishing Rods
Resolved
MC-181179
Fishing rod cannot be enchanted
Resolved
MC-184004
Fishing rod enchantments are buggy
Resolved
MC-187066
showing enchantments in 1.15 but you cant see them sometimes.
Resolved
MC-187975
Minecraft Fishing Rod Enchant Problem
Resolved
MC-188420
First two enchantment slots have nothing
Resolved
MC-191560
Unable to enchant a rod for 1 and 2 xp
Resolved
MC-194729
only getting blank enchants
Resolved
MC-195191
Some enchantments aren't displayed while enchanting a fishing rod in an enchanting table
Resolved
MC-195979
Enchantment on enchanting table doesn't have a name
Resolved
MC-196369
Cant use lowest enchantment on fishing rod
Resolved
MC-200571
cannot enchant fishing rod
Resolved
MC-200641
Fishing rods no enchant
Resolved
MC-201149
I can't enchant my fishing rod
Resolved
MC-201307
Enchantement table wont show enchant and wont enchant item
Resolved
MC-206125
Enchantment Table Not Working Entirely
Resolved
MC-212260
Enchantment Table with No First Level Enchantment
Resolved
MC-216933
Enchantments not availible in table
Resolved
MC-217701
Top enchantment in Enchanting Table cannot be selected
Resolved
MC-218578
Level I enchantment not listed and unusable
Resolved
MC-222338
Fishing enchant
Resolved
MC-222800
Fishing rods use book enchantment seed
Resolved
MC-227949
Fishing rods can not be enchanted in Survival Mode when there are no bookshelves present.
Resolved
MC-228980
CAN'T ENCHANT FISHING ROD 1.17 ONLY
Resolved
MC-229921
Fishing rods don't enchant with table
Resolved
MC-230766
I can't enchant fishing rot
Resolved
MC-230767
Sometimes you can't enchant fishing rots
Resolved
MC-231293
Enchantment doesn't appear
Resolved
MC-233072
Enchanting table not showing the enchants for fishing rod
Resolved
MC-237931
Enchanting Table only gives you Unbreaking for Fishing Rod
Resolved
MC-238947
So i want to enchant my fishing rod on my enchanting table but when i try to enchant i can't even though i already click at the enchantment i want
Resolved
MC-239509
Inability to enchant fishing rod in 21w42a
Resolved
MC-239702
can't enchant fishing rod
Resolved
MC-242685
Fishing Rods (or certain enchantments) not displaying pop up text, or allowing enchants.
Resolved
MC-263522
First level enchantment in the enchantment table does NOT work
Resolved
MC-271487
Fishing rod in enchanting table displays missing enchantments
Resolved
MC-272156
The enchanted fishing rod does not display its attributes
Resolved
MC-273226
Affects Java 1.21-rc1 enchanting a fresh fishing rod in enchanting table does not work.
Resolved
MC-274204
not showing enchant and i cant enchant
Resolved
MC-279647
Fishing Rod enchanting
Resolved
MC-279687
Cannot enchant fishing rod (25w04a)
Resolved
MC-297001
No name for enchanting fishing road when enchanting level is above 3
Resolved
MCL-10868
Enchanting Does not work properly
Resolved
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Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version 14w20b / Launcher version 1.3.11 or later? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.
Confirmed for 14w27b.
Still happening in 1.9.2 please fix it Thanks 🙂
Please link to this comment in the description
The following is based on decompiled version of Minecraft 1.9 using MCP 9.24 beta. All method and class names are the names used in the decompiled version.
The reason why this happens is because the enchantment level returned by the method net.minecraft.enchantment.EnchantmentHelper.calcItemStackEnchantability(Random, int, int, ItemStack) is used. This method always returns at least 1 for the first enchantment (0 meaning no enchantment available). I am not sure if this can be fixed in this method, however what can be done is having the method net.minecraft.inventory.ContainerEnchantment.onCraftMatrixChanged(IInventory) set 0 as enchantment level if no enchantments are available.
