If you haven’t heard about the game Minecraft then you’re probably living under a stone. This is an independent video game which was originally created by Markus Persson, a Swedish individual. So what is so good about Minecraft and why did it shoot to such extent in case of popularity? Well, there is something about the textured cubes and the 3D world which stimulates creativity in the player that makes it so appealing.
The players can build all sorts of constructions out of those textured cubes present in the game. Minecraft is a highly challenging game, therefore the players often end up getting stuck at some portions of the game and then they go online in forums to discuss about the same. Players who are actually good at the game post videos of certain difficult portions of the game in video sharing websites like YouTube in order to brag or for helping other people.
One of the most talked about topics in case of Minecraft would have to be emerald. People generally enquire about the uses of emerald in Minecraft. Before we get to the topic of using emeralds, it would be necessary to know how to collect this gem in the game. The best way of collecting emeralds in Minecraft would be to use the emerald pickaxe since it facilitates faster mining. In case of application of the emerald pickaxe to mine emerald, it would take only 0.5 seconds to collect one unit of emerald. The pickaxe looks just like any other normal pickaxe except for the fact that its top row is filled with emerald gems. In order to obtain emeralds one should make use of emerald ores. One of the many uses of emerald in Minecraft is as a currency. Sometimes it can be hard for the player to detect emerald ores in case there is a bug in their version of the game because then the ores would be red in color. There is a recipe on how to make a block of emerald. At times, it can become difficult and inconvenient to store the loose emeralds as they are. Therefore consolidating them into a block would be a great idea but you need to have the recipe.
The recipe for creating emerald blocks would be to gather nine individual pieces of emeralds. When you place these together, all the round individual emeralds would turn intoa large square block.Emerald blocks are the perfect solution when you have too many loose emeralds lying in your inventory or with you. The primary use of emerald is as a currency, apart from that it can be used to make blocks. Fans of Minecraft, however, are pleased with the fact that emerald can primarily be used as a currency. This is because they find it really wasteful to turn it into Emerald armor or some sort of protective gear.
To hunt for emeralds, you can try visiting Jungle Temples and the Desert. However these gems are the hardest ones to find as far as Minecraft is concerned. If you cannot get your hands on these the normal way then you can try another method of collecting it, i.e. by trading them with villagers.
You can buy as well as sell emeralds with the villagers. This is an easier way to get emeralds because the villagers would be willing to sell them in exchange for items like mob drops, paper and sugar cane, all of which can be automatically farmed. Newer versions of Minecraft allow the players to obtain emerald pickaxes. So if you still have the first version of the game then you are not going to be able to obtain Emerald pickaxes or armors.
Pictures of emerald: http://cnation.net/cn/minecraft-craft-list.php
http://www.minecraftopia.com/emerald_gem.html
http://minecraftextreme.wikia.com/wiki/Emerald_Gem