Rarity

For rarity in other games, see MCE:Rarity and MCD:Rarity.

Rarity is a statistic applied to items, blocks and advancements to signify their value and ease in obtaining. The only effect rarity has on an item is the color with which their name appears when selected in the hotbar, moused over in the inventory or produced via the /give command (but not when viewed in an item frame, the contents of a shulker box or via statistics),^{[needs in-game testing]} and has no effect on gameplay whatsoever.

The only way to change an item's rarity is to enchant it, which brings its rarity from Common or Uncommon to Rare, or from Rare to Epic.

Tiers

Rarity	Description	List	BE Color	JE Color
	Applies to most items.	All blocks/items not listed	White	White
	Mostly common treasure items, as well as drops from minor bosses.	Banner Pattern (Creeper) Banner Pattern (Skull) Bottle o' Enchanting Dragon's Breath Elytra Heads Heart of the Sea Nether Star Totem of Undying	White	Yellow
		Normal and goal advancements	N/A	Yellow
		Enchanted Book	Yellow	Yellow
	Items crafted from boss drops, as well as trickier to obtain treasures.	Beacon Conduit End Crystal	White	Cyan
		Enchanted armor, tools and weapons Golden Apple Music Discs	Cyan	Cyan
	Mostly reserved for extremely difficult-to-obtain treasures. Certain Creative-exclusive blocks and items are also contained here, however, exceptions exist (such as player heads, which are Uncommon).	Banner Pattern (Thing) Command Blocks Dragon Egg Structure Block Jigsaw Block	White	Magenta
		Challenge advancements	N/A	Magenta
		Enchanted Golden Apple	Magenta	Magenta
	Applies only to the Ominous Banner. This is technically not a rarity, and instead is a custom name color.	Ominous Banner	N/A	Orange

History

Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2			The tooltip of the golden apple is now magenta, making it the first item to have a tooltip with a color other than white.
?					Music discs have a cyan tooltip.
1.3.1		12w21a			Golden apples now have a cyan tooltip, and added enchanted golden apples, which have the same magenta tooltip color as normal golden apples previously did.
1.13		18w21a			Added different colored tooltips for certain items, based on their rarity.[more information needed]
		pre2			Rarity colors now display over the hotbar.
1.14		18w45a			Added Ominous rarity.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1		build 1			The tooltip for enchanted books is yellow, while enchanted items are cyan, making these items the first items to have a tooltip with a color other than white.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		?			Music discs now have a cyan tooltip.
1.12.0		beta 1.12.0.9			Golden apples now have a cyan tooltip, while enchanted golden apples have a magenta tooltip.

References

Gameplay

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