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Prismarine
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Prismarine

An aqua-colored block that subtly shifts color over time, found in ocean monuments. It is crafted from four prismarine shards.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.8

Item ID

prismarine

Prismarine at a glance

Prismarine comes from crafting it and mining, and Utility Blocks is where Prismarine sits as a block. Stack Prismarine 64 high, 576 Prismarine across a hotbar, 1728 Prismarine in a shulker box of Prismarine, and a double chest of Prismarine takes 3456.

Hardness 1.5 is what Prismarine is worth in the block data. For explosions the number that counts is 6. The tool tag on Prismarine is a pickaxe, with no tier requirement behind it. Prismarine sits between Poppy and Prismarine Bricks in Utility Blocks, number 250 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe for Prismarine

Crafting
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How to obtain Prismarine

  • Crafting
  • Mining

Notes on Prismarine

Crafted from 4 Prismarine Shards. Generates in ocean monuments.

Frequently asked questions about Prismarine

  1. Prismarine Shard going into Prismarine, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Prismarine in Minecraft?

    Prismarine is crafted from Prismarine Shard at a Crafting Table, Prismarine in one step. Prismarine also comes from mining, not just the Prismarine recipe above.

  2. Prismarine coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.8

    When was Prismarine added to Minecraft?

    Prismarine was added in version 1.8.

  3. Prismarine on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Prismarine used for?

    An aqua-colored block that subtly shifts color over time, found in ocean monuments. It is crafted from four prismarine shards.

  4. Prismarine as a block, next to the pickaxe its 1.5 hardness asks for

    How long does Prismarine take to break?

    The block data for Prismarine holds 1.5 for hardness on Prismarine and 6 for blast resistance. Prismarine is not equally easy both ways, since the two figures on Prismarine pull apart. The tool tag on Prismarine is a pickaxe, with no tier requirement behind it. Java 26.2 defines Prismarine here, so no timing of our own went into Prismarine.

  5. 64 Prismarine drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Prismarine can you stack?

    256 Prismarine Shard is what 64 Prismarine costs, so filling one Prismarine slot is 64 crafts of Prismarine. 36 inventory slots of Prismarine is 2,304 Prismarine carried at once.

Building with Prismarine

Prismarine is built from prismarine shards, and it shifts colour slowly as you look at it, which no other block does. Ocean monuments are made of it, so most of what a player owns came home from a guardian farm rather than from a crafting table.

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