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For other uses, see Diamond (disambiguation).
"Diamonds" redirects here. For the achievement, see Achievements § DIAMONDS!. For the advancement, see Advancements § Diamonds!.

A diamond is a mineral that can only be obtained from diamond ore, loot chests and suspicious blocks. It is required to craft diamond tools and armor (and therefore obtain obsidian to access the Nether), enchanting tables, jukeboxes and duplicate smithing templates.

Obtaining[]

Mining[]

Diamond ore can be mined using an iron pickaxe or stronger. An ore drops a single diamond. If mined by any other tool, it drops nothing. If the pickaxe is enchanted with Fortune, it can drop an extra diamond per level of Fortune, allowing for a maximum of 4 diamonds with Fortune III. If the ore is mined using a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch, it drops an ore block rather than a diamond. The ore is found at level 15 or lower, most commonly between -50 and -64; levels -58 and -59 are the preferred levels to mine at since they don't contain bedrock, as it starts spawning at -60.

Chest loot[]

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Diamond Mineshaft Chest 1–2 8.9%
Bastion remnant Treasure chest 2–6 15.8%
Buried treasure Chest 1–2 59.9%
Desert temple Suspicious sand 1 12.5%
Chest 1–3 6.3%
End city Chest 2–7 21.2%
Jungle temple Chest 1–3 12.9%
Nether fortress Chest 1–3 19%
Shipwreck Treasure chest 1 14.1%
Stronghold Altar chest 1–3 7.3%
Village Toolsmith's chest 1–3 9.9%
Weaponsmith's chest 1–3 16.2%
Bedrock Edition
Diamond Mineshaft Chest 1–2 8.9%
Bastion remnant Treasure chest 2–6 15.8%
Buried treasure Chest 1 46.9%
Desert temple Suspicious sand 1 12.5%
Chest 1–3 6.3%
End city Chest 2–7 21.2%
Jungle temple Chest 1–3 12.8%
Nether fortress Chest 1–3 19%
Shipwreck Treasure chest 1 14.1%
Stronghold Altar chest 1–3 7.1%
Village Toolsmith's chest 1–3 9.9%
Weaponsmith's chest 1–3 16.2%

Suspicious sand[]

When brushing suspicious sand in desert pyramids, they have a 17 chance to drop a diamond.

Crafting[]

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Block of Diamond

9

Smelting[]

Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Diamond Diamond Ore or
Deepslate Diamond Ore +
Any fuel


1

Usage[]

Diamonds are mainly used to craft high-tier armor and equipment, which in turn are also used in making netherite armor and equipment.

Crafting ingredient[]

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Block of Diamond Diamond

Diamond Axe Diamond +
Stick

Diamond Boots Diamond

Diamond Chestplate Diamond

Diamond Helmet Diamond

Diamond Hoe Diamond +
Stick

Diamond Leggings Diamond

Diamond Pickaxe Diamond +
Stick

Diamond Shovel Diamond +
Stick

Diamond Sword Diamond +
Stick

Enchanting Table Book +
Diamond +
Obsidian

Firework Star Gunpowder +
Matching Dye +
Head or
Gold Nugget or
Feather or
Fire Charge +
Glowstone Dust +
Diamond


Up to eight dyes can be added.
One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added.
Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients.
Jukebox Any Planks +
Diamond

Smithing Template Diamond +
Matching Smithing Template +
Netherrack or
Cobblestone or
Sandstone or
End Stone or
Terracotta or
Cobbled Deepslate or
Blackstone or
Purpur Block or
Prismarine or
Mossy Cobblestone
White Firework Star or
Blue Firework Star or
Brown Firework Star or
Black Firework Star
Gunpowder +
Bone Meal or
Lapis Lazuli or
Cocoa Beans or
Ink Sac +
Head or
Gold Nugget or
Feather or
Fire Charge +
Glowstone Dust +
Diamond


[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Up to eight dyes can be added.
One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added.
Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients.

Trading[]

In Bedrock Edition, expert-level armorer, toolsmith, and weaponsmith villagers buy one diamond for an emerald as part of their trades.

In Java Edition, journeyman-level armorer villagers have a 40% chance of offering to buy one diamond for one emerald. Expert-level toolsmith villagers have 23 chance of offering to buy one diamond for one emerald. Expert-level weaponsmith villagers always offer to buy one diamond for one emerald.

