Diamond
This article is about the item. For the ore, see Diamond Ore. For the mineral block, see Block of Diamond. For the tier of tools called Diamond, see Tiers. For the armor material called diamond, see Armor materials. "Diamonds" redirects here. For the achievement, see Achievements § DIAMONDS!. For the advancement, see Advancements § Diamonds!.
Diamonds are a rare mineral obtained from diamond ore or loot chests. They are mainly used to craft high-tier tools and armor, and the enchantment table.
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Obtaining[edit]
Mining[edit]
Diamond ore mined using an iron pickaxe or stronger drops a single diamond. If mined by any other tool, it drops nothing. 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. The ore is found at level 16 or lower, most commonly between 5 and 12.
Natural generation[edit]
Diamonds can be found in 14.1% of shipwreck treasure chests in stacks of 1; in 7.4% of stronghold altar chests, 9.9% of village toolsmith chests, 16.2% of village weaponsmith chests, 19.0% of nether fortress chests, 12.9% of jungle temple chests, and 6.3% of desert temple chests, all in stacks of 1–3; in 10.4% of chest minecarts in Mineshafts and 53.1% of buried treasure chests in stacks of 1–2; and in 21.2% of End city chests in stacks of 2–7.
In Bedrock Edition, they can be found in 46.9% of buried treasure chests in stacks of 1, and in 7.2% of stronghold altar chests and 12.8% of jungle temple chests in stacks of 1–3.
Crafting[edit]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Block of Diamond |
Smelting[edit]
| Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
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| Diamond Ore + Any fuel |
Usage[edit]
Diamonds are mainly used to craft high-tier armor and equipment, which in turn are also used in crafting netherite armor and equipment [upcoming: JE 1.16 & BE 1.16].
Crafting ingredient[edit]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
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| Block of Diamond | Diamond | ||
| Diamond Axe | Diamond + Stick |
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| Diamond Boots | Diamond | ||
| Diamond Chestplate | Diamond | ||
| Diamond Helmet | Diamond | A helmet requires 5 items of its material type to craft. | |
| Diamond Hoe | Diamond + Stick |
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| Diamond Leggings | Diamond | ||
| Diamond Pickaxe | Diamond + Stick |
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| Diamond Shovel | Diamond + Stick |
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| Diamond Sword | Diamond + Stick |
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| Enchanting Table | Book + Diamond + Obsidian |
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| Firework Star | Gunpowder + Matching Dye + Head or Gold Nugget or Feather or Fire Charge + Glowstone Dust + Diamond |
Up to eight dyes can be added. One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients. | |
| Jukebox | Any Planks + Diamond |
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| White Firework Star or Blue Firework Star or Brown Firework Star or Black Firework Star |
Gunpowder + Bone Meal or Lapis Lazuli or Cocoa Beans or Ink Sac + Head or Gold Nugget or Feather or Fire Charge + Glowstone Dust + Diamond |
[Bedrock and Education editions only] Up to eight dyes can be added. One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients. |
Trading[edit]
In Bedrock Edition, expert-level armorer, toolsmith, and weaponsmith villagers buy one diamond for an emerald as part of their trades.
In Java Edition, journeyman-level armorer villagers have a 40% chance of offering to buy one diamond for one emerald. Expert-level toolsmith villagers have 2⁄3 chance of offering to buy one diamond for one emerald. Expert-level weaponsmith villagers always offer to buy one diamond for one emerald.
Repairing[edit]
Diamonds are the repair items for the diamond tier and armor material, and thus can be used to repair the following items in an anvil:
- Diamond helmet
- Diamond chestplate
- Diamond leggings
- Diamond boots
- Diamond sword
- Diamond pickaxe
- Diamond axe
- Diamond shovel
- Diamond hoe
Beacons[edit]
Diamonds can be used to select powers from a beacon. The player must select one of the available powers then insert a diamond into the item slot.
A diamond can be substituted for an iron ingot, a gold ingot, an emerald or a netherite ingot[upcoming: JE 1.16]
Achievements[edit]
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Xbox points earned | Trophy type (PS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIAMONDS! | Acquire diamonds with your iron tools. | Pick up a diamond from the ground. | 20G | Bronze | |
| Enchanter | Construct an Enchantment Table. | Pick up an enchantment table from a crafting table output. | 20G | Bronze | |
| Diamonds to you! | Throw diamonds at another player. | Drop a diamond. Another player or a mob must then pick up this diamond. | 15G | Bronze |
Advancements[edit]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Namespaced ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Diamonds! | Acquire diamonds | Isn't It Iron Pick | Have a diamond in your inventory. | story/mine_diamond |
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| Cover Me With Diamonds | Diamond armor saves lives | Diamonds! | Have any type of diamond armor in your inventory. | story/shiny_gear |
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| Enchanter | Enchant an item at an Enchanting Table | Diamonds! | — | story/enchant_item |
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| Serious Dedication | Completely use up a diamond hoe and then reevaluate your life choices | A Seedy Place | Exhaust the durability of a diamond hoe, breaking it. | husbandry/break_diamond_hoe |
History[edit]
| Java Edition Indev | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.31 | 20100129 |  Added diamonds. Initially, they were referred to as "emeralds".
