Amethyst Armor and Tools

Quickstart

1. Collect amethyst shards from geodes found underground.
2. Open a crafting table and craft any amethyst gear you need — armor or tools follow vanilla patterns using amethyst shards in place of the usual material.
3. Equip your new purple gear and start adventuring.
4. When you're ready to upgrade, craft a Large Amethyst Crystal, then an Echo Shard Upgrade, gather a vanilla echo shard from Ancient Cities, and combine everything at a crafting table (or smithing table for armor) to get the powerful dark Echo Shard tier.

Overview

Amethyst Arsenal adds two complete tiers of equipment built entirely from amethyst and echo shard materials. The first tier — Amethyst gear — gives you netherite-level performance using amethyst shards you can farm from any geode. The second tier — Echo Shard gear — pushes durability to the extreme and, when the full armor set is worn together, surrounds you with a permanent suite of powerful status effects.

What It Adds

Amethyst Tier

Echo Shard Tier

All ten items above have an Echo Shard counterpart with dark textures and 8 000 durability. Armor pieces also carry a set bonus (see below).

Crafting Intermediates

• Large Amethyst Crystal — crafting ingredient for the upgrade template
• Echo Shard Upgrade — the smithing template / shapeless ingredient used to unlock the Echo Shard tier

Abilities And Mechanics

Amethyst Gear Stats

• Armor protection: Helmet 3 · Chestplate 8 · Leggings 6 · Boots 3 (matches netherite values)
• Weapon/tool damage: Sword & Spear & Axe 8 · Pickaxe & Shovel 6 · Hoe 1
• Tool speed: 9 (all amethyst tools)
• Durability: ~407–592 for armor pieces; 2 031 for all tools and weapons
• Repair material: Amethyst Shard (in an anvil)
• Enchantability: 15 on all enchantable pieces

Echo Shard Gear Stats

• Durability: 8 000 on every Echo Shard item
• Tool speed: 12 (faster than amethyst tier)
• Repair material: Echo Shard (in an anvil)
• Same protection and damage values as the amethyst tier

Full Echo Shard Armor Set Bonus

Wearing all four Echo Shard armor pieces at the same time continuously grants:

• 🔥 Fire Resistance
• ⚡ Speed
• 🛡️ Resistance
• ⚔️ Strength

The effects refresh automatically every few seconds with no action required. Remove any single piece and the bonus stops immediately.

Crafting And Obtaining

Amethyst Armor

Amethyst Weapons

Amethyst Tools

Crafting Intermediates

Large Amethyst Crystal — combine 5 amethyst shards in a plus/cross pattern:

Echo Shard Upgrade — surround a Large Amethyst Crystal with 8 amethyst blocks:

Echo Shard Weapons & Tools (Crafting Table)

Combine the matching Amethyst tool or weapon + an Echo Shard Upgrade + a vanilla Echo Shard (order doesn't matter — all are shapeless):

Echo Shard Armor — Crafting Table (Shapeless)

You can upgrade armor directly at the crafting table with the same three ingredients (Amethyst armor piece + Echo Shard Upgrade + Echo Shard):

Echo Shard Armor — Smithing Table

Alternatively, use a smithing table with the Echo Shard Upgrade as the template slot:

Progression And Strategy

1. Early game: As soon as you locate an amethyst geode, you have everything needed to craft a full set of tools and armor far stronger than diamond. Amethyst shards are the only material required.

2. Mid-game bridge: Amethyst gear is immediately useful but has moderate durability. Enchanting it (enchantability 15) and repairing it with spare shards keeps it going until you're ready to upgrade.

3. End-game push: To reach the Echo Shard tier you need echo shards, which drop from the loot chests of Ancient Cities in the Deep Dark. Collect 9+ amethyst blocks and craft the Echo Shard Upgrade, then use it alongside a single echo shard to transform each piece of gear.

4. Commit to the full set: Individual Echo Shard armor pieces are already excellent thanks to their 8 000 durability, but the real payoff comes from completing all four slots. The simultaneous Fire Resistance, Speed, Resistance, and Strength effects make you a formidable force in any combat or exploration scenario — especially in the Nether where fire immunity is critical.

5. Repair planning: Keep a stock of echo shards for anvil repairs once you've made the jump to the Echo Shard tier. Each shard restores a meaningful chunk of the item's massive 8 000-point durability bar.