Diamond Ore

Diamond Ore

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3
Hardness	3
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
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.

Diamond ore is a rare ore that generates deep underground and is the only reliable source of diamonds.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Vein of diamond ore.

Diamond ore can generate in the Overworld in the form of mineral veins. Diamond ore attempts to generate 1 time per chunk in veins containing 1 to 10 ores, from altitudes 1 to 15, in all biomes. If two veins spawn directly adjacent, it is possible to have a "singular vein" with more than 10 diamond ore.

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. When mined without Silk Touch, diamond ore drops a single diamond. The maximum amount of diamonds dropped can be increased with Fortune. Fortune I gives a ¹⁄₃ chance for 2 diamonds, Fortune II gives a 25% chance (each) to give 2 or 3 diamonds, and Fortune III gives a 20% chance (each) to give 2, 3, or 4 diamonds.

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

Usage

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Diamond	Diamond Ore + Any fuel	1

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance	Sound parameters
									Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance	Stream	Preload
	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	Sound parameters
					Volume	Pitch	Stream	Load on low memory
	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.
		20100201-2			The drop rate of diamonds has been reduced to 1 per ore mined (down from 1-3).
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.[more information needed]
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.
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 been changed.
		19w08a			The texture of diamond ore has 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 been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.5			The texture of diamond ore has 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 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 carefully, and therefore must be found in large pieces. Industry-grade diamonds, which are used in the manufacturing of most diamond-based tools, are relatively plentiful and affordable.
• 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.

Gallery

• 

  An exposed 2×2×2 diamond ore vein.

• 

  Diamond distribution in a 416,342 chunk area.

• 

  10 ore diamond vein in 1.16.1

See also

• Block of Diamond
• Diamond
• Tutorials/Diamonds

References

Blocks

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