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Silk Touch is an enchantment that allows many blocks to drop themselves instead of their usual items when mined.

Obtainable blocks

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

Block Normal drops Obtainable with Silk Touch? Notes
Bee Nest[upcoming: JE 1.15 & BE 1.14.0] Nothing 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
Blue ice * Nothing Yes
Bookshelf 3 Book Yes
Cake * Nothing No
Campfire 2 Charcoal Yes
Carrots 1-4 Carrot No
Clay 4 Clay Yes Clay can also be obtained by crafting with the clay balls the block drops, or killing an Enderman holding the block.
Coal Ore * 1 Coal Yes (only with pickaxe)
Cocoa 1-3 Cocoa Beans No
Coral Blocks * Dead Coral Blocks Yes (only with pickaxe)
Coral *

Coral Fans *

Nothing Yes
Diamond Ore * 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 * 1 Emerald Yes (only with iron pickaxe or better)
Ender Chest * 8 Obsidian Yes (only with pickaxe)
Farmland Dirt No
Fire * Nothing No Mining puts the fire out.
Frosted Ice* Nothing Yes‌[LCE only] Frosted Ice cannot be obtained in inventory.‌[JE & BE only]
No‌[JE & BE only]
Glass Pane *

Glass *

Nothing Yes
Glowstone 2-4 Glowstone Dust Yes Can also be crafted with 4 glowstone dust.
Grass Block Dirt Yes Can also be obtained by killing an Enderman holding the block.
Grass Path Dirt Yes‌[BE only]
No‌[JE & LCE only]
Gravel 90% chance for Gravel and

10% chance for Flint

Yes
Ice * Nothing Yes
Infested Block

(Monster Egg)

Spawns 1

Silverfish

No When mined with a Silk Touch tool, it drops the original version of the block, not the monster egg, and no silverfish spawn.
Inverted Daylight Detector Daylight Detector No
Lapis Lazuli Ore * 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 Yes Can also be crafted on the crafting table with 9 melon slices.
Melon Stem 0-4 Melon Seeds No
Monster Spawner * Nothing No The 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 Quartz Ore * 1 Nether Quartz Yes (only with pickaxe)
Nether Wart 1-4 Nether Wart No
Packed Ice * Nothing Yes
Podzol Dirt Yes Can also be obtained by killing an Enderman holding the block.
Potatoes 1-4 Potato, and

2% chance for a Poisonous Potato

No
Pumpkin Stem 0-4 Pumpkin Seeds No
Redstone Ore * 4-5 Redstone Dust Yes (only with iron pickaxe or better)
Sea Lantern 2-3 Prismarine Crystals Yes
Snow * 1 Snowball Yes (only with shovel) Can craft 6 using 3 snow blocks.
Snow Block * 4 Snowball Yes (only with shovel) Can also be crafted with 4 snowballs.
Stone * Cobblestone Yes (only with pickaxe) Can also be smelted from cobblestone.
Turtle Egg * Nothing Yes
Wheat 1 Seeds if not fully grown

1 Wheat and
0-3 Seeds if fully grown

No

* The blocks drop nothing when mining them by hand.

Incompatibilities

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.

Advancements

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

History

Trivia

  • Unlike other enchantments, mining a block that can be mined by hand using a book with that enchantment will still drop the block itself.‌[until JE 1.15]
Upcoming Java Edition
1.15
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Apple|Apple]]<br/>{{for}}
{{Item
| title = Apple
| image = Apple.png
| renewable = Yes
| heals = {{hunger|4}}
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

'''Apples''' are [[food]] items that can be eaten by the [[player]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Block loot ===

Oak and dark oak [[leaves]] have 0.5% ({{frac|1|200}}) chance of dropping an apple when decayed or broken, but not if burned. Breaking leaves with a [[tool]] enchanted with the [[Fortune]] enchantment increases the chances of dropping an apple: 0.556% ({{frac|1|180}}) with Fortune I, 0.625% ({{frac|1|160}}) with Fortune II, and 0.833% ({{frac|1|120}}) with Fortune III.

=== Chest loot ===

{{LootChestItem|apple}}

=== Trading ===

Apprentice-level [[Trading#Farmer|farmer]] [[Villager|villagers]] have a 50% ({{frac|1|2}}){{only|bedrock}} or 66.7% ({{frac|2|3}}){{only|java}} chance of selling 4 apples as part of their trades.

