Obtaining
The diamond ore block itself (rather than its diamond drops) can be obtained by mining it with an iron or diamond pickaxe with the Silk Touch "Flame" redirects here. For the non-solid damage-dealing block, see Fire. “ How does enchanting work in Minecraft? Well, you open a magical book and pick a random spell, not quite sure knowing what it will enchantment.
Block | Diamond Ore | |
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Hardness | 3 | |
Tool | ||
Breaking "Punch" redirects here. For the enchantment, see Enchanting#Punch. The Player punches trees and gets wood (click to view animation). Breaking, digging, punching, or mining is one of the most fundamental activities in Minecraft, performed (by time | ||
Hand | 15 | |
Wooden | 7.5 | |
Stone | 3.75 | |
Iron | 0.75 | |
Diamond | 0.6 | |
Golden | 1.25 |
- ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.
Trivia
- Diamond, like other ores, is easier to find in caves and empty lava pools, as this gives more surface area.
- Like other ores, diamond was about 50% more common in the quadrant south-west of the point (0,0) compared to the north-east quadrant. However, this was fixed in Beta 1.6.
- In some vein formations, ores connect diagonally. Therefore, it is recommended to mine around diamond ore. This also permits checking for lava.
- Diamond Ore, along with other ores, appears in the background on the achievement page.
- Diamonds are the second-rarest item in the game, the first being emerald ore, as of 1.3.2, which comes in smaller veins than diamond, usually only 1 or 2 ore blocks.
- Diamond ore could not be found or placed in Classic as of version 0.30.
- Diamond ore is the most praised and used ore on Pocket Edition, PC, and the Xbox 360 edition since the ore provides stronger armor, tools and weapons.
- Like coal ore, Lapis Lazuli Ore, Redstone Ore, and Emerald Ore, Diamond ore doesn`t need to be smelted.
- Diamond Ore is technically not an ore as it is a precious stone, rather than a malleable material/metal.
- Diamond Ore can have as many as 10 ores congruent, whereas gold ore only goes up to 9. This, however, is a rarity, and is not always found.
- Diamond Ore is most popular at layer 11 around lava or ravines.
- If the player is having trouble finding diamonds, make a strip mine at level 10, and it will cover layers, 9, 10, 11, and 12.
- Notch has many times considered changing the diamond ore to look the same as Emerald ore, but change its color to cyan instead of green.
Info
Diamond ore is a mineral All of the current ores. Ores are rare stone blocks used to obtain resources. Contents 1 Usage 1.1 As a smelting ingredient 1.2 Further uses 2 Availability 3 Table 4 Video 5 History 6 Gallery block that is one of the most valuable and elusive blocks Blocks may refer to: Block - cubes that make up the Minecraft world as a whole. Blocks music disc This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you in the game.
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Trivia
- In some vein formations, ores connect diagonally.
- Diamond ore, along with other ores, appear in the background on the achievements Pocket Edition & Console Edition only The popup that appears when an achievement is earned. "The End?" and "The End." redirect here. For the dimension, see The End. Certain names of achievements redirect here. For page.
- In reality, the rarity of diamonds is highly exaggerated. Gemstone quality diamonds, whose qualities are mirrored by the game`s mechanics, need to be cut and processed very carefully, and therefore need to be found in very large pieces. Industry-grade diamonds, which are used in the manufacturing of most diamond-based tools, are relatively plentiful and much more affordable.
Natural generation
Diamond ore only appears below Y level Chart lining up Y-coordinate values (left) to block layers (right). Altitude is a measurement of vertical distance, or distance along the Y-axis. Contents 1 Definition 2 Limits 3 Natural resources and altitude 3.1 The Nether 16, and can be found in veins of 1-10 . One diamond ore vein generates per chunk; this vein or part of it may be overwritten by generated structures such as caves, leaving you without any diamonds in said chunk. Also, because of the way chunks are populated the vein "belonging" to a chunk can actually be generated in a neighboring chunk leading to some chunks with two or more veins and others with none. There is an average of 3.097 diamond ore per chunk-sized area. The highest concentration of diamonds occurs in levels 5-12. Because of the lava lakes, there is slightly less diamond ore in the middle of that range (around layer 9).
Mining strategies
There are many strategies for finding diamonds. Dig completely around the ore to ensure that the diamonds (when dropped) will not burn up in lava.
Usage
Diamond ore drops 1 diamond and 3 to 7 experience when mined with an iron or diamond pickaxe Pickaxe Type Tools Durability Wood: 60 Uses Stone: 132 Uses Iron: 251 Uses Golden: 33 Uses Diamond: 1562 Uses Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See data values Name See data values Pickaxes are one . Mining with a Fortune "Flame" redirects here. For the non-solid damage-dealing block, see Fire. “ How does enchanting work in Minecraft? Well, you open a magical book and pick a random spell, not quite sure knowing what it will enchanted pickaxe will increase possible yields by 1 per level, up to 4 diamonds per ore with level 3.
Smelting ingredient
Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition | Ingredients | Smelting The furnace interface. Smelting is a method of producing refined goods in Minecraft, also known as melting, baking, cooking, burning, drying, or producing. It has the same idea as crafting; one must put in acceptable recipe |
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Diamond | Diamond Ore+ Any fuel The furnace interface. Smelting is a method of producing refined goods in Minecraft, also known as melting, baking, cooking, burning, drying, or producing. It has the same idea as crafting; one must put in acceptable |
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Immediately after mining the block, the player acquires a diamond, rather than the ore itself. Diamond can be used to make very strong tools and durable armor. However, diamonds are quite hard to find, and are usually located from 0 to 16 layers above the bedrock level. To mine diamond ore, the player will need an iron or diamond pickaxe. To obtain the diamond ore block, it must be mined with a pickaxe with the Silk Touch enchantment on it.
Often, the player will encounter underground dungeons while digging, and can loot chests within to find diamonds and other ores.
Mining
Diamond ores appear at layers 7-13, and sometimes can be found at bedrock layer. There are many popular and efficient ways to find diamond. One such way is to randomly dig around Layer 10, and depending on the player`s luck, they will get 16-34 diamonds with 8-10 iron pickaxes being used and destroyed. It is also a good idea to enchant the Pickaxe with Unbreaking or Efficiency before the player starts to dig.
Mining a diamond ore itself requires the silk touch enchantment. The ore can later be excavated with a pickaxe with a fortune I, II, or III enchantment for a chance to get more diamonds.