About the Enchanting Table Translator
The runes that float around the enchanting table in Minecraft are not random. They use the Standard Galactic Alphabet, a simple letter substitution cipher that first appeared in the Commander Keen games in the early 1990s. Every symbol stands for one English letter.
Type English to turn it into enchanting table text, or switch directions and paste the symbols to decode them. The symbols are common Unicode look-alikes, so you can paste them into Discord, a sign, a book or a bio.
The words shown on the table's enchantment options are random picks from a word list, so decoding them gives you silly phrases rather than hidden clues.
How to use it
- Pick English to enchanting table, or the reverse.
- Type or paste your text.
- Copy the symbols and paste them anywhere.
Example: English to enchanting table
Before: Unbreaking three, please
After: ⚍リʖ∷ᒷᔑꖌ╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣⍑∷ᒷᒷ, !¡ꖎᒷᔑᓭᒷ
Example: Enchanting table to English
Before: ℸ ̣⍑ᒷ ᒷリ↸ ╎ᓭ リᒷᔑ∷
After: the end is near
Standard Galactic Alphabet chart
- A: ᔑ
- B: ʖ
- C: ᓵ
- D: ↸
- E: ᒷ
- F: ⎓
- G: ⊣
- H: ⍑
- I: ╎
- J: ⋮
- K: ꖌ
- L: ꖎ
- M: ᒲ
- N: リ
- O: 𝙹
- P: !¡
- Q: ᑑ
- R: ∷
- S: ᓭ
- T: ℸ ̣
- U: ⚍
- V: ⍊
- W: ∴
- X: ̇/
- Y: ||
- Z: ⨅
Enchanting Table Translator FAQ
- What language is on the Minecraft enchanting table?
- It is the Standard Galactic Alphabet, a substitution cipher created for the Commander Keen games. Each symbol replaces one letter of the English alphabet.
- Do the enchanting table words mean anything?
- Not really. The game builds them from a list of random words, so they do not describe the enchantment you are about to get.
- Why do some letters use two symbols?
- The alphabet is not part of Unicode, so it is written with look-alike characters. P, T, X and Y need two characters to match their shapes.
- Is this tool made by Mojang?
- No. It is an independent fan tool and is not affiliated with Mojang, Microsoft or Minecraft.
