{{About||the item|Lapis Lazuli|the mineral block|Block of Lapis Lazuli}}
{{Infobox block
|image=Lapis Lazuli Ore.png
|image2=Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore.png
|invimage=Lapis Lazuli Ore
|invimage2=Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore
|transparent=No
|light=No
|tool=stone pickaxe
|hardness=
'''Lapis Lazuli Ore''': {{Hardness values|Lapis Lazuli Ore}}<br>
'''Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore''': {{Hardness values|Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore}}
|renewable=No
|stackable=Yes (64)
|flammable=No
|lavasusceptible=No
}}
'''Lapis lazuli ore''', internally known as '''lapis ore''', is the [[ore]] block from which [[lapis lazuli]] is obtained.

'''Deepslate lapis lazuli ore''', internally known as '''deepslate lapis ore''', is a variant of lapis lazuli ore that generates in [[deepslate]] layers.

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
Lapis lazuli ore can be mined with a [[stone pickaxe]] or better. To obtain the block itself, the player must use [[Silk Touch]]; otherwise, the block drops 4–9 [[lapis lazuli]].
{{Breaking row
|Lapis Lazuli Ore;Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore
|link=none; none
|Pickaxe; Pickaxe
|Stone; Stone
}}
When mined with a [[Fortune]]-enchanted pickaxe, there is a chance for the drops to be multiplied by between 2 and the level plus 1, up to a maximum of 2 to 4 at level III (for a maximum of 36 lapis lazuli dropped). This means at [[Fortune]] III there is a chance to get a minimum of 4 lapis lazuli or 36 lapis lazuli. Because the average drop for Fortune II and III is more than 9, a block of lapis lazuli ore potentially stores more lapis lazuli than a block of lapis lazuli. The drops per Fortune level are as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Drops/Fortune level !! 0 !! 1 !! 2 !! 3
|-
| 4 || {{frac|1|6}} || {{frac|1|9}} || {{frac|1|12}} || {{frac|1|15}}
|-
| 5 || {{frac|1|6}} || {{frac|1|9}} || {{frac|1|12}} || {{frac|1|15}}
|-
| 6 || {{frac|1|6}} || {{frac|1|9}} || {{frac|1|12}} || {{frac|1|15}}
|-
| 7 || {{frac|1|6}} || {{frac|1|9}} || {{frac|1|12}} || {{frac|1|15}}
|-
| 8 || {{frac|1|6}} || {{frac|1|6}}|| {{frac|1|8}} || {{frac|1|10}}
|-
| 9 || {{frac|1|6}} || {{frac|1|9}} || {{frac|1|12}} || {{frac|1|15}}
|-
| 10 || 0 || {{frac|1|18}} || {{frac|1|24}} || {{frac|1|30}}
|-
| 12 || 0 || {{frac|1|18}} || {{frac|1|12}} || {{frac|1|15}}
|-
| 14 || 0 || {{frac|1|18}} || {{frac|1|24}} || {{frac|1|30}}
|-
| 15 || 0 || 0 || {{frac|1|24}} || {{frac|1|30}}
|-
| 16 || 0 || {{frac|1|18}} || {{frac|1|24}} || {{frac|1|15}}
|-
| 18 || 0 || {{frac|1|18}} || {{frac|1|12}} || {{frac|1|15}}
|-
| 20 || 0 || 0 || 0 || {{frac|1|30}}
|-
| 21 || 0 || 0 || {{frac|1|24}} || {{frac|1|30}}
|-
| 24 || 0 || 0 || {{frac|1|24}} || {{frac|1|15}}
|-
| 27 || 0 || 0 || {{frac|1|24}} || {{frac|1|30}}
|-
| 28 || 0 || 0 || 0 || {{frac|1|30}}
|-
| 32 || 0 || 0 || 0 || {{frac|1|30}}
|-
| 36 || 0 || 0 || 0 || {{frac|1|30}}
|-
| Average || {{frac|6|1|2}} || {{frac|8|2|3}} || {{frac|11|3|8}} || {{frac|14|3|10}}
|}
Lapis ore also drops {{xp|2|5}} when broken without Silk Touch.

=== Natural generation ===
{{see also|Ore (feature)}}
Lapis lazuli ore generates in the [[Overworld]] in the form of [[ore feature]]s. It generates in two batches per [[chunk]]:
* The first batch attempts to generate 2 times per chunk, in sizes of 0-10, from levels -32 to 32. It is most common around level 0 and becomes less common toward either end of the range.
* The second batch attempts to generate 4 times per chunk, in sizes of 0-10, evenly from levels -64 to 64. Lapis lazuli ore in this second batch cannot be exposed to air; any ore blocks that would generate exposed do not generate.

