Finding Lapis Lazuli in Minecraft: Mineral Location Guide

• Check caves and chests (found in mineshafts, shipwrecks, and desert temples) for lapis lazuli.
• Locate lapis lazuli between the -64 and 64 levels on the in-game Y-axis.
• Mine lapis lazuli with a stone-level pickaxe or higher.

Where can you find lapis lazuli in Minecraft?

Caves: Lapis lazuli can be found in caves and underground spaces between the -64 and 64 Y axis (especially around the 0 level).

Chests: Lapis lazuli can be a reward in chests, which can be found in mineshafts, shipwrecks, and desert temples.Tip: Mineshafts are typically found underground unless they spawn in badlands biomes; then, they’ll be above ground.

How to Mine Lapis Lazuli

Make a stone pickaxe or better. Lapis lazuli ore can be mined with a stone, iron, gold, diamond, or netherite pickaxe.

Find lapis lazuli underground. Some lapis lazuli ore can be found between the -32 and 32 Y axis in the game (especially around the 0 level), while other chunks of ore can be found anywhere between -64 and 64.Tip: Use Minecraft’s built-in coordinates feature to see where on the Y-axis you currently are.

Mine the lapis lazuli ore. Look for blocks of stone or deepslate that are speckled with dark blue, which contain lapis lazuli. Break these blocks to collect the ore—they’ll give you multiple pieces of lapis lazuli per block.Controls: Left-click on computer; touch and hold on mobile device; RT on Xbox; R2 on PlayStation; ZR on Nintendo Switch

How to Use Lapis Lazuli

Enchant items with lapis lazuli blocks. Using an enchantment table, equip a book and lapis lazuli. Use the in-game interface on the enchanting table to apply your desired enchantments. Then, use an anvil to apply the enchanted book to other items, like your weapons.

Create blue versions of items. Use a crafting table to create a variety of blue-colored items, including blue concrete powder, blue carpet, blue fireworks, and more.

Dye cloth items blue. Place a single piece of lapis lazuli on a crafting table to produce blue dye. Then, use this dye to make blue wool, blue collars, blue leather armor, and more.Tip: In the Bedrock version of Minecraft, a piece of lapis lazuli ore can be substituted for blue dye.