The shovel/pickaxe with efficiency only mines blocks one by one, instead of mining several blocks instantly. You can't hold down the trigger and let it keep digging. This could be a bug with the shovel/pickaxe itself and not the enchantment.
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How is this a duplicate of a bug from November 2016??? This is a completely separate bug because this feature worked before patch 1.2.0.29. Fix your helper bots Mojang.
How is this a duplicate of a bug from November 2016??? This is a completely separate bug because this feature worked before patch 1.2.0.29. Fix your helper bots Mojang.
Firstly, I'm not a bot. Secondly, even if you could mine several blocks at once before 1.2.0.29, it would still be a duplicate as the behaviour you are describing is the intended behaviour. It would at most be a bug that you could mine several blocks at once before 1.2.0.29 according to your information.
Please tell me how this is not a bug? I hold down the dig button with an efficiency shovel and it only mines one block. I have to keep clicking the button to keep digging. This is a bug. If you don't believe me then test it yourself. Not that difficult to do.
Agree with Hunter that this is not a duplicate. Mining with an unenchanted pick is continuous - hold the trigger down and the pick will keep mining out to 5 blocks away. If adding Efficiency causes the pick to only mine the closest block, and then you have to release and pull the trigger again to mine the next one, that's a bug.
The issue linked as a "duplicate" appears to be about the magnitude of the Efficiency 4/5 enchantment, not an issue where pull-and-hold on the trigger doesn't result in continuous mining.
The bug might be one of two things:
1) Normal, un-enchanted picks are bugged, and should not be mining continuously when the trigger is held
or
2) Enchanted picks are bugged, and should behave just like un-enchanted picks when the trigger is held (though presumably also breaking blocks faster)
Option 2 is the preferred bug, since in both Java and Console editions, holding down the Mine button/trigger results in continuous mining, at whatever speed the tool allows.
Edit to add: if anything, this bug might be related to this one: https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MCPE-25909
Agree with Hunter that this is not a duplicate. Mining with an unenchanted pick is continuous - hold the trigger down and the pick will keep mining out to 5 blocks away. If adding Efficiency causes the pick to only mine the closest block, and then you have to release and pull the trigger again to mine the next one, that's a bug.
The issue linked as a "duplicate" appears to be about the magnitude of the Efficiency 4/5 enchantment, not an issue where pull-and-hold on the trigger doesn't result in continuous mining.
The bug might be one of two things:
1) Normal, un-enchanted picks are bugged, and should not be mining continuously when the trigger is held
or
2) Enchanted picks are bugged, and should behave just like un-enchanted picks when the trigger is held (though presumably also breaking blocks faster)
Option 2 is the preferred bug, since in both Java and Console editions, holding down the Mine button/trigger results in continuous mining, at whatever speed the tool allows.
Edit to add: if anything, this bug might be related to this one: https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MCPE-25909
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Thank you for your report!
However, this issue has been closed as a Duplicate of MCPE-25776.
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Thank you for your report!
However, this issue is a Duplicate of MCPE-18422.
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