Talk:Gold Ore

Where to find it
Is there any specific place where you can find gold ore? I know you generally find diamonds by water but i was just wondering. 108.244.192.19 13:13, 24 November 2012 (UTC)


 * No, and diamonds do not occur more often near water. If you're looking for rare ores like gold, diamond, lapis, etc., the usual strategy is to search in caves, since they reveal a lot of rock face and thus have a relatively high chance of intersecting ore veins. The location of ores is completely randomized. 「 ディノ 奴 千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 15:13, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

I know there are on average...
...7.5 ores per chunk, but I recently did a 15x15 quarry to bedrock (thank goodness only 1 cave to quarry through) and found 0 gold ores. Since I basically unearthed and mined an entire chunk, I'm confused. I don't see how 0 could happen very often even if sometimes the yield can be low. Just for everyone's benefit - it is possible to yield no gold in a chunk. :(
 * That's the difference between "average" and "usual". The thing is, gold forms in "veins" of up to 8 ore blocks.  Not every chunk has a gold vein, while some chunks may have more than one.  Even if a chunk would have had an ore vein, part or all of the vein can be overwritten by various later-generated stuff: caves, lakes, lava, dirt/gravel, abandoned mineshafts.... --Mental Mouse 03:14, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Good point. I didn't really factor in the vein-per-chunk logic. The way you put it makes it more feasible to run into no gold. However, I do have more cobblestone than I'll ever use (I hope.) 74.240.154.175 01:20, 7 February 2013 (UTC)