Silk Touch

Silk Touch is a tool enchantment that causes certain blocks to drop themselves as items instead of their usual drops when mined.

Obtainable blocks[]

The table below lists blocks that do not normally drop themselves as items:

Block	Normal drops	Obtainable with Silk Touch?	Notes
Amethyst Bud	Nothing	Yes (only with pickaxe)	The bud keeps its growth stage.
Amethyst Cluster	4 Amethyst Shard with pickaxe, otherwise 2 Amethyst Shard	Yes (only with pickaxe)
Bee Nest	Nothing	Yes	When mined with a Silk Touch tool the nest can still contain 1-3 bees.
Beehive (occupied)	Beehive (empty)	Yes	When mined with a Silk Touch tool the nest can still contain 1-3 bees.
Beetroots	1 Beetroot Seeds if not fully grown 1 Beetroot and 0–3 Beetroot Seeds if fully grown	No	Beetroot crop cannot be obtained as an item.
Blue ice[a]	Nothing	Yes
Bookshelf	3 Book	Yes
Budding Amethyst	Nothing	No
Cake[a]	Nothing	No
Campfire	2 Charcoal	Yes
Carrots	1-5Carrot	No	Carrot crop cannot be obtained as an item.
Chiseled Bookshelf	Nothing	Yes
Clay	4 Clay Ball	Yes	Clay can also be obtained by crafting with the clay balls the block drops, or killing an enderman holding the block.
Coal Ore[a]	1 Coal	Yes (only with pickaxe)
Cocoa	1-3 Cocoa Beans	No	Cocoa pod cannot be obtained as an item.
Copper Ore	2-5 Raw Copper	Yes (only with stone pickaxe or better)
Coral Blocks[a]	Dead Coral Blocks	Yes (only with pickaxe)
Coral[a] Coral Fans[a]	Nothing	Yes
Decorated Pot	4 pottery sherd(s)/brick(s) when broken with a tool on main hand, else it drops itself.	Yes
Deepslate	Cobbled Deepslate	Yes (only with pickaxe)	Can also be smelted from cobbled deepslate.
Diamond Ore[a]	1 Diamond	Yes (only with iron pickaxe or better)
Double Slab	2 Slab	No	All slabs except wooden drop nothing when mined without a pickaxe.
Emerald Ore[a]	1 Emerald	Yes (only with iron pickaxe or better)
Ender Chest[a]	8 Obsidian	Yes (only with pickaxe)
Farmland	Dirt	No
Fire[a]	Nothing	No	Fire cannot be obtained as an item.
Frosted Ice[a]	Nothing (becomes a water source)	No (no water source forms)	Frosted Ice cannot be obtained as an item.
Gilded Blackstone[a]	90% chance for Gilded Blackstone and 10% chance for 2-5 Gold Nuggets	Yes (only with pickaxe)
Glass Pane[a] Glass[a]	Nothing	Yes
Glowstone	2-4 Glowstone Dust	Yes	Can also be crafted with 4 glowstone dust.
Gold Ore	1 Raw Gold	Yes (only with iron pickaxe or better)
Grass Block	Dirt	Yes	Can also be obtained by killing an enderman holding the block.
Dirt Path	Dirt	Yes‌[BE only]
		No‌[JE only]
Gravel	90% chance for Gravel and 10% chance for Flint	Yes	The block always drops itself if it falls into an occupied block space.
Ice[a]	Nothing (Becomes a water source)	Yes
