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This article is about the item. For the ore, see Lapis Lazuli Ore. For the mineral block, see Lapis Lazuli Block.

Lapis lazuli is a mineral required to enchant items in an enchanting table.

Obtaining[]

Mining[]

When mined with a stone pickaxe or better, lapis lazuli ore drops 4–9 lapis lazuli. With the Fortune III enchantment, a single block has a chance of dropping up to 36 items.

Crafting[]

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Block of Lapis Lazuli

9

Smelting[]

Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Lapis Lazuli Lapis Lazuli Ore or
Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore +
Any fuel


0.2

Villager gifts[]

In Java Edition, cleric villagers give players lapis lazuli if they have the Hero of the Village effect.

Trading[]

Apprentice-level cleric villagers sell one lapis lazuli for an emerald as part of their trades.

In Bedrock Edition, wandering traders may sell 3 lapis lazuli for an emerald.

Chest loot[]

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Lapis Lazuli Mineshaft Chest 4–9 14.5%
Shipwreck Treasure chest 1–10 61.5%
Village Temple chest 1–4 25.4%
Bedrock Edition
Lapis Lazuli Mineshaft Chest 4–9 14.5%
Shipwreck Treasure chest 1–10 61.5%
Village Temple chest 1–4 25.4%

Usage[]

Enchanting[]

1–3 pieces of lapis lazuli are required to use an enchanting table to enchant an item. More specifically, the enchanting table UI shows 3 options (see Enchanting mechanics for details): the first, second, and third options cost 1, 2, and 3 lapis lazuli, respectively.

Crafting ingredient[]

Lapis lazuli can be used to make blocks of lapis lazuli and blue dye. In Bedrock Edition, it can also be used directly as a substitute for blue dye.

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Block of Lapis Lazuli Lapis Lazuli

Blue Balloon Latex +
Lapis Lazuli +
Helium +
Lead

[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Blue Bed Any Bed +
Lapis Lazuli


[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Blue Carpet White Carpet +
Lapis Lazuli

[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Blue Concrete Powder Lapis Lazuli +
Sand +
Gravel
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Blue Dye Lapis Lazuli

Blue Firework Star Blue Firework Star +
Lapis Lazuli


[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Adds a "fade to color" effect to the firework star, overwriting any existing fades.
Up to eight dyes can be added.
Blue Firework Star Gunpowder +
Lapis Lazuli +
Head or
Gold Nugget or
Feather or
Fire Charge +
Glowstone Dust +
Diamond


[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Up to eight dyes can be added.
One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added.
Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients.
Blue Glow Stick Polyethylene +
Hydrogen Peroxide +
Lapis Lazuli +
Luminol

[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Blue Shulker Box Any Shulker Box +
Lapis Lazuli


[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Blue Stained Glass Glass +
Lapis Lazuli
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Blue Stained Glass Pane Glass Pane +
Lapis Lazuli
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Blue Terracotta Terracotta +
Lapis Lazuli
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Blue Wool Any Wool +
Lapis Lazuli


[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Cyan Dye Lapis Lazuli +
Green Dye
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Light Blue Dye Lapis Lazuli +
Bone Meal or
White Dye
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Magenta Dye Lapis Lazuli +
Red Dye +
Pink Dye
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Magenta Dye Lapis Lazuli +
Red Dye +
Bone Meal or
White Dye
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Purple Dye Lapis Lazuli +
Red Dye
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]

In Bedrock Edition, lapis lazuli can be also used in banner patterns:

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Blue Banner pattern Lapis Lazuli +
Banner


Blue Banner image Lapis Lazuli +
Banner +
Vines or
Bricks or
Creeper Head or
Wither Skeleton Skull or
Oxeye Daisy or
Enchanted Golden Apple
Enchanted Golden Apple

Loom ingredient[]

Name Ingredients Loom recipe Description
Blue Banner pattern White Banner +
Lapis Lazuli

Field masoned banner and bordure indented banner don't require banner patterns.‌[Java Edition only]

Lapis Lazuli can be used as a dye.‌[Bedrock Edition only]
Note: The loom is using the Java Edition interface.

Blue Banner image White Banner +
Lapis Lazuli +
Banner Pattern

Exceptions:
  1. Field masoned and bordure indented banner patterns.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Lapis Lazuli can be used as a dye.‌[Bedrock Edition only]
Note: The loom is using the Java Edition interface.

