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鑽石是遊戲中最受歡迎的物品之一,因為鑽石可以被用來製作遊戲中最強的工具、武器以及防具。同時鑽石也是遊戲中最稀有的物品之一,因為只有在最深的岩石層中才能找到它們。正是這一特點使得鑽石很難被找到以至於嚴重的限制了其在遊戲中的產量。而本教學的初衷就在於幫助玩家們獲得越來越多的鑽石供應。
首先你需要一把鐵鎬(或更高級的稿)來挖鑽石。其次還需要一個裝著水的桶、一把鐵劍、鐵質防具,以及其它在礦洞中常用的物品。
尋找鑽石
天然生成的鑽石礦脈。
鑽石可以從鑽石礦中獲得。而鑽石礦是一種非常稀有的方塊,因為它只會在2~16層生成並且生成機率只有0.0846%。鑽石通常是在9層附近被找到,或者是在不高於16層的人工礦洞或天然礦洞中被找到。有兩種方法可以找到礦脈:天然礦洞或者自己挖一個。但不管哪種方法,你都需要一把鐵鎬來挖鑽石(當然還有途中遇到的那些金礦、綠寶石礦和紅石礦之類的)。儘管這個方法——多使用石制工具來節約鐵製工具的耐久,聽起來很好,但還是建議只有在鐵資源極度短缺時再去使用石制工具。這是因為相對來說鐵資源比較常見並且鐵製工具的挖礦速度和耐久都要優於石制工具。考慮到鐵製工具挖掘速度更快,同一時間內鐵製工具挖到的鐵除了補充消耗之外很可能不會少於石制工具挖到的鐵,而用石制工具的這一段時間內,那些被長期儲存起來的鐵實際上就等於被浪費了。除了工具你也需要一定量的火把和用於補充火把的木塊(你多半會在漫漫挖礦路上找到足夠多的煤)。如果你正在探天然礦洞,你會需要那些必備用品的,尤其是防具和武器。鑽石偶爾也會在村莊的儲物箱中被找到。
透過天然礦洞尋找
探查天然礦洞要比挖掘人工礦洞消耗的資源少(除了火把),但是也更加危險和耗時,因為你要探索的是一個充斥著黑暗與怪物的洞穴。透過探查天然礦洞來找鑽石礦脈,只要探索所有你找到的天然礦洞(地表有入口或挖出來的都可以)並且一直往下走直到低於15層。透過按F3(調出除錯畫面)可以有助於查看你所在的高度。最好是在12層挖礦因為岩漿主要在10層產生,這意味著你不會被岩漿燒掉你的腳。峽谷和豎井都可以提供上下的捷徑——弄出一個人工瀑布可以幫助你安全的上上下下(小心窒息)。找地下岩漿池是一個很好的線索,這意味著你在正確的高度範圍,但那裡實際上並不是最好的找鑽石的地方——除了岩漿本身的危險,那玩意也會占據部分原本應該是礦脈的位置,給你留下更少的鑽石礦。(實際上一旦你確定了你所在的高度正確,在周圍全都是石頭的環境下來挖掘會更好。)如果你確實在岩漿池旁邊看到了裸露的鑽石礦脈,那果斷用一桶水把岩漿池的表面轉化為黑曜石或鵝卵石......然後在你挖掘時「讓地面保持濕潤」。透過這種辦法,即使鑽石礦脈下面還有岩漿,水也會在岩漿燒毀你新挖出來的鑽石之前澆滅岩漿。如果你沒有看到裸露的鑽石礦脈也不要氣餒——鑽石作為公認的稀缺資源是有著充分的理由的。你可以在類似的高度探索更多的天然礦洞,或者轉用下一個辦法:自己挖洞或去村莊儲物箱那裡碰碰運氣。
透過TNT尋找
用TNT炸是最快的挖掘方法之一,但是這個方法確實需要你去殺大量的苦力帕並且挖一大堆的沙。當你得到一大堆TNT時,你可以一次炸一個,也可以一次炸一堆,還可以每5格放一個。
透過人工礦洞尋找
自己挖洞比探礦洞更加安全和可靠,但是會消耗更多的資源用來製作工具。這種方法也會產生大量多餘的鵝卵石,雖然有時候這可能被認為是弊大於利。
要挖一條找鑽石的人工礦洞,首先要下到會生成鑽石的高度。除了沿著已有的天然礦洞下降,你還可以挖一個垂直礦坑、採石場礦場或階梯式礦坑來下降到存在鑽石的岩層(在你進行以上活動時,謹記基本規則:絕對不要挖你腳下的方塊!)。大部分玩家偏愛11層,因為「岩漿流淌在地板之下」。更深一些的礦道很可能在頭頂或者更高的地方出現岩漿,但是在11層,岩漿可能會出現在腳下。這或許會阻止你前進,但是可能不會淹沒礦道!
