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Prismarine Crystals

Prismarine Crystals

Prismarine crystals are items dropped by guardians and elder guardians. They are used along with prismarine shards to craft sea lanterns.

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Contents (16)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Mining
  3. Mob loot
  4. Generated loot
  5. Usage
  6. Crafting ingredient
  7. Data values
  8. ID
  9. Videos
  10. History
  11. Java Edition
  12. Bedrock Edition
  13. Legacy Console Edition
  14. New Nintendo 3DS Edition
  15. Data history
  16. Issues
Prismarine Crystals
Prismarine Crystals.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Prismarine Crystals'
Invicon Prismarine Crystals.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Crystals in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Prismarine Crystals
Rarity tier
  Common
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)

Prismarine crystals are items dropped by guardians and elder guardians. They are used along with prismarine shards to craft sea lanterns.

Obtaining

Mining

Prismarine crystals are dropped by sea lanterns when not using a Silk Touch tool. They drop 2–3 crystals each time, which can be increased to a maximum of 5 using the Fortune enchantment.

Mob loot

Java Edition:

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Guardian0–140.00%0.400–240.00%0.600–340.00%0.800–440.00%1.00
Elder Guardian0–133.33%0.330–233.33%0.500–333.33%0.670–433.33%0.83
MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Guardian0–12⁄52⁄50–22⁄53⁄50–32⁄54⁄50–42⁄51
Elder Guardian0–11⁄31⁄30–21⁄31⁄20–31⁄32⁄30–41⁄35⁄6
MobAmountProbability
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Guardian03⁄5 (60.00%)3⁄5 (60.00%)3⁄5 (60.00%)3⁄5 (60.00%)
12⁄5 (40.00%)1⁄5 (20.00%)1⁄10 (10.00%)1⁄15 (6.67%)
201⁄5 (20.00%)1⁄5 (20.00%)2⁄15 (13.33%)
3001⁄10 (10.00%)2⁄15 (13.33%)
40001⁄15 (6.67%)
Average2⁄5 (0.40)3⁄5 (0.60)4⁄5 (0.80)1 (1.00)
Elder Guardian02⁄3 (66.67%)2⁄3 (66.67%)2⁄3 (66.67%)2⁄3 (66.67%)
11⁄3 (33.33%)1⁄6 (16.67%)1⁄12 (8.33%)1⁄18 (5.56%)
201⁄6 (16.67%)1⁄6 (16.67%)1⁄9 (11.11%)
3001⁄12 (8.33%)1⁄9 (11.11%)
40001⁄18 (5.56%)
Average1⁄3 (0.33)1⁄2 (0.50)2⁄3 (0.67)5⁄6 (0.83)
Drops1
MobExpected Number of Kills
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Guardian2.501.671.251.00
Elder Guardian3.002.001.501.20

Bedrock Edition:

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Guardian0–140.00%0.400–240.00%0.600–340.00%0.800–440.00%1.00
Elder Guardian0–133.33%0.330–233.33%0.500–333.33%0.670–433.33%0.83
MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Guardian0–12⁄52⁄50–22⁄53⁄50–32⁄54⁄50–42⁄51
Elder Guardian0–11⁄31⁄30–21⁄31⁄20–31⁄32⁄30–41⁄35⁄6
MobAmountProbability
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Guardian03⁄5 (60.00%)3⁄5 (60.00%)3⁄5 (60.00%)3⁄5 (60.00%)
12⁄5 (40.00%)1⁄5 (20.00%)1⁄10 (10.00%)1⁄15 (6.67%)
201⁄5 (20.00%)1⁄5 (20.00%)2⁄15 (13.33%)
3001⁄10 (10.00%)2⁄15 (13.33%)
40001⁄15 (6.67%)
Average2⁄5 (0.40)3⁄5 (0.60)4⁄5 (0.80)1 (1.00)
Elder Guardian02⁄3 (66.67%)2⁄3 (66.67%)2⁄3 (66.67%)2⁄3 (66.67%)
11⁄3 (33.33%)1⁄6 (16.67%)1⁄12 (8.33%)1⁄18 (5.56%)
201⁄6 (16.67%)1⁄6 (16.67%)1⁄9 (11.11%)
3001⁄12 (8.33%)1⁄9 (11.11%)
40001⁄18 (5.56%)
Average1⁄3 (0.33)1⁄2 (0.50)2⁄3 (0.67)5⁄6 (0.83)
Drops1
MobExpected Number of Kills
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Guardian2.501.671.251.00
Elder Guardian3.002.001.501.20

Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Prismarine Crystals Buried Treasure Chest 1–5 53.1%
{ "item": "Prismarine Crystals", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.5308641975308642, "structure": "Buried Treasure", "container": "Chest" }

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Sea Lantern Prismarine Shard +
Prismarine Crystals
Invicon Prismarine Shard.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Shard in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Prismarine Shard with description: Prismarine ShardInvicon Prismarine Crystals.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Crystals in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Prismarine CrystalsInvicon Prismarine Shard.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Shard in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Prismarine Shard with description: Prismarine ShardInvicon Prismarine Crystals.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Crystals in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Prismarine CrystalsInvicon Prismarine Crystals.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Crystals in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Prismarine CrystalsInvicon Prismarine Crystals.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Crystals in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Prismarine CrystalsInvicon Prismarine Shard.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Shard in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Prismarine Shard with description: Prismarine ShardInvicon Prismarine Crystals.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Crystals in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Prismarine CrystalsInvicon Prismarine Shard.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Shard in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Prismarine Shard with description: Prismarine Shard
Invicon Sea Lantern.png: Inventory sprite for Sea Lantern in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Sea Lantern with description: Sea Lantern
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Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite prismarine-crystals.png: Sprite image for prismarine-crystals in Minecraft Prismarine Crystalsprismarine_crystalsItem item.minecraft.prismarine_crystals

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite prismarine-crystals.png: Sprite image for prismarine-crystals in Minecraft Prismarine Crystalsprismarine_crystals549Item item.prismarine_crystals.name

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.814w25a Added prismarine crystals.
1.915w43a The chance of guardians and elder guardians dropping prismarine crystals upon death has been increased, from 33% to 40%.
15w43b The chance of elder guardians dropping crystals upon death has now been reverted back to 33%. However, the chance for guardians to drop them is still 40%.
1.1318w10a Prismarine crystals now generate in buried treasure chests.
1.1418w43a The texture of prismarine crystals has been changed.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.16.0build 1 Added prismarine crystals.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2 Prismarine crystals can now be found inside buried treasure chests.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of prismarine crystals has been changed.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3 Added prismarine crystals.
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 Prismarine crystals can now be found inside buried treasure chests.
1.90 The texture of prismarine crystals has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.3.12 Added prismarine crystals.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47a Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 410.

Issues

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