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Emerald

Items Materials

Emeralds are the principal currency exchanged with villagers and wandering traders, and a comparatively rare mineral found in mountain biomes.

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Versioned source data

Edition availability

01

Java Edition

Source version 26.1
Registry ID
900
Source display name
Emerald
Maximum stack
64

Bedrock Edition

Source version 1.26.60
Registry ID
523
Source display name
Emerald
Maximum stack
64
Component-based
No
Source version tag
Unclassified by source

From the recipe registry

Crafting recipe

Java · 26.1

Recipe data is supplied for Java Edition only in this source. Bedrock recipes are not inferred.

Field guide

Item details

How to obtain

  • Trade goods to villagers or wandering traders for emeralds; villagers also buy a range of items from players. Source
  • Mine emerald ore with an iron pickaxe or better, or find emeralds in selected structure chests and illager drops. Source

Practical uses

  • Spend emeralds in villager and wandering-trader offers; this is their primary practical use. Source
  • Emeralds can also pay for beacon powers and provide the emerald color when applying armor trims. Source

Crafting & processing

  • Nine emeralds craft into an emerald block, and one block can be unpacked into nine emeralds. Crafting grid Source

Mechanics

  • Fortune can increase the number dropped by emerald ore, while Silk Touch collects the ore block itself. Source
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Reverse recipe lookup · Java · 26.1

Used In · Crafting recipes

Used in 1 output

Recorded Java recipe outputs that use Emerald. Bedrock recipe data is not included.

Block of Emerald 1 recorded recipe
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Uses Emerald × 9 · makes 1 Block of Emerald

Block of Emerald1 crafted