Silk Touch Enchantment in Minecraft

Silk Touch is a Minecraft enchantment for tools. Mines blocks as themselves, such as glass and ice. Its maximum level through normal enchanting is I. This page lists what it does, which items accept it, how to get it and the command to apply it in Java Edition and Bedrock Edition.

Silk Touch at a glance

How to get Silk Touch

• Enchanting table: it can appear as one of the offered enchantments when you spend lapis lazuli and levels on a compatible item.
• Enchanted books: find them in chests, trade with librarian villagers or fish them up, then combine the book on an anvil. Our anvil calculator shows the level cost.
• Commands: see below.

Silk Touch command

Apply it to the item in your main hand:

/enchant @s silk_touch 1

The /enchant command only accepts levels up to the normal maximum and only on items that can take the enchantment. To make an item with any level, use the give command generator on Java Edition. See the /enchant wiki page for the full syntax.

Tips for Silk Touch

• Enchantments that conflict cannot be on the same item. Cannot be combined with Fortune.
• Combine two books of the same level on an anvil to raise the level by one, up to the maximum.
• Prior work penalty makes each extra anvil step cost more, so plan the order of combinations. See how to use an anvil.

When to use it

Silk Touch lets you collect blocks that normally break into something else: glass, ice, grass blocks, bookshelves and ores as blocks. Spawners cannot be collected with it, so use it for building materials and for moving ore blocks.

Command block guide · All Minecraft commands

Silk Touch FAQ

What is the maximum level of Silk Touch?

I with the enchanting table and anvil.

What items can have Silk Touch?

Tools.

What is the command for Silk Touch?

/enchant @s silk_touch 1 while holding a compatible item, with cheats enabled.