Minecraft:Lapis Lazuli

Lapis lazuli is a mineral required to Minecraft:enchant items in an Minecraft:enchanting table. It is also a source of Minecraft:blue dye.

Obtaining

Mining

When mined with a Minecraft:stone pickaxe or better, Minecraft:lapis lazuli ore or deepslate lapis lazuli ore drops 4–9 lapis lazuli. With the Minecraft:Fortune III enchantment, a single block has a chance of dropping up to 36 items. The ore is most common at y level -2.

Trading

Aside from villager gifts in Java Edition, trading is the only renewable way to obtain lapis lazuli.

Villager gifts

Template:IN, cleric Minecraft:villagers give Minecraft:players lapis lazuli if they have the Minecraft:Hero of the Village effect.

Usage

Enchanting

1–3 pieces of lapis lazuli are required to use an Minecraft:enchanting table to Minecraft:enchant an Minecraft:item. More specifically, the enchanting table UI shows 3 options (see Minecraft:Enchanting mechanics for details): the first, second, and third options cost 1, 2, and 3 lapis lazuli, respectively.

Crafting ingredient

Lapis lazuli can be used to make Minecraft:blocks of lapis lazuli and Minecraft:blue dye. Template:IN, it can also be used directly as a substitute for blue dye. Template:Crafting usage

Template:IN, lapis lazuli can be also used in banner patterns: Template:Banner crafting usage

Smithing ingredient

Trim color palette

The following color palette is shown on the designs on trimmed armor:

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Data values

ID

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History

Trivia

• In real life, Template:W is a blue gem that can be ground and processed into ultramarine pigment. Lapis lazuli pigment has been famously used in the production of illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, and cave paintings.
• Lapis lazuli is the only Minecraft:ore that can be used as a Minecraft:dyeTemplate:Only or making a dye.

Publicity

• Similar to the Minecraft:golden dandelion, lapis lazuli have become a meme after streamer Template:W mistook it for Minecraft:diamonds during his stream with Template:W, with Cenat mispronouncing "Lapis" as "La peace". This created the viral Internet meme "la peace".
  • The meme was later featured in a tweet of MinecraftTemplate:'s Twitter account.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>

Gallery

In other media

• Lapis lazuli on a plain background
  Lapis lazuli on a plain background
• Lapis as seen in Minecraft:Minecraft Legends
  Lapis as seen in Minecraft:Minecraft Legends
• Lapis lazuli as seen in Minecraft:Minecraft Earth
  Lapis lazuli as seen in Minecraft:Minecraft Earth
• Lapis lazuli as seen in Minecraft: Story Mode
  Lapis lazuli as seen in Minecraft: Story Mode