Prismarine

This article is about the block. For the shard, see Prismarine Shard. For the crystals, see Prismarine Crystals.

Prismarine

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	1.5
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Prismarine is a type of stone that appears underwater in ruins and ocean monuments. It periodically changes color between blue and green.

Prismarine bricks are decorative blue bricks with chiseled patterns.

Dark prismarine is a decorative form of prismarine; it is dark green, with a tight grid pattern.

Obtaining

Breaking

Prismarine only drops itself when mined with a pickaxe. If mined by any other tool, it drops nothing.

Block	Prismarine	Dark Prismarine	Prismarine Bricks
Hardness	1.5	1.5	1.5
Tool
Breaking time
Default	7.5	7.5	7.5
Wooden	1.15	1.15	1.15
Stone	0.6	0.6	0.6
Iron	0.4	0.4	0.4
Diamond	0.3	0.3	0.3
Netherite	0.25	0.25	0.25
Golden	0.25	0.25	0.25

Natural generation

All types of prismarine naturally generate as the main blocks making up ocean monuments. Normal prismarine and its bricks are found in large amounts due to the size of the structure. Prismarine bricks make up the 23 pillars below the monument, and appear decoratively throughout the structure. Somewhat more rare is dark prismarine, which encases the 8 gold block reward of the dungeon, and appears in fewer decorative features. Normal prismarine can additionally be found in underwater ruins.

Crafting

Each type of prismarine can be crafted using varying amounts of prismarine shards, and an ink sac‌^{[Bedrock and Education editions only]} or black dye in the case of dark prismarine. All of these resources can be obtained from underwater mobs.

Usage

The color change of prismarine

Prismarine can be used for decoration or as a high blast resistance building block.

The normal prismarine is uniquely useful for decoration as it has an animated texture. The cracks in prismarine slowly cycle in color through light blue, green, purple, and dark blue. The full animation for the prismarine texture changes color 22 times in an irregular sequence before the whole pattern repeats; this takes 5 minutes and 30 seconds.

Conduit power

Main article: Conduit

Prismarine, dark prismarine and prismarine bricks can be used to activate a conduit by building a structure around it. By doing this, the conduit emits the "Conduit Power" effect in a certain radius, depending on how many blocks are used to power it. Sea lanterns can also be used for this purpose.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition: ^{[needs in-game testing]}

Sound	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
	Breaking the block	dig.stone	?	0.8
	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	?	?
	Mining the block	hit.stone	?	0.5
?	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	?	?
?	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	?	?
	Walking on the block	step.stone	?	?
	Placing the block	use.stone	?	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Prismarine	prismarine	block.minecraft.prismarine
Prismarine Bricks	prismarine_bricks	block.minecraft.prismarine_bricks
Dark Prismarine	dark_prismarine	block.minecraft.dark_prismarine

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Prismarine	prismarine	168	tile.prismarine.rough.name tile.prismarine.dark.name tile.prismarine.bricks.name

Block data

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, prismarine uses the following data values:

	DV	Description
	0	Prismarine
	1	Dark Prismarine
	2	Prismarine Bricks

Block states

See also: Block states

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
prismarine_block_type	default	bricks
		dark
		default

Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
	Moskstraumen	Activate a Conduit	Place a conduit in a valid prismarine/sea lantern structure to activate it.	50G	Gold

History

May 17, 2014					The first images of prismarine are previewed by Jeb on his Instagram page.
May 27, 2014					Jeb creates a contest to name the new block. A clearer image of the block texture is also revealed. Jeb also reveals that there's several varieties.
May 28, 2014					Jeb names the new block "prismarine".
Java Edition
1.8		14w25a			Prismarine added, along with its variants.
1.13		17w47a			Different block states of prismarine have been separated into prismarine, prismarine_bricks and dark_prismarine for those respective blocks.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 168.
		18w07a			Added stairs and slabs for prismarine and its variants.
		18w09a			Prismarine now generates in underwater ruins.
		18w15a			Prismarine and prismarine bricks can now be used to activate conduits.
		18w20c			Dark prismarine can now be used to activate conduits.
1.14		18w43a			Prismarine can now be used to craft prismarine walls.
					The textures for prismarine have been changed.
1.15		Pre-release 1			Dark prismarine is now crafted with black dye instead of ink sacs.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.16.0		build 1			Added prismarine and its variants.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.13.8			Added stairs and slabs for prismarine and its variants.
		beta 1.2.20.1			Prismarine now generates in underwater ruins.
1.5.0		beta 1.5.0.1			Prismarine and prismarine bricks can now be used to activate conduits.
		?			Dark prismarine can now be used to active conduits.
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Prismarine can now be used to craft prismarine walls.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures for prismarine have been changed.
Legacy Console Edition
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Added prismarine and its variants.
		1.90			The textures for prismarine have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.3.12					Added prismarine, along with its variants.

Issues

Issues relating to "Prismarine", "Prismarine Bricks", or "Dark Prismarine" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

	“	I picked Prismarine because 1) it sounds good, 2) it references water with "marine", 3) it references its "shimmering effect" I hinted at with "prism", and 4) it doesn't really mean anything in the real world.	„
		— Jeb about the name

• The name "prismarine" was created by the now-deleted Reddit user AjaxGb during a naming contest, where Jeb was looking for a name for the block.
• The tiling created by prismarine bricks somewhat resembles the prismatic pentagonal tiling, although with most pentagons skewed.

Gallery

• 

  The first picture of prismarine, along with sea lanterns, in a proto-ocean monument.

• 

  A brightened version of the preview image.

References

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