== Usage ==
{{see also|Tutorials/Hunger management|title1=Hunger management}}

To eat an apple, press and hold {{control|use}} while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores {{hunger|4}} [[hunger]] and 2.4 [[Hunger#Mechanics|saturation]].

=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage}}

=== Composting ===
Placing an apple into a [[composter]] has a 65% ({{frac|13|20}}) chance of raising the compost level by 1.

== Sounds ==

{{Sound table/Entity/Food}}

== Data values ==

=== ID ===

{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Apple
|spritetype=item
|nameid=apple
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Apple
|spritetype=item
|nameid=apple
|id=257
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Husbandry;A Balanced Diet}}

== History ==

{{History|java indev}}
{{History||0.31|snap=20091231-2|[[File:Apple JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added apples. 
|Apples are currently non-functional in this version.}}
{{History|||snap=20100110|Apples are now functional and are edible, restoring {{hp|2}}. They are intended to replace [[mushroom]]s, which were previously edible.}}
{{History|||snap=20100128|Apples now used to [[craft]] [[arrow]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=20100129|Apples no longer used to craft [[arrow]]s.}}
{{History||20100206|Apples now use the texture of [[golden helmet]]s.}}
{{History|java infdev}}
{{History||February 23, 2010|link=none|At the bottom of a [[crafting]] guide they made, a player named JTE jokingly indicated that [[Notch]] dropped an apple when killed, and that apples could be crafted into something called a "[[golden apple]]" – this was a joke on the fact that apples were totally unobtainable.<ref>http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/2750582-the-secret-history-of-minecraft/</ref><ref name="JTECraftingGuide">https://echidnatribe.org/Minecraft/crafting.php (This is an unofficial recreation with the original domain)</ref>}}
{{History||20100227-1|Players named "[[Notch]]" now drop an apple when they die in addition to their [[inventory]].
|Apples are now used to craft golden apples.
|Apples now correctly use the apple texture again.}}
{{History||20100327|With the addition of the respawn feature, apples have become legitimately obtainable in Survival and renewable for players named "Notch".}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|Apples can now be found in the new [[stronghold]] storeroom [[chest]]s, making them obtainable in normal [[Survival]] gameplay for the first time.
|Apples now restore {{hunger|4}} instead of {{hp|4}}.
|Apples are now stackable.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|Apples are now found in the new stronghold altar chests.}}
{{History||1.1|snap=11w48a|Oak [[leaves]] now have a 1/200 chance of dropping an apple when destroyed, making apples fully [[renewable]].}}
{{History|||snap=12w01a|Apples are now found in the new [[village]] blacksmith chests.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w16a|Apples can now be found in the new [[bonus chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=12w18a|"[[Notch]]" players no longer drop apples when they die.}}
{{History|||snap=12w21a|Farmer [[villager]]s now [[trade|sell]] 5 apples for 1 [[emerald]].
|Apples are now used to craft [[enchanted golden apple]]s.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w37a|[[File:Apple JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The apple's texture has been changed: the [[item]] sprite no longer has a dark outline and now has a more detailed look.}}
{{History||1.5|snap=13w09b|The [[Fortune]] enchantment now increases the chance of dropping apples.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w43a|Added [[dark oak]] leaves, which drop apples.}}
{{history||1.9|snap=15w43a|Apples may now be found in [[igloo]] basement chests.}}
{{history|||snap=15w44a|Average yield of apples has been slightly increased in bonus chests.
|Apples can no longer be used to craft enchanted golden apples.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w33a|Farmer villagers now sell 5–7 apples for 1 emerald.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this item's numeral ID was 260.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Apple JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of apples has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w48a|Apples can now be found in [[chest]]s in [[plains]] village houses.}}
{{History|||snap=19w03a|Placing an apple into the new [[composter]] has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Apples now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.4.0|[[File:Apple JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added apples.}}
{{History||v0.5.0|Apples now restore {{hp|4}} instead of {{hp|2}}.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Apple JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The apple's texture has been changed: the item sprite no longer has a dark outline and now has a more detailed look.}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Added apples to the [[Creative inventory]].
|Apples are now stackable.
|Apples now restore {{hunger|4}} instead of {{hp|4}}.
|The [[Fortune]] [[enchantment]] can now be used to increase chance of dropping apples.
|Apples can now be used to craft golden apples and enchanted golden apples.}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Apples can now be used to feed [[horse]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Apples can now be found inside [[igloo]] chests.}}
{{History||1.0.4|snap=alpha 1.0.4.0|Farmer villagers now sell 5-7 apples for 1 emerald.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|Apples can no longer be used to craft enchanted golden apples.
|Apples can now be found inside bonus chests.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Apples can now be found in [[plains]] village weaponsmith chests and plains house chests.
|[[File:Apple JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of apples has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Apples can now be found in [[desert]], [[savanna]], [[taiga]] and [[snowy taiga]] village weaponsmith chests.
|Apples can now be used to fill up composters.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Farmer villagers now sell 4 apples as part of their second tier trades.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Apple JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added apples.}}
{{History||xbox=TU5|Apples are now stackable.
|Apples now restore {{hunger|4}} instead of {{hp|4}}.}}
{{History||xbox=TU12|ps=1.03|[[File:Apple JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The apple's texture has been changed: the item sprite no longer has a dark outline and now has a more detailed look.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Apple JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of apples has been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Apple JE2 BE2.png|32px]] Added apples.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
*Prior to the texture update in Java Edition 1.4.2, the sprite of the apple was the same one used in [[Notch]]'s game ''[[Legend of the Chambered]]''.
*Before it was added to ''Minecraft'', apples dropping from trees was already a feature in ''[[Minicraft]]''.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Apple in Stronghold.png|An apple found in a stronghold chest.
Apple Item.png|An apple that dropped from decaying leaves.
Obtaining an apple by trading.png|Obtaining apples via villager trading.
File:Candy Apple (Trails and Tales Summer Event) Render.png|The Candy Apple, an item featured in the [[Trails & Tales Event]].
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory-apple Taking Inventory: Apple] – Minecraft.net on November 23, 2018

