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Dark Prismarine

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	1.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (Java)	31 DIAMOND

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Dark prismarine is a variant of prismarine that has a dark cyan color with a tight grid pattern. It is one of the building blocks of ocean monuments along with other prismarine variants.

Obtaining

Breaking

Dark prismarine only drops itself when mined with a pickaxe. If mined by any other tool, it drops nothing.

Block	Dark Prismarine
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	7.5
Wooden	1.15
Stone	0.6
Iron	0.4
Diamond	0.3
Netherite	0.25
Golden	0.2
Options
Efficiency	0
Haste	0 JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Dark prismarines naturally generate as the main blocks in ocean monuments. Dark prismarine encases the 8 gold blocks in the treasure chamber, and appears in fewer decorative features, compared to the other variants of prismarine.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	[hide]Description
Dark Prismarine	Prismarine Shard + Black Dye
Dark Prismarine	Prismarine Shard + Ink Sac		‌

Usage

Conduit power

Dark prismarine can be used to activate a conduit by building a structure around it. By doing this, the conduit emits the Conduit Power effect in a certain radius, depending on how many blocks are used to power it. The other two variants of prismarine and sea lanterns can also be used for this purpose.

Note blocks

Dark prismarine can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.

Sounds

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e stone sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e stone sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
Dark Prismarine	dark_prismarine	Block & Item	block.minecraft.dark_prismarine

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Dark Prismarine	dark_prismarine	prismarine / 1	-947	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.prismarine.dark.name

Achievements

[hide]
Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Moskstraumen	Activate a Conduit	Place a conduit in a valid prismarine/sea lantern structure to activate it.	50	Gold

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.8			14w25a				Added dark prismarine.
1.13			18w07a				Dark prismarine can now be used to craft dark prismarine slabs and stairs.
			18w20c				Dark prismarine can now be used to activate conduits.
1.14			18w43a				The texture for dark prismarine has been updated.
1.15			Pre-release 1				Dark prismarine is now crafted with black dye instead of ink sacs.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.16.0			build 1				Added dark prismarine.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.5.0			beta 1.5.0.1				Dark prismarine can now be used to active conduits.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture for dark prismarine has been updated.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Added dark prismarine.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Dark prismarine can now be used to craft dark prismarine slabs and stairs.
							Dark prismarine can now be used to activate conduits.
			1.90				The texture for dark prismarine has been updated.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.3.12							Added dark prismarine.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				The different block states for the prismarine ID have been split up into their own IDs.
							Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 168.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.21.20			Preview 1.21.10.22				The different block states for the prismarine ID have been split up into their own IDs.

Issues

Issues relating to "Dark Prismarine" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Java Edition

• MC-201333 – Dark prismarine, stairs or slab and prismarine, stairs or slab have wrong color on maps

Bedrock Edition

• No open issues found.

Gallery

• 

  Dark Prismarines that encase the gold block.

• 

  Dark Prismarines in the sponge room.