Shovel Enchantment List

In Minecraft, you can enchant a shovel with a number of different enchantments. Each enchantment has a name and ID value assigned to it. You can use these enchantment values in the /enchant command.

Here is a list of shovel enchantments for the latest version of Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac).

Enchantment (Minecraft ID Name)	Max Level	Description	Minecraft ID	Version
Curse of Vanishing (vanishing_curse)	I	Cursed item will disappear after player dies	71	1.11
Efficiency (efficiency)	V	Increases how fast you can mine	32
Fortune (fortune)	III	Increases block drops from mining	35
Mending (mending)	I	Uses xp to mend your tools, weapons and armor	70	1.9
Silk Touch (silk_touch)	I	Mines blocks themselves (fragile items)	33
Unbreaking (unbreaking)	III	Increases durability of item, in effect, by decreasing the chance of the tool, weapon, or armor taking durability damage when used	34

Definitions

Enchantment is what the enchantment is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value used in the /enchant command.
Max Level is the maximum level that you can apply for this enchantment.
Description is the description of what the enchantment does.
Minecraft ID is the Internal number for the enchantment.
Version is the Minecraft version number that the enchantment was introduced for the name and ID, if applicable.

Example of how to Enchant a Shovel

You can enchant a shovel that you are holding by using the /enchant command.

For example, you can use the /enchant command to enchant the shovel that the player called DigMinecraft is holding with Silk Touch I.

/enchant DigMinecraft silk_touch 1

In this example, silk_touch is the name of the enchantment and 1 is the level of the enchantment to add. The command would result in the shovel held by DigMinecraft to be enchanted with Silk Touch I. This enchantment would allow you to mine blocks themselves instead of getting the usual dropped items. You can gather items that are fragile and break such as glass or ice. Or you can mine and gather the block itself such as diamond ore or coal ore (instead of getting diamond and coal drops).