Fortune in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

What does Fortune do?

Fortune is a Minecraft enchantment in the Mining Loot category with a Rare rarity. It scales up to level 3. It is available from the enchanting table with sufficient bookshelves. Villager librarians can trade enchanted books of this enchantment.

Effect: Increases resource drops from ores. Coal, diamond, emerald, lapis, redstone, copper: +1 drop chance per level, average ≈ 2.2× at III. Doesn't affect iron/gold ore raw drops.

Priority: S-tier on your primary mining pickaxe. Incompatible with Silk Touch.

How to get Fortune

• Enchanting table
• Librarian villager trades
• Dungeon chests
• Mineshaft chests

Librarian trade: Cure or trap a villager, place a lectern to convert them to a librarian, then break and re-place the lectern to reroll trades until a Fortune book appears. Expected price: 15–62 emeralds at profession level 3+.

XP cost by level for Fortune

Secondary-compatible items

Items that accept Fortune through broader tags (durability, vanishing, equippable):

• Wooden Shovel
• Wooden Pickaxe
• Wooden Axe
• Wooden Hoe
• Stone Shovel
• Stone Pickaxe
• Stone Axe
• Stone Hoe
• Golden Shovel
• Golden Pickaxe
• Golden Axe
• Golden Hoe
• Iron Shovel
• Iron Pickaxe
• Iron Axe
• Iron Hoe
• Diamond Shovel
• Diamond Pickaxe
• Diamond Axe
• Diamond Hoe
• Netherite Shovel
• Netherite Pickaxe
• Netherite Axe
• Netherite Hoe

Compatible items

• Wooden Shovel
• Wooden Pickaxe
• Wooden Axe
• Wooden Hoe
• Stone Shovel
• Stone Pickaxe
• Stone Axe
• Stone Hoe
• Golden Shovel
• Golden Pickaxe
• Golden Axe
• Golden Hoe
• Iron Shovel
• Iron Pickaxe
• Iron Axe
• Iron Hoe
• Diamond Shovel
• Diamond Pickaxe
• Diamond Axe
• Diamond Hoe
• Netherite Shovel
• Netherite Pickaxe
• Netherite Axe
• Netherite Hoe

Synergy enchantments with Fortune

These enchantments stack productively on the same item:

• Efficiency
• Unbreaking
• Mending

Conflicts with

• Silk Touch

Enchantment properties

• Category: Mining Loot
• Rarity: Rare
• Max level: 3
• Weight: 2
• Min cost formula: 9 × level + 6
• Max cost formula: 9 × level + 56
• Anvil item cost / level: 4×
• Anvil book cost / level: 2×
• Treasure only: No
• Tradeable: Yes
• Discoverable via enchanting table: Yes
• Curse: No

Practical Guide

Fortune is an enchantment in Minecraft 1.21.4 with a maximum level of 3, usable on 24+ real item types. Increases resource drops from ores. Coal, diamond, emerald, lapis, redstone, copper: +1 drop chance per level, average ≈ 2.2× at III. Doesn't affect iron/gold ore raw drops.

Practical Steps

1. Effect: Increases resource drops from ores. Coal, diamond, emerald, lapis, redstone, copper: +1 drop chance per level, average ≈ 2.2× at III. Doesn't affect iron/gold ore raw drops.
2. Obtainable from: Enchanting table; Librarian villager trades; Dungeon chests; Mineshaft chests.
3. Level 3 enchanting-table cost lands between 33 and 83 XP — budget your levels before committing.
4. Apply to compatible gear such as Wooden Shovel, Wooden Pickaxe, Wooden Axe. See the Primary Items section for the full list.
5. Librarian route: cure or trap a villager, place a lectern, and reroll trades by breaking + replacing the lectern until you see the book. Expect 15-62 emeralds at profession level 3+.

Pro Tips

• Priority: S-tier on your primary mining pickaxe. Incompatible with Silk Touch.
• Use a grindstone to safely strip this enchantment and reclaim a small XP refund.
• Before an anvil merge, confirm the two enchantments aren't in each other's exclusive list — conflicts turn the merge red and waste XP.

Frequently Asked Questions

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