PixlBit

Just by accident the other day, I noticed I didn't have 100% in Minecraft on Xbox One. I found out they added a new achievement. So, of course, I had to tackle it today. 

The achievement is for acquiring 1000 emeralds. Emeralds are very rarely found in the ground, but they are plentiful in the hands of villagers. To get them you must trade for them. The villagers who trade all want something different but common to a few of them is coal and iron, two very plentiful resources. Of course, it isn't just as easy as collecting coal and iron and getting a ton of emeralds; villagers accept only so much at a time. Then you have to wait for them to do their sales, or whatever they do on their own, and return needing more resources. 

So, I spent my time harvesting a variety of stuff needed by these villagers. I mined a ton of coal and iron but also: sugar cane (to make paper), andicite (a type of rock), flint, sand (to make glass), rotten meat (dropped by mobs when you kill them), gold, and nether-quartz. As you give them resources for emeralds, they level up and then will accept other resources. They will also make things for you at the cost of emeralds. It's ok to use up the emeralds, the achievement just counts the transaction not the amount in your chest. I bought a sweet pair of enchanted diamond pants that saved my life several times - attractive and usefull. You can't beat that. 

I managed to get about 175 emeralds this afternoon. 

Another thing that happened of interest was that I was attacked by a giant mob of Drowned. I saw them in the water as I boated across, and then when I landed, they started streaming out of the river to attack me. I couldn't believe how many of them there were. Usually you come accross three or even four mobs together from time to time, but this was more like a dozen. I thought I captured a video of it but something went wrong, and it didn't work. I think, in my panic I pressed the wrong button, or didn't press it firmly enough. I was running for my life to a defensive position after all. I got a lot of rotten meat out of that fight. It's weird how the village priest is the one that accepts rotten meat for emeralds - gold too. Rotten meat and gold for the church. Ha ha. Like souls and riches.