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 Diamond Ore
- 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.
What to use Diamond Ore for
1 current recipe relationship is recorded for Diamond Ore. These links include recipes that produce the block and recipes that consume it as an ingredient.
- 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.
Build and technical notes
- Diamond Ore is an ore block whose mining tool and drop behaviour matter more than its decorative role. Check the mining section before collecting it so the intended drop is not lost.
- The recorded collision shape is “block”. Collision is a gameplay property, so do not infer it only from the block's visible model.
- Diamond Ore has 1 recorded Java block-state combination, so its base state is comparatively simple.
- Its recorded blast resistance is 3; this is separate from hardness and should be used for explosion-risk comparisons.
Java and Bedrock differences
- Diamond Ore exists in both tracked editions. Java uses minecraft:diamond_ore; Bedrock uses minecraft:diamond_ore.
- The available hardness, blast-resistance and preferred-tool records do not show a cross-edition conflict for this block.
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.