Java Edition:Fortune and Silk Touch Tool
In Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4, Fortune and Silk Touch were not mutually exclusive enchantments. They can be applied to a pickaxe, axe, or shovel, and can be the wooden, stone, gold, iron, and diamond variants. Diamond tools can be upgraded to netherite in versions 20w10a (1.16 snapshot) and later.
Obtaining
These items may be acquired from simply enchanting the items in an enchanting table. Do note that a fully powered table needs 30 bookshelves. This can be accomplished with two rings of 15 bookshelves, one at the same Y level as the table, and the other directly above. Enchantments will be rerolled each time the item is inserted or removed from the GUI slot, and can be enchanted with up to 50 levels. Upon enchanting, the amount of levels selected will be deducted from the player, not just the 1 to 3 in modern versions of the game, making enchanting a much more expensive process. As enchanting is randomized, of course, it is not guaranteed to enchant with both Fortune and Silk Touch. Or is it?
It is possible to reverse the seed of the Random object that determines the enchantments applied using the OldEnchantCracker tool by Captain_S0L0. Once the seed is known, one can then manipulate the process to obtain the exact enchantments one desires. More information is available on the tool's GitHub page.
In addition to Fortune and Silk Touch, Efficiency and Unbreaking may also be applied as well, up to Efficiency 5, Unbreaking 3, Fortune 3 and Silk Touch 1, which is the best possible combination of enchantments for all possible tools and materials.
Mechanics
When a tool has both Silk Touch and Fortune, Silk Touch takes precedence over Fortune, so mining blocks will use the Silk Touch based loot drop. When applying additional enchantments in an anvil, the tool most be placed in the slot to the left to retain the two enchantments, as all enchantments in that slot are not checked unless being modified by the second slot's item. If one attempts to apply either Fortune or Silk Touch from an item in the second slot, it will conflict with the current enchantments and not be applied. Other enchantments may still be applied normally, e.g. Mending.
Combos
Gallery
Fortune and Silk Touch diamond pickaxe resulting from an enchanting table
A diamond pickaxe with Efficiency 5, Unbreaking 3, Fortune 3 and Silk Touch 1. This is the best obtained from an enchanting table, extremely rare.
Fortune and Silk Touch diamond axe from enchanting
