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Amethyst Geode

Hollow pockets of amethyst inside shells of smooth basalt and calcite. Players mine them for decorative blocks and keep coming back to the budding amethyst, which regrows shards.

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From the Minecraft Wiki, summarised

How it generates

Generates underground between Y=-58 and Y=30. A geode can intersect or obstruct caves and aquifers, and a crack often exposes its interior.

Biomes

  • All Overworld biomes

It's a feature, not a structure: Java calls it minecraft:amethyst_geode, and it has no spacing grid. Each chunk has a 1 in 24 chance of attempting a geode, and 95% of geodes have a crack. Budding amethyst can't be picked up in survival, so a shard farm has to stay where the geode is. Bedrock's attempt rate isn't confirmed.

Variants

  • Cracked · A gap in the shell can expose the amethyst inside. 95% of geodes.
  • Sealed · No crack in the shell. 5% of geodes.

Notable loot

  • Amethyst Shard
  • Block of Amethyst
  • Amethyst Cluster
  • Amethyst Buds with Silk Touch
  • Calcite
  • Smooth Basalt

History

  1. 20w45aJava

    Introduced amethyst geodes during Caves & Cliffs development.

  2. 21w08aJava

    Replaced the outer tuff layer with smooth basalt and prevented fully floating geodes.

  3. beta 1.17.0.50Bedrock

    Added experimental amethyst geodes.

  4. 21w20aJava

    Reduced the attempt frequency from one per 30 chunks to one per 53 chunks.

  5. 1.17Java

    Released amethyst geodes in Caves & Cliffs: Part I.

  6. 1.17.0Bedrock

    Released geodes without requiring experimental gameplay.

  7. 1.18Java

    Adapted geodes to the expanded underground and capped their generation at Y=30.

  8. 1.18.0Bedrock

    Enabled geodes below Y=0 and capped their generation at Y=30.

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Sources

The description, generation rules, variants, loot, mobs and history above are summarised from the Minecraft Wiki article Amethyst Geode, retrieved 2026-09-30. Minecraft Wiki text is available under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. We have not checked these facts in game.

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