Infested Block (Monster Egg)	Spawns 1 Silverfish	Partial	When mined with a Silk Touch tool, it drops the original version of the block, not the infested block, and no silverfish spawn.
Inverted Daylight Detector	Daylight Detector	No
Iron Ore	1 Raw Iron	Yes (only with stone pickaxe or better)
Lapis Lazuli Ore[a]	4-8 Lapis Lazuli	Yes (only with stone pickaxe or better)
Leaves	0-1 Saplings 0-2 Sticks 0-1 Apple from oak and dark oak leaves	Yes	Leaf blocks can also be obtained by mining them with shears.
Melon	3-7 Melon Slice	Yes	Can also be crafted with 9 melon slices, or killing an enderman holding the block.
Melon Stem	0-4 Melon Seeds	No	Melon stem cannot be obtained as an item.
Monster Spawner[a]	Nothing	No	The monster spawner drops experience if mined with a pickaxe.
Mushroom Blocks	0-2 Mushrooms	Yes
Mycelium	Dirt	Yes	Can also be obtained by killing an enderman holding the block.
Nether Gold Ore[a]	2-6 Gold Nugget	Yes (only with pickaxe)
Nether Quartz Ore[a]	1 Nether Quartz	Yes (only with pickaxe)
Nylium[a]	Netherrack	Yes (only with pickaxe)	Can also be obtained by killing an enderman holding the block.
Nether Wart	1-4 Nether Wart	No	Nether wart crop cannot be obtained as an item.
Packed Ice[a]	Nothing	Yes
Podzol	Dirt	Yes	Can also be obtained by killing an enderman holding the block, or buying it from a wandering trader.
Potatoes	2-5 Potato, and 2% chance for a Poisonous Potato	No	Potato crop cannot be obtained as an item.
Powder Snow	Nothing	No	Can be collected with a bucket.
Pumpkin Stem	0-4 Pumpkin Seeds	No	Pumpkin stem cannot be obtained as an item.
Redstone Ore[a]	4-5 Redstone Dust	Yes (only with iron pickaxe or better)
Reinforced Deepslate[a]	Nothing	No
Sculk Sculk Catalyst Sculk Sensor Calibrated Sculk Sensor Sculk Shrieker Sculk Vein[a]	Nothing	Yes	Every sculk family block except sculk vein drops experience when mined without Silk Touch.
Sea Lantern	2-3 Prismarine Crystals	Yes
Snow[a]	1 Snowball (per layer)	Yes‌[JE only] (only with shovel)	At 8 layers, drops a snow block instead.[1] Can also be crafted with 3 snow blocks.
		No‌[BE only][2]
Snow Block[a]	4 Snowball	Yes (only with shovel)	Can also be crafted with 4 snowballs.
Soul Campfire	Soul Soil	Yes
Stone[a]	Cobblestone	Yes (only with pickaxe)	Can also be smelted from cobblestone.
Suspicious Gravel Suspicious Sand	Nothing	No	Can be obtained by making the block fall for more than 30 seconds.[3]
Turtle Egg[a]	Nothing	Yes
Twisting Vines	33% chance for Twisting Vines	Yes	Also drops 100% of the time if broken with Fortune III or shears.
Weeping Vines	33% chance for Weeping Vines	Yes	Also drops 100% of the time if broken with Fortune III or shears.
Wheat	1 Seeds if not fully grown 1 Wheat and 0-3 Seeds if fully grown	No	Wheat crop cannot be obtained as an item.

