How to Target Diamonds, Caves, and Hidden Bases Underground

Rather than strip-mining blindly through solid stone, you can adjust the X-Ray Texture Pack's variations to suit what you are currently hunting for in your world.

Isolating Specific Ores Like Diamonds

When you leave the pack on its default Classic X-Ray mode, every ore type remains visible at the same time, which can make deep underground areas hard to read. To focus strictly on high-value targets like Diamonds:

1. Open your active Resource Packs list and click the gear icon on the X-Ray Texture Pack.

2. Move the Slider to select the individual ore variation that matches what you are mining.

3. Load back into your world so only that chosen ore type stands out through the ground.

Scouting Caves and Player Bases

If your goal is exploration or raiding rather than mining ores, you can use the pack to see hollow spaces and player-made structures buried underground.

1. Open the pack options via the gear icon and adjust the slider to a mode suited for spotting cavities or general underground blocks, such as Classic X-Ray.

2. Look down through the terrain to spot the outlines of natural Caves or hidden Bases.

3. Before joining a multiplayer world to hunt for bases, remember that using an X-Ray pack is punishable on many servers, so always check the server rules and use it at your own risk.