This page documents an in-depth history of amethyst buds and amethyst clusters.
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Java Edition[]
May 21, 2009 | Notch mentioned crystal blocks as a potential block type which can be found in the underground. | ||||
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October 3, 2020 | Amethyst clusters are shown at Minecraft Live 2020. | ||||
October 20, 2020 | Cory Scheviak reveals small and medium amethyst buds on Twitter. | ||||
Java Edition | |||||
1.17 | 20w45a | Added amethyst buds and amethyst clusters. | |||
20w46a | Amethyst buds can now be obtained with Silk Touch.[1] | ||||
21w11a | Breaking amethyst clusters by hand, with a piston, or by other means now only drops 2 amethyst shards instead of the 4 that it does when broken with a pickaxe. | ||||
Previously, only an iron pickaxe or higher can drop 4 amethyst shards, and other means dropped nothing. | |||||
21w17a | Removed unused 'lit' blockstate. | ||||
? | Some amethyst bud items now have dedicated item textures, which appear moved up a few pixels compared to the block textures. | ||||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.17.0 | beta 1.17.0.50 | File:Small Amethyst Bud (D) BE1.png File:Small Amethyst Bud (N) BE1.png File:Small Amethyst Bud (E) BE1.png File:Small Amethyst Bud (S) BE1.png File:Small Amethyst Bud (W) BE1.png File:Medium Amethyst Bud (D) BE1.png File:Medium Amethyst Bud (N) BE1.png File:Medium Amethyst Bud (E) BE1.png File:Medium Amethyst Bud (S) BE1.png File:Medium Amethyst Bud (W) BE1.png File:Large Amethyst Bud (D) BE1.png File:Large Amethyst Bud (N) BE1.png File:Large Amethyst Bud (E) BE1.png File:Large Amethyst Bud (S) BE1.png File:Large Amethyst Bud (W) BE1.png File:Amethyst Cluster (D) BE1.png File:Amethyst Cluster (N) BE1.png File:Amethyst Cluster (E) BE1.png File:Amethyst Cluster (S) BE1.png File:Amethyst Cluster (W) BE1.png Added amethyst buds and amethyst clusters. | |||
beta 1.17.0.52 | Amethyst buds and amethyst clusters are now no longer only available in experimental gameplay. |