Sunken Treasure

Using a shovel enchanted with Fortune on sand in an ocean or river biome has a chance to yield sunken treasure. This can include rare loot like sponges and a Message in a Bottle.

Guide

In order to have a chance of obtaining a sunken treasure reward from a block of sand, the player must have at least 4 blocks of water above them and break the sand block with a shovel enchanted with Fortune. Each additional level of Fortune increases the chance of receiving sunken treasure from a sand block; Fortune I yields a 10% chance, Fortune II yields a 26% chance, and Fortune III yields a 48% chance.

Main Rewards

If the player obtains sunken treasure from a sand block, the distribution of items they can find is below. Note that the weights of the first table are not quite exact due to a simplification of how the sunken treasure loot tables are actually set up, but for all intensive purposes, they are close enough.

In Java Edition, each sunken treasure contains 1 item stacks, with the following distribution:

Item	Stack Size	Weight	Chance	Avg. per chest	Avg. # chests to search
Bone	1	1729⁄9999	17.3%	0.173	5.8
File:ParallelItemSprite message-in-a-bottle.pngMessage In A Bottle	1	1152⁄9999	11.5%	0.115	8.7
Prismarine Crystals	1	576⁄9999	5.8%	0.058	17.4
File:ParallelItemSprite waders.pngWaders	1	300⁄9999	3.0%	0.030	33.3
Bottle o' Enchanting	1	288⁄9999	2.9%	0.029	34.7
Gold Ingot	1	288⁄9999	2.9%	0.029	34.7
Leather Boots	1	250⁄9999	2.5%	0.025	40.0
File:ParallelItemSprite treasure-chest.pngTreasure Chest	1	58⁄9999	0.6%	0.006	172.4

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Treasure Chest Rewards

The rarest item the player has a chance of obtaining from a sunken treasure drop is a Treasure Chest, which has the following distribution:

In Java Edition, each sunken treasure chest contains items drawn from 7 pools, with the following distribution:

Item	Stack Size							Weight							Chance	Avg. per chest	Avg. # chests to search
	1×	0–2×	1–3×	4–8×	2–4×	0–1×	2×	1×	0–2×	1–3×	4–8×	2–4×	0–1×	2×
Clay Ball	—	—	—	5–9	—	—	—	—	—	—	15⁄50	—	—	—	86.7%	12.600	1.2
Sand	—	—	—	1–4	—	—	—	—	—	—	15⁄50	—	—	—	86.7%	4.500	1.2
Raw Cod	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–5	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁄14	58.7%	2.500	1.7
Raw Salmon	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–5	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁄14	58.7%	2.500	1.7
Lapis Lazuli	—	—	—	—	4–12	—	—	—	—	—	—	10⁄50	—	—	47.9%	4.800	2.1
Gunpowder	—	—	—	—	2–5	—	—	—	—	—	—	10⁄50	—	—	47.9%	2.100	2.1
Iron Nugget	—	—	—	—	1–4	—	—	—	—	—	—	10⁄50	—	—	47.9%	1.500	2.1
Gold Nugget	—	—	—	—	1–3	—	—	—	—	—	—	10⁄50	—	—	47.9%	1.200	2.1
Emerald	—	1–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁄35	—	—	—	—	—	46.3%	0.857	2.2
Bone	—	—	—	—	1–5	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁄50	—	—	26.8%	0.900	3.7
Rotten Flesh	—	—	—	—	1–5	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁄50	—	—	26.8%	0.900	3.7
Diamond	—	1–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	10⁄35	—	—	—	—	—	25.9%	0.429	3.9
Enchanted Book	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁄4	—	25.0%	0.250	4.0
Heart Of The Sea	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	10⁄61	—	—	—	—	—	—	16.4%	0.164	6.1

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