12 really is best. You have almost the same diamond density as 10 with virtually no lava. Just branch mine at 12 and you'll find tons of diamonds fairly quickly.
I've been looking for diamonds by strip mining. Although it's very boring to do, It has a much better profit. Does anyone know the best level to find them at?
i find (and accordig to everything i reasurched) leval 9 to leval 12 are the best levals to find dimand. i always find dimand near the or under the blocks of gold-usally
I've been looking for diamonds by strip mining. Although it's very boring to do, It has a much better profit. Does anyone know the best level to find them at?
Yea The level is 10 for finding diamonds if you find diamonds fast then Good for you
according to minecraft wiki, level 10 is the level diamonds are most commonly found.
hope this helps
i dont know why people think this matters. the layer where diamond is "most commonly found" is irrelevent. the only thing that matters when mining for diamonds is efficiency.
Also keep water, I never took People's advice because I'm not silly enough to die
From lava but so you can turn lava caves into obsidian and cover much more ground if you find a cave.
this is a very effective method if you are mining along layer 11 (12.620 eyes). the link in my sig shows how it can be easily done. even though the OP was written almost 2 years ago, the method is still sound and actually improved a bit with ravines. I have found things like 5 enormous intersecting ravines at layer 11 with floors completely made of lava and diamonds in the walls. this allows you to see a massive surface area at diamond levels extremely quickly without even mining.
the final post of the thread briefly details my new method as well, which can lead to multiple diamond veins in a short period of time like this...
strictly strip mining on any single layer is a highly inefficient way of mining.
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I usually find a lot of diamond at level 6.
i dont know why people think this matters. the layer where diamond is "most commonly found" is irrelevent. the only thing that matters when mining for diamonds is efficiency.
this is a very effective method if you are mining along layer 11 (12.620 eyes). the link in my sig shows how it can be easily done. even though the OP was written almost 2 years ago, the method is still sound and actually improved a bit with ravines. I have found things like 5 enormous intersecting ravines at layer 11 with floors completely made of lava and diamonds in the walls. this allows you to see a massive surface area at diamond levels extremely quickly without even mining.
the final post of the thread briefly details my new method as well, which can lead to multiple diamond veins in a short period of time like this...
strictly strip mining on any single layer is a highly inefficient way of mining.
The BEST way to mine diamond, layer 12 and you.
Prior to that, layers 12-16 used to be where the most common veins are.