Incompatibilities[]

Silk Touch is incompatible with Fortune. If 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 is also technically incompatible with the Looting and Luck of the Sea enchantments.‌^{[JE only][4]} If commands are used to apply both Silk Touch and Looting or Luck of the Sea to an item, both enchantments function normally.

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

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Silk Touch	silk_touch	enchantment.minecraft.silk_touch

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Silk Touch	silk_touch	16	enchantment.untouching

Achievements[]

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other
		Total Beelocation	Move and place a Bee Nest, with 3 bees inside, using Silk Touch.	—	30G	Silver

Advancements[]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Total Beelocation	Move a Bee Nest, with 3 Bees inside, using Silk Touch	Husbandry	—	husbandry/silk_touch_nest

History[]

Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3			Added Silk Touch.
					Silk Touch currently has no functionality.
					Silk Touch is currently unobtainable, due to a bug where all enchantments give Feather Falling.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4			Silk touch now works. It can acquire these previously non-obtainable blocks: grass block, stone, coal ore, redstone ore, lapis lazuli ore, diamond ore, bookshelves, glass, and ice.
					Mushroom blocks now drop when mined with Silk Touch.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6			Silk Touch can no longer pick up ice.
1.2		12w07a			Silk Touch can no longer pick up glass.
1.2.4					Glass can be collected with Silk Touch again.
1.3.1		12w17a			Ice and glass panes can now be collected with Silk Touch.
		12w21a			Added emerald ore, which requires Silk Touch to be collected.
		12w24a			Ender chests now drop 8 obsidian unless mined with Silk Touch.
1.4.6		12w50a			Silk Touch can now be added to shears, allowing cobwebs to be collected.
1.5		13w01a			Added nether quartz ore, which requires Silk Touch to be collected.
1.7.2		13w36a			Added packed ice and podzol, which require Silk Touch to be collected.
		13w41a			Added stained glass and stained glass panes, which require Silk Touch to be collected.
1.8		14w25a			Added sea lanterns, which require Silk Touch to be collected.
					Red and brown mushroom blocks now drop themselves when mined with Silk Touch.
1.9		15w47b			Silk Touch may no longer be added to shears.
		15w47c			Silk Touch is no longer required to collect cobwebs.
1.13		17w47a			Mushroom stems can now be collected as themselves with Silk Touch.
		17w48a			Snow layers can now be collected with a Silk Touch shovel.[5]
		18w07a			Added turtle eggs, which require Silk Touch to be collected.
		18w15a			Added blue ice, which requires Silk Touch to be collected.
		18w16a			Coral blocks now require Silk Touch to be collected.
		pre10			Coral, coral fans, and dead coral fans can now be collected using Silk Touch.
1.13.1		18w32a			Added dead coral, which requires Silk Touch to be collected.
1.14		19w02a			Added campfires, which drop charcoal unless mined with Silk Touch.
1.15		19w34a			Added bee nests, which require Silk Touch to be collected.
					Bees remain in bee nests and beehives mined with Silk Touch.
		19w46a			Moving a bee nest with 3 bees inside using Silk Touch, now gives the player the Total Beelocation advancement.
1.16		20w10a			Hoes can now be enchanted with Silk Touch.
		20w12a			Nether gold ore now drops gold nuggets unless mined with Silk Touch, in which case it drops itself.
		20w15a			Added soul campfires, which drop soul soil unless mined with Silk Touch.
					Added gilded blackstone, which always drops itself when mined with Silk Touch.
		20w18a			Twisting vines and weeping vines now drop 33% of the time, unless mined with Silk Touch, Fortune III, or shears, it which case it always drops.
		20w22a			Nylium now drops itself only when broken with a Silk Touch pickaxe.
1.17		20w45a			Added amethyst clusters, which require a Silk Touch pickaxe to be collected.
		20w46a			Amethyst buds can now also be collected with a Silk Touch pickaxe.
		21w08a			Deepslate can now be mined only with Silk Touch, otherwise it drops cobbled deepslate.
					Added deepslate ore, which need Silk Touch to drops itself (except iron, copper and gold ore).
		21w14a			Iron ore, gold ore, and copper ore and their deepslate variants now drop their respective raw metal, and the ore can be obtained only with Silk Touch.
1.19		22w11a			Sculk, sculk catalyst, sculk sensor, and sculk vein can now be collected with a Silk Touch hoe.
		22w15a			Mangrove leaves can now be collected with Silk Touch.[6]
1.20 (Experimental)		22w42a			Chiseled bookshelves can now be collected with Silk Touch.
		23w07a			Decorated pots can now be collected with Silk Touch.
1.20		23w12a			Calibrated sculk sensors can now be collected with Silk Touch.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1		build 1			Added Silk Touch.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57‎			Hoes can now be enchanted with Silk Touch.
Legacy Console Edition
TU7	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added Silk Touch.

Issues[]

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