Repairing[]

Diamonds are the repair items for the diamond tier and armor material, and thus can be used to repair the following items in an anvil or grindstone:

Beacons[]

Diamonds can be used to select powers from a beacon. The player must select one of the available powers then insert a diamond into the item slot.

A diamond can be substituted for an iron ingot, a gold ingot, an emerald or a netherite ingot.

Smithing ingredient[]

IngredientsSmithing recipeDescription
Any Armor Trim +
Any Armor Piece +
Diamond
Upgrade Gear

All armor types can be used in this recipe,
a netherite chestplate is shown as an example.
Trim color palette

The following color palettes are shown on the designs on trimmed armor:

  • (a darker color palette is used when a diamond armor piece is trimmed using a diamond).

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormItem tagsTranslation key
DiamonddiamondItembeacon_payment_itemsitem.minecraft.diamond

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormTranslation key
Diamonddiamond304Itemitem.diamond.name

Achievements[]

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS4)
PS4 Other
DIAMONDS!Acquire diamonds with your iron tools.Pick up a diamond from the ground.20GBronze
EnchanterConstruct an Enchantment Table.Pick up an enchantment table from a crafting table output.20GBronze
Diamonds to you!Throw diamonds at another player.Drop a diamond. Another player or a mob must then pick up this diamond.15GBronze

Advancements[]

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Resource location
Advancement-plain-rawDiamonds!
Acquire diamonds Isn't It Iron PickHave a diamond in your inventory.story/mine_diamond

History[]