{{items}}

[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[cs:Jablko]]
[[de:Apfel]]
[[es:Manzana]]
[[fr:Pomme]]
[[hu:Alma]]
[[it:Mela]]
[[ja:リンゴ]]
[[ko:사과]]
[[nl:Appel]]
[[pl:Jabłko]]
[[pt:Maçã]]
[[ru:Яблоко]]
[[th:แอปเปิ้ล]]
[[uk:Яблуко]]
[[zh:苹果]]</li><li>[[Tool|Tool]]<br/>{{About|the in-game items|program enhancing software|Programs and Editors}}

A '''tool''' is an [[item]] used by the [[player]] while held to perform actions faster and more efficiently, to gather materials not obtainable by hand, to gain information, or to perform completely new actions. With the exception of the [[clock]], [[compass]], empty [[bucket]], and [[lead]], tools do not stack in the inventory. Tools can be repaired; see [[Item repair]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Mob loot ===
{{main|Drops#Mob drops|title1=Drops}}
Some tools can be obtained by killing mobs that carry the equipment.

=== Crafting ===
Most tools can be obtained through crafting.
{{:Crafting/Tools}}

=== Upgrading ===
[[Netherite]] tools can be obtained only through upgrading.

{{Smithing
|head=1
|Netherite Upgrade
|Diamond Pickaxe; Diamond Axe; Diamond Shovel; Diamond Hoe
|Netherite Ingot
|Netherite Pickaxe; Netherite Axe; Netherite Shovel; Netherite Hoe
}}

== Usage ==
=== Best tools ===
{{main|Breaking#Best tools|title1=Breaking}}

Many blocks have a preferred tool to break them. Some blocks can be broken only with certain tools. The tool's material also affects how fast a block is mined. Materials from worst to best in terms of mining speed are wooden, stone, iron, diamond, netherite, gold.

=== Item durability ===
{{main|Durability}}

Different tools have different amounts of durability. Some uses require more durability to be used than others. A tool's durability is also affected by its material. Materials from worst to best in terms of durability are gold, wooden, stone, iron, diamond, netherite.

Some tools are not block-breaking tools: This includes bows, fishing rods, carrots on sticks, flint & steel, and buckets. Such tools are no better than bare fists at breaking blocks, but they do not take damage from doing so—they take damage from being used in their own intended manners.

=== Item enchantability ===
Materials from worst to best in terms of [[enchantability]] are stone, diamond, iron, wooden/netherite, gold.

