Lapis Lazuli

Lapis lazuli is a mineral required to enchant items in an enchanting table.

Mining
When mined with a stone pickaxe or better, lapis lazuli ore drops 4–9 lapis lazuli. With the Fortune III enchantment, a single block has a chance of dropping up to 36 items.

Villager gifts
$$, cleric villagers give players lapis lazuli if they have the Hero of the Village effect.

Trading
Apprentice-level cleric villagers sell one lapis lazuli for an emerald as part of their trades.

$$, wandering traders may sell 3 lapis lazuli for an emerald.

Enchanting
1–3 pieces of lapis lazuli are required to use an enchanting table to enchant an item. More specifically, the enchanting table UI shows 3 options (see Enchanting mechanics for details): the first, second, and third options cost 1, 2, and 3 lapis lazuli, respectively.

Crafting ingredient
Lapis lazuli can be used to make blocks of lapis lazuli and blue dye. $$, it can also be used directly as a substitute for blue dye.

$$, lapis lazuli can be also used in banner patterns:

Smithing ingredient
The following color palette is shown on the designs on trimmed armor:
 * Trim color palette

ID




Trivia

 * In real life, lapis lazuli is a blue gem that can be ground and processed into ultramarine pigment. Lapis lazuli pigment has been famously used in the production of illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, and cave paintings. See the Wikipedia article for more information.
 * Lapis lazuli is the only ore that can be used as a dye or making a dye.
 * It is the only item that can be put in the second slot of an enchantment table.