Last week, my friend Steve (yes, that Steve) spent an hour leaf-picking for apples. He was using a plain iron axe. I sauntered over with my Fortune III diamond axe and pulled in twenty apples in five minutes. He nearly threw his controller.
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“How is that fair?” he yelled. I just smiled and traded those apples for a full set of enchanted iron armor from the village blacksmith. Fortune pays for itself.
So next time you’re at the enchanting table, don’t skip Fortune on your axe. It won’t double your logs, but it’ll double your happiness. And isn’t that the real wood we’re all after?