Lapis Lazuli Ore
| Transparent |
No |
|---|---|
| Luminance |
0 |
| Blast resistance |
15 |
| Tool | |
| Renewable |
No |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
| Experience |
Mined: 2–5 |
| Drops |
|
| Data value |
dec: 21 hex: 15 bin: 10101 |
| Namespaced ID |
lapis_ore |
This article is about the Lapis Lazuli ore. For the block, see Lapis Lazuli Block. For the dye, see Lapis Lazuli.Lapis lazuli ore is the ore block from which lapis lazuli is obtained.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
A stone pickaxe or better is required to obtain a drop from lapis lazuli ore. If mined with a Silk Touch enchanted pickaxe, it will drop itself, otherwise it will drop 4-8 lapis lazuli and 2-5 experience.
When mined with a Fortune enchanted pickaxe, there is a chance the drops will be multiplied by between 2 and the level plus 1, up to a maximum of 2 to 4 at level III (for a maximum of 32 lapis lazuli dropped).
| Drops/Fortune level | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1⁄5 | 2⁄15 | 1⁄10 | 2⁄25 |
| 5 | 1⁄5 | 2⁄15 | 1⁄10 | 2⁄25 |
| 6 | 1⁄5 | 2⁄15 | 1⁄10 | 2⁄25 |
| 7 | 1⁄5 | 2⁄15 | 1⁄10 | 2⁄25 |
| 8 | 1⁄5 | 1⁄5 | 3⁄20 | 3⁄25 |
| 10 | 0 | 1⁄15 | 1⁄20 | 1⁄25 |
| 12 | 0 | 1⁄15 | 1⁄10 | 2⁄25 |
| 14 | 0 | 1⁄15 | 1⁄20 | 1⁄25 |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | 1⁄20 | 1⁄25 |
| 16 | 0 | 1⁄15 | 1⁄20 | 2⁄25 |
| 18 | 0 | 0 | 1⁄20 | 1⁄25 |
| 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1⁄25 |
| 21 | 0 | 0 | 1⁄20 | 1⁄25 |
| 24 | 0 | 0 | 1⁄20 | 2⁄25 |
| 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1⁄25 |
| 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1⁄25 |
| Average | 6 | 8 | 10.5 | 13.2 |
| Block | Lapis Lazuli Ore | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 3 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[note 1] | ||
| Hand | 15 | |
| Wooden | 7.5 | |
| Stone | 1.15 | |
| Iron | 0.75 | |
| Diamond | 0.6 | |
| Golden | 1.25 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds. For more information, see Haste § Instant mining.
Natural generation[edit]
Lapis lazuli ore is found at a depth of 31 and below. Unlike other ores, lapis lazuli utilises periodic gaussian generation. The highest concentration of lapis lazuli ore is found between levels 13 and 16. At this level the concentration is about 0.083% of all blocks (0.1013% of stone). The concentration drops linearly as one gets farther from these rows. Overall, lapis lazuli is around 1.1 times as common as diamond ore with an average of 3.43 lapis lazuli per chunk.
Usage[edit]
The primary use of lapis lazuli ore is to be mined to obtain its drops of lapis lazuli.
Smelting ingredient[edit]
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Lapis Lazuli | Lapis Lazuli Ore + Any fuel |
History[edit]
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 |  Added lapis lazuli ore.
| ||||
| Lapis lazuli ore currently only drops one shard per block. | |||||
| 1.2_02 | Jeb acknowledged that the ore was too rare[1] and increased the drop rate to 4-8. | ||||
| Lapis lazuli ore can now be found at bedrock level. | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Enchanting was added. Mining of lapis lazuli ore was now possible using a pickaxe with the "silk touch" enchantment. During this time the ore could have then been smelted to obtain lapis blocks. | |||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6 | Lapis lazuli can now be smelted to obtain blue dye. | ||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w22a | Smelting and mining lapis lazuli ore, along with other ores, blocks and items, gives the player experience orbs. One stack of lapis ore will give the player approximately the experience needed to go from level 0 to level 13. | |||
| Inventory sprites for blocks have now been flipped from left to right, changing to . | |||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 21. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | The texture of lapis lazuli ore has now been updated. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added lapis lazuli ore. | ||||
| ? | Lapis lazuli ore will now drop lapis lazuli. | ||||
| Lapis lazuli can now be smelted to obtain the lapis lazuli item. | |||||
| 0.12.1 | build 1 | Mining lapis lazuli ore will now drop experience orbs. | |||
| Lapis lazuli ore can now be collected with Silk Touch, dropping the block itself. | |||||
| Lapis Lazuli ore will now drop extra shards with the Fortune enchantment. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added lapis lazuli ore. | |
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added lapis lazuli ore. | ||||
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Lapis Lazuli Ore" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- Lapis lazuli is based on the real stone for which it is named and has historically been a prized and rare stone used in jewelry and as a dye.
Gallery[edit]
Lapis lazuli can come in veins of one.
Another vein of lapis ore along with lapis dyes.
Lapis lazuli at the edge of a lava lake.
An isolated vein of lapis lazuli ore.
A block of lapis ore naturally exposed to sunlight underneath two stacked ravines.
References[edit]