By Branch Mining
First, get to layer 10, 11, or 12 as discussed in the previous section. Next, dig a 2-block-high, 4-block-wide, 4-block-long room. After that, make either a 2-block-high, 2-block-wide, or a 2-block-high, 1-block-wide horizontal tunnel (2x2 shows more but 2x1 is more efficient with the ratio of blocks mined to blocks exposed (1:3 instead of 1:2)). Dig the tunnel at least 50 blocks long. Then, dig side tunnels with 4 - 6 blocks in between each (AKA the spacing). This means you get maximum efficiency (ores mined/blocks mined) while maintaining a good amount of thoroughness (ores found in a given area/ores in a given area). Collect all ores found, because ores can connect to other ores (At least collect all the Lapis Lazuli, Iron, of course diamonds, and at least half the Coal). Place torches every 10 blocks (you only need to place them every 13 blocks on the ground or 12 blocks at head level to prevent spawning, but 10 blocks keeps track of how many decameters you have gone). You will find diamonds with this method. Remember to put a double, or large, chest (made by placing 2 chests next to each other) in your 4x2x4 room; you will need to drop off some cobblestone when it hogs your inventory.
Video Tutorial
This video shows you a popular method of finding diamonds, known as "Branch Mining".
- Please note that he/she uses 2 block spacings, when one of at least four is recommended, plus you should dig your branches as long as you want.
- Also note that you should bring a sword, bow, and food (preferably Steak or Pork) in addition to what the video-maker brought.
Mining Diamonds
A diamond gem
Once you find a block or vein of diamond ore, you'll need to mine it to get the diamond gem it contains. Before you do this, though, make sure the area is safe: after all, you don't want to lose any diamonds!
First, if you've located the diamond ore by caving, light up or block off any nearby dark areas so you won't get blown up or shot while attempting to mine. Next, dig away all blocks directly adjacent to the vein, both to expose the whole vein and to make sure the diamonds won't drop into lava and burn. A very effective method of preventing anything from dropping into lava is holding the Shift (crouch) key and W (forward) key, while mining your resource. This will both prevent you and your precious diamonds from falling into possible lava below. If you encounter any lava, get rid of it before you mine the blocks.
Now that it's safe to mine, use an iron or diamond pickaxe to break the blocks. The blocks will drop one gem each, unless your pickaxe is enchanted with the Fortune enchantment (Fortune III, the highest level, will make ore drop as many as four diamonds, and on average doubles the yield of a diamond vein). Remember to dig around diamond veins, as diamonds can form diagonally in the same vein.
Now that you have diamonds, it's best to proceed directly to a safe place to stash them in a chest; this could be your home base or a secure mining outpost. Be careful to make the chest secure from attacks by creepers, or your precious new-found wealth could go up in smoke.
Using Your Diamonds
Now that you have diamonds, you can begin crafting some of the best items the game has to offer.
Diamond Tools
Diamonds can be used to make Shovels, Pickaxes, Axes, and Hoes that work faster and last significantly longer than any other tool. Most players use their first three diamonds to make a diamond pickaxe, the only tool in the game that can harvest Obsidian blocks. Although a Diamond Hoe lasts longer than any other hoe, it grants no speed boost and is generally considered a waste of diamonds, as only a stone hoe is necessary.
Diamond Weapons and Armor
Diamond swords deal the most damage of any sword - eight points - and diamond armor protects the wearer better than any other form of armor. As with diamond tools, they also last longer than swords and armor made from lower-quality materials. A full set of diamond armor requires 24 diamonds.
Other Diamond Items
Diamonds are also used to make Jukeboxes, decorative diamond blocks, and, most importantly, Enchantment Tables, which allow players to convert Experience into valuable tool-improving enchantments. They can also be used as the ore to power a Beacon, but this is unnecessarily expensive and it is recommended to use emerald or iron blocks. If you are playing the Pocket Edition, you can use three diamonds with six iron ingots to craft a Nether Reactor Core.
Maintaining and Expanding Your Supply
Once you've realized how useful your first diamonds are, you'll probably want more. To this end, you'll need to continue mining. If you want to become truly diamond-rich, though, you'll need to do a few other things first.
