Talk:Emerald

Edits
PLEASE only make decent contributions. Do not say "there is no known use". It should be generally left alone until it is released. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Lynkyn (Talk&#124;Contribs) 13:18, 24 May 2012. Please sign your posts with

Name
I was playing around and I put them in the crafting table. Before they said emerald but after i put them in the crafting table their name changed diamond. It seems like a bug but does anyone else have this problem? Killrbladez 21:57, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Uses
Emeralds are used as currency for trading with NPC villagers to get either bottles of enchanting, glass, or other miscellaneous items. Trading emeralds with NPC villagers will increase their trading level, increasing your chance of getting better items when trading.

Emerald Blocks!
Emerald blocks would be great for storing large amounts of emeralds. 68.2.171.84 05:47, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Wish granted. http://i.imgur.com/iyB3O.png Funky3000 16:36, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Can I get a hallelujah? I HATE all those currency plugins, and the fact that u can now trade with NPCs!?!?!? AND you can trade chain mail armor with them? This IS THE BEST update EVAHHH!!!!!!!!!

Zelda?
I think emeralds look very similar to green gems used as currency in Zelda Avdenture in AdventureCraft. Jeb may have inspired them from it. Xeoxer 14:30, 25 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I think they just looks stupid (no offense to Zelda) ,they shall look more 'rough' --79.47.163.57 17:23, 25 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Who cares about Zelda! I kind of agree with 79.47.163.57. When you mine them, emeralds should look uncut and raw. But you should be able to smelt them and turn them into the versions of emeralds that there are now.68.2.171.84 00:26, 26 May 2012 (UTC)


 * You can't smelt an emerald, you have to chisle(cut) it. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.82.182.133 (Talk) 02:46, 27 May 2012. Please sign your posts with


 * I know about the chieseling, but that would be too complex for minecrraft68.2.171.84 05:48, 29 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Did i do something wrong? Because i put up trivia referencing on emeralds and it was gone the next day

Heres exactly what i put on the trivia section put up by me: The Emerald has a small resemblance to the rupees from the legend of zelda series. anything wrong about that? PokeRED123 00:28, 29 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I don't understand the problem with perfectly cut emeralds. It's a similar thing with diamonds, and a texture pack would be an easy fix for both of them. If you really want to add a step to the process, then you should make a mod, because naturally occurring emerald is going to be enough of a hassle already. Also, while they are reminiscent of Zelda rupees, emeralds are less oblong, come in one color so far, and seem to be worth a bit more. Also, to quote the person who deleted the "Zelda Trivia," "The design is in no way specific to any media. It is an extremely common gem design." Pognet 11:55, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

It's preatty obvious that they look like rupees, maybe the flavour text will reference that (it would be fun if you could craft 5 into a blue rupee, 10 into a red rupee, 50 into a silver rupee and 100 into a gold one, would make them awesome for decorative purpouses). –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.143.42.166 (Talk) 16:25, 31 May 2012. Please sign your posts with

Diamonds called emeralds in code = false
Diamonds are not technically called "emeralds" in Minecraft's original source code as it is when you buy it. They are called something like "ccb" or otherwise, because the code is obfuscated.

The mistake of calling diamonds Emeralds in the code is the people who did Minecraft Coder Pack. If I remember correctly Notch didn't tell us how to de-obfuscate the code nor did he provide an answer key, so for all we know the code he originally made (pre-obfuscation) could have called diamonds "thoseShinyBlueThings". (not that it did, we just don't know for sure) 216.175.102.133 02:15, 1 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Ahem. minecraft.jar/lang/en_us.lang 60.241.224.44 10:55, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Emerald
well i think armour and tools made out of emerald is a great idea because emerald can only be used as blocks and its twice as hard to find than diamond which makes no sence at all, and green is an awsome colour and i think it would look great, and yes beacuse it is twice as hard to find if you do make armour and tools out of emerald they should be twice as strong and last longer, not saying that your going to do that, but i think more people would like emerald to do more than just decoration than people just wanting it to do nothing but blocks.

p.s gold and diamonds both are used for tools/armour and emerald is a valible ore as well even viable than diamond so it to should be made into tools and armour. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 101.114.70.205 (Talk) 05:15, 15 June 2012. Please sign your posts with


 * Actually,it would be hard to balance out due to the fact just spamming bonemeal in an NPC village and get you emeralds pretty fast,it would be OP(Over Powered) plus it is also used to trade with villagers(that was before it was a block and it still is trade! Russell4 16:20, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Why Not Gold?
I have something to bring up, why are emeralds being added as money? there is a much better/easier/more needed thing to use already. GOLD. Gold has almost no use other than clocks, powered mine tracks, gold apples, and some really bad armor. Plus, gold just makes more sense. It would seem so much more normal if villagers were asking for gold and gold nuggets than emeralds. I just don't understand why they would pass that up. Adding a whole new block to spawn with an awkward concept seems useless to me. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.173.196.74 (Talk) 15:45, 7 July 2012. Please sign your posts with
 * Yes, at first i was like OMG a new ore. But then i read that it is used for trading and i don't get why they didn't choose gold for that. --10.213.128.71 19:17, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Tools and Armour
I think that it would make sense to be able to make emerald tools and armor, considering the fact that we already have gold which should be used as currency. That would be much more practical and realistic.74.134.120.52 16:56, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) This is not a forum, nor will suggestions here be noticed by mojang. 2) Gold isn't currency, so its present function can stay. 3) Practical how? 4) Screw realism. Cobalt32 18:24, 14 July 2012 (UTC)