Pith

| Type | Item |
|---|---|
| Replaces | Turtle Scute |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Resource location | minecraft:turtle_scute |
| Defined in | divine_fragment.json |
Pith (formerly Divine Fragment) is a rare magic material that replaces the turtle scute. It comes from breaking spawners and defeating powerful mobs, and is needed for late-game items: Adamant Alloy, Electrum Alloy, Crystal Hearts, Bedrock Busters, eyes of ender and the Prayer of Prometheus. Nine pith make an amalgamated pith.
Obtaining
Pith cannot be farmed from ordinary mobs. The developer's video describes it as the pack's main answer to mob grinders: every spawner broken gives one pith, so a spawner is worth more broken than built into a farm.[1]
Sources
Chest loot
| Source | Stack size | Chance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient city | 3–1 | 18.2% | |
| Stronghold corridor | 1 | 12.2% | |
| Trial chambers / reward ominous | 1 | 41.8% |
Mob drops
| Source | Stack size | Chance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elder guardian | 1–3 | 100% | player kill |
| Evoker | 1 | 100% | player kill, Looting increases chance |
| Piglin brute | 1 | 100% | player kill, Looting increases chance |
Block drops
| Source | Stack size | Chance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spawner | 1 | 100% |
Trading
| Villager | Level | Offer | Price | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouthpiece | Master | 2 × |
1 |
Every source gives the same item, which has rare (aqua) rarity and an enchantment glint.[2] Spawners always drop exactly one: Fortune has no effect on them.
Crafting
| Name | Ingredients | Recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Pith | Amalgamated Pith |
An amalgamated pith can be broken down into 9 pith, and 9 pith craft an amalgamated pith.
Trading
A master-level Mouthpiece sells one pith for 2 Crystal Hearts and an echo shard.[3]
Usage
| Name | Ingredients | Recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Prayer of Prometheus | 4 × Estus Ash + Pith + 3 × Diamond + Hell-Bound Book |
|
| Adamant Alloy | 4 × Adamant Scrap + Pith + 4 × Gold Ingot |
|
| Bedrock Buster | 8 × TNT + Pith |
|
| Crystal Heart | 8 × Diamond + Pith |
|
| Amalgamated Pith | 9 × Pith | |
| Electrum Alloy | 4 × Gold Ingot + Pith + 4 × Silver Bullion |
|
| Eye of Ender | Stabilized Estus + Pith |
|
| Ominous Trial Key | Trial Key + Pith |
One pith and one Stabilized Estus make 16 eyes of ender, enough to fill an end portal. Pith and a trial key make an ominous trial key.
Behavior
Pith lying on the ground gives off small electric spark particles.[4]
Pith is a turtle scute with rare rarity. Baby turtles drop a Turtle Shellmet instead of a scute when they grow up. The vanilla turtle shell recipe is removed.
Advancements
| Advancement | Description | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| A Vestige of Divinity | A Relic only obtained by breaking Spawners or vanquishing powerful Forces | Obtain pith. Rewards Obols.[5] |
History
| 0.4-alpha | Piglin brutes now drop Divine Fragments. |
|---|---|
| 0.5-alpha | Evokers now drop Divine Fragments. |
| 0.6-alpha | Removed from the librarian's trades, to discourage mob farms.[6] |
| 1.02 | Fortune now works on spawners. |
| 1.03 | Fortune no longer works on spawners.[7] Added to trial chambers. Electrum Alloy now needs a Divine Fragment. |
| 1.10 | Papal outposts provide some early fragments, according to the release notes. |
| 1.12.1-alpha | Can be bought from the Mouthpiece for Crystal Hearts and an echo shard. Turtle scutes that are not the pack's Divine Fragment are removed. |
| 1.12.2 | The Mouthpiece's trade costs 2 Crystal Hearts instead of 1.[8] |
| 1.12.3 | Turtle scutes that are not the pack's Divine Fragment are no longer removed. |
| 1.12.6-alpha | Renamed from "Divine Fragment" to "Pith".[9] |
See also
References
- ↑ Klei Wright, "Minecraft punishes casual players. I made a datapack to fix it." (YouTube): "I wanted to have a way to disincentivize mob grinders and I think this one mechanic does a lot of the heavy lifting. You could make a simple mob grinder, but the divine fragment is staring you in the face. If you want to get to the end, you need that fragment."
- ↑
treasure/divine fragment.json - ↑
5/crystal heart.json - ↑
0 5/item particles.mcfunction - ↑
tutorial/obtain divine fragment.json - ↑ Matcha Flavoured 0.6-alpha release notes: "Removed Divine Fragment from Librarian Trade (done to disincentivise mob farms)"
- ↑ Matcha Flavoured 1.03 release notes: "Fortune NO LONGER works on spawners. I think early game should be defined by the rarity of this material. 4 Fragments per spawner is just too much."
- ↑
5/crystal heart.json - ↑
lang/en us.json
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