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How to Craft Block of Emerald in Minecraft

Block of Emerald in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Compact emerald storage. Minecraft has used the name Block of Emerald since 1.3.1.

Bring 9 Emeralds to a Crafting Table and you have a Block of Emerald. On the grid you want nine Emeralds filling every cell. You end up with 1 Block of Emerald each time.

Block of Emerald Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Block of Emerald is minecraft:emerald_block. In commands the namespace may be left off, so emerald_block works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p emerald_block
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p emerald_block 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve emerald_block 1

Cheats have to be on for Block of Emerald to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

Block of Emerald compactly stores 9 emeralds and can power beacons. Block of Emerald uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

Minecraft has used the name Block of Emerald since 1.3.1, the oldest release whose language file lists it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with emerald (mine emerald ore or trade with villagers).

One Stack, Counted

Feed 9 emeralds a craft, so 64 covers 7 of them: 7 block of emeralds. Short by one craft: 1 emerald left.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
EmeraldEmeraldEmerald9xMine emerald ore or trade with villagers

For Block of Emerald: 9x Emerald (mine emerald ore or trade with villagers), brought to a Crafting Table.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    EmeraldEmerald9x Emerald

  2. 2

    Block of Emerald

Minecraft crafting recipe for Block of Emerald: 9 x Emerald in a crafting table, making 1 Block of Emerald.

Tips & Notes

  • Shopping list: 9x Emerald. Plan the Emerald first: mine emerald ore or trade with villagers.

Uses for Block of Emerald

  • Compact emerald storage
  • Powering beacons

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Block of Emerald on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Block of Emerald in Minecraft?
To craft a Block of Emerald you need 9 Emeralds at a Crafting Table. Lay them out exactly as the grid above shows, and one craft produces one Block of Emerald.
Can you craft a Block of Emerald without a crafting table?
You need a table for a Block of Emerald. It is laid out as nine Emeralds filling every cell, and that takes 3 rows, more than the 2x2 grid in your inventory can hold.
Where do you find the materials for a Block of Emerald?
The parts of a Block of Emerald do not all come from one place. Emerald: mine emerald ore or trade with villagers.
How many Blocks of Emerald do you get from one craft?
The Block of Emerald recipe makes one Block of Emerald per craft.
Can you farm everything you need for a Block of Emerald?
Block of Emerald needs nothing you have to go find: emerald from villagers you trade with. Set those up once and you can keep making block of emerald.
What is the item ID for Block of Emerald in Minecraft?
Block of Emerald is registered as minecraft:emerald_block. Commands accept the short form emerald_block as well, and Bedrock spells it the same. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Block of Emerald?
/give @p emerald_block gives you a Block of Emerald. Swap @p for a player name to hand it to someone else, and put 64 on the end for a whole stack.
Is the Block of Emerald recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
Java and Bedrock agree on a Block of Emerald: both want 9 Emeralds at a Crafting Table in the layout above, and both give one at a time.
How many Blocks of Emerald fit in one stack?
A Block of Emerald stacks to 64, so a full inventory of 36 slots holds 2304 of them.
What version of Minecraft added the Block of Emerald?
As far back as the language files go, the block of emerald appears under this name in Minecraft 1.3.1 and not before. That pattern above is still the one the game uses.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
9 Emeralds in, 1 Block of Emerald out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
Java 1.3.1 is the earliest release that calls it this. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
That the ingredients come back
What drops, what villagers trade and what farms regrow in Minecraft Java, followed through the recipes to see what those ingredients can be turned into.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 1 Block of Emerald per craft against the stack size.

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