I asked o1-preview what the fastest way to get to a Fortune III enchantment was. My options were:
- Using a Fishing Rod with Luck of the Sea III + Lure 3 and repeatedly fishing.
- Using an Enchanting Table repeatedly until I get Fortune 3. Factor in the time that it would take to get the experience for these experiments
- Making a Villager a Librarian and breaking their Lectern and setting it up again
In short:
- Fishing would take ~30 hours IRL
- Enchanting Table would take ~1 hour IRL, even with efficient XP gaining methods
- Villager trading would take ~18 minutes IRL
No contest.
Looks like my intuition was right about this.
