Prismarine Crystals

Prismarine Crystals

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

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Prismarine crystals are crystals used to craft sea lanterns.

Obtaining

Guardians

Prismarine crystals are dropped by 40% of guardian kills and 33% of elder guardian kills. The maximum drop count is increased by one per level of Looting.

Sea lanterns

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.

Natural generation

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	[hide]Chance
Java Edition
Prismarine Crystals	Buried Treasure	Chest	1–5	59.9% { "item": "Prismarine Crystals", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.5987654320987654, "structure": "Buried Treasure", "container": "Chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Prismarine Crystals	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	[hide]Crafting recipe
Sea Lantern	Prismarine Shard + Prismarine Crystals

Data values

ID

Prismarine Crystals/ID

Video

Prismarine Crystals/video

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.8							Added prismarine crystals. {"type": "java", "version": "1.8", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Added prismarine crystals."}
1.9							Increased the chance of guardians and elder guardians dropping prismarine crystals upon death, from 33% to 40%. {"type": "java", "version": "1.9", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Increased the chance of guardians and elder guardians dropping prismarine crystals upon death, from 33% to 40%."}
							Reverted the chance of elder guardians dropping crystals upon death back to 33%, the chance for guardians to drop them is still 40%. {"type": "java", "version": "", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Reverted the chance of elder guardians dropping crystals upon death back to 33%, the chance for guardians to drop them is still 40%."}
1.13							Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 410. {"type": "java", "version": "1.13", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Prior to (link to 1.13/Flattening article, displayed as ''The Flattening''), this item's numeral ID was 410."}
							Prismarine crystals now generate in buried treasure chests. {"type": "java", "version": "", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Prismarine crystals now generate in (link to buried treasure article, displayed as buried treasure) chests."}
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
0.16.0							Added prismarine crystals. {"type": "pocket Alpha", "version": "0.16.0", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Added prismarine crystals."}
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.4							prismarine crystal can be found inside buried treasure chest. {"type": "bedrock", "version": "1.4", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "prismarine crystal can be found inside (link to buried treasure article, displayed as buried treasure) chest."}
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU31	CU19				Patch 3		Added prismarine crystals. {"type": "console", "xbox": "TU31", "xbone": "CU19", "ps3": "", "ps4": "", "psvita": "", "wiiu": "Patch 3", "switch": "", "content": "Added prismarine crystals."}
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.3.12							Added prismarine crystals. {"type": "new3ds", "version": "1.3.12", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Added prismarine crystals."}

Issues

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