How to Craft Dark Prismarine in Minecraft

Dark Prismarine in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Dark aquatic building block. Minecraft has used the name Dark Prismarine since 1.8.

The bill for Dark Prismarine is 8 Prismarine Shards and 1 Black Dye, and the work happens at a Crafting Table. The top row is three Prismarine Shards, the middle row two Prismarine Shards in the outer columns and a Black Dye in the middle column, and the bottom row three Prismarine Shards. One go makes 1 Dark Prismarine.

Dark Prismarine Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Dark Prismarine is minecraft:dark_prismarine. In commands the namespace may be left off, so dark_prismarine works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

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

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

Overview

Dark Prismarine is a darker variant of prismarine with a deep green-blue color. Dark Prismarine uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

Minecraft has used the name Dark Prismarine since 1.8, the oldest release whose language file lists it. The recipe itself last changed in Minecraft 1.15. Guides written before that release show a different set of ingredients for the dark prismarine, so check the grid above rather than the video.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with prismarine shard (kill guardians) and black dye (craft from ink sac or wither rose).

The Stack Arithmetic

8 prismarine shards for 1 dark prismarine scales to 8 out of a 64 stack. On top of that: 8 black dye. Craft 8 clears the box of prismarine shards.

Materials Needed

Item	Amount	Where to Find
Prismarine ShardPrismarine Shard	8x	Kill guardians
Black DyeBlack Dye	1x	Craft from ink sac or wither rose

Collect 8x Prismarine Shard (kill guardians) and Black Dye (craft from ink sac or wither rose) first; the Crafting Table does the rest.

The Full Chain

1 Ink sac or wither rose makes 1 Black Dye, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 8 Prismarine Shard and 1 Ink sac or wither rose.

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Ink sac or wither roseBlack DyeBlack Dye
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Dark Prismarinethis page

Gather this first

8Prismarine Shard

Ink sac or wither rose

Step-by-Step Instructions

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Prismarine Shard8x Prismarine Shard
2
Black DyeBlack Dye
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Dark Prismarine

Minecraft crafting recipe for Dark Prismarine: 8 x Prismarine Shard, 1 x Black Dye in a crafting table, making 1 Dark Prismarine.

Tips & Notes

Shopping list: 8x Prismarine Shard and 1x Black Dye. Plan the Prismarine Shard first: kill guardians.

Uses for Dark Prismarine

Dark aquatic building block

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Dark Prismarine on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Dark Prismarine in Minecraft?

Bring 8 Prismarine Shards and 1 Black Dye to a Crafting Table and you can make Dark Prismarine. The pattern above is exact, so match it square by square, and one craft produces one Dark Prismarine.

What do you need to make Dark Prismarine from scratch?

Starting with nothing, Dark Prismarine costs 8 Prismarine Shards and 1 Ink sac or wither rose. Everything else in the recipe is something you craft on the way there, over 2 crafts in total.

Can you craft Dark Prismarine without a crafting table?

Not this one: Dark Prismarine will not fit the inventory grid. It is laid out as eight Prismarine Shards and a single Black Dye in the centre cell, and that takes 3 rows, more than the 2x2 grid in your inventory can hold.

Where do you find the materials for Dark Prismarine?

Each ingredient in Dark Prismarine has its own source. Prismarine Shard: kill guardians. Black Dye: craft from ink sac or wither rose.

How much Dark Prismarine do you get from one craft?

The Dark Prismarine recipe makes one Dark Prismarine per craft.

What is the item ID for Dark Prismarine in Minecraft?

The Dark Prismarine item ID is minecraft:dark_prismarine, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write dark_prismarine on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.

What is the give command for Dark Prismarine?

The command for Dark Prismarine is /give @p dark_prismarine. Add a number for more than one, so /give @p dark_prismarine 64 hands you a full stack, and it only runs with cheats enabled.

Is the Dark Prismarine recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?

No difference to worry about: Dark Prismarine takes 8 Prismarine Shards and 1 Black Dye at a Crafting Table on Java and on Bedrock alike, one at a time.

Which material does Dark Prismarine need the most of?

Dark Prismarine needs more Prismarine Shard than anything else: 8 Prismarine Shards out of 9 items in total. Gather that first and the rest of the recipe follows easily.

What version of Minecraft added Dark Prismarine?

Minecraft 1.8 is the oldest release that calls the dark prismarine by that name. The recipe file cannot narrow that down, because recipes only became separate files in 1.12. The current release still makes Dark Prismarine exactly that way.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield: 8 Prismarine Shards and 1 Black Dye in, 1 Dark Prismarine out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, 17 August 2026.
That Bedrock agrees: Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 2 ingredients.
How far back it goes: Java 1.8 is the earliest release that calls it this. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
When the recipe last changed: Walked forward through 50 Java releases from 1.13 onwards; 1.15 is the last one that altered it.
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 recipe book unlock: What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum: Counted, not played: 1 Dark Prismarine per craft against the stack size.

Related Recipes

Black Dye

Goes into Dark Prismarine