So I hear that diamond ore is found in one deposit per chunk, but sometimes there are abnormalities.
I've just started a mining technique that outlines the chunks, and then you branch mine that chunk for the diamond. You abandon that 16x16x128 chunk and move on when you find it. But I've just found a diamond ore deposit that rests on a boundary between chunks.
So here are the possibilities.
It's actually two deposits in their respective chunks, that happen to be next to one another.
or
It's one deposit that started in one chunk, but poured into the immediate adjacent chunk.
or
I'm not paying attention, and somehow screwed up the math for outlining chunks. Or I obviously don't understand something else.
If you're not sure, where can I find the most up-to-date information on diamond deposits? I already searched, but I was unsuccessful. Or unsatisfied with the answers.
I'll just say that all 3 of these instances are possible. It could be on the chunk boundary. You can actually get diamond veins of up to 32 if 4 deposits of 8 [The highest amount] where all in their respective corners of the chunk and thus lined up.
I don't know about deposits spilling into an adjacent chunk, but I assume it's possible. It may not be.
Also, you could easily have screwed up your math as well.
Math is easiest to check, so I should keep rechecking it. The only problem these queries present is that if I'm not sure if I got the diamond ore for a chunk, and it's gone, I could be pointlessly mining an entire chunk and not get anything (diamond-wise). I want to avoid that.
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how do you actually figure out the border of chunks? is there a method that is accurate? as I am dieing to know.
Chunks are 16x16. You simply divide your coordinates. Make sure you count the 0. The first chunks are 0-15. The second is 16-31. And so on. It's easy to mess up though, so I'll have to check if I did it correctly.
I'll just say that all 3 of these instances are possible. It could be on the chunk boundary. You can actually get diamond veins of up to 32 if 4 deposits of 8 [The highest amount] where all in their respective corners of the chunk and thus lined up.
I don't know about deposits spilling into an adjacent chunk, but I assume it's possible. It may not be.
Also, you could easily have screwed up your math as well.
Remember, Minecraft is 3D so that means that a border could have 8 chunks surrounding it, therefore making 8X8 = 64 diamonds the total.
I'll just say that all 3 of these instances are possible. It could be on the chunk boundary. You can actually get diamond veins of up to 32 if 4 deposits of 8 [The highest amount] where all in their respective corners of the chunk and thus lined up.
I don't know about deposits spilling into an adjacent chunk, but I assume it's possible. It may not be.
Also, you could easily have screwed up your math as well.
Remember, Minecraft is 3D so that means that a border could have 8 chunks surrounding it, therefore making 8X8 = 64 diamonds the total.
Chunks are skybox to bedrock, so you can't ever get more than a 4 corners type of boundary. You could get 8 diamond deposits overlapping into one chunk, but not as a single deposit.
OMG, this thing again... This is so old, and still the only place I saw it it had an explanation...
The AVERAGE is one diamond per chunk. It's random though, so you can get many veins on a single chunk and chunks with none on them. The world generator does not make exactly one diamond every chunk, it sets how the diamond is going to be on that chunk and then offsets it, so it can land on another chunk, on the boundary between chunks, on top of another diamond vein...
I've just started a mining technique that outlines the chunks, and then you branch mine that chunk for the diamond. You abandon that 16x16x128 chunk and move on when you find it. But I've just found a diamond ore deposit that rests on a boundary between chunks.
So here are the possibilities.
It's actually two deposits in their respective chunks, that happen to be next to one another.
or
It's one deposit that started in one chunk, but poured into the immediate adjacent chunk.
or
I'm not paying attention, and somehow screwed up the math for outlining chunks. Or I obviously don't understand something else.
If you're not sure, where can I find the most up-to-date information on diamond deposits? I already searched, but I was unsuccessful. Or unsatisfied with the answers.
Math is easiest to check, so I should keep rechecking it. The only problem these queries present is that if I'm not sure if I got the diamond ore for a chunk, and it's gone, I could be pointlessly mining an entire chunk and not get anything (diamond-wise). I want to avoid that.
Chunks are 16x16. You simply divide your coordinates. Make sure you count the 0. The first chunks are 0-15. The second is 16-31. And so on. It's easy to mess up though, so I'll have to check if I did it correctly.
Remember, Minecraft is 3D so that means that a border could have 8 chunks surrounding it, therefore making 8X8 = 64 diamonds the total.
Chunks are skybox to bedrock, so you can't ever get more than a 4 corners type of boundary. You could get 8 diamond deposits overlapping into one chunk, but not as a single deposit.
The AVERAGE is one diamond per chunk. It's random though, so you can get many veins on a single chunk and chunks with none on them. The world generator does not make exactly one diamond every chunk, it sets how the diamond is going to be on that chunk and then offsets it, so it can land on another chunk, on the boundary between chunks, on top of another diamond vein...