I am on Xbox minecraft and i cant find diamond i have spent hours trying to find them but no diamonds. Any help i have made a mine down to bedrock. Any tips on finding them
this is what i suggest. dig down to the bottom layer of bedrock. your head will be at layer 2 when you stand on the bottom later of bedrock. count up to 11 from there. Then start a strip mine. You will come across them eventually
this is what i suggest. dig down to the bottom layer of bedrock. your head will be at layer 2 when you stand on the bottom later of bedrock. count up to 11 from there. Then start a strip mine. You will come across them eventually
This is what I do. I usually build a new abode, and set up a basement, and set up a long rabbit hole down to bedrock, and then mark it up to 10 spaces. That's the only zone you will find diamonds in. In fact, that bottom 10 is the only place you're gonna have a chance to find everything: coal, iron, diamonds, gold, redstone (way, way, way too much of it in my opinion) and lapis lazul.
There's been a rumor that lava is an indication of diamonds nearby. In my experience, that doesn't bear out. I've found tons of lava flows without any diamonds in the area.
You really just need to keep mining in that bottom 10 squares. You'll eventually find them. Just keep at it. But when you find them, keep in mind they are just like Gold.... if you dont use an iron or better pick, you are going to destroy the block and get nothing for your trouble.
This is what I do. I usually build a new abode, and set up a basement, and set up a long rabbit hole down to bedrock, and then mark it up to 10 spaces. That's the only zone you will find diamonds in. In fact, that bottom 10 is the only place you're gonna have a chance to find everything: coal, iron, diamonds, gold, redstone (way, way, way too much of it in my opinion) and lapis lazul.
There's been a rumor that lava is an indication of diamonds nearby. In my experience, that doesn't bear out. I've found tons of lava flows without any diamonds in the area.
You really just need to keep mining in that bottom 10 squares. You'll eventually find them. Just keep at it. But when you find them, keep in mind they are just like Gold.... if you dont use an iron or better pick, you are going to destroy the block and get nothing for your trouble.
I thought it was levels 16 and below for diamond? I've deffinately found diamond at levels 14 from minding the same vein
I go for 12 blocks up from the lowest point you can get to. I do this for two reasons.
1. It is right in the middle of where you find diamonds the most, or at least where they spawn the most consistently.
2. I have found more often than not, being at this level, (equivalent of level 14, 12 up from the lowest point you can get too) you are more often than not on the same level as lava pools. This decreases the chances of digging right into a lava pool killing yourself and destroying everything on you.
added to this:
always carry a bucket of water on your hot bar when diamond mining, just in case you accidently find lava!
Go to the middle of the map and put a quick whole in the ground. Make two 64 stacks of ladders, torches, and some extra planks for making chests and tools, then save. Start digging straight down. Hit lava and die? Reload the map from the save point (right before you started) and move a little bit to compensate for the lava. Believe me, it's faster. Go down to bedrock. Put 10 blocks back into the hole (then you'll be standing on level 12) and make a room 3 high. Make a quick staircase to another room right above that one with another room 3 high (make the floor only 1 block thick). If you make tunnels 1 wide and 2 tall, spaced with three full blocks in between you'll find just about every diamond in the map. Plus by the time you're done you'll have quite a bit of all the other important ores and resources.
I do the bed rock thing, except i only go until i'm standing on the top layer of bedrock because bedrock occupies up to level 5 so when you're standing on it your head is in level 7. count up until your head is in level 14 so your feet are in 13 and you're standing on 12. this makes it so that a 3 high ceiling is still within diamond levels but the majority of lava pools are at level 12 and below so you'll rarely run directly into lava.
Specifically, there's a table that shows you the average level including the authors taking into account lava and other environmental factors.
I look for redstone when I'm diamond hunting - you'll see from the wiki page they suggest that redstone has the same generation pattern as diamond but are much more abundant.
Specifically, there's a table that shows you the average level including the authors taking into account lava and other environmental factors.
I look for redstone when I'm diamond hunting - you'll see from the wiki page they suggest that redstone has the same generation pattern as diamond but are much more abundant.
I agree
In the seed "welcome to the machine" I found over 25 diamonds in just under 2 hrs by following this basic pattern. I dig to bedrock, hop 6-8 layers up and start stripping.
but I have started playing hardcore esque games.. IE if I die... i delete the world... lol
I tunnel down to bedrock, then branch mine off of there. I dig right to the edge of the map where you can't dig anymore, then I go along the edge. I have a 1km long tunnel at bedrock from the bottom left edge of the map to the bottom right. Eventually it will be a full 4km loop around the whole map.
When I run into lava lakes, which is often, I tunnel upward to find the surface, then I fill the entire lake with gravel and excavate the whole area down to bedrock. I find PLENTY of diamonds while doing this. One lake might take me a full day of play to clear. This weekend I got at least a stack of 64 diamonds while finishing the last section of my tunnel and clearing another lava lake.
I also use clear glass for the wall at the map edge where the edge is lava. It helps light the tunnel and looks really cool too. Someday I'll have a minetrain running around this corridor.
Anyhow... point is, diamonds are plentiful down at the very lowest levels. You choose how to mine em, I do a lot of branch mining off of my tunnel, 1-wide by 2-high and dig a horizontal shaft every three blocks. Then go vertical, skip one block so you have a floor and offset the next set of branch mine shafts by one from the shafts below. You won't miss a single block if you keep a consistent pattern. You'll find every diamond in that area guaranteed.
Gotta put in the time mining, it's slow, but it is productive.
