In Java Edition, journeyman-level armorer villagers have a 40% chance of offering to buy one diamond for one emerald. In Bedrock Edition, expert-level armorer, toolsmith, and weaponsmith villagers buy one diamond for an emerald as part of their trades.
One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added.īoth the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients. When brushing suspicious sand in desert pyramids, they have a 1⁄ 7 chance to drop 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. If the ore is mined using a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch, it drops an ore block rather than a diamond.
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 mined by any other tool, it drops nothing. See also: Diamond Ore § Natural generationĭiamond ore can be mined using an iron pickaxe or stronger.
