Minecraft:Silk Touch

Template:Infobox enchantment Silk Touch is an enchantment applied to Minecraft:tools that causes certain blocks to drop themselves instead of their normal drops.

Obtaining

Silk Touch can be obtained from Minecraft:enchanting tables, drops from mobs that have spawned in a Minecraft:raid Template:Only, books obtained by Minecraft:fishing, Minecraft:monster room chests, librarian Minecraft:villagers, and non-village Minecraft:structure loot.

Usage

Silk Touch changes the items dropped from Minecraft:mining certain blocks. For example, mining a Minecraft:stone block using a Minecraft:pickaxe without Silk Touch would drop Minecraft:cobblestone; however, when using a pickaxe with Silk Touch, the stone block itself drops. The table below lists blocks that do not normally drop themselves as items:

Block	Normal drops	Obtainable with Silk Touch?	Notes
Template:BlockLink	Nothing	Template:Tc	The bud keeps its growth stage.
Template:BlockLink	4 Template:ItemLink with a pickaxe, otherwise 2 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc
Template:BlockLink	Nothing	Template:Tc	When mined with a Silk Touch Minecraft:tool, the nest can still contain 1-3 Minecraft:bees.
Template:BlockLink (occupied)	Template:BlockLink (empty)	Template:Tc	When mined with a Silk Touch tool, the hive can still contain 1-3 bees.
Template:BlockLink	1 Template:ItemLink if not fully grown 1 Template:ItemLink and 0–3 Template:ItemLink if fully grown	Template:Tc	Beetroot crops cannot be obtained as an item.
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	Nothing	Template:Tc
Template:BlockLink	3 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc
Template:BlockLink	Nothing	Template:Tc
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	Nothing	Template:Tc
Template:BlockLink	2 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc
Template:BlockLink	1–5Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc	Carrot crops cannot be obtained as an item.
Template:BlockLink	Nothing	Template:Tc	Any books placed in the bookshelf are dropped.
Template:BlockLink	4 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc	Clay can also be obtained by Minecraft:crafting with the clay balls the block drops, or killing an Minecraft:enderman holding the block.
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	1 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc (only with a pickaxe)
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	1 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc	Drops itself when mined with Minecraft:shears.
Template:BlockLink	1-3 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc	Cocoa pods cannot be obtained as an item.
Template:BlockLink	2-5 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc (only with a Minecraft:stone pickaxe or better)
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	Template:BlockLink	Template:Tc (only with a pickaxe)
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	Nothing	Template:Tc
Template:BlockLink	1-3 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc
Template:BlockLink	4 Template:ItemLink(s)/Template:ItemLink(s) when broken with a Minecraft:tool in the main hand, else it drops itself.	Template:Tc
Template:BlockLink	Template:BlockLink	Template:Tc (only with a pickaxe)	Can also be smelted from cobbled deepslate.
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	1 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc (only with an Minecraft:iron pickaxe or better)
Template:BlockLink	2 Template:BlockLink	Template:Tc	All Minecraft:slabs except wooden drop nothing when mined without a pickaxe.
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	1 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc (only with an iron pickaxe or better)
Template:BlockLink	8 Template:BlockLink	Template:Tc
Template:BlockLink	Template:BlockLink	Template:Tc
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	Nothing	Template:Tc	Fire cannot be obtained as an item.
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	Nothing (becomes a Template:BlockLink source)	Template:Tc (no water source forms)	Frosted Ice cannot be obtained as an item.
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	90% chance for Template:BlockLink and 10% chance for 2-5 Template:ItemLinks	Template:Tc (only with a pickaxe)
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	Nothing	Template:Tc
Template:BlockLink	2-4 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc	Can also be crafted with 4 Minecraft:glowstone dust.
Template:BlockLink	1 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc (only with an iron pickaxe or better)
Template:BlockLink	Template:BlockLink	Template:Tc	Can also be obtained by killing an Minecraft:enderman holding the block.
Template:BlockLink	Template:BlockLink	Template:Tc Template:Only
Template:BlockLink	Template:BlockLink	Template:Tc Template:Only
Template:BlockLink	90% chance for Template:BlockLink and 10% chance for Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc	The block always drops itself if it falls into an occupied block space.
