The REAL Way To Find Diamonds In Minecraft 1.21

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  • In this episode I show that diamond tutorials are lying to you, this is how you actually do. this is how you find diamonds in minecraft 1.21
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  • @prisonerofthehighway1059
    @prisonerofthehighway1059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1351

    The big issue with caving is that it’s substantially more dangerous. Early game or hardcore, branch mining is still your best chance of finding diamonds AND living long enough to use them.

    • @geckoed132
      @geckoed132 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      True but once you got endgame enchanted gear and totems and stuff it’s not bad, I am on a streak of not dying for about six months

    • @MK-gb7ht
      @MK-gb7ht 2 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      I ran down there with iron armor and stone tools and blasted the doom soundtrack as I killed everything down there.
      It was risky, but fun.

    • @gabitheancient7664
      @gabitheancient7664 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@MK-gb7ht thx, I'll do that sometime

    • @gavinthecrafter
      @gavinthecrafter ปีที่แล้ว +62

      THANK YOU. I've started on a hardcore world and quickly realized that at least for now, deep caving is a no-go

    • @jjbarajas5341
      @jjbarajas5341 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      As soon as you get a full set of enchanted (even if the enchantments aren't that great) diamond, the cave method becomes pretty trivial to do. In fact, full iron with enchants also works fine for the late early game.

  • @funfactor4528
    @funfactor4528 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2770

    Let's be honest. Even if you have a crap ton of diamonds it's still fun to find diamonds

    • @keirancooper2791
      @keirancooper2791 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Seconded, lol

    • @johnsankars2041
      @johnsankars2041 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      yep

    • @BrinkBricks
      @BrinkBricks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      If this man was a language he would be straight facts

    • @glazechunk
      @glazechunk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I feel this comment applies equally to Minecraft and real life.

    • @spicymcmeme4038
      @spicymcmeme4038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      No matter what, it is always a great feeling to find diamonds

  • @brayden906
    @brayden906 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1011

    The devs have said(at least I think have said) that reduced air exposure does not effect water, so water mining is better than open air caves at least to a certain extent

    • @RunicSigils
      @RunicSigils 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      I don't know if they said it but it at least was factually true.
      Might not have been intentional though so I have no idea if it was fixed.

    • @NedJeffery
      @NedJeffery 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      At the really low depths you'd have to go lava mining.

    • @thatprettyb8machine146
      @thatprettyb8machine146 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yep this is how I found all my lapis

    • @cowhatcat8158
      @cowhatcat8158 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@NedJeffery *tips hat*

    • @fabio5286
      @fabio5286 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      plus seeing in water in bedrock is easiier for some reason

  • @matttheginger963
    @matttheginger963 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1293

    About 2 hours worth of cave exploring with night vision potions and fortune 3 pickaxe gave me about 42 diamonds, but strip mining at -54 gave me about 34 diamonds in half that time

    • @sporttube69
      @sporttube69 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Yeah -54 is literally the perfect level

    • @itspedr0
      @itspedr0 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Maybe i am unlucky with caves but i have the opposite experience in 2 different new worlds

    • @nonsfearme5474
      @nonsfearme5474 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      I strip mined at y -58 in a savanna biome (this is important) with a fortune 3 eff V pickaxe and got 75 diamonds in about 15 minutes

    • @t0lu
      @t0lu ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@nonsfearme5474 did you have a netherite?

    • @happyspacefun3796
      @happyspacefun3796 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      ​@@nonsfearme5474 why is the importance of the biome?

  • @nief2038
    @nief2038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +790

    I do really like how they've added multiple strategies to mining.

