How do you get Prismarine Crystals in Minecraft?

Prismarine Crystals is obtained through mining. There is no recipe for Prismarine Crystals, but 1 recipe asks for them.

What is Prismarine Crystals used for?

Prismarine Crystals is a crafting ingredient, and Prismarine Crystals goes into Sea Lantern.

How many Prismarine Crystals can you stack?

A slot of Prismarine Crystals takes 64, and Sea Lantern takes 5 Prismarine Crystals per craft, so 64 Prismarine Crystals is 12 Sea Lantern and nothing left over.

Where do you find Prismarine Crystals in chests?

Prismarine Crystals is chest loot in one place and one only: buried treasure (about 53%, 1 to 5 at a time). No other generated chest in the game lists Prismarine Crystals, so that structure is the only place worth searching for Prismarine Crystals.

When was Prismarine Crystals added to Minecraft?

Prismarine Crystals was added in version 1.8.

Miscellaneous

Prismarine Crystals

A glowing item dropped by guardians and elder guardians, used together with prismarine shards to craft sea lanterns. It also drops from ocean monument loot.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Overview

Prismarine Crystals are items in the Miscellaneous category of Minecraft, obtained through mining. A single inventory slot holds a full stack of 64 Prismarine Crystals.

Prismarine Crystals additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Sea Lantern. Generated chests only ever hold Prismarine Crystals in one place: buried treasure (about 53%, 1 to 5 at a time).

Used to Craft

Prismarine Crystals is a crafting ingredient for 1 other item in Minecraft. Each one links to its own recipe and details page.

Sea Lantern

How to Obtain

Mining

Mobs That Drop Prismarine Crystals

You can get Prismarine Crystals off 2 mobs, and the richest of them give 1 per kill. Looting on Elder Guardian pays 1 more Prismarine Crystals a level, 1 becoming 4.

Notes

Combined with Prismarine Shards in a ring to craft a Sea Lantern. Dropped by guardians.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you get Prismarine Crystals in Minecraft?
Prismarine Crystals is obtained through mining. There is no recipe for Prismarine Crystals, but 1 recipe asks for them.
What is Prismarine Crystals used for?
Prismarine Crystals is a crafting ingredient, and Prismarine Crystals goes into Sea Lantern.
How many Prismarine Crystals can you stack?
A slot of Prismarine Crystals takes 64, and Sea Lantern takes 5 Prismarine Crystals per craft, so 64 Prismarine Crystals is 12 Sea Lantern and nothing left over.
Where do you find Prismarine Crystals in chests?
Prismarine Crystals is chest loot in one place and one only: buried treasure (about 53%, 1 to 5 at a time). No other generated chest in the game lists Prismarine Crystals, so that structure is the only place worth searching for Prismarine Crystals.
When was Prismarine Crystals added to Minecraft?
Prismarine Crystals was added in version 1.8.
Which mobs drop Prismarine Crystals?
You can get Prismarine Crystals off 2 mobs, and the richest of them give 1 per kill. Looting on Elder Guardian pays 1 more Prismarine Crystals a level, 1 becoming 4.