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| Diamond can be used to craft diamond blocks and diamond swords, shovels, pickaxes and axes. | |||||
| A stack of 100 diamonds can be found inside the Indev House chests. | |||||
| 20100130 | Emeralds from the previous version are now referred to as "diamonds". | ||||
| Diamonds can no longer be found inside the Indev House due to the removal of the chests. | |||||
| 20100206 | Diamonds are now used to craft diamond hoes. | ||||
| 20100218 | Diamonds are now used to craft diamond helmets, chestplates, leggings and boots. | ||||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
| v1.0.14 | Diamonds are now used to craft jukeboxes. | ||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Diamonds are now found in the new mineshaft chests. | |||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 | Diamond ore can now be smelted into diamond gems, even though there isn't any way to pick up the ore without using mods. | |||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Diamonds are now used to craft enchantment tables. | ||||
| Diamonds are now found in the new stronghold altar chests. | |||||
| 1.1 | 12w01a | Diamonds are now found in village blacksmith chests. | |||
| 1.3.1 | 12w21a | Diamonds can now be traded to blacksmith villagers in quantities of 3–5 for 1 emerald. | |||
| Added desert temples, with a hidden chest room and loot containing diamonds. | |||||
| 12w21b | Diamonds have now been changed in the game code from "emerald" to "diamond", due to actual emeralds being added. Diamond's original name during Indev, as stated above, was emerald in the code, and was kept this way until this snapshot. | ||||
| 12w22a | Added jungle temples, which contain loot chests with diamonds. | ||||
| 1.4.6 | 12w49a | Diamonds can now be used to craft a firework star with a trail. | |||
| 1.6.1 | 13w18a | Diamonds are now found in the new nether fortress chests. | |||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Diamonds can now be traded to any black apron villager in quantities of 3–4 for 1 emerald, as their tier III trade. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | Diamonds now generate in end city chests. | |||
| 15w43a | The average yield of diamonds have now been slightly decreased in nether fortress chests. | ||||
| 15w44a | The average yield of diamonds in desert temple and mineshaft chests have now been decreased. | ||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 264. | |||
| 18w10a | Diamonds now generate in buried treasure chests. | ||||
| 18w11a | Diamonds now generate in shipwreck treasure chests. | ||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The texture of diamonds has now been changed. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.3.2 | Added diamonds.
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| Diamonds can be collected and used to craft blocks of diamond and diamond axes, pickaxes, swords and shovels. | |||||
| 0.4.0 | Diamonds are now used to craft diamond hoes. | ||||
| 0.5.0 | Diamonds are now used to craft nether reactor cores. | ||||
| 0.6.0 | Diamonds are now used to craft diamond armor. | ||||
| 0.12.1 | build 1 | Diamonds are now used to craft enchanting tables. | |||
| Diamonds are now no longer used to craft nether reactor cores and are now instead dropped by it. | |||||
| Diamonds now generate in nether fortress chests. | |||||
| 0.13.0 | build 1 | Diamonds now have a chance to generate in desert temple chests. | |||
| 0.14.0 | build 1 | Diamonds are now found in minecart with chests in abandoned mineshafts. | |||
| 0.15.0 | build 1 | Diamonds can now be found in jungle temple chests. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Diamonds can now be found in altar chests in strongholds, dungeon chests and end city chests. | |||
| alpha 1.0.0.0 | Diamonds can now be found in blacksmith chests in villages. | ||||
| 1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | 3-4 diamonds can now be traded to blacksmith villagers for an emerald as part of their third tier trades. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Diamonds can now be used to craft a firework star with a trail. | |||
| Diamonds can now be used to craft jukeboxes. | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Diamonds can now be found inside buried treasure chests and shipwrecks. | |||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Diamonds can now be found in plains village weaponsmith chests. | |||
| The texture of diamonds has now been changed. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Diamonds can now be found in village toolsmith chests and in savanna, desert, taiga, and snowy taiga village weaponsmith chests. | |||
| beta 1.11.0.4 | Armorer, toolsmith, and weaponsmith villagers now buy one diamond for an emerald as part of their fourth tier trades. | ||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added diamonds. | |
| 1.90 | The texture of diamonds has now been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added diamonds. | ||||
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Diamond" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- In real life, diamond is commonly used for industrial purposes, generally as diamond-tipped drill bits and saw blades. They are usually used for cutting stone and other hard materials. Diamonds used for this purpose are typically not of gemstone quality.
Gallery[edit]
Naturally occurring diamonds.
Multiple ore veins.
Diamond ore vein near Lava.
External links[edit]
- Diamond on Wikipedia
References[edit]
