Prismarine Crystals

Prismarine Crystals
Prismarine Crystals.png: Infobox image for Prismarine Crystals the item in Minecraft
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

Mining

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

Java Edition:

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Elder Guardian0–133.33%0.330–233.33%0.500–333.33%0.670–433.33%0.83
Guardian0–140.00%0.400–240.00%0.600–340.00%0.800–440.00%1.00

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Elder Guardian0–11⁄31⁄30–21⁄31⁄20–31⁄32⁄30–41⁄35⁄6
Guardian0–12⁄52⁄50–22⁄53⁄50–32⁄54⁄50–42⁄51

MobAmountProbability
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Elder Guardian02⁄3 (66.67%)2⁄3 (66.67%)2⁄3 (66.67%)2⁄3 (66.67%)
11⁄3 (33.33%)1⁄6 (16.67%)1⁄12 (8.33%)1⁄18 (5.56%)
201⁄6 (16.67%)1⁄6 (16.67%)1⁄9 (11.11%)
3001⁄12 (8.33%)1⁄9 (11.11%)
40001⁄18 (5.56%)
Average1⁄3 (0.33)1⁄2 (0.50)2⁄3 (0.67)5⁄6 (0.83)
Guardian03⁄5 (60.00%)3⁄5 (60.00%)3⁄5 (60.00%)3⁄5 (60.00%)
12⁄5 (40.00%)1⁄5 (20.00%)1⁄10 (10.00%)1⁄15 (6.67%)
201⁄5 (20.00%)1⁄5 (20.00%)2⁄15 (13.33%)
3001⁄10 (10.00%)2⁄15 (13.33%)
40001⁄15 (6.67%)
Average2⁄5 (0.40)3⁄5 (0.60)4⁄5 (0.80)1 (1.00)

Drops1
MobExpected Number of Kill
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Elder Guardian3.002.001.501.20
Guardian2.501.671.251.00

Bedrock Edition:

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Elder Guardian0–133.33%0.330–233.33%0.500–333.33%0.670–433.33%0.83
Guardian0–140.00%0.400–240.00%0.600–340.00%0.800–440.00%1.00

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Elder Guardian0–11⁄31⁄30–21⁄31⁄20–31⁄32⁄30–41⁄35⁄6
Guardian0–12⁄52⁄50–22⁄53⁄50–32⁄54⁄50–42⁄51

MobAmountProbability
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Elder Guardian02⁄3 (66.67%)2⁄3 (66.67%)2⁄3 (66.67%)2⁄3 (66.67%)
11⁄3 (33.33%)1⁄6 (16.67%)1⁄12 (8.33%)1⁄18 (5.56%)
201⁄6 (16.67%)1⁄6 (16.67%)1⁄9 (11.11%)
3001⁄12 (8.33%)1⁄9 (11.11%)
40001⁄18 (5.56%)
Average1⁄3 (0.33)1⁄2 (0.50)2⁄3 (0.67)5⁄6 (0.83)
Guardian03⁄5 (60.00%)3⁄5 (60.00%)3⁄5 (60.00%)3⁄5 (60.00%)
12⁄5 (40.00%)1⁄5 (20.00%)1⁄10 (10.00%)1⁄15 (6.67%)
201⁄5 (20.00%)1⁄5 (20.00%)2⁄15 (13.33%)
3001⁄10 (10.00%)2⁄15 (13.33%)
40001⁄15 (6.67%)
Average2⁄5 (0.40)3⁄5 (0.60)4⁄5 (0.80)1 (1.00)

Drops1
MobExpected Number of Kill
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Elder Guardian3.002.001.501.20
Guardian2.501.671.251.00

Chest Loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Buried Treasure Chest 1–5 59.9%
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Bedrock Edition
Buried Treasure Chest 1–5 18.9%
{ "item": "Prismarine Crystals", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.18885870814101746, "structure": "Buried Treasure", "container": "Chest" }

Usage

Crafting ingredient

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 ShardInvicon Prismarine Crystals.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Crystals in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Prismarine CrystalsInvicon Prismarine Shard.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Shard in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Prismarine Shard with description: Prismarine ShardInvicon Prismarine Crystals.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Crystals in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Prismarine CrystalsInvicon Prismarine Crystals.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Crystals in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Prismarine CrystalsInvicon Prismarine Crystals.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Crystals in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Prismarine CrystalsInvicon Prismarine Shard.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Shard in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Prismarine Shard with description: Prismarine ShardInvicon Prismarine Crystals.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Crystals in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Prismarine CrystalsInvicon 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

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
ItemSprite prismarine-crystals.png: Sprite image for prismarine-crystals in Minecraft Prismarine Crystalsprismarine_crystalsItemitem.minecraft.prismarine_crystals

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormTranslation key
ItemSprite prismarine-crystals.png: Sprite image for prismarine-crystals in Minecraft Prismarine Crystalsprismarine_crystals549Itemitem.prismarine_crystals.name

History

Java Edition
1.814w25a Added prismarine crystals.
1.915w43aThe chance of guardians and elder guardians dropping prismarine crystals upon death has been increased, from 33% to 40%.
15w43bThe 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%.
18w10aPrismarine crystals now generate in buried treasure chests.
1.1418w43a The texture of prismarine crystals has been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.16.0build 1 Added prismarine crystals.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2Prismarine crystals can now be found inside buried treasure chests.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of prismarine crystals has been changed.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3 Added prismarine crystals.
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38Prismarine crystals can now be found inside buried treasure chests.
1.90 The texture of prismarine crystals has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.3.12 Added prismarine crystals.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 410.

Issues

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