Block of Emerald

Block of Emerald

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	33 EMERALD
Note block instrument	Bit
Sulfur cube archetype	Slow Bouncy

A block of emerald, internally known as an emerald block, is a mineral block equivalent to nine emeralds.

Obtaining

Breaking

Mining blocks of emerald requires an iron pickaxe or better.

Block	Block of Emerald
Hardness	5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	125 (JE) 25 (BE)
Wooden	112.5 (JE) 12.5 (BE)
Stone	16.25 (JE) 6.25 (BE)
Copper	15.05 (JE) 5 (BE)
Iron	11.25 (JE) 1.25 (BE)
Diamond	10.95 (JE) 0.95 (BE)
Netherite	10.85 (JE) 0.85 (BE)
Golden	12.1 (JE) 2.1 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

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

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Emerald

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Block of Emerald	Trial Chambers	Corridor pot	1	1.4% { "item": "Block of Emerald", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.014245014245014231, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Corridor pot" }
		Ominous vault	1	13.8% { "item": "Block of Emerald", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.13793103448275867, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Ominous vault" }
		Intersection chest	1–3	11.2% { "item": "Block of Emerald", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.11183763693762816, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Intersection chest" }

Usage

Blocks of emerald can be used to store emeralds in a compact fashion or used as decorative blocks.

Beacons

Blocks of emerald can be used to "power" a beacon. The beacon can be powered by a 3×3 square of emerald blocks underneath it, and can optionally also include a 5×5, 7×7, and 9×9 layer in the shape of a pyramid under the original layer to increase the effects from the beacon. The layers do not have to be entirely emerald blocks, as they may also contain blocks of iron, blocks of gold, blocks of netherite, and blocks of diamond.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Emerald	Block of Emerald	9

Sounds

Blocks of emerald use "metal" sounds, despite emerald not being a metal.^[1]

Java Edition:

metal sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.metal.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	1.2	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.metal.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	1.2	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.metal.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.75	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.metal.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	1.25	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.metal.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.5	16

Bedrock Edition:

metal sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	1.1–1.2
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.stone	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	1.2–1.25
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.3	0.75
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.35	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.22	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Block of Emerald	emerald_block	Block & Item	beacon_base_blocks	block.minecraft.emerald_block

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Block of Emerald	emerald_block	133	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.emerald_block.name

Videos

History

When diamond blocks were added in Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100128-2200, they were known until 0.31 20100129-2332 as emerald blocks.

Development

May 28, 2012							Jeb tweeted an image featuring a room containing redstone lamps and blocks of emerald.
July 21, 2017							Showed new texture of block of emerald.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.3.1			12w22a				Added blocks of emerald.
1.4.2			12w32a				Blocks of emerald can now be used to construct beacon pyramids.
1.4.4			1.4.3				Blocks of emerald can no longer be mined using wooden or stone pickaxes.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of blocks of emerald has been changed.
			18w50a				The texture of blocks of emerald has been changed, again.
			19w08a				The texture of blocks of emerald has been changed, once again.
			19w09a				Blocks of emerald can now be used to play the bit, if they are under note blocks.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Blocks of emerald can now be found in trial chambers intersection chests and decorated pots.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w13a				Blocks of emerald can now be obtained from ominous vaults.
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb blocks of emerald, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
			snap6				Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0			build 1				Added blocks of emerald.
v0.16.0			build 4				Blocks of emerald can now be used to construct beacon pyramids.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of blocks of emerald has been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.5				The texture of blocks of emerald has been changed, once again.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.9				Blocks of emerald can now be used to play the bit, if they are under note blocks.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Blocks of emerald can now be found in trial chambers intersection chests.
1.21.0 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.21.0.20				Blocks of emerald can now be obtained from ominous vaults.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb blocks of emerald, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
			Preview 26.30.27				Blocks of emerald's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU14	CU1	1.04	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added blocks of emerald.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Blocks of emerald can now be used to construct beacon pyramids.
			1.90				The texture of blocks of emerald has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added blocks of emerald.

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Block of Emerald" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  The first image of blocks of emerald released by Jens Bergensten
• 
  A teaser image released by Jens Bergensten of an updated block of emerald texture

See also

• Trading

External links

• "Block of the Week: Emerald" by Alex Wiltshire – Minecraft.net, April 21, 2017.

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