Lapis lazuli ore can replace [[stone]], [[andesite]], [[diorite]], [[granite]], [[tuff]], and [[deepslate]]. Any lapis lazuli ore that replaces tuff or deepslate becomes deepslate variant.

{{Block distribution}}

== Usage ==
=== Smelting ingredient ===
{{Smelting
  |showname=1
  |Lapis Lazuli Ore; Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore
  |Lapis Lazuli
  |0.2
}}

=== Note blocks ===
Lapis lazuli ore can be placed under [[note block]]s to produce "bass drum" sounds.

== Sounds ==
=== Lapis lazuli ore ===
{{Sound table/Block/Stone}}

=== Deepslate lapis lazuli ore ===
{{Sound table/Block/Deepslate}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Lapis Lazuli Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=lapis_ore
|blocktags=lapis_ores, mineable/pickaxe, needs_stone_tool
|itemtags=lapis_ores|showblocktags=y}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=deepslate_lapis_ore
|blocktags=lapis_ores, mineable/pickaxe, needs_stone_tool
|itemtags=lapis_ores
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Lapis Lazuli Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=lapis_ore
|id=21}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=deepslate_lapis_ore
|id=655
|foot=1}}

== Video ==
{{yt|IjVVBk_1gBQ}}

== History ==
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2|[[File:Lapis Lazuli Ore JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added lapis lazuli ore.
|Lapis lazuli ore currently [[drops]] only one shard per [[block]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2_02|[[Jeb]] acknowledged that the ore was too rare<ref>http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/f3gvo/lapis_lazuli_is_far_too_rare/</ref> and has now increased the drop rate to 4-8.
|Lapis lazuli ore can now be found at [[bedrock]] level.}}
|{{HistoryLine|unknown}}
|{{HistoryLine||?|Lapis lazuli ore now drops 4-9 lapis lazuli. Whether this was the case in Beta 1.2_02 or a subsequent change is unknown.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|[[Enchanting]] has been added. Mining of lapis lazuli ore is now possible using a [[pickaxe]] with the [[Silk Touch]] enchantment. 
|Lapis lazuli ore can now be [[smelt]]ed to obtain [[lapis lazuli block]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6|Lapis lazuli ore can now be smelted to obtain the lapis lazuli item.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.3.1|dev=12w22a|Smelting and mining lapis lazuli ore, along with other [[ore]]s, [[block]]s and [[item]]s, gives the [[player]] experience orbs. One stack of lapis ore gives the player approximately the [[experience]] needed to go from level 0 to level 13.}}
|{{HistoryLine||Texture Update|link=Texture Update|dev=?|slink=none|[[File:Lapis Lazuli Ore Texture Update Revision 1.png|32px]] A new texture for lapis lazuli ore has been proposed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Lapis Lazuli Ore JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of lapis lazuli ore has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=21w07a|Lapis lazuli ore generation has been changed to generate in two different groups. The first group generates as a triangle spread between Y{{=}}-32 and Y{{=}}32. The second group generates evenly between Y{{=}}-64 and Y{{=}}64, and is never exposed to air.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=February 17, 2021|slink={{Tweet|HenrikKniberg|1362095363314876418}}|[[File:Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore (pre-release).png|32px]] [[Henrik Kniberg]] shows [[grimstone]] variant of lapis lazuli ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=February 18, 2021|slink={{Tweet|JasperBoerstra|1362396465470005251}}|[[File:Lapis Lazuli Ore (pre-release).png|32px]] [[File:Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore (pre-release 2).png|32px]] [[JAPPA]] shows new texture of lapis lazuli ore and [[grimstone]] variant of lapis lazuli ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=February 22, 2021|slink={{Tweet|JasperBoerstra|1363828589708382210}}|[[File:Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore (pre-release 3).png|32px]] [[JAPPA]] shows new texture of [[grimstone]] variant of lapis lazuli ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w08a|[[File:Lapis Lazuli Ore JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore JE1.png|32px]] The texture of lapis lazuli ore has been changed again. The deepslate lapis lazuli ore has been added.
|Increased frequency of buried lapis.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w10a|[[File:Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore JE2.png|32px]] The texture of deepslate lapis lazuli ore has been changed.
|Lapis lazuli ore generates more frequently.
|Normal lapis lazuli ore no longer generates in deepslate.<ref>{{bug|MC-216735|Stone Lapis Ore generating in Deepslate}}</ref>
}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w15a|[[File:Lapis Lazuli Ore JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore JE3.png|32px]] The texture of lapis lazuli ore and the deepslate variant has been changed.
|The lapis lazuli ore generation changes in the previous 1.17 snapshots have reverted, though they can still accessed using the [[Caves & Cliffs Prototype Data Pack]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18|dev=Experimental Snapshot 1|The previous lapis lazuli ore generation changes are once again available without the use of a data pack.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w38a|Buried lapis lazuli ore generates in [[ore blob]]s similarly to other ores.}}

