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Level 66 : High Grandmaster Baconator
Posted 07/13/12 10:14:25 am , last updated: 11/04/12 12:14:45 pm
07/13/12
Emeralds, one of Minecraft's more illusive gems, were added to the game in snapshot 12w21b and will be making an appearance in Minecraft 1.3.

Emeralds may only be obtained from mining an emerald ore block which can only be found naturally occurring in an Extreme Hills biome (normally indicated by a lighter grass colour and, of course, large hills) below layer 32. To successfully mine the block you will require an iron pickaxe or better!

Emeralds tend to spawn in a vein of one... Yes. Just one O.o And can therefore appear to be rarer than even diamond, however due to the way in which they are generated (currently at least) they may be scattered, so it is advisable to dig the immediate area around an emerald ore block, as there is a possibility of another spawning there.

The main use of emeralds is as currency in trading with NPC Villagers or "Testificates" as they are colloquially known. The trading system wasn't avaliable before 12w21a so it will not work prior to this update. To trade simply right click an NPC and a GUI will appear with your trading options for the currently selected Villager. It is arguable that it is easier to obtain emeralds through trading rather than mining, due to their illusive-ness however trading still requires large amounts of other products, such as raw chicken.

After trading once with a Villager, wisps of smoke will begin spouting from it and more trade options will become available, after the smoke stops. Trading can allow you to gain access to difficult to obtain items, such as Eye of Ender or it can also grant you with enchantments for your tools early in the grand scheme of the game. A full list of trading procedures, along with exchange rates can be seen here. 

Another use for emeralds is in the creation of the Emerald Block. Similar in properties to the diamond block, the emerald block can be used as a storage device for emeralds as it requires nine emeralds in order to fulfill its crafting requirements (which is reversible, i.e. nine emeralds = one emerald block). It may also be used as decoration or building, due to its high blast resistance however large amounts are difficult to obtain legitimately.

Finally, some trivia:
  • Diamonds were originally listed as emeralds when they were first added into the game in Indev (0.31).
  • Emeralds replaced rubies (currently unimplemented) sometime between the development and release of the snapshot.
  • Because of the previous fact, Emerald Ore blocks were initially red.
  • Also Emerald ore blocks (along with Lapis Lazuli ore blocks) are the only ore blocks to have a unique texture. All other ore blocks utilize the same basic pattern.
  • The ore block drops one experience orb if mined without the silk touch enchantment.
  • Emerald ore is the only biome specific ore (Extreme Hills Biome).


Thanks for reading and I hope this helps! This is my contest entry for the Minetorials Competion! If I get enough requests I might make a tutorial for all the ores of Minecraft! Unless I get lazy... :3

<3 Frog2face

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Update #3 : 11/04/2012 12:14:45 pm11/04/12

Thanks to skatefreek for spotting a spelling mistake :P

Update #2 : 07/19/2012 4:05:32 pm7/19/12

Reworded the trading paragraph, it should read better now :D

Update #1 : 07/15/2012 12:28:27 pm7/15/12

Edited my wording of "rarer than diamonds" ;D

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RobinOlsen2011
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Artisan Engineer
November 4, 2012, 11:02 am

We need Emerald tools.... That would be so hard to get.
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skatefreek
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November 4, 2012, 6:09 am

Diamonds were originally listed as emeralds when they were fist added into the game in Indev (0.31). 
You might wanna change "Fist" Mate.
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RobinOlsen2011
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November 4, 2012, 11:01 am

WHY THE BIG LETTERS?
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skatefreek
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November 9, 2012, 12:01 pm

Because skatenoob's roll like that, plus Im so awesome im gonna say this twice
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RobinOlsen2011
Level 34
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November 9, 2012, 1:17 pm

Skatenoob? Your name isn't that.
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skatefreek
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November 10, 2012, 5:44 am

Yeah but according to Yugonoob, im a skatenoob :)
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Yugo_Hamudik
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November 4, 2012, 10:50 am

