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How to Craft Prismarine Bricks in Minecraft

Prismarine Bricks are a refined version of prismarine with a tiled pattern.

Overview

Prismarine Bricks are a refined version of prismarine with a tiled pattern. Prismarine Bricks uses a shaped recipe, meaning the ingredients must sit in the exact pattern shown in the grid above; placing them in the wrong cells will not produce the item. A Crafting Table gives you the full 3x3 grid, which you need for any recipe larger than 2x2. You can craft one from four planks, and most bases keep one near the furnaces.

The recipe was added in Minecraft 1.8 and still works the same way in version 1.21. Each craft yields a single Prismarine Bricks.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with prismarine shard (kill guardians). If any of those are not already in your stores, gather them first, because the craft itself takes only a moment once everything is in the grid. With the ingredients on hand and a Crafting Table placed, Prismarine Bricks is one of the quicker things to add to your inventory.

Crafting Recipe

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Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Prismarine Shard9Kill guardians

To make Prismarine Bricks you will gather 9x Prismarine Shard (kill guardians). Lining these up before you open the Crafting Table saves a trip back to storage, especially if you plan to craft several at once.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. Open your Crafting Table to access the 3x3 crafting grid.
  2. Arrange the ingredients in the crafting grid following the pattern shown above.
  3. Place Prismarine Shard in: row 1, column 1; row 1, column 2; row 1, column 3; row 2, column 1; row 2, column 2; row 2, column 3; row 3, column 1; row 3, column 2; row 3, column 3.
  4. Collect your Prismarine Bricks from the output slot.

Tips & Notes

  • If the output slot stays empty, double-check the pattern against the grid above; a shaped recipe fails silently when even one ingredient is in the wrong cell.

Uses for Prismarine Bricks

  • Ocean monument decoration
  • Refined aquatic building block

How Prismarine Bricks Fits Your World

Building blocks are the backbone of construction, and the variant you choose changes both the look and the behaviour of a build. Stairs and slabs let you shape rooflines and half-steps, glass and stained glass let light through, and decorative stone and concrete give you a consistent palette for large projects. Many of these blocks are also craftable in bulk, which matters when a single build can swallow thousands of them. For Prismarine Bricks specifically, that means it is most valuable for ocean monument decoration and refined aquatic building block.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Prismarine Bricks?
You need 9 Prismarine Shard, made at a Crafting Table. Gather all of the materials first, then arrange them in the exact grid pattern shown above to produce the Prismarine Bricks.
How many Prismarine Bricks does the recipe produce?
The recipe produces a single Prismarine Bricks per craft.
What is Prismarine Bricks used for?
Prismarine Bricks is used for several things: Ocean monument decoration; Refined aquatic building block.
What version of Minecraft added Prismarine Bricks?
Prismarine Bricks was added in Minecraft 1.8 and works the same way in the current 1.21 release. Recipes for it are identical across Java and Bedrock Edition unless noted otherwise.

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