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I'm stuck on the randomized rewards right now, looking for enough iron to help my friend finish his ambitious minecart rail system, and simultaneously for 'enou
by presidentender 15y ago
I'm stuck on the randomized rewards right now, looking for enough iron to help my friend finish his ambitious minecart rail system, and simultaneously for 'enough' diamond.
- ubernostrum 15y agoBranch mining is your friend -- start doing that down around level 11 or so and you'll have all the iron, diamond and any other type of ore you'll ever need :)
- presidentender 15y agoI'm branch mining at the bedrock right now, finding about 1 diamond for every 2 iron. Of course, I'm finding very little iron.
- ubernostrum 15y agoMove up a bit. Ore concentration isn't all the high right at the bedrock level. Typically, layers 11-16 is where you want to be.
- exDM69 15y agoIf you want large amounts of resources in Minecraft, you'll have to mine in a smart and boring fashion (called resource mining) near the bedrock. Mine in a consistent pattern (in three dimensions!) trying to minimize the amount of rock to mine w.r.t. the blocks you reveal. Mining for resources is quite a boring grind and I don't like to do it a whole lot. Thankfully you don't have to do a whole lot of it to survive if you don't do crazy builds with a lot of iron (like minecarts).