Minecraftplayers have an endless world at their disposal but, because of the sheer number of blocks and items that can be crafted, players often forget what can and can’t be made or traded for. This is often the case for theHeart of the Sea, a fairly rare item inMinecraft, that becomes important for certain base designs and specific playthroughs.
The Heart of the Sea cannot be crafted unlikemost other complex blocks inMinecraftand doesn’t spawn like ores or other items in the game. The process is more involved as players have to hunt for a treasure map in order to acquire one. These treasure maps only spawn in two types of locations: shipwrecks and ocean ruins. In order to find one of these two, players need to hunt the ocean floors and coasts for wooden hulks resembling ships or stone buildings. Or they can locate a dolphin for some help.
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How to Get Heart of the Sea
Dolphins have the unique ability to guide players to buried treasure, shipwrecks, or ocean ruins depending on which is closest. First,Minecraftplayers must acquire a raw codor salmon (which is a drop from killing either one of these fish), and then they must use it tofeed a dolphin. The animal should shoot off towards the nearest buried treasure, shipwreck, or ocean ruin and all players have to do isfollow it. For the latter two, shipwrecks and ocean ruins, there are chests hidden within them that typically hold these treasure maps.
Treasure maps aresimilar to regular maps in Minecraftexcept they have a marker indicating where the player must dig to find a treasure chest. Treasure chests are usually along the coast and if a dolphin guides a player here, they mustdig along that area until they uncover the chest. Having a treasure map is more helpful because it specifically points to the location of the chest. But, regardless of how players got there, once found and opened, the chest should hold a variety of random items as well as the Heart of the Sea. It looks just like a blue sphere.
The reason why the Heart of the Sea is so important is because of what can be crafted with it. Combined with 8 nautilus shells, theHeart of the Sea in Minecraft turns into a conduit. A conduit is a beacon-like block that gives off an area-of-effect that combines water-breathing, night vision, and haste.
This block is basically essential for players that want tobuild a base underwater. Not only does it allow players to breathe and see underwater but it also hurts hostile mobs if they get too close. Important to note here is that the conduit will only work if the player places it in the center of a 3x3x3 volume of water.
Minecraftis available on Mobile, PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
