Prismarine Crystals

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Prismarine Crystals

👁 Prismarine Crystals.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Prismarine Crystals'

👁 Invicon Prismarine Crystals.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Crystals in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Prismarine Crystals

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

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Prismarine crystals are items obtained by defeating guardians or elder guardians. They are used along with prismarine shards to craft sea lanterns.

Obtaining

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Mining

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Prismarine crystals are dropped by sea lanterns when not using a Silk Touch tool. They drop 2–3 crystals each time, which can be increased to a maximum of 5 using the Fortune enchantment.

Mob loot

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Java Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
👁 Image	Guardian	0–1	40.00%	0.40	0–2	40.00%	0.60	0–3	40.00%	0.80	0–4	40.00%	1.00
👁 Image	Elder Guardian	0–1	33.33%	0.33	0–2	33.33%	0.50	0–3	33.33%	0.67	0–4	33.33%	0.83

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
👁 Image	Guardian	0–1	²⁄₅	²⁄₅	0–2	²⁄₅	³⁄₅	0–3	²⁄₅	⁴⁄₅	0–4	²⁄₅	1
👁 Image	Elder Guardian	0–1	¹⁄₃	¹⁄₃	0–2	¹⁄₃	¹⁄₂	0–3	¹⁄₃	²⁄₃	0–4	¹⁄₃	⁵⁄₆

Mob		Amount	Probability
Mob		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
👁 Image	Guardian	0	³⁄₅ (60.00%)	³⁄₅ (60.00%)	³⁄₅ (60.00%)	³⁄₅ (60.00%)
		1	²⁄₅ (40.00%)	¹⁄₅ (20.00%)	¹⁄₁₀ (10.00%)	¹⁄₁₅ (6.67%)
		2	0	¹⁄₅ (20.00%)	¹⁄₅ (20.00%)	²⁄₁₅ (13.33%)
		3	0	0	¹⁄₁₀ (10.00%)	²⁄₁₅ (13.33%)
		4	0	0	0	¹⁄₁₅ (6.67%)
		Average	²⁄₅ (0.40)	³⁄₅ (0.60)	⁴⁄₅ (0.80)	1 (1.00)
👁 Image	Elder Guardian	0	²⁄₃ (66.67%)	²⁄₃ (66.67%)	²⁄₃ (66.67%)	²⁄₃ (66.67%)
		1	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)	¹⁄₁₈ (5.56%)
		2	0	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)	¹⁄₉ (11.11%)
		3	0	0	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)	¹⁄₉ (11.11%)
		4	0	0	0	¹⁄₁₈ (5.56%)
		Average	¹⁄₃ (0.33)	¹⁄₂ (0.50)	²⁄₃ (0.67)	⁵⁄₆ (0.83)

Mob		Expected Number of Kills
Drops		1
Mob		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
👁 Image	Guardian	2.50	1.67	1.25	1.00
👁 Image	Elder Guardian	3.00	2.00	1.50	1.20

Bedrock Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
👁 Image	Guardian	0–1	40.00%	0.40	0–2	40.00%	0.60	0–3	40.00%	0.80	0–4	40.00%	1.00
👁 Image	Elder Guardian	0–1	33.33%	0.33	0–2	33.33%	0.50	0–3	33.33%	0.67	0–4	33.33%	0.83

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
👁 Image	Guardian	0–1	²⁄₅	²⁄₅	0–2	²⁄₅	³⁄₅	0–3	²⁄₅	⁴⁄₅	0–4	²⁄₅	1
👁 Image	Elder Guardian	0–1	¹⁄₃	¹⁄₃	0–2	¹⁄₃	¹⁄₂	0–3	¹⁄₃	²⁄₃	0–4	¹⁄₃	⁵⁄₆

