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"Amethyst Bud" redirects here. For the block that grows amethyst buds, see Budding Amethyst. For other uses, see Amethyst.Amethyst Cluster
| Renewable | Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Tool | 
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| Blast resistance | 1.5 |
| Hardness | 1.5 |
| Luminous | Small: Yes (1) Medium: Yes (2) Large: Yes (4) Cluster: Yes (5) |
| Transparent | Yes |
| Waterloggable | Yes |
| Flammable | No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
| Map color | 24 COLOR |
| Note block instrument | Default (Harp) |
Amethyst buds are the first three stages of growth of amethyst clusters, which grow on budding amethyst.
Amethyst clusters are the fourth and final growth stage of amethyst buds, which drop amethyst shards when mined.
Obtaining
Breaking
The amethyst cluster block drops itself in any of its growth stages (rather than its amethyst shard drops) when mined with any tool with the Silk Touch enchantment.
When mined without Silk Touch or broken by being pushed off an attached block by a piston or sticky piston, only fully grown amethyst clusters drop amethyst shards, while amethyst buds drop nothing. Breaking an amethyst cluster with a pickaxe drops 4 shards while any other method of breaking it yields 2 shards. The maximum amount of amethyst shards dropped can be increased with Fortune; Fortune I gives a 1⁄3 chance for 8 shards (averaging 5.33 shards), Fortune II gives a 25% chance (each) to give 8 or 12 shards (averaging 7 shards), and Fortune III gives a 20% chance (each) to give 8, 12, or 16 shards (averaging 8.8 shards).
Legend
- incorrect tool, drops nothing
- correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
- correct tool, drops the block itself
- italicized can be instant mined
- ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.
Natural generation
Amethyst buds and clusters generate naturally as part of amethyst geodes, on exposed faces of budding amethysts.
Post-generation
Every time a budding amethyst block receives a random tick, there is a 20% chance for a small amethyst bud to generate on any of its sides, as long as the block being replaced with the small amethyst bud is air or a water source block.
Usage
Growing
An amethyst bud placed on a budding amethyst (rather than any other block) regardless whether it was placed by the player or spawned by the budding amethyst itself, grows over time, going through three growth stages – small, medium, and large – before reaching its 4th and final growth stage as an amethyst cluster, which drops amethyst shards when mined.
In Java Edition, the below logic can be applied:
- Per random tick, updates occur to any given block in the loaded chunk every 68.27 seconds on average if the chunk center is within 128 blocks of a player's location.
- Each random tick assigned to the budding amethyst block has a 20% chance of triggering an update on a budding amethyst block. Thus, it takes 5 random ticks on average for a budding amethyst block to grow one of its faces by 1 stage.
- Of the 6 faces on a budding amethyst block, only one side is randomly selected to either accelerate by one growth stage or to develop a new bud. If the randomly-selected side is obstructed, then growth fails and nothing happens.
- Each budding amethyst requires 4 growth stages to reach maximum maturity and be gatherable.
As such, the math can be applied if a player is within random tick range as to calculate amethyst growth rate:
(68.27 seconds/1 random tick) × (5 random ticks/1 growth stage) × (4 growth stages/1 amethyst cluster) × (6 amethyst clusters/1 budding amethyst block) = 68.27×5×6×4 = 8192.4 seconds for an unobstructed budding amethyst block to fully grow each of its clusters. This time is equivalent to 2 hours 16 minutes 32.4 seconds or 6.827 in-game days.
Decoration
They can also be placed on certain other types of blocks for decoration. The block must be solid and have at least one side that form a full surface: for example, they can be placed on the bottom of stairs (or top of upside down stairs), but not on their side, or top. They can also be placed on the bottom of bottom slabs and on the top of top slabs. Of blocks that meet these criteria, some are still excluded.
Amethyst clusters cannot be placed on:
- All non-solid blocks
- Blocks without any full surfaces, like fences, fence gates, walls, glass panes, iron bars, lightning rods, chains, heads, grindstones, bells, lanterns, cauldrons, anvils, conduits, decorated pots, chests, and pointed dripstone
- Leaves
- Big dripleaf
- Honey blocks
- Chorus flowers
Light
Small, medium, and large amethyst buds give off a light level of 1, 2 and 4 respectively, while amethyst clusters give off a light level of 5.
Sound
Uniquely among other blocks, an amethyst cluster in all its growth stages makes a quiet overlay sound when generally interacted with, as well as its block breaking sound when hit with a projectile.
Sounds
List of sounds
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
 Small Amethyst Bud | small_amethyst_bud | Block & Item | block |
 Medium Amethyst Bud | medium_amethyst_bud | Block & Item | block |
 Large Amethyst Bud | large_amethyst_bud | Block & Item | block |
 Amethyst Cluster | amethyst_cluster | Block & Item | block |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Amethyst Bud | small_amethyst_bud | 587 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -332) |
tile |
| Medium Amethyst Bud | medium_amethyst_bud | 586 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -331) |
tile |
| Large Amethyst Bud | large_amethyst_bud | 585 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -330) |
tile |
| Amethyst Cluster | amethyst_cluster | 584 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -329) |
tile |
Block states
See also: Block states
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| facing | up | downeastnorthsouthupwest | The direction the amethyst is facing, determined by its anchoring. |
| waterlogged | false | truefalse | Whether or not the amethyst is located inside of water. |
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| minecraft:block_face | Not Supported | up | downeastnorthsouthupwest | Unsupported | The direction the amethyst is facing, determined by its anchoring. |
Videos
History
There is an associated page listing all historical changes related to the appearance and/or sounds associated with this block in further detail than below; see /Asset history.
Mention and announcement
| May 21, 2009 | Notch mentioned crystal blocks as a potential block type that can be found in the underground. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 3, 2020 |  Amethyst clusters are shown at Minecraft Live 2020. | ||||||
| October 20, 2020 |   Cory Scheviak reveals small and medium amethyst buds on Twitter. | ||||||
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.17 | 20w45a |       Added amethyst buds and amethyst clusters. | |||||
| 20w46a | Amethyst clusters can now be obtained with Silk Touch.[1] | ||||||
| 21w11a | Breaking amethyst clusters by hand, with a piston, or by other means now drops 2 amethyst shards instead of the 4 that it does when broken with a pickaxe. | ||||||
| Previously, only an iron pickaxe or higher could cause 4 amethyst shards to drop, and other means dropped nothing. | |||||||
| 21w17a | Removed unused 'lit' blockstate. | ||||||
| 21w18a | The item models for amethyst buds, except for the amethyst cluster, have been changed so they appear higher in inventory slots. | ||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.17.0 Experiment | beta 1.17.0.50 |     Added amethyst buds and amethyst clusters. | |||||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.17.0.52 | Amethyst buds and amethyst clusters are no longer available only in Experimental Gameplay. | |||||
| 1.20.30 | Preview 1.20.20.20 | Now uses the minecraft:block_face block state instead of facing_direction. | |||||
| 1.21.60 | Preview 1.21.60.21 | Changed the model to match Java Edition. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Amethyst Cluster", "Amethyst Bud", or "Amethyst Crystal" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Trivia
- While amethyst buds cannot be equipped in the head slot in Survival mode, equipping it using commands causes it to appear as a crown.
- Amethyst clusters are the only mineable blocks in the game that emit a light level of 5.
Gallery
Screenshots
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Amethyst buds cannot grow on their own, but they grow when their neighboring budding amethysts receive random ticks. -
The first image of amethyst buds
Development images
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An early version of the amethyst cluster's breaking sounds
