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 | 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 |
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] | 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] | 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 |
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 |
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[]
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Silk Touch | silk_touch | enchantment.minecraft.silk_touch |
| 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[]
Issues relating to "Silk Touch" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
References[]
- ↑ MC-134408 — Breaking 8-level snow layer with Silk Touch drops snow block
- ↑ MCPE-59729 — Snow layers don't drop themselves when mined with a silk touch enchanted shovel
- ↑ MC-260073 — "Suspicious sand/gravel drops as an item after 30 seconds of existing as falling block" — resolved as "Won't Fix".
- ↑ MC-116643
- ↑ MC-1875 — "Snow layers don't drop themselves when harvested with a silk touch tool" — resolved as "Fixed".
- ↑ MC-249938