Diamond

Diamond

Rarity color	Common
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Data value	dec: 264 hex: 108 bin: 100001000

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!.

	“	Let’s be honest – there’s no greater joy in Minecraft than breaking a block, deep underground, and seeing the shimmer of blue diamond ore behind it. It’s the bee’s knees, the cat’s pyjamas, the fox’s socks, the creeper’s hiss. The reason diamonds are so coveted, why they’re so exciting to encounter, is that they’re used to make the best weapons and armour in the game. A diamond pickaxe is the only tool other tool besides the netherite pickaxe that’ll let you break obsidian, while diamond armour is the 2nd strongest and most durable.	„
		— Duncan Geere

A Diamond is a rare mineral obtained from diamond ore or loot chests. They are mainly used to craft high-tier tools and armor, enchanting tables, blocks of diamond, and jukeboxes.

Obtaining

Mining

See also: Tutorials/Diamonds

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 15 or lower, most commonly between 5 and 12.

Natural generation

See also: Diamond Ore § Natural generation

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Diamond	Mineshaft	Chest	1–2	10.4%
	Bastion remnant	Treasure chest	1–3	8.6%
	Buried treasure	Chest	1–2	53.1%
	Desert temple	Chest	1–3	6.3%
	End city	Chest	2–7	21.2%
	Jungle temple	Chest	1–3	12.9%
	Nether fortress	Chest	1–3	19%
	Shipwreck	Treasure chest	1	14.1%
	Stronghold	Altar chest	1–3	7.4%
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1–3	16.2%
		Toolsmith's chest	1–3	9.9%
Bedrock Edition
Diamond	Mineshaft	Chest	1–2	10.4%
	Bastion remnant	Treasure chest	1–3	8.6%
	Buried treasure	Chest	1	46.9%
	Desert temple	Chest	1–3	6.3%
	End city	Chest	2–7	21.2%
	Jungle temple	Chest	1–3	12.8%
	Nether fortress	Chest	1–3	19%
	Stronghold	Altar chest	1–3	7.2%
	Village	Toolsmith's chest	1–3	9.9%
		Weaponsmith's chest	1–3	16.2%

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Block of Diamond	9

Smelting

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Diamond	Diamond Ore + Any fuel	1

Usage

Diamonds are mainly used to craft high-tier armor and equipment, which in turn are also used in crafting netherite armor and equipment .

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Block of Diamond	Diamond
Diamond Axe	Diamond + Stick		The axe's material can be placed either to the left or the right of the sticks.
Diamond Boots	Diamond
Diamond Chestplate	Diamond
Diamond Helmet	Diamond
Diamond Hoe	Diamond + Stick
Diamond Leggings	Diamond
Diamond Pickaxe	Diamond + Stick
Diamond Shovel	Diamond + Stick
Diamond Sword	Diamond + Stick
Enchanting Table	Book + Diamond + Obsidian
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
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

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

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 or grindstone:

• Diamond Helmet
• Diamond Chestplate
• Diamond Leggings
• Diamond Boots
• Diamond Sword
• Diamond Pickaxe
• Diamond Axe
• Diamond Shovel
• Diamond Hoe

Beacons

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.

Data values

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Item tags (JE)	Translation key
Diamond	diamond	beacon_payment_items	item.minecraft.diamond

Achievements

Main article: Achievement

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore 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

Main article: Advancement

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	Diamonds!	Acquire diamonds	Isn't It Iron Pick	Have a diamond in your inventory.	story/mine_diamond
	Cover Me With Diamonds	Diamond armor saves lives	Diamonds!	Have any type of diamond armor in your inventory.	story/shiny_gear
	Enchanter	Enchant an item at an Enchanting Table	Diamonds!	—	story/enchant_item
	Serious Dedication	Use a Netherite ingot to upgrade a hoe, and then reevaluate your life choices	A Seedy Place	Have a netherite hoe in your inventory.	husbandry/obtain_netherite_hoe

History

Java Edition Indev
0.31		20100128			Added diamonds. Initially, they were referred to as "emeralds".
					A stack of 100 diamonds can be found inside the Indev House chests.
		20100129			Diamond can be used to craft diamond blocks and diamond swords, shovels, pickaxes and axes.
					Diamonds can no longer be found inside the Indev House due to all items having been removed from its chests
		20100130			Emeralds from the previous version are now referred to as "diamonds".
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.
1.16		20w06a			Diamonds can now be used to upgrade netherite tools.
		20w10a			Smithing tables are now used to upgrade netherite tools with diamonds.
		20w16a			Diamonds now generate in bastion remnants chests.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.3.2					Added diamonds.
					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.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Diamond now found in bastion remnant chest.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added diamonds.
		1.90			The texture of diamonds has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added diamonds.

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Trivia

• 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

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  Naturally occurring diamonds.

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  Multiple ore veins.

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  Diamond ore vein near Lava.

External links

• Diamond on Wikipedia

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