P.S. I have enough diamonds since I stopped wearing diamond armor. My main goal for mining is the much more valuable gold blocks. My minecart network is limited only by the amount of gold I can scrounge up, I also have an elevated rail network up in the sky around my map, 26 blocks above sea level.
this is what i suggest. dig down to the bottom layer of bedrock. your head will be at layer 2 when you stand on the bottom later of bedrock. count up to 11 from there. Then start a strip mine. You will come across them eventually
I tunnel down to bedrock, then branch mine off of there. I dig right to the edge of the map where you can't dig anymore, then I go along the edge. I have a 1km long tunnel at bedrock from the bottom left edge of the map to the bottom right. Eventually it will be a full 4km loop around the whole map.
When I run into lava lakes, which is often, I tunnel upward to find the surface, then I fill the entire lake with gravel and excavate the whole area down to bedrock. I find PLENTY of diamonds while doing this. One lake might take me a full day of play to clear. This weekend I got at least a stack of 64 diamonds while finishing the last section of my tunnel and clearing another lava lake.
I also use clear glass for the wall at the map edge where the edge is lava. It helps light the tunnel and looks really cool too. Someday I'll have a minetrain running around this corridor.
Anyhow... point is, diamonds are plentiful down at the very lowest levels. You choose how to mine em, I do a lot of branch mining off of my tunnel, 1-wide by 2-high and dig a horizontal shaft every three blocks. Then go vertical, skip one block so you have a floor and offset the next set of branch mine shafts by one from the shafts below. You won't miss a single block if you keep a consistent pattern. You'll find every diamond in that area guaranteed.
Gotta put in the time mining, it's slow, but it is productive.
P.S. I have enough diamonds since I stopped wearing diamond armor. My main goal for mining is the much more valuable gold blocks. My minecart network is limited only by the amount of gold I can scrounge up, I also have an elevated rail network up in the sky around my map, 26 blocks above sea level.
In all of the worlds I've had so far, I've dug a 1x2 staircase all the way down to bedrock. After that I find the highest block of bedrock, level 5. I go up 7 blocks to level 12 and then start a strip mine. I've found at least a stack of diamonds in my main world.
One thing that helps me is to use an enchanting table and then try to get a Fortune III diamond pickaxe. I get a lot more diamonds that way, i just save it for whenever i find Diamonds. I already have two stacks from using an enhanced pickaxe.
Yeah, the fortune thing is definitely handy. I have a fortune II pick with unbreakable IV. Getting up to two full stacks and haven't really been spending that much time diamond mining. Just need to be persistent and consistent with regular spacing in your search.
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Forum AdminThis is what I do. I usually build a new abode, and set up a basement, and set up a long rabbit hole down to bedrock, and then mark it up to 10 spaces. That's the only zone you will find diamonds in. In fact, that bottom 10 is the only place you're gonna have a chance to find everything: coal, iron, diamonds, gold, redstone (way, way, way too much of it in my opinion) and lapis lazul.
There's been a rumor that lava is an indication of diamonds nearby. In my experience, that doesn't bear out. I've found tons of lava flows without any diamonds in the area.
You really just need to keep mining in that bottom 10 squares. You'll eventually find them. Just keep at it. But when you find them, keep in mind they are just like Gold.... if you dont use an iron or better pick, you are going to destroy the block and get nothing for your trouble.
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Forum AdminTry to be 11-15 blocks above bedrock.
1. It is right in the middle of where you find diamonds the most, or at least where they spawn the most consistently.
2. I have found more often than not, being at this level, (equivalent of level 14, 12 up from the lowest point you can get too) you are more often than not on the same level as lava pools. This decreases the chances of digging right into a lava pool killing yourself and destroying everything on you.
added to this:
always carry a bucket of water on your hot bar when diamond mining, just in case you accidently find lava!
Check out the wiki article on mining techniques, particularly this part about "efficiency vs. thoroughness":
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Tutorials/Mining_Techniques#Efficiency_vs_thoroughness
You can find more information about distribution here:
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Altitude
Specifically, there's a table that shows you the average level including the authors taking into account lava and other environmental factors.
I look for redstone when I'm diamond hunting - you'll see from the wiki page they suggest that redstone has the same generation pattern as diamond but are much more abundant.
I agree
In the seed "welcome to the machine" I found over 25 diamonds in just under 2 hrs by following this basic pattern. I dig to bedrock, hop 6-8 layers up and start stripping.
but I have started playing hardcore esque games.. IE if I die... i delete the world... lol
I tunnel down to bedrock, then branch mine off of there. I dig right to the edge of the map where you can't dig anymore, then I go along the edge. I have a 1km long tunnel at bedrock from the bottom left edge of the map to the bottom right. Eventually it will be a full 4km loop around the whole map.
When I run into lava lakes, which is often, I tunnel upward to find the surface, then I fill the entire lake with gravel and excavate the whole area down to bedrock. I find PLENTY of diamonds while doing this. One lake might take me a full day of play to clear. This weekend I got at least a stack of 64 diamonds while finishing the last section of my tunnel and clearing another lava lake.
I also use clear glass for the wall at the map edge where the edge is lava. It helps light the tunnel and looks really cool too. Someday I'll have a minetrain running around this corridor.
Anyhow... point is, diamonds are plentiful down at the very lowest levels. You choose how to mine em, I do a lot of branch mining off of my tunnel, 1-wide by 2-high and dig a horizontal shaft every three blocks. Then go vertical, skip one block so you have a floor and offset the next set of branch mine shafts by one from the shafts below. You won't miss a single block if you keep a consistent pattern. You'll find every diamond in that area guaranteed.
Gotta put in the time mining, it's slow, but it is productive.
P.S. I have enough diamonds since I stopped wearing diamond armor. My main goal for mining is the much more valuable gold blocks. My minecart network is limited only by the amount of gold I can scrounge up, I also have an elevated rail network up in the sky around my map, 26 blocks above sea level.
Good luck.