Availability of ores before the Caves & Cliffs update.
| Coal[a] | Lapis Lazuli | Iron | Gold | Redstone[b] | Diamond | Emerald[c] | ||
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| Minimal pickaxe for drop | Wooden | Stone | Iron | |||||
| Found in biome... | Any | Badlands | Any | Mountains | ||||
| Abundance | Very Common | Rare | Common | Uncommon | Common | Uncommon | Rare | Very Rare |
| Total range... | 0 to 255 | −63 to 64 | −16 to 80;
128 to 255 |
−63 to 32 | −63 to 80 | −63 to 16 | 32 to 255 | |
| Most found in layers... | 84 to 108;
136 to 255 |
−4 to 4 | 28 to 36;
232 to 255 |
−20 to −12 | −60 to −50 | 216 to 255 | ||
| Commonly up to layers... | 156 | 32 | 64 | 13 | 76 | −16 | 255 | |
| Rare on layers... | 0 to 36 | 33 to 64 | 65 to 80;
128 to 168 |
14 to 32 | 77 to 79 | −15 to 15 | 32 to 108 | |
| None at or above... | 256 | 65 | 81; 256 | 33 | 81 | 17 | 256 | |
| Can replace | Stone |
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- ↑ This refers to coal ore blocks spawned in ore veins and not as parts of fossils or mansion forges.
- ↑ Redstone has the same layer and line-size statistics as Diamond, but is generated eight times per chunk as opposed to once.
- ↑ Instead of multi-block veins, emerald ore is placed in scattered blocks.























