Is there a better way of finding emeralds?
You see, now emeralds have been added to Minecraft Xbox 360, so I started my search for them in the mines. So far I've found NOTHING!
I tried doing branch mining, caving, and I couldn't find a single ore piece. I could only find diamonds, redstone, and gold. I found out they were the rarest ore of all. Is there a way I can get emeralds? I've been mining hours with no success!
Best Answer
This is from the Wiki about Emerald ore:
Emerald ore is only generated in extreme hills biomes (which actually contain more emerald ore chunks than diamond ore chunks). Due to the nature of the generation algorithm, it may be found a short distance into adjacent biomes, but always within the same chunk as an extreme hills biome.[1] It attempts to generate 3-8 times per each chunk, generating anywhere between layers 4 and 32, meaning it can occur as high up as gold can.
In a world there are about 0.2 emerald ores per chunk. It will only generate in locations which would have otherwise been stone - it is thus possible for as few as 0 to 2 emeralds to generate in a chunk. Found as individual blocks, rather than veins, it can be encountered more commonly than gold, which has a similar range.
Additionally, like the Wiki says emerald ore does not spawn in vines which makes it quite hard to find because it will only be a single block in a large 3d area. Because of this and the fact emerald ore only spawns in a single biome I find it much more difficult to get than gold or diamond.
Also do note that you will not find it in chunks that have been generated before emerald ore got added. You are going to have to travel very far or make a new map.
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What is the most efficient way to get emeralds?
1) Librarian The Librarian is the best villager for getting loads of emeralds. This villager takes paper and books and gives emeralds. There are several tricks to get stack-worth of emeralds out of a librarian. Hence making an emerald farm with this villager is the most efficient in the game.What is the fastest way to find emeralds in Minecraft?
In North Carolina, for example, 50,000 treasure hunters try their luck at Emerald Hollow Mine each year. It's the only site in the country where the public can search for emeralds and North Carolina Hiddenite, a lime-green gem (from the mineral spodumene) discovered in the area in 1879.Where is the best place to find emeralds?
Players soon discovered it was much easier to amass a large number of emeralds by building villager trading halls and farms that produced the items they could trade with villagers.How To Find Emeralds In Minecraft (Fast and Easy)
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