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	Nothing (Becomes a Template:BlockLink source)	Template:Tc
Template:BlockLink	Spawns 1 Template:EntityLink	Template:Tc	When mined with a Silk Touch tool, it drops the original version of the block, not the Minecraft:infested block, and no Minecraft:silverfish spawn.
Template:BlockLink	1 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc (only with a stone pickaxe or better)
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	4-8 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc (only with a stone pickaxe or better)
Template:BlockLink	0-1 Template:BlockLink 0-2 Template:ItemLinks 0-1 Template:ItemLink from oak and dark oak leaves	Template:Tc	Leaf blocks can also be obtained by mining them with Minecraft:shears.
Template:BlockLink	3-7 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc	Can also be crafted with 9 melon slices, or killing an Minecraft:enderman holding the block.
Template:BlockLink	0-4 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc	Melon stem cannot be obtained as an item.
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	Nothing	Template:Tc	The monster spawner drops Minecraft:experience if mined with a pickaxe.
Template:BlockLink	0-2 Template:BlockLink	Template:Tc
Template:BlockLink	Template:BlockLink	Template:Tc	Can also be obtained by killing an Minecraft:enderman holding the block.
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	2-6 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc (only with a pickaxe)
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	1 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc (only with a pickaxe)
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	Template:BlockLink	Template:Tc (only with a pickaxe)	Can also be obtained by killing an Minecraft:enderman holding the block.
Template:BlockLink	1-4 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc	Nether wart crop cannot be obtained as an item.
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	Nothing	Template:Tc	It can't be obtained as an item and cannot be moved by Minecraft:pistons.
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	Nothing	Template:Tc
Template:BlockLink	Template:BlockLink	Template:Tc	Can also be obtained by killing an Minecraft:enderman holding the block, or buying it from a Minecraft:wandering trader.
Template:BlockLink	2-5 Template:ItemLink, and 2% chance for a Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc	Potato crop cannot be obtained as an item.
Template:BlockLink	Nothing	Template:Tc	Can be collected with a Minecraft:bucket.
Template:BlockLink	0-4 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc	Pumpkin stem cannot be obtained as an item.
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	4-5 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc (only with an iron pickaxe or better)
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	Nothing	Template:Tc
Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	Nothing	Template:Tc	Every sculk family block except sculk vein drops experience when mined without Silk Touch.
Template:BlockLink	2-3 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	Template:IN: 1 Template:ItemLink (per layer) Template:IN: 1 Template:ItemLink for 1-3 layers 2 Template:ItemLink for 4-5 layers 3 Template:ItemLink for 6-7 layers 4 Template:ItemLink for 8 layers	Template:Tc (only with a Minecraft:shovel)	At 8 layers, drops a Minecraft:snow block instead.<ref name="MC-134408">Template:Bug</ref> Can also be crafted with 3 snow blocks.
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	4 Template:ItemLink	Template:Tc (only with a shovel)	Can also be crafted with 4 snowballs.
Template:BlockLink	Template:BlockLink	Template:Tc
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	Template:BlockLink	Template:Tc (only with a pickaxe)	Can also be smelted from cobblestone.
Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	Nothing	Template:Tc	Can be obtained by making the block fall for more than 30 seconds.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
Template:BlockLink Template:Efn	Nothing	Template:Tc
Template:BlockLink	33% chance for Template:BlockLink	Template:Tc	Also drops 100% of the time if broken with Minecraft:Fortune III or Minecraft:shears.
Template:BlockLink	33% chance for Template:BlockLink	Template:Tc	Also drops 100% of the time if broken with Minecraft:Fortune III or Minecraft:shears.
Template:BlockLink	1 Template:ItemLink if not fully grown 1 Template:ItemLink and 0-3 Template:ItemLink if fully grown	Template:Tc	Wheat crop cannot be obtained as an item.

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Incompatibilities

Silk Touch is incompatible with Minecraft:Fortune. If Minecraft:commands are used to apply both Silk Touch and Fortune to an item, the Silk Touch enchantment takes precedence over the Fortune enchantment for blocks affected by both enchantments.

Silk Touch cannot be applied to Minecraft:swords or Minecraft:fishing rods in normal gameplay.