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Emerald
Miscellaneous

Emerald

A gem used as the primary currency when trading with villagers. It is mined from emerald ore in mountain biomes.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Miscellaneous

Version Added

1.3.1

Item ID

emerald

Emerald at a glance

Trading with villagers, mining, and chest loot give you Emerald, an item filed under Miscellaneous. A slot of Emerald holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest.

Emerald additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Block of Emerald. Of the 23 kinds of generated chest that can hold Emerald, shipwreck treasure chests are the best bet at about 74% per chest. It sits between Egg and Empty Map in Miscellaneous, number 38 of 147 there.

Used to craft

Only Block of Emerald uses Emerald as an ingredient, so this list runs to a single link. Every name in the list has a page of its own, grid included, with Emerald in it.

How to obtain

  • Trading
  • Mining
  • Chest loot

Cooking

Put Deepslate Emerald Ore and Emerald Ore in a blast furnace or a furnace and out comes Emerald. Timing runs from 5 seconds in the blast furnace to 10 in the furnace. Each Emerald hands back 1 experience, and 64 Emerald make 64.

Mobs that drop it

2 different mobs drop Emerald, Evoker and Vindicator, and the best of them leave 0 to 1 a kill. Looting III turns Evoker into 4 Emerald instead of 1, 1 per level.

Notes

Villagers buy and sell goods for emeralds. Nine emeralds craft into a Block of Emerald.

Frequently asked questions about Emerald

  1. Trading leading to Emerald, the way this answer says Emerald arrives

    How do you get Emerald in Minecraft?

    Emerald is obtained through trading with villagers, Emerald from mining, and Emerald from chest loot. It is not craftable, but it is an ingredient in 1 recipe.

  2. Several Emerald at once, the way a kill drops them

    Which mobs drop Emerald?

    2 different mobs drop Emerald, Evoker and Vindicator, and the best of them leave 0 to 1 a kill. Looting III turns Evoker into 4 Emerald instead of 1, 1 per level.

  3. A chest beside Emerald, the loot this answer lists

    Where do you find Emerald in chests?

    Emerald is chest loot in shipwreck treasure chests (about 74%, 1 to 5 at a time), buried treasure (about 53%, 4 to 8 at a time), ominous trial chamber vaults (about 33%, 4 to 10 at a time), and village armorer chests (about 32%). It shows up in 23 kinds of chest in total. Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

  4. Emerald turning into Block of Emerald, two of the recipes it feeds

    What is Emerald used for?

    Emerald is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Block of Emerald.

  5. Emerald coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.3.1

    When was Emerald added to Minecraft?

    Emerald was added in version 1.3.1.

  6. 64 Emerald drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Emerald can you stack?

    Emerald at 64 a slot, and Block of Emerald takes 9 per craft, so a full slot is 7 Block of Emerald with nothing left over. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.

  7. The raw item going into a furnace and coming out as Emerald

    How do you cook Emerald?

    Put Deepslate Emerald Ore and Emerald Ore in a blast furnace or a furnace and out comes Emerald. Timing runs from 5 seconds in the blast furnace to 10 in the furnace. Each Emerald hands back 1 experience, and 64 Emerald make 64.

Building with it

Emeralds are the rarest ore in the overworld and, unusually, the least worth mining: villagers hand them out for crops, sticks and iron by the stack. That trading route is why a wheat farm and a librarian are worth more than any emerald vein.

Related Astroworld Resources

Villager trades for Emerald

What villagers ask for Emerald on Astroworld Trades

Evoker drops Emerald

The Evoker page on Astroworld Mobs, where Emerald is listed as a drop

Vindicator drops Emerald

The Vindicator page on Astroworld Mobs, where Emerald is listed as a drop

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