Answer by OmegaUseless for Are Diamond Pickaxes sustainable for diamond...
In my experience yes, especially with fortune. Even if you find a vein of one to two diamond or with fortune you could get more than enough. Also in my experience most vein you find are not only 2....
View ArticleAnswer by Mr.Peel for Are Diamond Pickaxes sustainable for diamond mining in...
They are absolutely sustainable. With two diamond picks, one with eff 5, silk touch, and unbreaking 3; and the other with fortune 3, I am able to mine roughly 40 diamonds from the ore per pair of these...
View ArticleAnswer by Pds314 for Are Diamond Pickaxes sustainable for diamond mining in...
Diamonds occur approximately 4-5 times less often than iron, in the same vein structure. Diamonds always occur in veins of at least 3 if they are not cut off by another structure (cave, ore vein,...
View ArticleAnswer by gnovice for Are Diamond Pickaxes sustainable for diamond mining in...
The math from yx.'s answer sounds right on the money, but one thing I'm surprised no one mentioned in the other answers is how your mining strategy could be greatly improved by enchanting your pickaxe....
View ArticleAnswer by Voidswimmer for Are Diamond Pickaxes sustainable for diamond mining...
I would like to note that while diamond ore CAN occur singularly, if we are mining for it this is less likely. In caves, where ore gets over-written by air, this is more common. I dont have hard...
View ArticleAnswer by l I for Are Diamond Pickaxes sustainable for diamond mining in...
Further analysis of Diamond probabilities:Facts we need:Diamond occurs in 0.12% of rock (unverified).Using an efficient strategy we can expose 16* blocks for every 4 we dig (the ascii art doesn't...
View ArticleAnswer by Invader Skoodge for Are Diamond Pickaxes sustainable for diamond...
No, even if you mine efficiently. You should use stone or iron pickaxes for everything except what you need diamond pickaxes for, or if you're impatient and want to get through it quickly.From the...
View ArticleAnswer by fredley for Are Diamond Pickaxes sustainable for diamond mining in...
Yes, if you mine efficiently. If you use the most efficient mining strategy at level 18 or below you will easily find enough diamond to replenish your supply of pickaxes, and more.From the wiki:Mining...
View ArticleAre Diamond Pickaxes sustainable for diamond mining in Minecraft?
Assuming use of the optimal mining pattern from this question at levels 11-15; will a diamond pickaxe on average find enough diamonds to make another before it runs out? Or, put another way, is mining...
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