Overview
Minecraft classifies Prismarine as an underwater block. A crafting table turns its ingredients into Prismarine. Its hardness of 1.5 makes it a normal, unhurried block to mine.
Anything below a wooden pickaxe breaks it without leaving a drop. It drops as the same block you mined. It stacks to 64.
You make it with Prismarine Shard. 4 recipes call for it, including Prismarine Slab, Prismarine Stairs, Prismarine Wall and 1 more.
About the prismarine set
How long it takes to break
At a hardness of 1.5, Prismarine takes 7.5 seconds to punch out and 0.25 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the correct class.
Iron manages 0.4 seconds and diamond 0.3, which makes diamond the tier that changes how this block feels.
A weaker tool still breaks it, but anything under wooden returns nothing — you spend the time and lose the drop, which is how most veins get wasted.
Efficiency contributes its level squared plus one to tool speed, which makes Efficiency V roughly 2.5 times faster than the plain tool.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | 7.5 s | 7.5 s | 7.5 s |
| Wooden | 1.2 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Stone | 0.6 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Iron | 0.4 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Diamond | 0.3 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Netherite | 0.25 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Golden | 0.2 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
Properties
Blast resistance on Prismarine is 6, so an explosion nearby will usually take it out. It stops light entirely and gives off no light. Stack size is 64 — the standard full stack. It renews, so a single world will never run out. A pickaxe is the fastest choice here. A tool of the wrong class is no better than your fist — the speed bonus is tied to the block's own tool tag.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Wooden Pickaxe
- Renewable
- Yes
Where it generates
- Found in
- Ocean Monument
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Prismarine
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Prismarine drops itself.
Used to craft
Prismarine is an ingredient in 4 recipes, producing Prismarine Slab, Prismarine Stairs, Prismarine Wall, and Tide Armor Trim.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Prismarine in Minecraft?
Prismarine is crafted from Prismarine Shard.
What tool do you need to break Prismarine?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Prismarine blast resistant?
Prismarine has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Prismarine fit in one stack?
Prismarine stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
Is Prismarine renewable?
Yes. Prismarine can be obtained again and again in one world, so building with it does not exhaust the supply.
How long does Prismarine take to break?
About 0.25 seconds if you bring the correct netherite tool; 7.5 seconds with your fists.
