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This article is about the gem. For the ore, see Emerald Ore. For the block, see Block of Emerald.

Emeralds are one of the rarest materials in Minecraft and the currency used in villager trading.

Obtaining

See also: Trading

Mining

Emerald ore mined using an iron or diamond pickaxe will drop one emerald. If the pickaxe is enchanted with fortune, it may drop an extra emerald per level of fortune, up to a maximum of 4 with Fortune III. If the ore is mined using a pickaxe enchanted with silk touch, it will drop itself.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Block of Emerald

9

Smelting

Ingredients Smelting recipe
Emerald Ore +
Any fuel


Natural generation

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Emerald Buried treasure Chest 4–8 59.9%
Desert temple Chest 1–3 18%
Suspicious sand 1 12.5%
Desert well Suspicious sand 1 12.5%
End city Chest 2–6 9%
Igloo Chest 1 7.6%
Jungle temple Chest 1–3 8.7%
Warm Ocean ruins Warm ruins suspicious sand 1 13.3%
Cold ruins suspicious gravel 1 13.3%
Shipwreck Treasure chest 1–5 73.7%
Trail ruins Suspicious gravel 1 4.4%
Underwater ruins Big ruins chest 1 14.9%
Small ruins chest 1 16.4%
Village Shepherd's chest 1 12.3%
Tanner's chest 1–4 17.3%
Armorer's chest 1 31.8%
Fisherman's chest 1 24.2%
Desert house chest 1–3 14.3%
Fletcher's chest 1 12.3%
Plains house chest 1–4 22.8%
Savanna house chest 1–4 21.5%
Butcher's chest 1 10.2%
Taiga house chest 1–4 18.6%
Temple chest 1–4 25.4%
Snowy house chest 1–4 9.9%
Mason's chest 1 20.8%
Bedrock Edition
Emerald Desert temple Suspicious sand 1 12.5%
Chest 1–3 18%
Desert well Suspicious sand 1 12.5%
End city Chest 2–6 9%
Igloo Chest 1 7.6%
Jungle temple Chest 1–3 8.7%
Cold Ocean ruins Cold ruins suspicious gravel 1 13.3%
Warm ruins suspicious sand 1 13.3%
Shipwreck Treasure chest 1–5 73.7%
Stronghold Altar chest 1–3 7.1%
Trail ruins Suspicious gravel 1 4.3%
Underwater ruins Big ruins chest 1 14.9%
Small ruins chest 1 16.4%
Village Snowy house chest 1–4 9.9%
Temple chest 1–4 25.4%
Plains house chest 1–4 22.8%
Taiga house chest 1–4 20.3%
Savanna house chest 1–4 21.5%
Mason's chest 1 20.8%
Armorer's chest 1 31.8%
Butcher's chest 1 10.2%
Shepherd's chest 1 12.3%
Fletcher's chest 1 12.3%
Desert house chest 1–3 14.3%
Tanner's chest 1–4 17.3%

In Pocket Edition they can also be found in blacksmith chests.ffffffffffffff

Usage

Trading

Emeralds are primarily used as currency for trading with villagers. Trading is a much easier and less time consuming way to obtain emeralds than mining is.

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Block of Emerald Emerald

Achievements

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS4)
PS4 Other
The HagglerAcquire or spend 30 Emeralds by trading with villagers or with wandering trader. [sic]30GSilver

Video

Emerald/video

History

i
0.31On January 29th, 2010, Diamonds were added. In the code, they were referred to as emeralds.
r
May 21, 2012Jeb released a screenshot of himself testing the trading system. At this time, what would become Emeralds were Rubies.[1] Rubies can still be found in the (at this time unused) file "items.png", and look like this: .[2]
1.3.112w21aAdded emeralds and emerald ore. Emeralds could be traded with villagers in exchange for different items.
12w22aBlock of Emerald was added, which is crafted from nine emeralds, and can be placed as a decorative block.
1.4.212w32aAs zombie villagers can now spawn and be cured, emeralds can still be obtained in trades even if generated structures are disabled.
pocketa
0.9.0build 1Added emeralds.
build 5Added the recipe to craft emeralds.
Legacy Console Edition
TU14Added emeralds.

Issues

Issues relating to "Emerald" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery

References

  1. http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1621716-15-new-blocksitems/#entry19977082
  2. Snapshot 12w21a/b lang/en_US.lang: item.ruby.name=Ruby


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