:O SKATENOOOOOOB!!!!
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skatefreek
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November 9, 2012, 12:01 pm

:DDDD
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Frog2face
Level 66
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November 4, 2012, 7:13 am

OMG LOL Yeah, thanks for letting me know! Completely missed that :)
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skatefreek
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November 9, 2012, 12:01 pm

:)
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wolfgang798
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October 31, 2012, 9:58 pm

Nice Blog =D
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ColinJay
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July 27, 2012, 9:10 am

Well this is nice! It's more in depth than the wiki so that's a plus! A diamond too! 


Also, thanks for the sub! :D
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Frog2face
Level 66
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July 27, 2012, 12:21 pm

Thanks very much :D


And its my pleasure! :)
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J-sass
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July 19, 2012, 4:27 pm

Good Job Frog2Face. Your Good, Can you check out my Submssions. Tell me if I'm a good pmcer?
Thanks A Lot For Reading This, and making this blog.
-J-sass :)
P.S. I hope You place for contest.
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Frog2face
Level 66
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July 27, 2012, 4:06 am

:D Thanks! I like your stuff too!


Congratz on the contest place :)
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J-sass
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July 27, 2012, 12:46 pm

Thanks Frog2face, means a lot.
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Yugo_Hamudik
Level 45
Master Dragonborn
July 19, 2012, 12:54 pm

You can also buy emeralds from villagers :)
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Frog2face
Level 66
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July 27, 2012, 4:08 am

Oh yeah, by trading lots of chicken :D
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Namore77
Level 33
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July 17, 2012, 3:26 pm

Nice tutorial I dont like it much that npc's can give you eye of ender :P but this brings hardcore flat surival to a whole new level.
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Frog2face
Level 66
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July 27, 2012, 4:07 am

:D Yeah it is a bit of a cheat and I hadn't thought about the flatlands :D
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candlelight100
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July 17, 2012, 6:21 am

Awesome, dude!
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Frog2face
Level 66
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July 17, 2012, 7:00 am

Thanks, man!
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gawainsonic
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Journeyman Dragon
July 15, 2012, 10:18 am

I was wondering if the snapshot version I had , spawned emeralds lol thanks I now know there is emeralds in my world
I am making a 1.3 adventure map so check out my profile every now and then
its called "The Hunter - Episode 1 - Rising"
It will be my best map ever and very big im hoping for around 30 mins of gameplay on the map
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Frog2face
Level 66
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July 15, 2012, 10:52 am

Glad I could help :D


It sounds pretty cool! Good luck! :D
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gawainsonic
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Journeyman Dragon
July 22, 2012, 3:37 pm

yea its a fail map the map is good but I cant get it into adventure mode so its stuck in creative lol I release it still
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Arsenic_shark
Level 19
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July 14, 2012, 9:36 am

only after reading it did i notice what you did with the colour of the writing, very clever. Very nice tutorial its not the standard one which I've seen a lot of (how to survive the first night, how to furniture, how to make a server) quite like mine I suppose then. 


I do wish this well in the contest.
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Frog2face
Level 66
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July 15, 2012, 3:15 am

:D Thanks :)


And I like your X-Ray Miner tutorial, very helpful :D
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TacoDip
Level 49
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July 13, 2012, 6:49 am

Great thingy, but emeralds are not rarer than diamond, If you find a cave in an extreme hills biome, you will find loads of veins (of 1) 
And they can also occur in river/extreme hills edge biomes next to extreme hill biomes!

Hope this will win the contest :D
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Frog2face
Level 66
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July 13, 2012, 10:27 am

:D OK, I wasn't sure if they were or not so I put "appear to be rarer than" just in case :) Thanks for letting me know, will rectify soon :3
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TacoDip
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July 13, 2012, 10:47 am

Hehe no problem, I play with tbe snapshots so I find all these things out :P

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