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Ore - Official Minecraft Wiki
Ore - Official Minecraft Wiki
Ore - Official Minecraft Wiki
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Ore
EDIT
This graph shows the actual amount of ores found in a relatively small
but untapped world as of Java Edition 1.12.2
Usage
0.1
Raw Iron or
Raw Copper or
Raw Gold +
Any fuel
0.7
Further uses
9
9
9
9
Metal Ingots
9
9
Metal Nuggets
Lapis Lazuli
Diamond items +
Netherite Ingot
Upgrade Gea
Availability
Overworld
Ore Block
Deepslate
variant [c]
Raw resource
Refined
resource
Manufactured - -
Mineral block
Raw Mineral - -
Block
Minimal Stone
pickaxe for Wooden
drop
Found in Any
biome...
Commonly up 128 96 23 6
to layers...
Can Replace
[e]
Lapis
Coal[f] Copper Lazuli
Ore block
Deepslate
variant [h]
Raw resource
Refined
resource
Manufactured - -
Mineral block
Raw Mineral - -
Block
Minimal Stone
pickaxe for Wooden
drop
Ore veins - -
distinguishable Granite
block [i]
Found in Any
biome...
Most found in
layers...
Commonly up 96 48 0
to layers...
None at or -64 to -1 63
above...
Deepslate No
variant
generates
naturally?
Can replace
[j][k]
The Nether
Ancient
Nether Nether Debris
Quartz[l] Gold
Ore block
Raw resource -
Refined
resource
Manufactured -
Mineral block
Commonly up 120 95 23
to layers...
Netherrack
Basalt
Blackstone
History
Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009
Notch shows interest in
adding ores.
0.0.14a
Added coal,
iron, and gold ores.
20100201-2
Ores can no longer be
mined without a
pickaxe.
20100327
Ores now replace stone
upon a world reload.
20100330
The ore change of
replacing stone upon a
world reload has been
reverted.
Java Edition
1.0.0 Beta 1.9
Coal, lapis lazuli,
Prerelease 4
redstone, and diamond
ore now also drop as
ore blocks with Silk
Touch.
1.3.1 12w21a
For the release of
12w21a, the block was
changed to an emerald
ore. The texture for
emerald ore remained
unchanged, as Jeb
forgot to commit the
new texture in the
snapshot.[4]
12w21b
The texture of
emerald ore has been
changed.
12w22a
All ores except iron and
gold (which give
experience when
smelted) now drop
experience points when
mined.
1.5 13w01a
Added nether
quartz ore.
Texture ?
New textures
Update
for coal ore, gold ore and
diamond ore have been
proposed.
1.14 18w43a
The textures of
all ores have been
changed.
18w50a
The texture of
nether quartz ore has
been changed.
19w08a
The texture of
diamond ore has been
changed.
1.14.1 Pre-Release 1
The texture of iron
ore has been changed.
1.16 20w06a
Added ancient
debris.
20w11a
Added nether gold
ore.
20w12a
Nether gold ore now
drops gold nuggets
instead of itself.
20w13a
The texture of