Fortune

Fortune

Maximum level	III
Primary items
Secondary items	None
Enchantment weight	2
Incompatible with	Silk Touch

Fortune is an enchantment applied to mining and digging tools that increases the amount and/or chances of specific item drops. It does not increase experience drops.

Usage

Ore

For coal ore, diamond ore, emerald ore, lapis lazuli ore, nether gold ore, and nether quartz ore, Fortune I gives a 33% chance to multiply drops by 2 (averaging 33% increase), Fortune II gives a chance to multiply drops by 2 or 3 (25% chance each, averaging 75% increase), and Fortune III gives a chance to multiply drops by 2, 3, or 4 (20% chance each, averaging 120% increase).

Generally speaking, Fortune gives a weight of 2 to a normal drop chance and adds a weight of 1 for each extra drop multiplier. In short, when an ore is mined, the chance for no bonus drops is 2/(Fortune Level+2) and if a bonus is applied, there is an equal chance for any number of drops between 2 and Fortune Level+1

The formula to calculate the average drops multiplier is 1/(Fortune Level+2) + (Fortune Level+1)/2, which means Fortune IV gives 2.67x drops on average, Fortune V gives 3.14x drops on average, etc.

Mineral Drops

Ore	Drop	No Fortune	Fortune I	Fortune II	Fortune III
Coal Ore	Coal	1×	66% 1× 33% 2× (avg. 1.33× - +33%)	50% 1× 25% 2× 25% 3× (avg. 1.75x - +75%)	40% 1× 20% 2× 20% 3× 20% 4× (avg. 2.2× - +120%)
Diamond Ore	Diamond
Emerald Ore	Emerald
Nether Gold Ore	2-6 Gold Nuggets
Nether Quartz Ore	Nether Quartz
Lapis Lazuli Ore	4-9 Lapis Lazuli

Discrete random

Glowstone, melons, nether wart, redstone ore, sea lanterns, and sweet berries use a discrete uniform distribution, meaning each possible drop amount is equally likely to be dropped. Fortune increases the maximum number of drops by 1 per level. However, maximum drop limitations may apply: glowstone has a cap of 4 glowstone dust, sea lanterns have a cap of 5 prismarine crystals, and melons have a cap of 9 melon slices. If a drop higher than these maximums is rolled, it is rounded down to the cap.

Grass and ferns

Grass and ferns have a fixed chance, unaffected by Fortune, to drop wheat seeds. If the drop occurs, Fortune increases the maximum amount of seeds that can be dropped by 2, by affecting a discrete uniform distribution.

Drop	Drop Amount	Drop Chance
		No Fortune	Fortune I	Fortune II	Fortune III
Wheat Seeds	0	87.5%
	1	12.5%	4.17%	2.5%	1.79%
	2	0%
	3
	4		0%
	5
	6			0%
	7

Seeds

Beetroots (seeds only), carrots, potatoes, and wheat (seeds only) use a binomial distribution. Fortune increases the number of tests for the distribution, and thus the maximum number of drops, by 1 per level.

The binomial distribution in the default case is created by rolling three times (n=3) with a drop probability of 57% (p=.57), creating the typical drop of 0-3 seeds. Carrots and potatoes modify this value by adding a few fixed drops.

Tabulated probabilities

Fortune increases the probability of flint dropping from gravel; saplings and sticks dropping from leaves; apples dropping from oak and dark oak leaves and gold nuggets dropping from gilded blackstone, and twisting vines and weeping vines dropping from themselves.

Drop	Source	No Fortune	Fortune I	Fortune II	Fortune III	Fortune IV+
Flint	Gravel	10% (1⁄10)	14.29% (1⁄7)	25% (1⁄4)	100%
2-5 Gold Nuggets	Gilded Blackstone
Jungle Saplings	Jungle Leaves	2.5% (1⁄40)	2.78% (1⁄36)	3.125% (1⁄32)	4.17% (1⁄24)	10% (1⁄10)
Other Saplings	Other Leaves	5% (1⁄20)	6.25% (1⁄16)	8.33% (1⁄12)	10% (1⁄10)
1-2 Sticks	Leaves	2% (1⁄50)	2.22% (1⁄45)	2.5% (1⁄40)	3.33% (1⁄30)	10% (1⁄10)
Apples	Oak and Dark Oak Leaves	0.5% (1⁄200)	0.556% (1⁄180)	0.625% (1⁄160)	0.833% (1⁄120)	2.5% (1⁄40)
Twisting Vines Weeping Vines		33% (33⁄100)	55% (11⁄20)	77% (77⁄100)	100%

Incompatibilities

Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive. 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.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Fortune	fortune	enchantment.minecraft.fortune

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Fortune	fortune	18	enchantment.lootBonusDigger

History

Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3			Added Fortune.
					Fortune currently affects coal ore, diamond ore, lapis lazuli ore, glowstone, melons, nether wart, redstone ore, gravel, grass, and ferns.[verify]
1.3.1		12w21a			Added emerald ore, which is affected by Fortune.[verify]
1.4.2		12w34a			Added carrots, which are affected by Fortune.[verify]
1.5		13w01a			Added nether quartz ore, which is affected by Fortune.[verify]
		13w09b			Potatoes are now affected by Fortune.
					The chance of oak leaves dropping apples is now increased with Fortune.
1.7.2		13w43a			Added dark oak leaves, which have a chance of dropping apples, which is increased by Fortune.[verify]
1.8		14w25a			Added sea lanterns, which are affected by Fortune.[verify]
1.9		15w31a			Added beetroots, which are affect by Fortune.[verify]
1.14		18w43a			Leaves now have a chance to drop sticks, which is increased by Fortune.
		18w50a			Added sweet berry bushes, which are affected by Fortune.[verify]
1.16		20w06a			Added weeping vines, which are affected by Fortune.
		20w10a			Hoes can now be enchanted with Fortune.
		20w11a			Added twisting vines, which are affected by Fortune.
		20w12a			Nether gold ore now drops gold nuggets and is affected by Fortune.
		20w15a			Added gilded blackstone, which is affected by Fortune.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.12.1		build 1			Added Fortune.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57‎			Hoes can now be enchanted with Fortune.
Legacy Console Edition
TU7	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added Fortune.

Issues

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