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Diamond Ore

1Block states
YesItem form

Diamond Ore is a block found in the world of Minecraft. It is mined with a pickaxe, and the pickaxe must be iron or better for the block to drop anything.

Breaking it yields a Diamond, though the ore block itself can also drop in some cases. Players also use Diamond Ore as an ingredient in two crafting recipes.

Contents (4)
  1. Data values
  2. Natural generation
  3. History
  4. See also

Data values

Read from reports/blocks.json of Minecraft 26.3.

Identifierminecraft:diamond_ore
Numeric default state ID6863
Block states1
State properties0
Item formYes

Natural generation

Biomes whose own feature list places this block, followed from worldgen/biome through placed_feature to feature. Blocks that the terrain itself is made of (stone, dirt, deepslate) come from the surface rules instead and are not listed here.

Placed by the worldgen features ice_cave_ore_diamond_buried, ice_cave_ore_diamond_large, ice_cave_ore_diamond_medium, ice_cave_ore_diamond_small, ore_diamond_buried, ore_diamond_large, ore_diamond_medium, ore_diamond_small.

… and 17 more.

History

Worked out by reading the registry of every Minecraft build Mojang has published, in release order.

VersionDateWhat the files show
before 18w01a—Already in the game when Mojang’s data generator first shipped, in 18w01a (3 January 2018). The files do not say which earlier version added it.

See also