Ores
Diamond Ore
Diamond ore is an Overworld ore that drops diamonds when mined with an iron-tier or better pickaxe. Fortune can multiply the diamond drop, while Silk Touch preserves the ore block itself.
Diamond Ore- Edition
- Java & Bedrock
- Java ID
- minecraft:diamond_ore
- Bedrock ID
- minecraft:diamond_ore
- Java numeric ID
- 203
- Bedrock numeric ID
- 203
- Hardness
- 3
- Blast resistance
- 3
- Best tool
- Pickaxe
- Minimum tier
- Iron
- State combinations
- 1
- Stack size
- 64
Obtaining and breaking
- Mine it with an iron, diamond or netherite pickaxe for diamonds.
- Use Silk Touch on a suitable pickaxe to collect the diamond ore block instead of diamonds.
Mining requirements and drops
- Normal drop
- 1 Diamond
- Silk Touch
- Diamond Ore
- Fortune
- Fortune I–III can multiply the diamond drop; Fortune III yields 1–4 diamonds and averages 2.2 diamonds per ore over many blocks.
- Experience
- 3–7 XP when it drops diamonds
Where it generates
- Generates in the Overworld below Y=16, with concentration increasing toward the bottom of the world.
- Ore exposed to air generates less often than buried ore, so branch mining can reveal deposits missed by open caves.
Crafting and uses
- Mine it for diamonds, ideally after applying Fortune to a pickaxe.
- Keep the ore block for decoration or later mining by collecting it with Silk Touch.
- Diamond Recipe has 6 current variants.
Command and version data
/give @p minecraft:diamond_ore 64/give- Gives a block item to the selected target.
@p- The nearest player to where the command runs.
minecraft:diamond_ore- The namespaced identifier for Diamond Ore.
64- The number of block items to give.
Numeric IDs and states can differ between versions and editions. The related links preserve each available current source record.