Minecraft:Emerald Ore

Template:Infobox block Emerald ore is a rare Minecraft:mineral block that generates only in Minecraft:mountains and Minecraft:windswept hills biomes. It drops Minecraft:emeralds when mined, or itself if mined with a Minecraft:pickaxe with the Minecraft:Silk Touch enchantment.

Deepslate emerald ore is a very rare variant of emerald ore that can generate in Minecraft:deepslate and Minecraft:tuff blobs.

Obtaining

Breaking

Template:See also Emerald ore can be mined with an Minecraft:iron pickaxe or better, otherwise it drops nothing. If mined without Silk Touch, the block drops 1 Minecraft:emerald (or up to 4 with Minecraft:Fortune). If mined with a pickaxe with Silk Touch, the block drops itself. It also drops Template:Xp when broken.

Natural generation

Emerald ore generates in Minecraft:mountains and Minecraft:windswept hills biomes in the form of ore features, and attempts to generate 100 times per Minecraft:chunk in blobs of 0–4 ores. Emerald ore can be exposed to the sky.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Specifically, it can be found in the following biomes:

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Emerald ore generates from levels -16 to 320, having the greatest chance at level 232, and becoming less common toward either end of the range. However, because there is little to no terrain in the upper half of that range in regular worlds, the actual emerald ore quantity peaks around level 90 as seen in the empirical distribution graph below.

Emerald ore can replace Minecraft:stone, Minecraft:andesite, Minecraft:diorite, Minecraft:granite, Minecraft:tuff, and Minecraft:deepslate. Emerald ore that replaces tuff or deepslate becomes deepslate emerald ore, which is the rarest ore in Minecraft, rarer than normal emerald ore and Minecraft:ancient debris, even rarer than its second-place competitor, (non-deepslate) Minecraft:diamond ore. It generates only between the altitudes of -16 and 8 where deepslate naturally occurs, which happens to be toward the end of emerald ore distribution where it is extremely rare; its limitation to certain biomes further adds to its rarity.

Usage

Note blocks

Emerald ore can be placed under Minecraft:note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sulfur cube

Template:In development Minecraft:Sulfur cubes have the ability to absorb emerald ore and deepslate emerald ore, either through picking them up or being interacted with them. This provides the regular/football effect to the mob when hitting it.

Sounds

Data values

ID

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History

When Minecraft:diamond ore was added in Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100128-2200, it was known until 20100129-2332 as "emerald ore".

Trivia

• Even though emerald ore is rarer than Minecraft:diamond ore, emerald ore is generally found more often in mountains biomes than diamond ore, as the emerald ore blocks are generated in a more scattered fashion.
• Excluding blocks generated by structures, deepslate emerald ore is one of the rarest<ref>Template:Ytl</ref> naturally-generated blocks in Minecraft:Minecraft, as emeralds only spawn in mountainous biomes, and spawn less at lower Y-levels. They also spawn in veins of 1, and require Silk Touch to drop themselves.
• Contrasting with the ore, Minecraft:trading with Minecraft:villagers yields easier non-ore emeralds, renewably.

Gallery

Screenshots

• A naturally occurring blob of emerald ore.
  A naturally occurring blob of emerald ore.
• A naturally occurring blob of emerald ore.
  A naturally occurring blob of emerald ore.
• Emerald ore found in the Minecraft:jagged peaks biome.
  Emerald ore found in the Minecraft:jagged peaks biome.
• A room with placed emerald ores, including Minecraft:blocks of emerald and thrown Minecraft:emerald items.
  A room with placed emerald ores, including Minecraft:blocks of emerald and thrown Minecraft:emerald items.
• Two blobs of emerald ores that generated nearly together.
  Two blobs of emerald ores that generated nearly together.
• A block of emerald ore found in a plains biome.
  A block of emerald ore found in a plains biome.
• A blob of emerald ore found in a mountain biome.
  A blob of emerald ore found in a mountain biome.
• A ravine with multiple ores, water and lava falls, and a Minecraft:stronghold bridge over it.
  A ravine with multiple ores, water and lava falls, and a Minecraft:stronghold bridge over it.
• Multiple emerald ores close together.
  Multiple emerald ores close together.

Development images

• The first image of the Minecraft:trading system released by Jeb. The emerald ore can be seen in the top right-hand corner with the original texture.
  The first image of the Minecraft:trading system released by Jeb. The emerald ore can be seen in the top right-hand corner with the original texture.
• An enhanced version of Jeb's screenshot showing the original ore texture more clearly.
  An enhanced version of Jeb's screenshot showing the original ore texture more clearly.
• The old "ruby" texture of emerald ore.
  The old "ruby" texture of emerald ore.