=== Smelting ===
{{main|Smelting}}

Iron or golden tools can be smelted into [[nugget]]s.
{{Smelting|showname=1|head=1|Any iron tools|Iron Nugget|0,1}}
{{Smelting|showname=1|foot=1|Any golden tools|Gold Nugget|0,1}}

; Fuel
* Wooden tools can be used as a fuel in [[furnace]]s, smelting 1 item per tool.
* A [[fishing rod]] can be used as fuel in [[furnace]]s, smelting 1.5{{only|java|short=1}}/1{{only|bedrock|short=1}} items per fishing rod.

== History ==
{{info needed section|earlier Java Edition history between Indev and 1.3.1|section=10}}
{{History|java indev}}
{{History||0.31|snap=20091231-2|Added iron shovels.}}
{{History|||snap=20100110|Added iron axes and pickaxes.}}
{{History|||snap=20100128|Added wooden, stone, and diamond tools.}}
{{History|||snap=20100129|Added crafting recipes for wooden, stone, iron, and diamond tools.}}
{{History|||snap=20100130|Added golden tools.}}
{{History|||snap=20100131|A [[Tiers|tier system]] for wooden, stone, iron, diamond, and gold tools is added. Each tier has a different mining speed multiplier and durability.}}
{{History|||snap=20100201-2|Tools are now required to break blocks and ores.}}
{{history|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=RC1|Tools now make a breaking sound and have a breaking animation.
|All tools now also have breaking animation.}}
{{History|||snap=RC2|Tools no longer break quickly after loading a world that was saved in RC1.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w17a|Tools now have infinite [[durability]] in [[Creative]] mode.}}
{{history|||snap=12w18a|Wooden tools became able to be used as [[fuel]] for [[furnace]]s in case players didn't want to repair them or finish using them.}}
{{History|||snap=12w24a|Breaking a block that can be [[instant mining|instantly mined]] by hand ([[tall grass]], [[torch]], etc.) while holding a block-breaking tool no longer reduces the tool's [[durability]].}}
{{history||1.6.1|snap=13w21a|Instead of replacing the barehanded damage ({{hp|1}}), pickaxes, shovels, axes and swords now add their damage onto the barehanded damage.}}
{{History||1.11.1|snap=16w50a|Golden and iron tools now smelt down into one of their respective nuggets.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w48a|Tools cannot be repaired by crafting.}}
{{History||1.14.3|snap=Pre-Release 3|Tools can be once again be repaired by crafting.}}
{{History||1.16.2|snap=20w29a|Tools have a new arrange in the Creative inventory.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w04a|Upgrading diamond tools to netherite tools now requires the netherite upgrade [[smithing template]].}}
{{History|||snap=23w07a|Added brushes.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.2.0|Added stone tools and shears.}}
{{History||v0.3.0|Added wooden tools.}}
{{History||v0.3.2|Added iron, diamond, and golden tools.}}
{{History||v0.3.3|Added bows.}}
{{History||v0.4.0|Added flint and steel and all hoe types.}}
{{History||v0.7.0|Added buckets.}}
{{History||v0.7.4|Flint and steel now ignite creepers.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|Added flint and steel to the Creative inventory.}}
{{History|||snap=build 3|Added shears to the Creative inventory.}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 1|Added fishing rod.}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Added carrot on a stick and leads.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Golden and iron tools now smelt down into one of their respective nuggets.}}
{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU53|xbone=CU43|ps=1.49|wiiu=Patch 23|switch=1.0.3|Golden and iron tools now smelt down into one of their respective nuggets.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==

{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* Gold tools are actually ranked as superior to diamond tools on the [[Legacy Console Edition]]'s crafting screen.
* Wooden tools can be burned in a furnace regardless of its durability; this means the player can burn a wooden tool that has only 1 use left.

== See also ==
* [[Item Repair]]
* [[Breaking]]
* [[Weapon]]

{{Items}}

[[Category:Tools|*]]

[[cs:Nástroje]]
[[de:Werkzeug]]
[[es:Herramientas]]
[[fr:Outils]]
[[hu:Eszközök]]
[[it:Attrezzi]]
[[ja:道具]]
[[ko:도구]]
[[nl:Gereedschap]]
[[pl:Narzędzia]]
[[pt:Ferramentas]]
[[ru:Инструменты]]
[[tr:Alet]]
[[zh:工具]]</li></ul>
19w46aMoving a bee nest with 3 bees inside using Silk Touch, will now give the player the Total Beelocation‌ advancement.
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