An Emerald is an item dropped when Emerald Ore is mined or more commonly obtained through Trading with Villagers. It can also be found in Desert and Jungle Temples.
As of Snapshot 12w21a, they can be used as a form of currency in exchanging items with villagers.
Usage
As of Snapshot 12w21b, the only use for Emeralds is in exchanging them for items and vice versa. It can be mined from extremely rare Emerald Ore. Emerald ore can only be found in the 'Extreme Hills' and 'Extreme Hills Edge' and 'River' biomes which are in the boundaries of the Extreme Hills. To be able to trade with villagers, right-click them, and then a trade shows up. To trade Emeralds with Villagers, the player must place them into the Trading Menu's left slot in the amount requested above the slot. The player can then take the resulting item from the right slot. This applies conversely to obtaining Emeralds in trade.[1] They can not be used to be crafted into tools. However, Emerald Blocks can be made, similar to the other ore blocks, and used as a building material or storage method. The rarity of emeralds means that this is more practical in creative mode.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Input » Output |
|---|---|
| Block of Emerald | Template:Grid/Crafting Table |
As a crafting material
| Ingredients | Input » Output |
|---|---|
| Emeralds | Template:Grid/Crafting Table |
History
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| 0.31 | On January 29th, 2010, Diamonds were added. In the code, they were referred to as Emeralds. The next day, this was corrected. | ||||
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| Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value). | On May 21, 2012, Jeb released a screenshot of himself testing the trading system.[2] At this time, what would become Emeralds were Rubies File:Ruby Minecraft.PNG[3]. | ||||
| 12w21a | Added emeralds. | ||||
Gallery
The first image of the trading system released by Jeb. What would become Emeralds can be seen in the inventory space.
A wall of Emerald Ore utilizing a previous texture in Snapshot 12w21a.
- Emeralds.png
Emerald Block, Emerald Ore, and Emerald.
References
- ↑ jebtweet:207125134312603648
- ↑ jebtweet:204619936616808451
- ↑ Snapshot 12w21a/b lang/en_US.lang: item.ruby.name=Ruby
See also
MLP FOREVR BRONIES UNITE I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY ALL BRONIES WILL UNITE AND TAKE BACK THE EARTH FOR ALL PONIES EVERYWHERE by harry faux

