Perfect Emerald

An alternative final upgrade to Diamonds, rather than Netherite.
Favors speed over durability.

Comparison with Netherite

Netherite offers knockback resistance and higher durability.
Perfect Emerald offers faster mining speed, faster attack speed, but very low durability.
A Perfect Emerald Pickaxe with Efficiency V can instant-mine stone with Haste I.

Stats

PerfectEmeraldPickaxe.png Pickaxe: 500 durability, 16 efficiency
PerfectEmeraldSword.png Sword: 400 durability, 5 damage, 2 attack speed (0.5 seconds)
PerfectEmeraldShovel.png Shovel: 500 durability, 14 efficiency
PerfectEmeraldAxe.png Axe: 480 durability, 14 efficiency, 7 damage, 1.6 attack speed (0.625 seconds)
PerfectEmeraldHoe.png Hoe: 200 durability, 14 efficiency
perfect emerald helmet big.pngHelmet: 275 durability, perfect emerald chestplate big.pngChestplate: 400, perfect emerald leggings big.pngLeggings: 375, perfect emerald boots big.pngBoots: 325.

Obtaining

You upgrade diamond tools at a Smithing Table with a Perfect Emerald.

The recipe for 1 Perfect Emerald is 1 Opal Core surrounded by 8 Emerald Blocks, equivalent to 72 Emeralds and 16 Raw Opal Shards.
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9 Perfect Emeralds make a Perfect Emerald Block.

Having all four armor pieces equipped and all five tools in your inventory at once grants CoverMeInRiches.pngCover Me In Riches.
Having the pickaxe earns IsntItEmeraldPick.pngIsn't It Emerald Pick. (see Isn't It A Pick)

Partying

Perfect emerald has partying properties.
The Perfect Emerald Coated Amethyst Shard and the Perfect Party Emerald Block perfect party emerald block.gif both emit some funny sound effects when used. (64 possible sound effects)
The Perfect Party Emerald Block is smithed with 1 Perfect Emerald Block and 1 Perfect Emerald.
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The block flashes constantly and can be clicked or redstone-powered to activate it.

The /partying command requires no special permissions to use and plays a partying sound.
The *Party* keyboard shortcut also plays a sound.
These last two methods can be disabled with the partyPooper gamerule, as they could get annoying in multiplayer.

All* Perfect Emerald items.
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