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An amethyst geode is an underground structure found in Overworld biomes. Amethyst geodes contain smooth basalt and are the only source of calcite and amethyst items and blocks.
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Generation[]
Amethyst geodes generate commonly between Y=0 and Y=70 regardless of whether "generate structures" is toggled on or off. Each chunk has a 1⁄53 chance to generate a geode. They override only caverns and mineshafts. Sometimes they are exposed on the surface, such as on beaches and underwater in oceans.
Structure[]
The inside of a cracked amethyst geode.
Amethyst geodes consist of three layers: an outer layer of smooth basalt, a middle layer of calcite, and a hollow layer of amethyst blocks with budding amethyst blocks sometimes generating throughout. Amethyst crystals generate within the structure on budding amethyst. Geodes have a 95% chance of generating with a crack, exposing its inside. Caves, aquifers, and canyons cannot cut into geodes,[1] and as such are often obstructed by them, except in cases where the crack intersects a cavern.
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| Name | Namespaced ID |
|---|---|
| [No displayed name] | geode |
History[]
| October 3, 2020 |  Amethyst geodes are shown at Minecraft Live 2020. | ||||
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| October 6, 2020 |  Cory Scheviak tweeted a screenshot where an updated amethyst geode was shown with budding amethyst and amethyst buds. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.17 | 20w45a |  Added amethyst geodes. | |||
| 20w46a |   Changed textures of calcite, block of amethyst, and budding amethyst. | ||||
| 20w48a |  Changed textures of block of amethyst and budding amethyst, once again. | ||||
| 21w08a |   The tuff layer of amethyst geodes has been replaced with smooth basalt.
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| Amethyst geodes can no longer generate fully in midair.[2] | |||||
| 21w19a | Amethyst geodes have been stated to be significantly rarer. However, they are still as common as before.[3] | ||||
| 21w20a | Amethyst geodes have now actually been made rarer, from 1 geode in 30 chunks to 1 geode in 53 chunks. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.17.0.50 | Added amethyst geodes under the Caves and Cliffs experimental gameplay toggle. | |||
| beta 1.17.0.52 | Amethyst geodes are no longer available only through Experimental Gameplay. | ||||
| beta 1.17.0.56 | Amethyst geodes have now been made slightly rarer, from 1 geode in 48 chunks to 1 geode in 53 chunks. | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Amethyst Geode" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[]
An amethyst geode generating in an iceberg.
The new amethyst geode menu screen in Java Edition 21w15a.
Odd generation[]
An amethyst geode generating above the ground.[4]
An amethyst geode in a village.
Three amethyst geodes that all spawned very close, to the point where two of them are touching each other.
A fossil in an amethyst geode.
A geode with an odd growth in its basalt shell. Note that the protrusion is much smaller in the calcite layer, and missing entirely in the amethyst core.
A dungeon overwritten by an amethyst geode.
A shipwreck overwritten by an amethyst geode.
A stronghold overwritten by an amethyst geode.
References[]
- ↑ MC-205854 – "Geodes do not connect to caves properly" – resolved as "Works As Intended"
- ↑ MC-214782 – "Geodes can generate floating in caves" – resolved as "Fixed"
- ↑ MC-225352 – "Geodes have not been made "significantly rarer"" – resolved as "Fixed"
- ↑ MC-203636 – "Amethyst geodes can generate above ground" – resolved as "Works As Intended"
- ↑ MC-203758 – "Amethyst geodes don't generate properly when intersecting a mineshaft" – resolved as "Works As Intended"
