Emerald

Obtaining

See also: Trading

Info

Emerald

Type	Raw materials
Durability	N/A
Renewable A renewable resource (as opposed to a non-renewable, or finite, resource) is a resource that can be recreated indefinitely in survival without exploiting glitches or using commands. While running out of resources isn t likely to	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
First appearances	See History
Data value	dec:388 hex:184 bin:110000100
Name See values from the latest PCPersonal Computer version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	emerald

	“	Ah, to be minted with the green stuff. To swan about the villages of the Overworld with pockets bursting with emeralds. “Ho there, villager!” you would bellow, tossing a few emeralds for a handful of carrots. You’d never need farm again!	„
		—Alex Wiltshire

Emeralds are an uncommon material, and are the currency used in villager Villager Health points 20 () Size Adult: Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.975 Blocks Width: 0.3 Blocks Spawn Village When a zombie villager is cured First appearances See History Drops None Experience trading All villager trades, separated by profession. The trading system is a gameplay mechanic that allows players to trade emeralds for items (and vice-versa) with villagers. Contents 1 Functionality 1.1 Brown Robed Villager 1.2 White Robed .

Videos

Mining

Emerald ore Emerald Ore Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 15 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Experience Mined: 3–7 Smelted: 1 Drops Emerald (1) Data value dec: 129 hex: 81 bin: 10000001 Name emerald_ore Emerald ore is is mined using an iron or diamond pickaxe Pickaxe Type Tools Durability Wood: 60 Uses Stone: 132 Uses Iron: 251 Uses Golden: 33 Uses Diamond: 1562 Uses Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See data values Name See data values Pickaxes are one and will drop one emerald. If the pickaxe is enchanted with fortune, it may drop an extra emerald per level of Fortune "Flame" redirects here. For the non-solid damage-dealing block, see Fire. “ How does enchanting work in Minecraft? Well, you open a magical book and pick a random spell, not quite sure knowing what it will , up to a maximum of 4 with Fortune III. If the ore is mined using a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch "Flame" redirects here. For the non-solid damage-dealing block, see Fire. “ How does enchanting work in Minecraft? Well, you open a magical book and pick a random spell, not quite sure knowing what it will , it will drop itself instead of emeralds.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid recipe
Block of Emerald	9

Smelting

Natural generation

Emeralds can be found in 7.7% of igloo Igloo Biome Ice Plains, Cold Taiga Consists of Snow White Carpet Light Gray Carpet Ice (Packed Ice in Pocket Edition.) Redstone Torch Furnace Bed (Brown Bed, Light Blue Bed or White Bed) in Pocket Edition. chests in stacks of 1, in 18.2% of desert temple chests and 10.5% of jungle temple Jungle Temple Biome Jungle Consists of See Blocks Can generate post-generation No First appearances See History Jungle temples are generated structures found in jungle biomes. Contents 1 Generation 2 Structure 2.1 Puzzle 2.2 Trap 2.3 chests in stacks of 1⃢₀ₓ3, and in 9.1% of End city End City Biome The End Consists of See Structure First appearances See History “ End Cities, replete with End Ships, Chorus Plants, Chorus Flowers and Purpur blocks. Not all is as it seems, however - chests in stacks of 2⃢₀ₓ6.

In Pocket Edition they can also be found in village blacksmith chests.

Drops

Vindicators Vindicator Health points 24 ( × 12) Attack strength Easy: 7 () Normal: 13 () Hard: 19 () Size Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Woodland Mansion Common drops Emerald (0–1) Natural equipment Iron and Evokers Evoker Health points 24 ( × 12) Attack strength 6 () Size Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Woodland Mansion Drops Totem of Undying Emerald (0–1) Experience 10 Internal ID PC: 34 PE: 104 will drop 0-1 emeralds upon death.

Trading

Emeralds are primarily used as currency for trading All villager trades, separated by profession. The trading system is a gameplay mechanic that allows players to trade emeralds for items (and vice-versa) with villagers. Contents 1 Functionality 1.1 Brown Robed Villager 1.2 White Robed with villagers. Trading is a much easier and less time consuming way to obtain emeralds than mining is.

Crafting ingredient

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	Ingredients	Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid recipe
Block of Emerald	Emerald

Achievements

Icon	Achievement Pocket Edition & Console Edition only The popup that appears when an achievement is earned. "The End?" and "The End." redirect here. For the dimension, see The End. Certain names of achievements redirect here. For	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
				Xbox	PS	Pocket	Wii U
	The Haggler	Mine or purchase 30 Emeralds.	You can do this in different worlds.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	30G	Silver
		Acquire or spend 30 Emeralds by trading with villagers.

