Best Shovel Enchantments Minecraft

Looking for the best shovel enchantments in Minecraft? The right enchantments can greatly improve digging efficiency and help you collect blocks more effectively. In this guide, we cover the top choices—including Efficiency, Silk Touch, and Unbreaking—to help you create the perfect enchanted shovel for fast digging and large building projects.

The Answer

Best Shovel Enchantments in Minecraft

This is the best shovel enchantment combination in Minecraft

  • Silk Touch I
  • Efficiency V
  • Unbreaking III
  • Mending I
Best Shovel Enchantments in Minecraft
Best Combination

Optimal Enchantment Combination

The best way to combine your enchants to get the most enchants on your shovel for the least levels!

Step #1 Shovel (No Enchants) + Enchanted Book (Efficiency V) = Shovel (Efficiency V)
Step #2 Enchanted Book (Unbreaking III) + Enchanted Book (Mending) = Enchanted Book (Unbreaking III, Mending)
Step #3 Shovel (Efficiency V) + Enchanted Book (Unbreaking III, Mending) = Shovel (Efficiency V, Unbreaking III, Mending)
Step #4 Shovel (Efficiency V, Unbreaking III, Mending) + Enchanted Book (Silk Touch) = Shovel (Efficiency V, Unbreaking III, Mending, Silk Touch)
Enchanting Guide

What Enchantments Should I Use?

Our Diagram here contains all enchantable items in Minecraft, just click on the item you want to enchant, and it will take you to page that will tell you all about the best enchants and any alternative enchants for you to put on your items.

Alternatives

All Possible Enchants For Shovels

Here we provide a list of all the possible shovel enchants, what they do, and what they're exclusive with

Level I - V

Efficiency


Efficiency increases the mining speed of tools. Higher levels allow blocks to be broken much faster.

Level I - III

Fortune


Fortune increases the number of resources dropped from certain blocks like diamonds and coal. It is one of the best enchantments for resource gathering. Mutually exclusive with silk touch

Level I - III

Unbreaking


Unbreaking gives your armour a chance not to lose durability when it takes damage. This significantly increases the lifespan of enchanted gear.

Level I - III

Silk Touch


Silk Touch allows blocks to drop themselves instead of their usual resources. This is useful for collecting fragile or special blocks. Mutually exclusive with Fortune

Level I

Mending


Mending repairs your armour using the experience you collect. Instead of gaining XP, it is used to restore item durability.

Level I

Curse of Vanishing


Curse of Vanishing causes an item to disappear when the player dies. This prevents it from being recovered after death.

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