I have 256 diamonds JUST in one chest, which basically serves no purpose but to make me proud (as they are really surplus resources), and it took me around 2 weeks ish of mining (in between other projects) to get them, along with around 1000 iron, and 5+ stacks of gold.
Newsflash: diamonds are not hard to find. Which is why this thread makes me lol.
Anyone who can't use diamond tools consistently after the first few Minecraft days, really needs to learn 2 Minecraft. That's all I'm gonna say.
I have to admit, I still use stone and iron pickaxes more frequently than diamond. The difference in time on the regular blocks between iron and diamond is only 0.1 of a second per block. I certainly could use diamond as I have more than enough of them for both pickaxes and swords. Really though, when I'm playing a game, I'm just wasting time having some fun anyway, so I don't see what all the rush is that makes it such a crime to mine without a diamond pickaxe. On anything but peaceful mode, a diamond sword would be a higher priority for me than diamond pickaxe. As for the rest, I am trying to build up a few more to put some diamond blocks into a building somewhere.
I have to admit, I still use stone and iron pickaxes more frequently than diamond. The difference in time on the regular blocks between iron and diamond is only 0.1 of a second per block. I certainly could use diamond as I have more than enough of them for both pickaxes and swords. Really though, when I'm playing a game, I'm just wasting time having some fun anyway, so I don't see what all the rush is that makes it such a crime to mine without a diamond pickaxe. On anything but peaceful mode, a diamond sword would be a higher priority for me than diamond pickaxe. As for the rest, I am trying to build up a few more to put some diamond blocks into a building somewhere.
Are you sure about the time difference? It sure feels like mining goes faster when using the diamond pickaxe.
Also, they last MUCH longer, so you need to carry less of them.
I'm mostly on peacful, so other than be used as a potential building block, the only thing they are good for is a pickaxe.
I haven't found as many as others here, but I have a couple of stacks.
Are you sure about the time difference? It sure feels like mining goes faster when using the diamond pickaxe.
Also, they last MUCH longer, so you need to carry less of them.
I'm mostly on peacful, so other than be used as a potential building block, the only thing they are good for is a pickaxe.
I haven't found as many as others here, but I have a couple of stacks.
Sorry, I do stand corrected. To mine stone, it is actually 0.2 of a second ( 0.4 secs for iron, and 0.2 secs for diamond).
How long they last is based on blocks mined with them: 1,562 blocks for diamond and 251 for iron.
Still, the value of that amount of time difference really depends on you. Some people dupe because they don't think they even have time enough to mine anything. Other people strip mine, which takes hours and doesn't really garner them much more in the way of resources than effective spot mining techniques. You have to decide for yourself what is most important to you... preserving the tool or saving the time.
For me, when I'm playing a game, I'm really not in a big hurry, so fractions of a second really don't mean a lot to me. I sit down in front of an Xbox with the specific intention of "wasting" so much time (say, 1/2 hour). Yeah, I mine fewer blocks than someone else in a 1/2 hour session; but I'm not in a mining race with anyone anyway. The function of the game is just to let my mind go blank and do something outside of real life. When I'm rushing around in real life - that's when I might worry about the efficiency of 1 real tool over another real tool. So, for now, I'm hoarding diamonds. I do anticipate that someday I might have enough diamonds to put some diamond blocks into a building somewhere.
Sorry, I do stand corrected. To mine stone, it is actually 0.2 of a second ( 0.4 secs for iron, and 0.2 secs for diamond).
How long they last is based on blocks mined with them: 1,562 blocks for diamond and 251 for iron.
Still, the value of that amount of time difference really depends on you. Some people dupe because they don't think they even have time enough to mine anything. Other people strip mine, which takes hours and doesn't really garner them much more in the way of resources than effective spot mining techniques. You have to decide for yourself what is most important to you... preserving the tool or saving the time.
For me, when I'm playing a game, I'm really not in a big hurry, so fractions of a second really don't mean a lot to me. I sit down in front of an Xbox with the specific intention of "wasting" so much time (say, 1/2 hour). Yeah, I mine fewer blocks than someone else in a 1/2 hour session; but I'm not in a mining race with anyone anyway. The function of the game is just to let my mind go blank and do something outside of real life. When I'm rushing around in real life - that's when I might worry about the efficiency of 1 real tool over another real tool. So, for now, I'm hoarding diamonds. I do anticipate that someday I might have enough diamonds to put some diamond blocks into a building somewhere.
I think I agree with your philosophy. When I'm actually hunting for resources like coal, iron, or diamonds, I prefer to explore caves and shafts for exposed material. In this case, the iron pickaxe serves just fine.
It is when I'm removing large quanities of material, like a levelling a hill or carving out a large chamber, the diamond pickaxe makes things go faster.
I do enjoy the Zen aspect of just mining and forgetting about the real world for a little while.
I've always wondered why we don't have obsidian tools, or atleast obsidian weapons. Obsidian is very sharp, and I think it'd be nice to have materials with their own unique skill. Diamond lasts a long time, Gold is easy to enchant, Iron is plentiful for armor. Obsidian could make good weapons, like more powerful arrows and swords.
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I have to admit, I still use stone and iron pickaxes more frequently than diamond. The difference in time on the regular blocks between iron and diamond is only 0.1 of a second per block. I certainly could use diamond as I have more than enough of them for both pickaxes and swords. Really though, when I'm playing a game, I'm just wasting time having some fun anyway, so I don't see what all the rush is that makes it such a crime to mine without a diamond pickaxe. On anything but peaceful mode, a diamond sword would be a higher priority for me than diamond pickaxe. As for the rest, I am trying to build up a few more to put some diamond blocks into a building somewhere.
Are you sure about the time difference? It sure feels like mining goes faster when using the diamond pickaxe.
Also, they last MUCH longer, so you need to carry less of them.
I'm mostly on peacful, so other than be used as a potential building block, the only thing they are good for is a pickaxe.
I haven't found as many as others here, but I have a couple of stacks.
Sorry, I do stand corrected. To mine stone, it is actually 0.2 of a second ( 0.4 secs for iron, and 0.2 secs for diamond).
How long they last is based on blocks mined with them: 1,562 blocks for diamond and 251 for iron.
Still, the value of that amount of time difference really depends on you. Some people dupe because they don't think they even have time enough to mine anything. Other people strip mine, which takes hours and doesn't really garner them much more in the way of resources than effective spot mining techniques. You have to decide for yourself what is most important to you... preserving the tool or saving the time.
For me, when I'm playing a game, I'm really not in a big hurry, so fractions of a second really don't mean a lot to me. I sit down in front of an Xbox with the specific intention of "wasting" so much time (say, 1/2 hour). Yeah, I mine fewer blocks than someone else in a 1/2 hour session; but I'm not in a mining race with anyone anyway. The function of the game is just to let my mind go blank and do something outside of real life. When I'm rushing around in real life - that's when I might worry about the efficiency of 1 real tool over another real tool. So, for now, I'm hoarding diamonds. I do anticipate that someday I might have enough diamonds to put some diamond blocks into a building somewhere.
I think I agree with your philosophy. When I'm actually hunting for resources like coal, iron, or diamonds, I prefer to explore caves and shafts for exposed material. In this case, the iron pickaxe serves just fine.
It is when I'm removing large quanities of material, like a levelling a hill or carving out a large chamber, the diamond pickaxe makes things go faster.
I do enjoy the Zen aspect of just mining and forgetting about the real world for a little while.