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This article is about the solid Blocks of Diamond. For the ore, see Diamond Ore. For the gem, see Diamond.

A block of diamond is a decorative mineral block.

Obtaining

Blocks of diamond can only be mined using an iron or diamond pickaxe.

Block Block of Diamond
Hardness 5
Tool
Breaking time[A]
Default 25
Wooden 12.5
Stone 6.25
Iron 1.25
Diamond 0.95
Netherite 0.85
Golden 2.1
  1. Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Diamond

Natural generation

Diamond blocks spawn as the cores of "obsidian rooms" and "lava rooms" in woodland mansions.

Usage

Blocks of diamond can be used to store diamonds in a compact fashion.

Beacons

Blocks of diamond can be used to "power" a beacon. The beacon can be powered by a 3×3 square of diamond blocks underneath it, and can optionally also include a 5×5, 7×7 and 9×9 layer in the shape of a pyramid under the original layer to increase the effects from the beacon. The layers do not have to be entirely diamond blocks, as they may also contain blocks of iron, blocks of gold, and blocks of emerald.

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Diamond Block of Diamond

History

indev
0.31January 29, 2010File:Diamond (Block)-Pre Alpha 1.2.0.png Added blocks of diamond. Initially, it was referred to as emerald blocks.
January 30, 2010Emerald blocks from the previous version is now referred to as diamond blocks.
alpha
1.2.0File:Diamond Block-Pre Beta 1.9pre5.png Texture changed. However, the unused sides remained in the terrain.png for a brief time.
beta
1.2The unused sides removed from terrain.png.
release
1.0.0Beta 1.9-pre5Block of Diamond Texture slightly changed; was given less drastic dark gradients in the top-left and bottom-right corners.
1.4.212w32aDiamond blocks can be used to activate a beacon.
1.1116w39aDiamond blocks now can be found in woodland mansions.
July 19, 2017Jeb tweets image of a new obsidian and diamond block textures.
July 20, 2017Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of an updated diamond block texture.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0Added block of diamond.
0.16.0Block of diamond is now used to activate beacons.
Pocket Edition
1.1build 1Diamond blocks now can be found in woodland mansions.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.00 Patch 1Added block of diamond.
TU19CU7 1.12 Now can be used to construct beacon pyramids.

Issues

Issues relating to "Block of Diamond" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

  • One block of diamond and one wooden log is exactly enough to create a 80% set of diamond tools with one or no sticks left over, depending on if you use a sword or a hoe.


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