This might not be the best solution and is only a suggestion.
Any news on this? Been over a year now and still happening in 1.10.2.
This is still happening in 1.12.1, what's going on with this? (In case you were wondering, on 1.12.1, it doesn't take your lapis or XP, it also won't preview the enchant. I do not have any bookshelves surrounding my table, either.)
Confirmed for 1.13 Pre-2. Encountered this today ans was wondering what was up. It won't preview the enchant. and clicking it does nothing,
Still happening on 1.13 Pre 2. The "ancient language" shows up, but cursor does not provide an English translation of the enchantment. Would think that if "ancient language" shows up an enchantment is available.
the bug occurs not only on fishing rods it also sometimes occur on other tools and books if there are no bookshelfs around
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Confirmed for 1.13.1.
I cant enchant.
Confirmed for 19w09a
Confirmed in 1.14 Pre-Release 2
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Still in 1.14 pre-3, 1.14 pre-4 and 1.14 pre-5
Still in 1.14 Release
Still in 1.14.1 Release
Still in 1.14.2 Pre-Release 1 and 1.14.2 Pre-Release 2
Have same bug in 1.14.4
Have same bug in 1.15 but works only with Unbreaking
Still in the 1.16 snapshot 20w11a. Under level 4 enchants, displayed enchantments will issue the same problems as mentioned above.
Can confirm this bug is still present in Java 1.16.1; tested in Survival.
Affects 20w27a
Blocked by [MC-218626]
After confirming that this bug still exists in 1.18.1, I investigated and discovered what was happening:
TL;DR For Fishing Rods specifically, it is possible for the enchanting table to be in a state where it has a required XP level but no enchantments.
When generating enchantments, first a required XP level is randomly generated based on bookshelf count and player enchantment seed, then a modified level is generated from that XP level for gathering possible enchantments. See this page for info on what modified levels can get you what enchantment levels (the page says that the data is from 1.14.4, but the relevant Fishing Rod enchantments are still correct for 1.18.1).
The bug occurs when the required XP level is more than 0 but the modified level is not enough to reach the above mentioned enchantment levels, leaving the enchanting table without any enchantments. This bug affects Fishing Rods specifically because they have no enchantments that can apply below a modified level of 5 (the cutoff for Unbreaking I), whereas all other enchantable items have at least one enchantment with a minimum level of 1.
To test this, I made a Fabric mod to show enchanting table info in the GUI. As can be seen in three of the four attached pictures, the required XP level is more than 0, but no enchantments are generated (shown as "-1 -1"). Even with 15 bookshelves, bad enough RNG rolls can give you a required XP level as low as 2 or 3 (both of which have this issue every time). A required XP level of 4 will usually generate an enchantment (always Unbreaking I), but it can also have this issue depending on the exact RNG rolls.
The GUI mostly doesn't check for this inconsistency between having a required XP level yet no enchantment. The only place it does check is when rendering tooltips for the enchantment hint.
Possible fixes (either or both can be implemented):
1. Lower the minimum modified enchantment level for either Fishing Rod enchantment to 1 (Lure would be the more likely candidate for this as Luck of the Sea uses the same Java class as Fortune).
2. Reset the required XP level to 0 for that slot if no enchantments are generated.
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Present in 1.19-pre1.
Present in 1.19-pre2.
Present in 1.19-pre3.
Present in 1.19-pre4.
Present in 1.19-pre5.
Present in 1.19-rc1.
Present in 1.19-rc2.
Present in 22w24a.
Present in 1.19.2.
Present in 1.19.4.
Also present in 1.21-rc1 and affects the mace
Please create a separate ticket regarding maces.
Edit: MC-273234
Present in the 1.21 release
Present in 1.21.4
Confirmed for 14w11b. First I've heard of it but it was so quick to playtest I thought "why not check".