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  • Question
    What should I do with diamond Minecraft?
    Zac Churchill
    Minecraft Specialist
    Zac Churchill is a Minecraft Specialist based in Davidson, North Carolina. Zac has played Minecraft for over 10 years and has extensive knowledge of how to play Minecraft and how the game has changed over the different versions. Specifically, Zac has expert experience in survival worlds, large builds on creative mode, and server design/upkeep. He graduated in 2023 with a BA in Sociology and English from Tufts University.
    Minecraft Specialist
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    Diamonds are important in Minecraft because they are the ingredients to some of the most durable and efficient tools in the game. Diamond tools are important because they allow the player to mine materials like obsidian—which allows players to create a portal to the nether dimension—and ancient debris. You also need diamonds to create an enchanting table, which allows you to add upgrades to your tools and armor.
  • Question
    I've been looking for emeralds for days. I have found all the ores except emeralds, how do I find them?
    Banana Head
    Top Answerer
    Emerald ore will only spawn in Extreme Hill biomes. It will spawn between layers 32 - 4. To view your level, press F3; the y-coordinate will be your level. The current biome you are standing in will also be shown in the F3 screen.
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    What kind of pickaxe do I need to mine diamonds?
    Abigail Baskin
    Community Answer
    You either need an iron pickaxe or a diamond pickaxe.
  • Question
    How many blocks do I have to mine?
    Community Answer
    Well over a hundred. Because diamonds only try to spawn once per chunk (16x16 area), it is theoretically possible for there to be no diamonds in a minecraft world.
  • Question
    Where can I find cobblestone?
    Joshua
    Community Answer
    To find cobblestone, go beneath the dirt until you get to a gray block. Mine that gray block, and you will get cobblestone.
  • Question
    Can diamonds can be found under layers of lava?
    Community Answer
    They can be, but I wouldn't recommend trying to find diamonds underneath layers of lava. It can be very dangerous.
  • Question
    What kind of pickaxe do I need to mine cobblestone?
    Joshua
    Community Answer
    You need a wooden pickaxe or stronger. You cannot mine cobblestone with any other tool, as that will break the cobblestone.
  • Question
    How do you mine for treasure?
    Dewayne Black
    Community Answer
    You use a treasure map, which can be found in shipwrecks. To find a shipwreck, you first trade for a shipwreck map from a fisherman, then you locate the shipwreck via the pointer that says where you are relative to the ship. Then you can loot the shipwreck and find a treasure chest map. Repeat what you did for finding the shipwreck for the treasure, and get digging! It can be pretty deep!
  • Question
    How can you climb up tall walls quickly (without a water elevator or ladder)?
    Dewayne Black
    Community Answer
    You can use a water bucket to make a waterfall, then climb up it and quickly collect the water and move your cursor a few blocks up, and place the water back, and repeat to scale a wall of any height. It can be tiring!
  • Question
    Is y=25 a good place to mine for iron?
    Harry3073
    Community Answer
    Not if you are using caves and cliffs. Update I or II, then try to go to y=15
  • Question
    Should we focus on travelling and exploring the surface or focus on mining and making mining campsites?
    Astro_Firey
    Community Answer
    The current version of Minecraft has many structures in the overworld, more than that of caves. If you want to find more items that will help you to progress, the overworld is the choice to make. However, if you want to start/speed up progression, then it is the caves.
  • Question
    What is more valuable: Diamonds or emeralds?
    Anirudh
    Community Answer
    Diamonds. This is because emeralds can be obtained by trading with villagers or found in chests in villages, so diamonds are more rare than emeralds.
  • Question
    How do I find the extreme hill biomes for mining emeralds?
    LooksRare
    Community Answer
    You can find these near river biomes, and plains biomes. And then you can find emeralds.
  • Question
    Isn't mining essentially robbing from the mobs?
    Ash
    Community Answer
    Not exactly, as they haven't claimed the ore themselves. However, if you're mining in the Nether and you take gold from Piglins, that would be stealing as they have already claimed it.
  • Question
    Where can I find netherite?
    Vortrexion
    Top Answerer
    You can find netherrite in the Nether. The best place to mine it is at y-level 15, where they spawn in clumps of 1-3. You must have a diamond pickaxe to mine this rare material, and it can only be applied to diamond armor and tools. They can also be found in scrap, ore, or ingot form in bastion remnants.
  • Question
    How do you mine cobblestone?
    Stockriderj
    Community Answer
    To mine cobblestone, you need a pickaxe of wood tier or higher. To get cobblestone, you can either mine raw stone or cobblestone. Note that when mining raw stone, you must not have silk touch on your pickaxe, or you will not get cobblestone.
  • Question
    How do I turn off those scary sounds I hear while mining?
    Kreg
    Community Answer
    To get rid of Minecraft noises, turn off all the music and sound effects.
  • Question
    How do I find coal fast?
    Stockriderj
    Community Answer
    In Minecraft, coal is found everywhere! Pick natural caves, as they tend to house more coal than player-created mines. Also, if you spot one block of coal, make sure you are prepared to mine extra coal, because one block of coal usually means more coal is hiding behind it.
  • Question
    How do I find an abandoned mineshaft?
    Alexander Clover
    Community Answer
    You may want to look in natural caves, but abandoned mineshafts usually have a really high chance in the Mesa biome. Listen for spiders and follow that sound, be careful, if the spider is a cave spider (you will know because they poison you and are smaller and brown) then you are very very close. I recommend bringing milk or honey with you as they remove all effects which include poison.
  • Question
    Is there a way to see coordinates and levels on the Minecraft PlayStation 4 Bedrock versions?
    Community Answer
    That's for PC edition only. However, you can see through walls using a fancy trick but it's considered cheating.
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