How do you get Emerald in Minecraft?

Trade with villagers - the main source; sell crops, sticks, paper and more Mine emerald ore in mountains and windswept hills (Y=-16 to 320, most common around Y=236) with an iron pickaxe or better Loot chests in villages, shipwrecks, buried treasure and trial chambers Dropped by vindicators and evokers in raids

What is Emerald used for?

Currency for all villager and wandering trader trades Beacons: feed emeralds to select powers Blocks of emerald for beacon pyramids and decoration

Emerald

Material Stack: 64 Since 1.3.1 (12w21a)

Quick answer: Trade with villagers - the main source; sell crops, sticks, paper and more.

How to get it

Trade with villagers - the main source; sell crops, sticks, paper and more
Mine emerald ore in mountains and windswept hills (Y=-16 to 320, most common around Y=236) with an iron pickaxe or better
Loot chests in villages, shipwrecks, buried treasure and trial chambers
Dropped by vindicators and evokers in raids

Uses

Currency for all villager and wandering trader trades
Beacons: feed emeralds to select powers
Blocks of emerald for beacon pyramids and decoration

Renewability

Yes, through villager trading

Java vs Bedrock

Identical in Java and Bedrock. Emerald ore is the rarest Overworld ore; deepslate emerald ore (below Y=0 in mountains) is the rarest block variant in the game.

Related: Diamond Iron Ingot Gold Ingot

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