    • @SuperLifestream
      @SuperLifestream 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      ibytoycat still hasnt got the strategie of holding a torch so people watching can see what the hell he is doing

    • @Gitko01
      @Gitko01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      He doesn’t have any resource and behavior packs to enable that functionality. In vanilla Mc, holding a torch does absolutely nothing. You need Optifine or a behavior pack

    • @timohara7717
      @timohara7717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@SuperLifestream ok boomer

    • @timohara7717
      @timohara7717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Swedish Ghostface they do look in aquafers

    • @timohara7717
      @timohara7717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Swedish Ghostface also it does because who cares abput reduced air exposure exept boomers just take a look
      oh you care ok boomer

  • @amycm
    @amycm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    i like how one of the little loading screen tips still say “need diamonds? try mining at y level 11”

  • @ninjanoodle2674
    @ninjanoodle2674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +625

    I've always felt that exploring caves for ores was so much more fun that just branch mining. I never really minded branch mining as a way to get a lot of blocks and ores, but it's not really something that I would consider "fun". I'm looking forward to exploring the 1.18 caves, and if I'm rewarded by finding Diamonds then that is just a cherry on top. It's not like I really need any Diamonds at this point. I think that the way that they have it makes sense for new players that need to find Diamonds for their first Diamond Pickaxe, to fill out a Diamond Armor set, or to upgrade the remainder of their tools. I find it kinda weird that a bunch of Minecraft TH-camrs are saying that it's "too easy" to find Diamonds in 1.18 as they are already geared up.

    • @multidebbie1
      @multidebbie1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I didnt need iron armor I just skipled that straight to full diamond armor. Diamonds are easier to get. Also imagine this full diamond under an hour on a random seed. Yep.

    • @thatprettyb8machine146
      @thatprettyb8machine146 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I dont think it's too easy because no one seems to be considering multiplayer, yes me and my bf made a full diamond armour set in 45 mins.. but could we find enough for a second set before he does something dumb and loses half the first one? i wish, oh my god I WISH

    • @fabio5286
      @fabio5286 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      i liked just going for idk 3 hours in a random direction mining in minecraft while just listening to music/podcasts, it was just something to look at while im thinking about what im hearing or vibing with the music

    • @biscuitbuzzer2215
      @biscuitbuzzer2215 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol i have the exact same opinion

    • @coffeedudeguy
      @coffeedudeguy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It’s like they finally put the ‘Mine’ in Minecraft. It just means more time left for exploration and crafting

  • @jeffreylopez7774
    @jeffreylopez7774 2 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    I always use Silk touch when I go mining. Then use Fortune back at base. That way I don't have my inventory full of lose ores. And little more organized.

    • @naverilllang
      @naverilllang 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      It's much more efficient to craft minerals and raw metals into blocks

    • @totalgv9155
      @totalgv9155 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@naverilllang true

    • @TheKrazyKrow
      @TheKrazyKrow ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@naverilllang Came to say exactly that lol. Just carry a craft table which you always should anyway

    • @crazy4rc
      @crazy4rc ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why not carry the fortune pick axe with you instead of placing the ore after you've already mined it.

    • @canehdiansteve3455
      @canehdiansteve3455 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@crazy4rc Inventory space. Fortune will fill it up way faster.

  • @FreeTreeHugss
    @FreeTreeHugss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    My special thing - the weird thing I like doing in Minecraft - is stripping mineshafts of all the resources. Almost even taking all the wood (but only the wood that I need to make new tools and smelt ores while I’m stripping the mineshaft.)
    I love getting lost in the mineshafts and finding how they’re all connected.

    • @sizanogreen9900
      @sizanogreen9900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I tried doing that in the beginning but after having way too much stuff to hold and getting hopelessly lost I quit doing that pretty soon...
      My special thing are greenhouses and gardens. My main base is basically a big habitable botanical garden.

    • @Thetalinshow
      @Thetalinshow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      what about the spider webs
      +

    • @FreeTreeHugss
      @FreeTreeHugss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Thetalinshow yup! I use shears to take them down so I can get more string.

    • @timohara7717
      @timohara7717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sizanogreen9900 you probably like lush shafts

    • @sizanogreen9900
      @sizanogreen9900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@timohara7717 They are fine, but really I don't explore that much. Only enough to gather supplies or find a new good place to build, then I simply build there. I have one nice comfy house in a lush cave but that is it. After 1.18 I am mostly building in and enhancing a mountain range so far.

  • @rezlogan4787
    @rezlogan4787 2 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    Tunneling: peaceful, few mobs, guaranteed yield, more sustainable, more efficient use of space, hard to get lost.
    Caving: full of mobs, inconsistent yield, motivationally exhausting, inefficient (leaves lots of overlooked ore), constantly lost.
    You decide what sounds more fun.

