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Emerald

Java Edition · crafting, gathering and project requirements.

Java Edition
WHERE & HOW TO FARM

Renewable trading

A protected village or trading area with employed villagers and their workstations.

Trade farmed goods to an employed villager whose offer accepts them. Farmers may buy crops and fletchers may offer a stick trade, but offers vary, so inspect the actual trade before committing to a production plan.

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SEE WHERE TO GO

Maps & farm layouts

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Ore search heights and required mining tools. Use the seed map to locate terrain, then follow the resource’s depth instructions.
Ore search heights and required mining tools. Use the seed map to locate terrain, then follow the resource’s depth instructions.
Interactive maps & location tools

Your world seed map · Java 26.3

Enter your world seed, generation version and dimension to locate biomes and structures. Ore deposits still require the depth and tool instructions below.

Match the version that generated your chunks. Biome maps do not show exact ore blocks.

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GET STARTED

How to farm

Before you go

  • A villager with an offer for an item you can produce.
  • Access to the villager's workstation for work and restocking.
  • A supply of the requested crops, sticks or other accepted goods.
  1. Protect the trading area and identify employed farmers or fletchers.
  2. Open each villager's trade interface and check the actual item and emerald offer.
  3. Note the matching workstation: a farmer uses a composter and a fletcher uses a fletching table.
  4. Produce the requested goods through farming, gathering or crafting.
  5. Trade the goods for emeralds, then store the emeralds and replenish your goods supply.
  6. Allow the villager to work and restock at its workstation before trying the trade again.
  7. Repeat while the offer remains useful and you can supply the requested goods.

Farming tips

  • Do not design a farm around an assumed offer; villager trades vary, so inspect before scaling production.
  • Keep the workstation reachable so the villager can work and restock.

Repeat, collect and use

Repeatable after the villager restocks, subject to its offer and the goods you can provide.

Common mistakes

  • Assuming every villager has the same trade: inspect each offer first.
  • Using the wrong workstation when trying to support restocking: match the villager's profession.
  • Arriving without enough goods: stock the item the interface requests.

When to stop or switch

Stop when you have the emeralds needed or the offer is no longer practical; switch to producing another accepted good if available.

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Other ways to get it

Mountain ore alternative

Overworld — mountain and windswept-hills biomes

  • Iron pickaxe or better.
  1. Search high mountain stone for emerald ore.
  2. Mine eligible ore and gather emeralds directly.
  • Terrain matters: a theoretical generation peak does not guarantee accessible mountain stone at that altitude.
Sources & fact checks
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INGREDIENTS & QUANTITIES

Crafting & conversion options

Amounts below are for one recipe batch. Open an ingredient to find where to get it.

Crafting Table · Produces 9 × Emerald

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emerald from smelting deepslate emerald ore · 1 output

Furnace · Produces 1 × Emerald

Crafting time: 10.0 seconds.

Fuel is also required; choose fuel for the number of batches you are processing.

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emerald from smelting emerald ore · 1 output

Furnace · Produces 1 × Emerald

Crafting time: 10.0 seconds.

Fuel is also required; choose fuel for the number of batches you are processing.

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emerald from blasting deepslate emerald ore · 1 output

Blast Furnace · Produces 1 × Emerald

Crafting time: 10.0 seconds.

Fuel is also required; choose fuel for the number of batches you are processing.

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emerald from blasting emerald ore · 1 output

Blast Furnace · Produces 1 × Emerald

Crafting time: 10.0 seconds.

Fuel is also required; choose fuel for the number of batches you are processing.

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REWARD DETAILS & CONDITIONS

Sources & rewards

Farming route

Mountain ore alternative

Overworld — mountain and windswept-hills biomes

  • Iron pickaxe or better.
Rate not listed
Farming route

Renewable trading

A protected village or trading area with employed villagers and their workstations.

  • A villager with an offer for an item you can produce.
  • Access to the villager's workstation for work and restocking.
  • A supply of the requested crops, sticks or other accepted goods.
Rate not listed
Gathering

Deepslate Emerald Ore

Java 26.3 · Blocks

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Use a suitable tool; enchantments and explosion rules may change the result.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Gathering

Emerald Ore

Java 26.3 · Blocks

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Use a suitable tool; enchantments and explosion rules may change the result.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Buried Treasure

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Desert Pyramid

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

End City Treasure

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Igloo Chest

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Jungle Temple

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Shipwreck Treasure

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Trial Chambers · Reward Common

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
16.0% per loot roll
Chest

Trial Chambers · Reward Ominous Common

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
33.3333% per loot roll
Chest

Trial Chambers · Reward Rare

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
13.0435% per loot roll
Chest

Underwater Ruin Big

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Underwater Ruin Small

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Village · Village Armorer

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Village · Village Butcher

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Village · Village Desert House

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Village · Village Fisher

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Village · Village Fletcher

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Village · Village Mason

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Village · Village Plains House

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Village · Village Savanna House

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Village · Village Shepherd

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Village · Village Snowy House

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Village · Village Taiga House

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Village · Village Tannery

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Chest

Village · Village Temple

Java 26.3 · Chests

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Open the specified chest type; generated loot depends on world context.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Enemy

Evoker

Java 26.3 · Entities

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Defeat this entity; player-kill and enchantment conditions may apply.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Enemy

Vindicator

Java 26.3 · Entities

  • Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
  • Defeat this entity; player-kill and enchantment conditions may apply.
  • Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
WHAT IT IS FOR

Used for

Newest items appear first in each group. Quantities include all listed upgrades; costs vary by level or recipe.

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