Advancements

Icon	Advancement Java Edition Only “ The system as a whole is called "advancements", which is aimed at guiding & tracking players progress through the game (in vanilla survival and any custom additions by mapmakers or mods).	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Internal ID
	What a Deal!	Successfully trade with a Villager	Adventure	⃢₀ₔ	minecraft:adventure/trade

Video

History

Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These featuresSpecial attraction only exist in outdated versions of
0.31 This is not an official version history or changelog. For the official list, please visit the Minecraft website. For versions 1.11 and prior, please check the Mojang website. For versions prior to Beta 1.8, please					On Jan. 29th, 2010, Diamonds Diamond Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 264 hex: 108 bin: 100001000 Name diamond See the gem. For the ore, see Diamond Ore. For were added. In the code, they were referred to as emeralds.
Official releaseAnnounce Minecraft 1.0 Starting version 1.0.0 (Nov. 18th, 2011) Latest version 1.12 Paid Yes Website http://www.minecraft.net/ See the official release of Minecraft for the PC. For the version, see 1.0.0. For the first
May 21, 2012					Jeb Jens Bergensten Real name Jens Bergensten Date of birth May 18, 1979 (age 38) 1] 2] Occupation Lead creative designer Nationality Swedish Languages English, Swedish 3] Spouse Jenny Bergensten 4] Children 1 5] Website oxeyegames.com Known released a screenshot of himself testing the trading All villager trades, separated by profession. The trading system is a gameplay mechanic that allows players to trade emeralds for items (and vice-versa) with villagers. Contents 1 Functionality 1.1 Brown Robed Villager 1.2 White Robed system. At this time, what would become Emeralds were Rubies. Rubies can still be found in the (at this time unused) file "items.png", and look like this: .
1.3.1 1.3.1 Release date Aug. 1, 2012 Development versions View all Snapshots 12w15a 12w16a 12w17a 12w18a 12w19a 12w21a 12w21b 12w22a 12w23a 12w23b 12w24a 12w25a 12w26a 12w27a 12w30a 12w30b 12w30c 12w30d 12w30e Pre-releases 1.3-pre 1.3.1-pre Download Client			12w21a 12w21a Type Snapshot Release date May 24, 2012 1] Snapshot for 1.3.1 Download Client Server .exe ◄◄ 1.2.5 ◄ 12w19a 12w21b ► 1.3.2 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, see		Added emeralds and emerald ore Emerald Ore Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 15 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Experience Mined: 3–7 Smelted: 1 Drops Emerald (1) Data value dec: 129 hex: 81 bin: 10000001 Name emerald_ore Emerald ore is . Emeralds could be traded with villagers in exchange for different items.
					Added desert temples Desert Temple Biome Desert Consists of See Blocks Can generate post-generation No First appearances See History Desert temples are generated structures. Contents 1 Generation 2 Structure 2.1 Loot 2.2 Blocks 3 Video 4 History 5 , with a hidden chest room and loot containing emeralds.
			12w22a 12w22a Type Snapshot Release date May 31, 2012 1] Snapshot for 1.3.1 Download Client Server .exe ◄◄ 1.2.5 ◄ 12w21b 12w23a ► 1.3.2 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, see		Block of emerald Block of Emerald Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 133 hex: 85 bin: 10000101 Name emerald_block See the mineral block. For was added, which is crafted from nine emeralds, and can be placed as a decorative block.
					Added jungle temples, which contain loot chests with emeralds.
1.4.2			12w32a		As zombie villagers can now spawn and be cured, emeralds can still be obtained in trades even if generated structures are disabled.
1.9			15w31a		Added to end city ship chests.
			15w43a		Added to igloo Igloo Biome Ice Plains, Cold Taiga Consists of Snow White Carpet Light Gray Carpet Ice (Packed Ice in Pocket Edition.) Redstone Torch Furnace Bed (Brown Bed, Light Blue Bed or White Bed) in Pocket Edition. basement chests.
			15w44a		Increased average yield from desert temple chests.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.9.0			build 1		Added emeralds.
			build 5		Added the recipe to craft emerald blocks.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4			build 1		Emeralds are now used as "currency" for villager trading All villager trades, separated by profession. The trading system is a gameplay mechanic that allows players to trade emeralds for items (and vice-versa) with villagers. Contents 1 Functionality 1.1 Brown Robed Villager 1.2 White Robed .
Console Edition
TU14	CU1	1.04	Patch 1		Added emeralds.

Issues

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Gallery

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  The first image of the trading system released by Jeb. What would become Emeralds can be seen in the inventory space.

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  A wall of emerald ore Emerald Ore Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 15 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Experience Mined: 3–7 Smelted: 1 Drops Emerald (1) Data value dec: 129 hex: 81 bin: 10000001 Name emerald_ore Emerald ore is utilizing a previous texture in snapshot 12w21a.

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  All forms of emeralds in one photo⃂: Emerald ( in the form of block, ore and the emerald itself ).

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  The previous texture of emerald in 12w21a, a Ruby.

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  An old version of the Ruby, which later became the Emerald.

Contents

Sources

Emeralds can be mined from Emerald Ore, which can only be found in Extreme Hills Biomes and Roofed Forest Biomes, making them extremely rare to find. Emeralds will only drop when mined with a Pickaxe made of Iron or Diamond.

Emeralds can also be found in Villages, as they are the main currency used in the Villager trading system, replacing the Ruby, an item found in older versions of Minecraft.

Emeralds can rarely be found in the chests of Desert and Jungle Temples, similarly to many other ore materials.

An Emerald may also drop when a player kills a Vindicator or Evoker.

Uses

Crafting