Getting a Fortune III Pickaxe
You'll want to mine with the Fortune Enchantment on your pickaxe, preferably level III, for your next diamond vein, to significantly improve the amount of diamonds you get. Alas, this is not something you can rely on, but you can try. If you find a large diamond vein, you have an enchantment table, and are confident you can get a Fortune III, it might be worth waiting and acquiring the diamonds later or mining it with a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch and harvesting the ore when you acquire Fortune III. If you see the hint say Fortune III on the table, immediately enchant a diamond pickaxe with it.
Enchanting is somewhat complex, but here is how to bootstrap the equipment needed: You need to start with at least 5 diamonds: The first three will go for a diamond pickaxe. This lets you mine obsidian, and you need four blocks. That plus the other two diamonds will go for an Enchantment Table, but first you need to make a book. In fact, you'll need to make a lot of books, but you can start with one to get the table made.
For the books, you will need leather (from cows), and paper, from sugar cane. For the first book, you'll need just one piece of leather and three of paper (from three pieces of sugar cane). You can probably get those while setting up a cow farm and a sugar cane farm. If you don't already have a wheat farm, make one to breed the cows.
Once you've made your enchantment table, it will let you make small enchantments, but to get Fortune—let alone Fortune 3 -- you'll need to boost the table's power with bookshelves. You will need a lot of bookshelves, which will require a lot of books, in turn requiring a lot of leather and a lot of paper. (You'll also need wood for the bookshelves, so having a tree farm is handy.) See the Enchanting article for details of how to arrange those.
In order to get Fortune III on an iron or diamond pickaxe you'll need to use nearly 30 levels of experience points per attempt, so a Mob Farm will be handy. In versions 1.8 and further, you will need lots of lapis lazuli, while only needing 3 levels per attempt, but you need to be at level thirty, and the enchantment has to be the thirty level one. While advanced methods are possible, it's fairly easy to build the experience by simply camping at a suitably modified dungeon. It should be noted, that mining ores gives you experience too, and thus you may get a level 30 or so just by mining all the coal you find during chunk mining in one chunk. Enchanting books for Fortune III is a bad idea because, as of 1.5.1, there is only a 0.4% chance of getting Fortune III even at level 30. In contrast, a diamond pickaxe at level 30 has a 7.7% chance of getting Fortune III. Please note that this note is outdated since 1.8 changed the mechanics.
Even after all this building and grinding, it's by no means guaranteed you'll get what you want. If you get Silk Touch instead, you can also use that to collect diamond ore instead of gems. When you absolutely need a few diamonds (say, for a diamond sword), you can always place that many blocks and use another pickaxe to mine them... but save the rest of the ore for when you do get a Fortune pickaxe!
You can see what enchantment you will get, and you may get more enchantments on that pick, so if it says Fortune III, enchant it as soon as possible. Don't worry if you don't have enough levels, the enchantment stays the same until you enchant something. If it says something else, don't fret, you can always enchant a junk item (e. g., a wooden shovel) for one level to reset it or enchant an iron pick. Remember, you need thirty levels for a 30-level enchantment, but it will only cost you three! If it says Efficiency IV, you could use a diamond pick if you want. Once you have fortune three, the only time to enchant a junk item is when the hint says Efficiency III. Eventually, you want 3 main picks. One, a work pick, should have Efficiency IV-V and Unbreaking III. Two, a Fortune pick, with all the enchantments of a work pick, but with Fortune III. Third, a silk touch pick, with the same enchantments of a work pick but with Silk Touch.
You can also use an anvil to combine weaker items of the same material, turning 2 Fortune I pickaxes into 1 Fortune II, and 2 of those into one Fortune III. Rename the working item early to cut down on retread penalties, and be careful about combining multiple enchantments—the cost can easily make your pickaxe unworkable.
Once you've got a fortune pickaxe, return to mining as usual, reserving this pickaxe for veins of diamond or emerald. (If so inclined, you can use it on redstone, lapis lazuli, or even coal, but using a fortune enchanted pickaxe to mine coal is considered a waste of durability, although it may be helpful if you want to build with Block of Coal.)
Repairing Tools
Repairing two tools doesn't just add their durability up - it adds some extra uses as well (5% bonus, 12% for anvils). That can help extend your mining trips with non-enchanted tools. Remember that a crafting-grid repair wipes enchantments, so if you want to keep the enchantments, use an anvil. Repairing armor on an anvil with regular diamonds also uses less diamonds, but costs Experience.
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