How to Get the Silk Touch Enchantment Fast in Minecraft

• Master Librarians from the snowy biomes will trade Silk Touch as their special book.
• Use an enchantment table to roll enchantments on spare shovels. Continue until you get Silk Touch I, then switch to a better tool.
• Find Silk Touch in mob drops, chests, or by fishing.

Trading With Villagers After Version 1.20.2

Locate a snow villager without a profession. This villager must be from a snowy village and is unemployed or is already a librarian. If you are using a villager who is already a librarian, you must locate its lectern. The villager will visit its workstation for set times in a day.

Place a lectern near the villager. Lecterns can be crafted using a bookshelf and 4 wooden slabs. The villager will turn into a librarian. If your villager is already a librarian, you will need to break its lectern first.

Start trading with the villager until it levels up. Silk Touch can be obtained from snow librarians who are of the Master rank. Villagers gain XP with every trade, so keep going until you have a master. Master villagers can be identified with a diamond blue square on their front side. Make sure to choose the most cost-effective trades to level up faster. More recently unlocked trades will give more XP, so if they don't cost too much or require that much material, these are generally the trades you use to level up a villager.

Accept the trade. When you have a master snow librarian villager, it should offer you a Silk Touch I book. After buying the book, You can now use it to enchant an item, such as a pickaxe.

Trading With Villagers Before Version 1.20.2

Locate a villager without a profession. This villager must be unemployed or is already a librarian. If you are using a villager who is already a librarian, you must locate its lectern. The villager will visit its workstation for set times in a day.

Place a lectern near the villager. Lecterns can be crafted using a bookshelf and 4 wooden slabs. The villager will turn into a librarian. If your villager is already a librarian, you will need to break its lectern first.

Start an enchanted book trade. You'll get one offer to do this. If the librarian doesn't have the Enchanted Book for Silk Touch I,"' do not'" accept the trade. If you don't see the Silk Touch I book, break the lectern, and place a new one down. This will refresh the librarian's inventory. Repeat this until the librarian has Silk Touch I.

Accept the trade. You can now use the enchanted book to enchant an item, such as a pickaxe.

Using an Enchantment Table

Prepare your materials. Before you can get Silk Touch, you'll need to prepare your workstation and materials. Make sure you have the following: Enchantment table with at least 9 bookshelves placed around it 30 levels for EXP Netherite Pickaxe Lapis Lazuli 10+ wooden or stone shovels

Place the shovel and Lapis Lazuli in the Enchantment Table. When placed, you'll see three enchantments appear. Hover over the options or tap it to view the enchantment. If you don't see Silk Touch I, continue to the next step. If you do see Silk Touch I, continue to step 5.

Select the cheapest enchantment. If you don't see Silk Touch I, pick the cheapest enchantment so you can continue trying for the proper one. When you select the enchantment, the shovel will turn purple. Place the enchanted shovel in your inventory.

Place another shovel in the Enchantment Table. This will bring a new set of enchantments. Continue to pick the cheapest enchantment and replace the shovel until you get Silk Touch I. When you get Silk Touch I, don't confirm any enchantments just yet.

Replace the shovel with the Netherite Pickaxe. You can enchant the shovel, but it's recommended to use a better tool first.

Confirm the enchantment. Select Silk Touch I to enchant your pickaxe. If desired, you can continue repeating these steps for the Silk Touch enchantment for other tools. You can now use Silk Touch.