Emerald

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This article is about the Emerald gem. For the block, see Block of Emerald. For the ore, see Emerald Ore.

Emerald

Type	Raw Materials
Durability	N/A
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
First appearance	12w21a
Data value	_dec: 388 _hex: 184

Emeralds are items used as "currency," normally obtained by, and used for, trading with villagers. They can also be found in desert and jungle temples, and by mining Emerald Ore, found sporadically in Extreme Hills biomes.

1 Uses
2 Crafting
3 Smelting
4 As a crafting material
5 History
6 Issues
7 Gallery
8 References

[edit] Uses

Emeralds can be used for trading with villagers, as well as powering the beacon and building a pyramid-socket for it out of block of emeralds. They cannot be used to make tools.^[1] To trade with villagers, right-click them, and a trade menu will appear. To trade emeralds with villagers, the player must place them into the trading menu's left slot in the amount requested above the slot. The player can then take the resulting item from the right slot. This applies conversely to obtaining emeralds in trade. Trading is a much easier and less time consuming way to obtain emeralds than mining is.

[edit] Crafting

Ingredients

Input » Output

Block of Emerald

[edit] Smelting

Ingredients

Input » Output

Emerald Ore

Note that the emerald ore block cannot be obtained without the Silk Touch enchantment. If an emerald ore block is obtained, it is much more efficient to place the block and mine it with a pickaxe with the Fortune enchantment.

[edit] As a crafting material

Ingredients

Input » Output

Emeralds

[edit] History

Indev

0.31

On January 29th, 2010, Diamonds were added. In the code, they were referred to as emeralds. The next day, this was corrected.

Official release

1.3.1

Emeralds, Emerald Ore, and Blocks of Emerald added.

Details
May 21, 2012		Jeb released a screenshot of himself testing the trading system. At this time, what would become Emeralds were Rubies.^[2] Rubies can still be found in the file "items.png", and look like this: .^[3]
12w21a		Added emeralds and emerald ore. Emeralds could be traded with villagers in exchange for different items.
12w22a		Block of Emerald was added, which is crafted from nine emeralds, and can be placed as a decorative block.

1.4.2

12w32a

As zombie villagers can now spawn and be cured, emeralds can still be obtained in trades even if generated structures are disabled.

[edit] Issues

Issues relating to "Emerald" are maintained on Mojira. Report issues there.

[edit] Gallery

The first image of the trading system released by Jeb. What would become Emeralds can be seen in the inventory space.
A wall of emerald ore utilizing a previous texture in snapshot 12w21a.
Emerald block, emerald ore, and emerald.
The previous texture of emerald in 12w21a.