Java Edition Indev
0.3120100128Diamond JE1 BE1 Added diamonds. Initially, they were referred to as "emeralds".
A stack of 100 diamonds can be found inside the Indev house chests.
20100129Diamond can be used to craft diamond blocks and diamond swords, shovels, pickaxes and axes.
Diamonds can no longer be found inside the Indev House due to all items having been removed from its chests.
Diamond can be obtained by smelting diamond blocks.
20100130Emeralds from the previous version are now officially known as "diamonds", though this has no actual effect as item names are not yet displayed in-game.
Diamond blocks now require 9 diamonds (3×3) instead of 4 (2×2) to be crafted, making them much more expensive.
20100206Diamonds are now used to craft diamond hoes.
20100212-1Diamonds are now used to craft diamond helmets, chestplates, leggings and boots.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.14Diamonds are now used to craft jukeboxes.
Java Edition Beta
1.8Pre-releaseDiamonds are now found in mineshaft chests.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2Diamond ore can now be smelted into diamonds.
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3Diamonds are now used to craft enchantment tables.
Diamonds are now found in stronghold altar chests.
1.112w01aDiamonds are now found in village blacksmith chests.
1.3.112w21aDiamonds can now be traded to blacksmith villagers in quantities of 3–5 for 1 emerald.
Added desert temples, with a hidden chest room and loot containing diamonds.
12w21bDiamonds have been changed in the game code from "emerald" to "diamond", due to actual emeralds being added. Diamond's original name during Indev, as stated above, was emerald in the code, and was kept this way until this snapshot.
12w22aAdded jungle temples, which contain loot chests with diamonds.
1.3Diamond JE2 BE2 The texture of diamonds has been changed.
1.4.612w49aDiamonds can now be used to craft a firework star with a trail.
1.6.113w16aDiamond is now used to craft diamond horse armor.
13w18aDiamond is no longer used to craft diamond horse armor.
Diamonds are now found in nether fortress chests.
1.814w02aDiamonds can now be traded to any black apron villager in quantities of 3–4 for 1 emerald, as their tier III trade.
1.915w31aDiamonds now generate in end city chests.
15w43aThe average yield of diamonds have been slightly decreased in nether fortress chests.
15w44aThe average yield of diamonds in desert temple and mineshaft chests have been decreased.
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 264.
18w10aDiamonds now generate in buried treasure chests.
18w11aDiamonds now generate in shipwreck treasure chests.
1.1418w43aDiamond JE3 BE3 The texture of diamonds has been changed.
18w50aDiamonds can now be found in chests in village toolsmith houses.
1.1620w16aDiamonds now generate in bastion remnants chests.
1.16.220w30aThe chance of finding diamonds in bastion remnant chests is increased from 8.6% to 15.8%.
1.1721w08aDiamonds can now drop and be smelted from deepslate diamond ore.
1.20
(Experimental)
23w04aDiamonds can now be used to craft smithing templates.
Diamonds can now be used as an armor trim material.
23w07aDiamonds now drop when brushing suspicious sand in desert pyramids.
1.2023w12aThe probability for the diamond to generate in the suspicious sand in desert temple has been changed from 1/7 to 1/8.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0Diamond JE1 BE1 Added diamonds. They are currently unobtainable and serve no purpose.
v0.3.2Diamonds can be collected and used to craft blocks of diamond and diamond axes, pickaxes, swords and shovels.
v0.4.0Diamonds are now used to craft diamond hoes.
v0.5.0Diamonds are now used to craft nether reactor cores.
v0.6.0Diamonds are now used to craft diamond armor.
v0.8.0build 1Diamond JE2 BE2 The texture of diamonds has been changed.
v0.12.1build 1Diamonds are now used to craft enchanting tables.
Diamonds are no longer used to craft nether reactor cores and are now instead dropped by it.
Diamonds now generate in nether fortress chests.
v0.13.0build 1Diamonds now have a chance to generate in desert temple chests.
v0.14.0build 1Diamonds are now found in minecart with chests in mineshafts.
v0.15.0build 1Diamonds can now be found in jungle temple chests.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Diamonds can now be found in altar chests in strongholds, dungeon chests and end city chests.
alpha 1.0.0.0Diamonds can now be found in blacksmith chests in villages.
1.0.4alpha 1.0.4.03-4 diamonds can now be traded to blacksmith villagers for an emerald as part of their third tier trades.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2Diamonds can now be used to craft a firework star with a trail.
Diamonds can now be used to craft jukeboxes.
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2Diamonds can now be found inside buried treasure chests and shipwrecks.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Diamonds can now be found in plains village weaponsmith chests.
Diamond JE3 BE3 The texture of diamonds has been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Diamonds can now be found in village toolsmith chests and in savanna, desert, taiga, and snowy taiga village weaponsmith chests.
beta 1.11.0.4Armorer, toolsmith, and weaponsmith villagers now buy one diamond for an emerald as part of their fourth tier trades.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.57Diamonds can now be found in bastion remnant chests.
1.17.0beta 1.16.230.52Diamonds can now drop and be smelted from deepslate diamond ore.
1.20.0
(Experimental)
beta 1.19.70.23Diamonds now drop when brushing suspicious sand in desert pyramids.
beta 1.19.80.21Diamonds can now be used to craft smithing templates.
Diamonds can now be used as an armor trim material.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.0 Patch 11.0.1Diamond JE1 BE1 Added diamonds.
TU5Diamonds are now found in the new mineshaft chests.
TU7Diamonds are now used to craft enchantment tables.
TU9Diamonds are now found in village blacksmith chests.
TU14 1.04 Diamonds can now be traded to blacksmith villagers in quantities of 3–5 for 1 emerald.
Added desert temples, with a hidden chest room and loot containing diamonds.
Added jungle temples, which contain loot chests with diamonds.
Diamond JE2 BE2 The texture of diamonds has been changed.
TU19CU7 1.12 Diamonds can now be used to craft a firework star with a trail
Diamonds are now found in the new nether fortress chests.
TU31CU19 1.22 Patch 3Diamonds can now be traded to any black apron villager in quantities of 3–4 for 1 emerald, as their tier III trade.
TU46CU36 1.36 Patch 15Diamonds now generate in end city chests.
TU69 1.76 Patch 38Diamonds now generate in buried treasure chests.
Diamonds now generate in shipwreck treasure chests.
1.90 Diamond JE3 BE3 The texture of diamonds has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Diamond JE2 BE2 Added diamonds.

Issues[]

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

Trivia[]

  • Unlike in Minecraft, newly mined diamonds in real life are rough, cloudy stones. The largest, purest ones are polished into crystal-clear gemstones, while the rest are used in industry for cutting and grinding.
  • Diamonds were finally made renewable in update 1.21 with the addition of The vaults in trial chambers.
  • In the April fools version Java Edition 2.0, diamond chickens can lay diamonds. This does not exist in newer versions, as this was a joke.
  • The item forms of diamonds and turtle eggs have the same shape.

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