Mob		Amount	Probability
Mob		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
👁 Image	Guardian	0	³⁄₅ (60.00%)	³⁄₅ (60.00%)	³⁄₅ (60.00%)	³⁄₅ (60.00%)
		1	²⁄₅ (40.00%)	¹⁄₅ (20.00%)	¹⁄₁₀ (10.00%)	¹⁄₁₅ (6.67%)
		2	0	¹⁄₅ (20.00%)	¹⁄₅ (20.00%)	²⁄₁₅ (13.33%)
		3	0	0	¹⁄₁₀ (10.00%)	²⁄₁₅ (13.33%)
		4	0	0	0	¹⁄₁₅ (6.67%)
		Average	²⁄₅ (0.40)	³⁄₅ (0.60)	⁴⁄₅ (0.80)	1 (1.00)
👁 Image	Elder Guardian	0	²⁄₃ (66.67%)	²⁄₃ (66.67%)	²⁄₃ (66.67%)	²⁄₃ (66.67%)
		1	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)	¹⁄₁₈ (5.56%)
		2	0	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)	¹⁄₉ (11.11%)
		3	0	0	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)	¹⁄₉ (11.11%)
		4	0	0	0	¹⁄₁₈ (5.56%)
		Average	¹⁄₃ (0.33)	¹⁄₂ (0.50)	²⁄₃ (0.67)	⁵⁄₆ (0.83)

Mob		Expected Number of Kills
Drops		1
Mob		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
👁 Image	Guardian	2.50	1.67	1.25	1.00
👁 Image	Elder Guardian	3.00	2.00	1.50	1.20

Chest Loot

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Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
👁 Image	👁 Image Buried Treasure	Chest	1–5	59.9% { "item": "Prismarine Crystals", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.5987654320987654, "structure": "Buried Treasure", "container": "Chest" }
Bedrock Edition
👁 Image	👁 Image Buried Treasure	Chest	1–5	53.1% { "item": "Prismarine Crystals", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.5308641975308642, "structure": "Buried Treasure", "container": "Chest" }

Usage

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Crafting ingredient

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Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Sea Lantern	Prismarine Shard +	👁 Invicon Prismarine Shard.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Shard in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Prismarine Shard with description: Prismarine Shard 👁 Invicon Prismarine Crystals.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Crystals in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Prismarine Crystals 👁 Invicon Prismarine Shard.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Shard in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Prismarine Shard with description: Prismarine Shard 👁 Invicon Prismarine Crystals.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Crystals in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Prismarine Crystals 👁 Invicon Prismarine Crystals.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Crystals in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Prismarine Crystals 👁 Invicon Prismarine Crystals.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Crystals in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Prismarine Crystals 👁 Invicon Prismarine Shard.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Shard in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Prismarine Shard with description: Prismarine Shard 👁 Invicon Prismarine Crystals.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Crystals in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Prismarine Crystals 👁 Invicon Prismarine Shard.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Shard in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Prismarine Shard with description: Prismarine Shard 👁 Invicon Sea Lantern.png: Inventory sprite for Sea Lantern in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Sea Lantern with description: Sea Lantern

Data values

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ID

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Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
👁 ItemSprite prismarine-crystals.png: Sprite image for prismarine-crystals in Minecraft Prismarine Crystals	`prismarine_crystals`	Item	`item.minecraft.prismarine_crystals`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
👁 ItemSprite prismarine-crystals.png: Sprite image for prismarine-crystals in Minecraft Prismarine Crystals	`prismarine_crystals`	`549`	Item	`item.prismarine_crystals.name`

History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.8	14w25a	👁 Image Added prismarine crystals.
1.9	15w43a	The chance of guardians and elder guardians dropping prismarine crystals upon death has been increased, from 33% to 40%.
1.9	15w43b	The chance of elder guardians dropping crystals upon death has now been reverted back to 33%. However, the chance for guardians to drop them is still 40%.
1.13	18w10a	Prismarine crystals now generate in buried treasure chests.
1.14	18w43a	👁 Image The texture of prismarine crystals has been changed.

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.16.0	build 1	👁 Image Added prismarine crystals.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0	beta 1.2.14.2	Prismarine crystals can now be found inside buried treasure chests.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	👁 Image The texture of prismarine crystals has been changed.

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		👁 Image Added prismarine crystals.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Prismarine crystals can now be found inside buried treasure chests.
			1.90				👁 Image The texture of prismarine crystals has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

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New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.3.12							👁 Image Added prismarine crystals.

Data history

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Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 410.

Issues

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Navigation

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Prismarine Crystals

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Obtaining

Mining

Mob loot

Chest Loot

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Data values

ID

History

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Data history

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