Fortune is a Minecraft Java Edition enchantment in the mining loot group, with a maximum level of III.
minecraft:fortune
Increases drops from mined blocks: ores drop more items, with an average of about 1.33×, 1.75×, and 2.2× drops at levels I, II, and III. Also improves crop and gravel/flint rates.
Tip: Fortune III on diamonds is the single best return on any enchantment — a diamond vein yields roughly double. It cannot share a tool with Silk Touch.
Fortune works on anything that drops items rather than itself: coal, diamond, emerald, lapis, redstone, quartz, amethyst, copper and iron/gold raw ores... plus glowstone, melons, and crops like wheat and carrots. It does nothing for stone, wood, or obsidian. Keep it off your Silk Touch tool — the two are mutually exclusive by design.
Enchanting table, Librarian villager trades, structure chest loot, and fishing treasure.
Hold a valid item in your main hand, then run (Java Edition 1.13+; the level is optional and defaults to 1):
This example applies the maximum level III. An anvil combines two matching levels only up to this maximum — higher levels exist only through commands.
Fortune applies to axes, pickaxes, shovels, hoes. Items from the reviewed catalog in this group:
These enchantments cannot be on the same item as Fortune (source: minecraft-data 1.21 registry):
Fortune multiplies drops; Silk Touch keeps the block. Diamond ore: Fortune. Ender chests, glass, bee nests, and ore blocks for decoration: Silk Touch. Mutually exclusive, so the answer is two pickaxes.
Efficiency speeds up every swing; Fortune adds nothing unless the block drops items. For pure mining speed take Efficiency — for ore yield take Fortune. A serious mining pick runs both.
Bedrock Edition: Fortune works the same in Bedrock Edition, including the ~2.2× average at level III.
The enchantment ID for Fortune is minecraft:fortune. Java Edition 1.13+ commands such as /enchant use this namespaced form. On Java 1.12.2 and earlier the numerical ID was 35.
Fortune goes up to level III (level 3). Run /enchant @p minecraft:fortune 3 while holding a valid item to apply the maximum level.
Yes — since ores drop raw items, Fortune multiplies raw iron, raw gold, and raw copper drops. It also works on coal, diamond, emerald, lapis, redstone, quartz, and amethyst.
No, they are mutually exclusive. Fortune gives you more drops; Silk Touch gives you the block itself. Most players carry one pickaxe of each.
Yes. Fortune increases wheat seed, carrot, potato, and beetroot drops, and improves flint rates from gravel. It does not increase the wheat itself, only the seeds.
Absolutely — it averages 2.2× drops from ores, which roughly doubles a diamond vein. It is one of the highest-value enchantments in the game.