Rarity/Before 1.21.2 & 1.21.30

Rarity has been significantly reorganized in Java Edition 1.21.2 and Bedrock Edition 1.21.30. This article covers the rarity system before these changes.

Displaying

Rarity is intended to display anywhere the item name does.

It is shown in the following situations:

• Item tooltips in the inventory
• Item tooltips above the hotbar
• Death messages or /give command in chat‌^{[JE only]}

Rarity colors do not display in the following cases:

• Item tooltips from an item frame^[1]
• Contents tooltips from a shulker box^[2]
• Item tooltips in the statistics screen‌^{[JE only][3]}
• The CanPlaceOn/CanBreak tags of an item^[4]
• Item names in the Superflat customization screen‌^{[JE only][5]}

While the ominous banner in Java Edition displays its name in gold () for the first two cases above, that is not related to rarity. Items with NBT data cannot be specified for the last three cases.

Tiers

Common

This rarity applies to all items that don't have a dedicated rarity tier.

In Bedrock Edition, enchanted books are Common rarity.^[6]

Uncommon

This tier mostly contains easier-to-obtain treasure items and materials, as well as some useful equipment.

• Creeper Charge Banner Pattern
• Enchanted Book^[a]
• Skull Charge Banner Pattern
• Snout Banner Pattern
• Bottle o' Enchanting‌^{[JE only]}
• Dragon's Breath‌^{[JE only]}
• Elytra‌^{[JE only]}
• Heads‌^{[JE only]}
• Heart of the Sea‌^{[JE only]}
• Nether Star‌^{[JE only]}
• Totem of Undying‌^{[JE only]}

Rare

This tier mostly contains rare treasures, materials, and equipment that require more effort to obtain.

• Enchanted armor, tools and weapons^[b]
• Flow Banner Pattern
• Golden Apple
• Guster Banner Pattern
• Music Discs
• Beacon‌^{[JE only]}
• Conduit‌^{[JE only]}
• End Crystal‌^{[JE only]}

Epic

This tier is mostly reserved for extremely difficult-to-obtain treasures and powerful equipment. In Java Edition, most administrative items also belong here.

• Enchanted Golden Apple
• Heavy Core
• Mace
• Thing Banner Pattern
• Trident
• Dragon Egg‌^{[JE only]}

Administrative blocks‌^{[JE only]}

• Barrier
• Command Blocks
• Jigsaw Block
• Light Block
• Minecart with Command Block
• Structure Block
• Structure Void
• Debug Stick
• Knowledge Book

Notes

References

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