Obtaining
Blocks of emerald can only be mined using an iron or diamond pickaxe.
Block | Block of Emerald | |
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Hardness | 5 | |
Tool | ||
Breaking "Punch" redirects here. For the enchantment, see Enchanting#Punch. The Player punches trees and gets wood (click to view animation). Breaking, digging, punching, or mining is one of the most fundamental activities in Minecraft, performed (by time | ||
Hand | 25 | |
Wooden | 12.5 | |
Stone | 6.25 | |
Iron | 1.25 | |
Diamond | 0.95 | |
Golden | 2.1 |
- ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.
Info
A block of emerald is a decorative mineral block.
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Crafting
Usage
Blocks of emerald are often used to store emeralds in a compact fashion, or otherwise used as an expensive construction block.
Beacons
Blocks of emerald can be used to "power" a beacon Beacon Type Block Entity Physics No Transparency PC, CE: Yes PE: No Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 15 Hardness 3 Tool Any tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No First appearances See History Drops . The beacon can be powered by a 3⃗3 square of emerald blocks underneath it, and can optionally also include a 5⃗5, 7⃗7 and 9⃗9 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 Block of Iron Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 42 hex: 2A bin: 101010 Name iron_block See the solid Blocks of , blocks of gold Block of Gold Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 41 hex: 29 bin: 101001 Name gold_block See the solid Blocks of , and blocks of diamond Block of Diamond Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 57 hex: 39 bin: 111001 Name diamond_block See the solid Blocks of .
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 |
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Emerald | Block of Emerald |
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Issues
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Crafting
Block of Emerald | x9 Emerald (Shapeless recipe) | |||||
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Emerald | Emerald | Emerald | None | None | None | |
Emerald | Emerald | Emerald | None |