Dye[]

In Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education, lapis lazuli can be:

Smithing ingredient[]

IngredientsSmithing recipeDescription
Any Armor Trim +
Any Armor Piece +
Lapis Lazuli
Upgrade Gear

All armor types can be used in this recipe,
a netherite chestplate is shown as an example.
Trim color palette

The following color palette is shown on the designs on trimmed armor:

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
Lapis Lazulilapis_lazuliItemitem.minecraft.lapis_lazuli

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormTranslation key
Lapis Lazulilapis_lazulidye / 4414Itemitem.dye.blue.name

Advancements[]

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Resource location
Advancement-plain-rawInvicon Enchanted BookEnchanter
Enchant an item at an Enchanting Table Diamonds!Insert an item in an enchanting table, then apply an enchantment.story/enchant_item

History[]

Java Edition Beta
1.2Lapis Lazuli JE1 BE1 Added lapis lazuli.
1.2_02Lapis lazuli ore can now be found at bedrock level and now drops 4–8 lapis lazuli per block mined (increased from 1) on singleplayer only. However, servers have not been affected yet.
1.8Pre-releaseLapis lazuli can now be found in mineshaft chests.
Java Edition
1.4.212w34aLapis lazuli can now be used to dye leather armor and wolf collars.
1.4.612w49aLapis lazuli can now be crafted with gunpowder to create a firework star.
1.6.113w19aLapis lazuli can now be used to craft blue stained clay.
1.7.213w41aLapis lazuli can now be used to craft blue stained glass.
1.814w02aEnchanting now requires lapis lazuli. Different enchantments require different amounts of levels and different amounts of levels now require different amounts of lapis lazuli (between 1-3).
Cleric villagers now sell 1–2 lapis lazuli for 1 emerald, making it a renewable resource.
14w30aLapis lazuli can now be used to dye banners.
1.915w44aThe average yield of lapis lazuli in mineshaft chests has been decreased.
1.1116w39aAdded the ability to dye shulker boxes.
1.1217w06aCan now be used to craft blue concrete powder.
17w15aAdded the ability to dye beds.
1.1317w47aThe different data values for the dye ID have been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 351.
18w11aLapis lazuli now generates in shipwreck chests.
1.1418w43aLapis lazuli can now be used to craft blue dye.
Lapis lazuli can no longer be used as a dye.
All of the dye-related functions and crafting recipes of lapis lazuli (except lapis lazuli blocks) have been transferred to blue dye.
Lapis Lazuli JE2 BE2 The texture of lapis lazuli has been changed.
18w50aLapis lazuli can now be found in chests in village temples.
19w13aCleric villagers now give lapis lazuli to players under the Hero of the Village effect.
1.1721w08aLapis lazuli can now drop and be smelted from deepslate lapis lazuli ore.
1.20
(Experimental)
23w04aLapis lazuli can now be used as an armor trim material.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.0Lapis Lazuli JE1 BE1 Added lapis lazuli.
v0.3.2Lapis lazuli can now be crafted into lapis lazuli blocks, and vice versa.
v0.12.1build 1Lapis lazuli is now required for enchanting.
v0.14.0build 1Lapis lazuli can now be found inside minecart with chests in mineshafts.
Lapis lazuli can now be used to dye water in cauldrons.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4alpha 1.0.4.0Cleric villagers now sell 1–2 lapis lazuli for 1 emerald.
Lapis lazuli can now be used to dye shulker shells.
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Lapis lazuli can now be used to dye shulker boxes and beds.
Lapis lazuli can now be used to craft blue concrete powder.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2Lapis lazuli can now be used to dye banners, firework stars and glass.
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2Lapis lazuli can now be found in shipwreck treasure chests.
beta 1.2.20.1Lapis lazuli can now be used to craft balloons and glow sticks.
1.8.0beta 1.8.0.10Lapis lazuli can now be used to craft blue dyes.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Lapis lazuli are now sold by wandering traders.
Lapis Lazuli JE2 BE2 The texture of lapis lazuli has been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Lapis lazuli can now be found in desert village temple chests.
beta 1.11.0.4Cleric villagers now sell one lapis lazuli for one emerald.
1.16.100beta 1.16.100.56The ID of lapis lazuli has been changed from dye/4 to lapis_lazuli.
1.17.0beta 1.16.230.52Lapis lazuli can now drop and be smelted from deepslate lapis lazuli ore.
1.19.80beta 1.19.80.21Lapis lazuli can now be used as an armor trim material.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.0 Patch 11.0.1Lapis Lazuli JE1 BE1 Added lapis lazuli.
TU31CU19 1.22 Patch 3Lapis lazuli can now be used in enchanting.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90Lapis Lazuli JE2 BE2 The texture of lapis lazuli has been changed.

Issues[]

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

Trivia[]

  • In real life, lapis lazuli is a blue gem that can be ground and processed into ultramarine pigment. Lapis lazuli pigment has been famously used in the production of illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, and cave paintings. See the Wikipedia article for more information.
  • Lapis lazuli is the only ore that can be used as a dye[BE only] or making a dye.
  • It is the only item that can be put in the second slot of an enchantment table.

References[]

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