Emerald Ore
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 the rarest mineral block in the game. It drops emeralds when mined, or itself if mined with a pickaxe with the Silk Touch enchantment.
Deepslate emerald ore is a Creative-only variant of emerald ore.[Java Edition only]
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Breaking[edit]
Emerald ore can be mined with an iron pickaxe or higher. Otherwise it drops nothing. If mined without Silk Touch, the block drops 1 emerald (or more 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[edit]
Emerald ore can generate in Overworld in the form of mineral veins. Single emerald ores attempt to generate 3 to 8 times per chunk, from altitudes (y levels) 4 to 31, within any type of mountains, or within a chunk that is at least partially occupied by such a biome.
In Java Edition 1.17[upcoming], emerald ore attempts to generate 50 times per chunk in veins of 1, from levels 32 to 320, being most common at level 255, and becoming less common towards either end of the range. Emerald ore replaces only stone.
In Bedrock Edition 1.17[upcoming], emerald ore attempt to generate 20 times per chunk in all types of mountains biomes in veins of 0-10 ores, from Y=128 to Y=256, being more common as the y-level increases. The generation in extreme hills biomes is unchanged. Emerald ore that replaces deepslate in extreme hills generates as deepslate emerald ore.
Deepslate emerald ore does not generate naturally and is available only from the Creative inventory.[Java Edition only]
Usage[edit]
Smelting ingredient[edit]
Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
---|---|---|
Emerald | Emerald Ore + Any fuel |
Note blocks[edit]
Emerald ore can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.
Sounds[edit]
Sound | Subtitle | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | 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 | Namespaced ID | 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[edit]
ID[edit]
Name | Namespaced ID | Form | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|
Emerald Ore | emerald_ore | Block & Item | block.minecraft.emerald_ore |
Deepslate Emerald Ore | deepslate_emerald_ore | Block & Item | block.minecraft.deepslate_emerald_ore |
Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|---|
Emerald Ore | emerald_ore | 129 | Block & Item | tile.emerald_ore.name |
Deepslate Emerald Ore | deepslate_emerald_ore | 662 | Block & Item | tile.deepslate_emerald_ore.name |
Video[edit]
History[edit]
Java Edition | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 21, 2012 | The week before the release of 12w21a, Jeb released a screenshot of himself testing the trading system.[1] At this time, what would become emerald ore was ruby ore.[2] | ||||
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.[3] As this item was not announced before the snapshot was released, most translations call emerald "diamond". | |||||
Emerald ore generates in veins of up to 10 blocks. | |||||
12w21b | ![]() | ||||
An analysis of a 500×500 extreme hills biome with MCEdit gives the following ore distributions:
| |||||
12w22a | Vein size was reduced to 1 block. | ||||
1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 129. | |||
1.14 | 18w43a | ![]() | |||
Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
1.17 | 21w07a | Ore generation has been changed, emerald now generates on higher altitudes in mountains rather than lower.[more information needed] | |||
February 18, 2021 | ![]() | ||||
1.17 | 21w08a | ![]() | |||
21w10a | ![]() | ||||
Added emerald_ores block tag. | |||||
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 veins of size 0-10 on the surface of the new mountain biome variants. | |||||
Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.16.230 | beta 1.16.230.52 | ![]() | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU14 | CU1 | 1.04 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | ![]() |
1.90 | ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() |
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Emerald Ore" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- 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.
- Emerald ores are one of two overworld ores with a unique texture, along with lapis lazuli ore [until JE 1.17].
Gallery[edit]
A comparison of the occurrence of emerald ore to the occurrence of diamond ore.
A vein of emerald ore found in a new mountain biome variant. [upcoming: BE 1.17]
Ruby[edit]
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[edit]
- ↑ https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/204619936616808451
- ↑ snapshot 12w21a/b lang/en_US.lang: tile.oreRuby.name=Ruby Ore
- ↑ https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/205641953742819328