

If you're still playing on Minecraft 1.17 or earlier, then you can find Diamond Ore in every Overworld biome between Y-levels 1-15.

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How to find Diamonds in Minecraft 1.17 and earlier You can use this overlay to find out your current Y-Level, which will help you to find Diamonds more easily. So, in summary: to find diamonds quickly, head as far down as you can go until you hit bedrock, then start strip-mining! Hit F3 to bring up the debug overlay. This makes it harder to find diamonds in caves, so you'll need to spend some time digging tunnels through the deepslate if you want to maximise your chances of finding diamonds. However, if a Diamond is about to be placed next to an open air block during world generation, it has a chance of not spawning. The second number next to "XYZ" is the current level of the bottom half of your body. To know what Y-Level you're on, hit F3 to bring up the coordinates display. See the below graph of ore distributions for details on where you can find the highest concentration of Diamonds and other resources: This graph showcases the distributions of various types of ore in Minecraft 1.18+ (left), compared with 1.17 and earlier (right).ĭiamond starts generating at Y=15, and increases linearly in frequency the further down you go. Below Y=0, you'll find all the usual ores, including Diamonds, embedded in Deepslate blocks instead of regular Stone blocks. If you're playing Minecraft 1.18 or later, you can go down below Y=0 and into negative figures. Minecraft 1.18 made several very important changes to Minecraft's world generation. After this point, the further down you go, the higher your chances of finding Diamonds. To find Diamonds in Minecraft 1.19, you need to dig down below Y=15. Watch on YouTube How to find Diamonds in Minecraft 1.19
