✅ Getting Started

Essential Gear

• 🪓 Silk Touch Pickaxe (Required)
• 🧱 Scaffolding (Optional)
• 💡 Use /gamma if you don’t want to bring torches
• ⚠️ Watch out for mobs!

Where to Mine

• Avoid urban areas – head to the ocean and dig down

How to Begin

• Dig to Y -35
• Start mining in a straight line until you get a Vein Notification

🔔 When a Vein Notification Pops Up

📍 Step 1: Mark the Block

• Identify the exact block that triggered the notification
• Place a marker block (e.g., dirt, cobble) on top

🧱 Step 2: Mine a 13×13×7 Cuboid

• Centered on the marked block
• 13×13 area (radius 6) horizontally
• 3 blocks up and 3 down for full vertical coverage

🔁 Step 3: If No Further Vein is Found

• Rare case: expand to 13×13×11 by digging 2 more blocks up and down

♻️ Step 4: Repeat for Every Notification

• Do this even for gold, redstone, and lapis notifications
• These can interrupt or connect to diamond veins

⛏️ Mining Tips

🪓 Netherite Pickaxe Advantages

• +40% vein generation chance
• +100% average ore per generation
• Can trigger multiple ore spawns from a single notification
• 💰 Highly recommended – buy from MG Pickaxes

🧠 Vein Structure

• Not flat or disc-shaped
• Veins branch like roots, often vertically
• Always mine the full cuboid to uncover all ores

🚇 Efficiency & Logistics

📏 Spacing Strategy

• If a 200-block line yields nothing, shift 50+ blocks before starting a new line

🧰 Tool Resources

• Enchanted picks available on Main Street
• Iron Forge sells cheap bulk anvils
• Diamond Pickaxe Factory offers repair tools in bulk

⚙️ Ore Processing

• Once you stockpile ores, consider paying for access to the Elite Ore Smelter – yields much better ore returns

📦 Ore Yield Expectations

• ⚖️ Average: 1–2 stacks per full vein
• 🏆 Max Recorded: ~1500 ores from one vein
• ⛏️ Netherite tools significantly increase both spawn and yield rates dramatically (40%)