Renewable |
No |
---|---|
Stackable |
Yes (64) |
Tool | |
Blast resistance |
3 |
Hardness |
Emerald Ore: 3 |
Luminant |
No |
Transparent |
No |
Flammable |
No |
Catches fire from lava |
No |
Emerald ore is a rare mineral block that generates only in mountains and windswept hills biomes. It drops emeralds when mined, or itself if mined with a pickaxe with the Silk Touch enchantment.
Deepslate emerald ore is a variant of emerald ore that can generate in deepslate and tuff blobs.
Contents
Obtaining[]
Breaking[]
Emerald ore can be mined with a pickaxe made from iron or better, otherwise it drops nothing. If mined without Silk Touch, the block drops 1 emerald (or up to 4 with Fortune).
Block | Emerald Ore | Deepslate Emerald Ore | |
---|---|---|---|
Hardness | 3 | 4.5 | |
Tool | |||
Breaking time[A] | |||
Default | 15 | 22.5 | |
Wooden | 7.5 | 11.25 | |
Stone | 3.75 | 5.65 | |
Iron | 0.75 | 1.15 | |
Diamond | 0.6 | 0.85 | |
Netherite | 0.5 | 0.75 | |
Golden | 1.25 | 1.9 |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Natural generation[]
Reason: Deepslate emerald ore generation as of 21w16a
Emerald ore can generate in Overworld in the form of blobs. Emerald ore attempts to generate 50 times per chunk in blobs of 1, from levels -16 to 320, being most common at level 256, and becoming less common toward either end of the range. Emerald ore can be exposed to the sky, which is intended.[1] In Bedrock Edition, emerald ore attempts to generate 100 times per chunk in all types of windswept hills or mountains biomes in blobs of 0-3 ores, from levels -16 to 320, being most common at level 256, and becoming less common toward either end of the range. Emerald ore can replace stone, andesite, granite, diorite, and deepslate. Emerald ore that replaces deepslate will become deepslate emerald ore.
Deepslate emerald ore is the rarest ore in Minecraft, rarer than normal emerald ore and ancient debris.
Usage[]
Smelting ingredient[]
Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
---|---|---|
Emerald | Emerald Ore or Deepslate Emerald Ore + Any fuel |
Note blocks[]
Emerald ore can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.
Sounds[]
Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block.stone.break | subtitles.block.generic.break | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
None[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.stone.fall | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block.stone.hit | subtitles.block.generic.hit | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block.stone.place | subtitles.block.generic.place | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block.stone.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig.stone | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall.stone | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit.stone | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
? | Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump.stone | 0.12 | 1.0 |
? | Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land.stone | 0.22 | 1.0 |
Blocks | Walking on the block | step.stone | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
Blocks | When the block is placed | use.stone | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Data values[]
ID[]
Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|---|
Emerald Ore | emerald_ore | Block & Item | emerald_ores mineable/pickaxe needs_iron_tool | block.minecraft.emerald_ore |
Deepslate Emerald Ore | deepslate_emerald_ore | Block & Item | emerald_ores mineable/pickaxe needs_iron_tool | block.minecraft.deepslate_emerald_ore |
Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Emerald Ore | emerald_ore | 129 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.emerald_ore.name |
Deepslate Emerald Ore | deepslate_emerald_ore | 662 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.deepslate_emerald_ore.name |
History[]
Java Edition | |||||
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May 21, 2012 | ![]() | ||||
1.3.1 | 12w21a | ![]() | |||
The announced ore has been changed to an emerald ore. The texture for emerald ore has remained unchanged, as Jeb forgot to commit the new texture in the snapshot.[4] As this item was not announced before the snapshot was released, most translations call emerald "diamond". | |||||
Emerald ore generates in blobs of up to 10 blocks. | |||||
12w21b | ![]() | ||||
An analysis of a 500×500 extreme hills biome with MCEdit gives the following ore distributions:
| |||||
12w22a | Blob size was reduced to 1 block. | ||||
1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 129. | |||
Texture Update | January 4, 2018 | ![]() | |||
1.14 | 18w43a | ![]() | |||
1.17 | 21w07a | Emerald ore now generates as a spread, generating between Y=32 and Y=320 and peaking at Y=256. | |||
February 18, 2021 | ![]() | ||||
21w08a | ![]() | ||||
21w10a | ![]() | ||||
Added emerald_ores block tag. | |||||
The amount of emerald ore that generates has been increased. | |||||
21w15a | Most ore generation has been reverted back to the pre-21w07a generation and requires the Caves & Cliffs Prototype Data Pack to be seen. However, emerald ore generation was not properly reverted due to a bug.[5] | ||||
21w16a | Emerald ore now generates at the correct Y-levels, but it still generates more frequently than it did in 1.16.[6] | ||||
Deepslate emerald ore variant now generates naturally. | |||||
21w17a | Emerald ore can now replace granite, andesite, diorite, tuff, and deepslate upon generating. | ||||
1.17.1 | Pre-release 2 | The frequency of emerald ore generation has been reverted to pre-1.17 levels. | |||
1.18 | Experimental Snapshot 1 | Emerald ore once again generates the way it did in the 1.17 snapshots without the use of a data pack. | |||
Deepslate Emerald Ore no longer generates naturally. | |||||
experimental snapshot 2 | Emerald ore now generates in meadows, groves, snowy slopes, lofty peaks, and snow capped peaks. | ||||
21w40a | Emerald ore generates more frequently and is now able to generate down to Y=-16. | ||||
Deepslate Emerald Ore now generates naturally again. | |||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.9.0 | build 1 | ![]() | |||
Emerald ore can be mined with a stone pickaxe instead of an iron one. | |||||
v0.12.1 | build 1 | Mining emerald ore now drops experience orbs. | |||
Emerald ore can now be collected with Silk Touch, dropping the block itself. | |||||
Emerald ore now drops extra emeralds with the Fortune enchantment. | |||||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Mining emerald ore now requires an iron pickaxe. | |||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ![]() | |||
1.16.220 | beta 1.16.220.50 | ![]() | |||
Emerald ore can now be found exposed and in blobs of size 0-10 on the surface of the new mountain biome variants. | |||||
1.17.0 | beta 1.16.230.52 | ![]() | |||
beta 1.16.230.56 | Ore generation has been changed, emerald now generates on higher altitudes in extreme hills rather than lower. | ||||
Increased blob size to contain more than a single ore. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU14 | CU1 | 1.04 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | ![]() |
1.90 | ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() |
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Emerald Ore" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[]
- Even though emerald ore is rarer than diamond ore, emerald ore is generally found more often in mountains biomes than diamond ore, as the emerald ore blocks are generated in a more scattered fashion.
Gallery[]
A comparison of the occurrence of emerald ore to the occurrence of diamond ore.
Ruby[]
The first image of the trading system released by Jeb. The emerald ore can be seen in the top right-hand corner with the original texture.
References[]
- ↑ MC-237455 – resolved as "Works As Intended"
- ↑ https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/204619936616808451
- ↑ snapshot 12w21a/b lang/en_US.lang: tile.oreRuby.name=Ruby Ore
- ↑ https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/205641953742819328
- ↑ MC-223260 – "Emerald ore does not generate as intended" – resolved as "Fixed"
- ↑ MC-226926 – "Emerald ore generates too often" – resolved as "Fixed"