Datapack Diamond Shards

Diamond Shards for Trading and Salvage

Diamond Shards is a Minecraft datapack that gives unwanted diamond equipment a useful second life. Place diamond gear on a smithing table, then drop an anvil onto it to crush the item into one diamond shard. This creates a practical salvage option for surplus equipment obtained through exploration or villager trading.

Shards function like emeralds for villager trades and can be compressed back into diamonds, with nine shards making one diamond through a sticky piston and quartz slab. The mechanic supports vanilla automation and adds a balanced late game resource loop to any Minecraft server. Our BoxToPlay team recommends it for survival communities seeking more meaningful trading and recycling.