How do you get Lapis Lazuli in Minecraft?

Lapis Lazuli is obtained through mining, Lapis Lazuli from trading with villagers, and Lapis Lazuli from chest loot. You never craft Lapis Lazuli; 2 recipes spend it.

Where do you find Lapis Lazuli in chests?

Lapis Lazuli is chest loot in shipwreck treasure chests (about 62%, 1 to 10 at a time), village temple chests (about 25%, 1 to 4 at a time), and abandoned mineshaft chests (about 14%, 4 to 9 at a time). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

What is Lapis Lazuli used for?

Lapis Lazuli is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Block of Lapis Lazuli and Blue Dye.

When was Lapis Lazuli added to Minecraft?

Lapis Lazuli was added in the early Alpha development period.

How many Lapis Lazuli can you stack?

Lapis Lazuli at 64 a slot, and Block of Lapis Lazuli takes 9 per craft, so a full slot is 7 Block of Lapis Lazuli with nothing left over. A double chest of Lapis Lazuli comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

Miscellaneous

Lapis Lazuli

A blue mineral mined from lapis lazuli ore. It is required as fuel for the enchanting table and is used as a blue dye.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Lapis Lazuli at a glance

Mining, trading with villagers, and chest loot give you Lapis Lazuli, an item filed under Miscellaneous. Stack Lapis Lazuli 64 high: 576 across a hotbar, 1728 in a shulker box, and 3456 in a double chest.

Lapis Lazuli additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Block of Lapis Lazuli and Blue Dye. Of the 3 kinds of generated chest that can hold Lapis Lazuli, shipwreck treasure chests are the best bet at about 62% per chest. It sits between Item Frame and Lava Bucket in Miscellaneous, number 72 of 147 there.

Used to craft

2 items take Lapis Lazuli on the crafting grid, Block of Lapis Lazuli and Blue Dye among them, with Utility Blocks accounting for 1. Each link below opens that recipe with Lapis Lazuli in the grid.

How to obtain

Mining
Trading
Chest loot

Cooking

Lapis Lazuli comes out of Deepslate Lapis Ore and Lapis Ore, and a blast furnace or a furnace will each do it. Timing runs from 5 seconds in the blast furnace to 10 in the furnace. Each Lapis Lazuli hands back 0.2 experience, and 64 Lapis Lazuli make 12.8.

Notes

Acts as Blue Dye and is consumed alongside experience when enchanting items. Nine craft into a Block of Lapis Lazuli.

Frequently asked questions about Lapis Lazuli

How do you get Lapis Lazuli in Minecraft?
Lapis Lazuli is obtained through mining, Lapis Lazuli from trading with villagers, and Lapis Lazuli from chest loot. You never craft Lapis Lazuli; 2 recipes spend it.
Where do you find Lapis Lazuli in chests?
Lapis Lazuli is chest loot in shipwreck treasure chests (about 62%, 1 to 10 at a time), village temple chests (about 25%, 1 to 4 at a time), and abandoned mineshaft chests (about 14%, 4 to 9 at a time). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.
What is Lapis Lazuli used for?
Lapis Lazuli is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Block of Lapis Lazuli and Blue Dye.
How do you cook Lapis Lazuli?
Lapis Lazuli comes out of Deepslate Lapis Ore and Lapis Ore, and a blast furnace or a furnace will each do it. Timing runs from 5 seconds in the blast furnace to 10 in the furnace. Each Lapis Lazuli hands back 0.2 experience, and 64 Lapis Lazuli make 12.8.
When was Lapis Lazuli added to Minecraft?
Lapis Lazuli was added in the early Alpha development period.
How many Lapis Lazuli can you stack?
Lapis Lazuli at 64 a slot, and Block of Lapis Lazuli takes 9 per craft, so a full slot is 7 Block of Lapis Lazuli with nothing left over. A double chest of Lapis Lazuli comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

Building with it

Lapis is the enchanting resource: every enchantment at a table costs up to three of it alongside the levels. It also makes blue dye and the lapis block, but with enchanting on the table most of what a player mines goes straight into the slot beside the book.

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