10 Trick Minecraft Diamond Level Distribution

The 2 best locations to dig are 7 or 11 eye level.

Minecraft diamond level distribution - Diamonds are also one of the rarest ores in minecraft along with emeralds lapis lazuli and ancient debris this makes diamonds extremely difficult to find and severely limits players supplies of diamonds. Stay safe and watch out for lava between layers 4 10 otherwise you ll go up in. If mined by any other tool it drops nothing. Here is what remains from most common to rarest.

10 ore diamond vein in 1 16 1. Diamond ore blocks come in small veins of 1 to 10 blocks. Redstone ore 658. Due to how minecraft vein generation works it is possible to find veins with up to 10 diamonds even though the max vein size is 8.

I used mcedit to analyze the distribution within a 50x50 chunk area of a level generated with the default settings and then turned that into a hopefully relatively readable format with some python. Diamond distribution is reputedly highest between levels 8 and 13 with level 12 having the highest likelihood for containing diamond ore. Diamonds are mostly found at layers 5 12 and a sharp decline in appearance begins at layer 13. Minecraft is a first person survival action sandbox adventure game where players can gather resources dig holes fish plant crops and more while at night try to avoid monsters.

Therefore if you want to be efficient then exposing layer 13 isn t worth it. Gold ore 129. Coal ore 869. An exposed 2 2 2 diamond ore vein.

If the pickaxe is enchanted with fortune it can drop an extra diamond per level of fortune allowing for a maximum of 4 with fortune iii if the ore is mined using a pickaxe enchanted with silk touch it drops an ore block rather than a diamond. According to the minecraft wiki this represents the area most populated by diamond ore. Iron ore 421. The minecraft diamond level is anywhere below layer 16 but the optimum diamond level is between layers 5 12.

The wiki has a chart here that shows that you can find as many as one diamond ore per 59 blocks mined 1 7 of blocks if you use a spacing of 6 blocks or more between tunnels 2 blocks yields about 1 167 and 3 yields about 1 120. Diamond ore 94. See also block of diamond. Diamond distribution in a 416 342 chunk area.

I picked the area at random and used worldedit to remove stone dirt gravel water lava leaving only the ores. I have not tested this but the percentage for a spacing of 3 blocks is consistent with what i find. There s a chance you could find more than 10 blocks close to one another if the random generation is kind to you. Hey there i made an ore distribution graph for the new minecraft version.

Diamonds are one of the most sought after items in minecraft due to their use in crafting diamond and netherite tools weapons and armor.