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Emerald - Every Way to Craft, Find, and Use It in Minecraft
Emerald is a rare material item in Minecraft 1.21.4 with 3 known crafting recipes.
What is Emerald?
Emerald is a Minecraft Material with rarity Rare. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot and is craftable.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:emerald. Command: /give @p minecraft:emerald 1.
How to obtain Emerald
Mined from blocks
- Deepslate Emerald Ore (Only without Silk Touch)
- Emerald Ore (Only without Silk Touch)
Dropped by mobs
- Evoker (Player kill only)
- Vindicator (Player kill only)
Emerald crafting recipes
There are 1 unique ways to craft Emerald (after removing 2 duplicate entries):
Recipe 1 (shapeless)
Ingredients:
- Block of Emerald × 1
Yields 9 × Emerald per craft.
What Emerald is used to craft
Emerald is an ingredient in 1 other Minecraft recipes:
Smelting & cooking recipes for Emerald
Emerald can be produced by cooking or smelting through one of these paths:
- Deepslate Emerald Ore in a Blast Furnace for 5s → 1× Emerald (1 XP)
- Emerald Ore in a Blast Furnace for 5s → 1× Emerald (1 XP)
- Deepslate Emerald Ore in a Furnace for 10s → 1× Emerald (1 XP)
- Emerald Ore in a Furnace for 10s → 1× Emerald (1 XP)
Wiki-verified item facts
- Rarity tier: Common
- Renewable: Yes
- Stack size: 64
Sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Emerald (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Tags
- Material
- Rare
- Craftable
- Crafting Material
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:emerald
- Category: Material
- Rarity: Rare
- Stack size: 64
- Craftable: Yes
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:emerald 1
Overview
Emerald is a material item in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers its stack size, crafting recipe, and every recipe that uses it as an ingredient.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Gather the ingredients shown in the crafting recipe below and open a crafting table.
- Match the ingredient layout exactly - shaped recipes only work when items sit in the correct grid slots.
- Stock up early - this item is a dependency for 1 other recipe.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Use /give @p minecraft:emerald 1 in a test world to check builds without farming it first.
- Craft in batches at once to avoid re-opening the crafting menu repeatedly.
Pro tips
- This item belongs to the Material category - related items in that category may share similar crafting paths.
Difficulty and time commitment
- Difficulty: Easy
- Estimated time per run: 5-15 min
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I craft Emerald?
Emerald can be crafted at a crafting table. This page lists 3 known recipes - match the ingredient layout shown in the crafting grid exactly.
What is the stack size of Emerald?
Emerald stacks up to 64 per inventory slot, the standard maximum stack size.
What can I craft with Emerald?
Emerald is used as an ingredient in 1 other recipe. See the "Used In Crafting" section on this page for the full list.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Emerald?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:emerald, usable in commands such as /give, /clear, and loot tables.
Variants
- No same-family material variants were detected for Emerald in the current dataset.
Obtaining
- Crafting: Emerald has 3 known recipe variants in this dataset.
- Mob loot: Emerald appears in 2 mob loot tables.
- Mining: Emerald appears in 2 block loot sources.
Uses
- Crafting input profile: 1 Block of Emerald -> 9 Emerald.
- Crafting uses: this item is consumed by 1 downstream recipe.
Combat and Stats
- No direct combat profile is mapped for Emerald; treat it as utility, progression, or crafting support.
Repairing
- Repairing data: durability and repair mappings are not present in the current source dataset for Emerald; verify repair behavior in-game before publishing hard numbers.
Enchantments
- No dedicated enchantment compatibility categories are currently mapped for this item.
Data Values
- Internal namespaced ID: minecraft:emerald.
- Category classification: Material.
- Stack size: 64.