How many diamonds can a Diamond Ore drop in Minecraft
My friends and I are having an argument on how many diamonds a Diamond Ore can drop (on avg. or maximum) without any fortune levels on a pickaxe. My friend says there will always drop only one, but I'm fairly certain that's not true. Tested in singleplayer, I've had a few times where diamond ores have dropped 2 diamonds while having absolutely no modifications installed.
Best Answer
I hate to break it to you, but your friend is correct here. Without any sort of enchantments or mods, diamond ore only drops 1 diamond. There's a high likelihood that you might have simply miscounted the number of ores you mined in single player.
Note that the average number of diamonds with a Fortune enchantment are 1.33, 1.75, and 2.2 for Fortune I, II, and III respectively.
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How many diamonds does diamond ore drop?
Without any sort of enchantments or mods, diamond ore only drops 1 diamond. There's a high likelihood that you might have simply miscounted the number of ores you mined in single player.Can you get a 12 vein of diamonds?
Diamond ore veins can generate at most 10 diamond ores adjacent to each other. However, due to the ability of ore veins colliding with each other, players will have an extremely rare chance of mining a diamond vein up to 12 diamonds.Is there at least 1 diamond in every chunk?
There is ~1 diamond ore vein generated per chunk. An ore vein will have between 3 - 8 diamond ore in it. However, that vein can be overwritten by other generated structures - such structures, such as caves, can leave you with a chunk with no ore vein in it.How many diamonds can u get with Fortune 2?
Fortune I gives a 1\u20443 chance for 2 diamonds, averaging 1.33 diamonds, Fortune II gives a 25% chance (each) to give 2 or 3 diamonds, averaging 1.75 diamonds, and Fortune III gives a 20% chance (each) to give 2, 3, or 4 diamonds, averaging 2.2 diamonds.How Many Diamonds Do We Miss Under Lava?
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Answer 2
Well... Acording to the wiki :
Diamond ore mined using an iron or diamond pickaxe will drop a single diamond.
Answer 3
Simple answer: Your friend is right, you are wrong.
With no enchantments, a single diamond ore will drop a single diamond, no exceptions.
Answer 4
A block of diamond ore drops a single diamond without modifications. However, if you enchant your pick with fortune 3, you can get up to 4 diamonds from a single block!
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