|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.1.0|[[File:Lapis Lazuli Ore JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added lapis lazuli ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.0|Lapis lazuli ore now drops [[lapis lazuli]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.2|Lapis lazuli ore is now available in the creative inventory.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|Mining lapis lazuli ore now drops [[experience]] orbs.
|Lapis lazuli ore can now be collected with [[Silk Touch]], dropping the [[block]] itself.
|Lapis lazuli ore can now be [[smelt]]ed to obtain the lapis lazuli [[item]].
|Lapis Lazuli ore now drops extra shards with the [[Fortune]] enchantment.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Lapis Lazuli Ore JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of lapis lazuli ore has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.220|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.220.50|[[File:Lapis Lazuli Ore JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of lapis lazuli ore has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.0|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.230.52|[[File:Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore JE2.png|32px]] Added deepslate lapis lazuli ore behind the Caves and Cliffs [[experimental gameplay]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.230.54|[[File:Lapis Lazuli Ore JE4 BE4.png|32px]] The texture of lapis lazuli ore has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.230.56|In the Caves and Cliffs experimental gameplay, lapis lazuli ore generation has been changed to generate in two different groups. The first group generates as a triangle spread between Y{{=}}-31 and Y{{=}}31. The second group generates evenly between Y{{=}}-63 and Y{{=}}63.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.17.0.50|[[File:Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore JE3.png|32px]] The texture of the deepslate variant has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.0|dev=beta 1.17.0.52|Deepslate variant now generates without the Caves and Cliffs experimental gameplay.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.0|dev=beta 1.18.0.20|Removed “Caves and Cliffs” experimental toggle. New lapis ore generation are now available through normal gameplay.
|Lapis lazuli ore generation has been tweaked.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.18.0.22|Lapis ore generation height has been tweaked to be in parity with ''Java Edition''.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.30|dev=Preview 1.20.20.21|Increased the blast resistance of deepslate lapis lazuli ore from 1.8 to 3.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.60|dev=Preview 1.20.60.21|Increased the base drop rate of lapis lazuli from lapis lazuli ore from 4-8 to 4-9.}}

|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Lapis Lazuli Ore JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added lapis lazuli ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU7|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[Mining]] lapis lazuli ore now drops [[experience]] orbs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Lapis Lazuli Ore JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of lapis lazuli ore has been changed.}}

|{{HistoryLine|3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Lapis Lazuli Ore JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added lapis lazuli ore.}}

}}

=== Data history ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this block's numeral ID was 21.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w08a|Added <code>lapis_ores</code> block [[tag]].}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list|Lapis Lazuli Ore|Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore}}

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
File:Ores in Cave.png|Lapis lazuli ore can generate as a single block.
File:Isolated Lapis Ore.png|An isolated ore feature of lapis lazuli ore.
File:LapisOreSunlight.png|Lapis lazuli ore exposed to sunlight in deep ravine.
File:Deep ores.png|Naturally generated [[diamond ore]], [[redstone ore]] and lapis lazuli ore found in a [[canyon]]. Check the image for seed and coordinates.
File:Mineshaft Wallpaper.png|Lapis lazuli ore in a [[Mineshaft]]. (Note: it uses a recoloured version of the old normal ore texture instead of its original one.)
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

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[[cs:Ložisko lazuritu]]
[[de:Lapislazulierz]]
[[es:Mena de lapislázuli]]
[[fr:Minerai de lapis-lazuli]]
[[hu:Lazuritérc]]
[[it:Minerale di lapislazzuli]]
[[ja:ラピスラズリ鉱石]]
[[ko:청금석 광석]]
[[lzh:群青礦]]
[[nl:Lapislazuli-erts]]
[[pl:Złoże lazurytu]]
[[pt:Minério de lápis-lazúli]]
[[ru:Лазуритовая руда]]
[[th:แร่ลาพิสลาซูลี]]
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