Amethyst Shard

Amethyst Shard

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

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An amethyst shard is a crystal obtained from mining a fully grown amethyst cluster in naturally spawning amethyst geodes. It can also be found in chests in ancient cities and trial chambers.

Obtaining

Mining

An amethyst cluster, mined using a pickaxe without Silk Touch or Fortune enchantments, drops 4 amethyst shards. When mined using any other tool, item, or mechanism (such as explosions or pistons) it drops 2 shards. The maximum amount of amethyst shards dropped can be increased with Fortune. Fortune I gives a ¹⁄₃ chance for 8 shards, averaging 5.33 shards; Fortune II gives a 25% chance (each) to give 8 or 12 shards, averaging 7 shards; and Fortune III gives a 20% chance (each) to give 8, 12, or 16 shards, averaging 8.8 shards.

If an amethyst cluster in any of its growth stages is mined using a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch, it drops itself rather than amethyst shards.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Amethyst Shard	Ancient City	Chest	1–15	23.7% { "item": "Amethyst Shard", "stacksize": "1–15", "chance": 0.23725332720231262, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }
	Trial Chambers	Intersection chest	8–20	39.7% { "item": "Amethyst Shard", "stacksize": "8–20", "chance": 0.39719773101739475, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Intersection chest" }

Usage

Allay duplication

If an amethyst shard is given to an allay that is currently dancing to an active jukebox, the allay emits heart particles, consumes the amethyst shard, and duplicates into another allay. After this, there is a 5 minute cooldown until either allay can be duplicated again.

Smithing ingredient

Ingredients	Smithing recipe	Notes
Any Armor Trim + Any Armor Piece + Amethyst Shard		All armor types can be used in this recipe; a chestplate is shown as an example.

Trim color palette

The following color palette is shown on the designs on trimmed armor:

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Amethyst chimes	Friendly Mobs	When an amethyst shard duplicates an allay	block.amethyst_block.chime	subtitles.block.amethyst_block.chime​	0.4	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Amethyst chimes	Blocks	When an amethyst shard duplicates an allay	chime.amethyst_block	subtitles.block.amethyst_block.chime​	1.0	0.5–1.7

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Amethyst Shard	amethyst_shard	Item	item.minecraft.amethyst_shard

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Amethyst Shard	amethyst_shard	625	Item	minecraft:trim_materials	item.amethyst_shard.name

History

Mention

October 3, 2020							Amethyst shards are mentioned, but not shown at Minecraft Live 2020.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.17			20w45a				Added amethyst shards.
			20w46a				The texture for amethyst shards has changed.
1.19			22w13a				Amethyst shards can now be found in ancient city chests.
1.19.1			22w24a				Amethyst shards can now be used to duplicate allays.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w04a				Amethyst shards can now be used as an armor trim material.
1.20			23w12a				Amethyst shards can now be used to craft calibrated sculk sensors.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Amethyst shards can now be found in trial chambers in decorated pots and intersection chests.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.17.0.50				Added amethyst shards behind the "Caves and Cliffs" experimental toggle.
1.17.0			beta 1.17.0.52				Amethyst shards are now available without enabling Experimental Gameplay.
1.19.0			beta 1.19.0.26				Amethyst shards can now be found in ancient city chests.
1.19.10			Preview 1.19.10.22				Amethyst shards can now be used to duplicate allays.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.21				Amethyst shards can now be used as an armor trim material.
			Preview 1.19.80.22				Amethyst shards can now be used to craft calibrated sculk sensors.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Amethyst shards can now be found in trial chambers in intersection chests.

Issues

Issues relating to "Amethyst Shard" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

External links

• "Taking Inventory: Amethyst Shard" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, May 20, 2021.