Diamond Ore

Diamond Ore

Transparent	No
Luminant	No
Blast resistance	3
Tool
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

This article is about the ore. For the item, see Diamond. For the mineral block, see Block of Diamond.

	“	There is one block in Minecraft that reliably quickens the breath whenever you see it (no offence, gravel, but it's definitely not you). One block that elicits a little "whoop!" of joy when you lay eyes on it, and the longest of "noooooooooooo"s when it falls into lava. Yes, you guessed it (probably by reading the title) – it's diamond ore!	„
		— Duncan Geere

Diamond ore is a rare ore that is the only reliable source of diamonds.

Occurrence

Natural generation

Vein of diamond ore.

Mineral veins

Diamond ore can generate in the Overworld in the form of mineral veins. Diamond ore attempts to generate 1 time per chunk in veins of sizes 1 to 8, from altitudes 0 to 15, in all biomes.

Obtaining

Loot

From block loot

The diamond ore block itself (rather than its diamond drops) can be obtained by mining it with an iron, diamond or netherite pickaxe with the Silk Touch enchantment.

Namespaced ID	Source	Incorrect tool	Correct tool	Silk Touch
blocks/diamond_ore	Diamond Ore	Nothing (100%)	See #Block loot	1 (100%)

Usage

Breaking

The diamond ore block itself (rather than its diamond drops) can be obtained by mining it with an iron, diamond or netherite pickaxe with the Silk Touch enchantment.

Block	Diamond Ore
Hardness	3
Tool
Breaking time
Default	15
Wooden	7.5
Stone	3.75
Iron	0.75
Diamond	0.6
Netherite	0.5
Golden	1.25

Block loot

Namespaced ID	Source	Incorrect tool	Correct tool	Fortune I	Fortune II	Fortune III	Silk Touch
blocks/diamond_ore	Diamond Ore	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)	[1 (67%) or 2 (33%)]	[1 (50%) or 2 (25%) or 3 (25%)]	[1 (40%) or 2 (20%) or 3 (20%) or 4 (20%)]	1 (100%)
Hardcoded	Diamond Ore		3–7	3–7	3–7	3–7

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Diamond	Diamond Ore + Any fuel	1

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Subtitle key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:^{[needs in-game testing]}

Sound	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
	Breaking the block	dig.stone	?	0.8
	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	?	?
	Mining the block	hit.stone	?	0.5
?	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	?	?
?	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	?	?
	Walking on the block	step.stone	?	?
	Placing the block	use.stone	?	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Diamond Ore	diamond_ore	block.minecraft.diamond_ore

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Diamond Ore	diamond_ore	56	tile.diamond_ore.name

History

Java Edition Indev
0.31		20100129			Added diamond ore. Initially, it was referred to as "emerald ore".
		20100130			Emerald ore from the previous version is now referred to as diamond ore.
		?			The drop rate of diamonds has now been reduced to only 1 per ore mined (down from 2-4) and crafting diamond blocks is significantly more expensive due to the recipe now requiring 9 diamonds (3x3) instead of 4 (2x2).
Java Edition Infdev
20100227					Diamond ore no longer generates.
20100320					Diamond ore veins now generate, but differently.
20100327					Diamond ore now regenerates after the world is reloaded, assuming that the positions of the ore blocks were replaced by stone.
20100330					Diamond ore no longer regenerates.
Java Edition Beta
1.6		?			Before this update, diamond was about 50% rarer in the north-east quadrant of the point (0,0) compared to the quadrant to the south-west. In this update, clay blocks are now more rare than diamond due to a glitch.
1.8		?			Diamond ore has now become about 25% rarer.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4			Diamond ore can now be collected with Silk Touch, dropping the block itself.
					Diamond ore now drops extra diamonds with the Fortune enchantment.
1.3.1		12w22a			Mining diamond ore now drops experience orbs.
					Inventory sprites for blocks have now been flipped from left to right, changing to .
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 56.
2018					A new texture for diamond ore texture is proposed in the beta Texture Update resource pack.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of diamond ore has now been changed.
		19w08a			The texture of diamond ore has now been changed, once again.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0					Added diamond ore.
0.3.2					Diamond ore is now obtainable.
0.12.1		build 1			Mining diamond ore now drops experience orbs.
					Diamond ore can now be collected with Silk Touch, dropping the block itself.
					Diamond ore now drop extra diamonds with the Fortune enchantment.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of diamond ore has now been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.5			The texture of diamond ore has now been changed, once again.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added diamond ore.
		1.90			The texture of diamond ore has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added diamond ore.

Issues

Issues relating to "Diamond Ore" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• In some vein formations, ores connect diagonally.
• In real life, 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.
• In some cases diamond ore veins can contain 10 (9 for Bedrock Edition) ore instead of the limit of eight.

Gallery

• 

  An exposed 2×2×2 diamond ore vein.

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  Diamond distribution in a 416,342 chunk area.

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See also

• Block of Diamond
• Diamond

References

Blocks

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