    • @hansdomke89
      @hansdomke89 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Tunneling is boring. Exploration is fun.

    • @rezlogan4787
      @rezlogan4787 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hansdomke89 I think it’s a phase of life. When young, everything is brand new and exciting. I still remember finding my first endless Minecraft cave. I established a base camp and went raiding into the dark with my doggo protector, lighting it up, and mapping it out. I still remember its tunnels and multiple entrances. And after 6 months, I had not found the bottom. The constant exploration tired me out the rest of the day and sucked time. And all I got was 10 diamonds after 6 months.
      Then, I tried tunneling. Not only was I filling boxes of diamonds and azuli, but I found dozens of exciting caves from the bottom up, where all the diamonds spawn. I would place signs to help myself find the caves, and even give them little names. One time I stumbled on an end fortress by sheer luck, marked it with a sign, and one day spent 5 minutes finding the end portal. No muss, no fuss, and as many resources as I would ever need for fully enchanted everything. I felt OP compared to the Ender Dragon and when I beat the game, I just shrugged and started over.

    • @Narvalo_Lastar
      @Narvalo_Lastar ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Caving is galactically infinitely more fun than tunneling

    • @rezlogan4787
      @rezlogan4787 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@Narvalo_Lastar Depends what you want. When you want lots of ore, tunneling is better. If you want to burn through food, armor, and weapons fighting the same mobs over and over only to find a handful of diamonds, caving is swell I guess.

    • @Narvalo_Lastar
      @Narvalo_Lastar ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@rezlogan4787 If you're going to say caves are repetitive then don't get me started on strip mining lol, I just prefer playing in randomly generated environnement where I have to be active it's really up to preference since both give a lot of ressources

  • @wilsonpaul3599
    @wilsonpaul3599 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    One of my favorite things to do in a new survival world is to find a large deep going cave and set up an auxiliary base and scaffolding and setting up extensive ladders

    • @rafflesiadeathcscent3507
      @rafflesiadeathcscent3507 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      My instinct tells me to make every cave or any geographically covert areas into a base

  • @grandmabiscuits
    @grandmabiscuits 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    i don’t mind that mining takes a long time, so honestly i just use cheap iron (or sometimes even stone) pickaxes for base mining and mine the ores with a good pickaxe. i mine while listening to music or someone else’s stream and it’s just my chill out and zen time. anyways, my mining is incredibly scuffed because i like it that way.

    • @invaderaidyn335
      @invaderaidyn335 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Exactly. Usually by the time I need diamonds, I have a TON of iron. That means it hurts less to use up my iron to get that reward of diamonds. It's easy to zone out and strip mine, especially when watching TH-cam in the background. I often watch Toycat's livestreams while playing Minecraft because I feel like it gets me into the flow of it

  • @ziggyzoo9335
    @ziggyzoo9335 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Although you're hypothesis is actually incorrect, the diamond experiment did show me the actual best way to find diamonds: underwater caves. The amount of diamonds you mined just in the water was more than all the other diamonds you mined before them

  • @questionmark8991
    @questionmark8991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    I mined at like -57 and found diamonds so much faster than I did when I explored caves
    Diamonds are not only easy to miss in dark caves but also, as you said, can generate even alone since they are cut off by the cave and ive gotten pretty unlucky
    I found so many more by mining the classic way at -57

    • @daan676
      @daan676 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They can also generate alone when they’re not in caves

    • @Atomsk2
      @Atomsk2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      My luck is also terrible lol, but it’s terrible either way

    • @WizardosBoz
      @WizardosBoz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed

    • @fero8947
      @fero8947 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @geckoed132
      @geckoed132 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just get some golden carrots to make noghtvision potions

  • @jinjeredge
    @jinjeredge 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I love exploring new caves, but I kinda miss when there was a method to finding diamonds like the lapis trick

  • @KeithGrant
    @KeithGrant 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I love that they've balanced the two approaches. I wouldn't say caving is entirely "better" than branch mining, since you're going to have to venture out further and further to keep finding new caves a lot faster than you will with mining (though with an elytra maybe that doesn't matter *too* much). But so far I enjoy mixing up my approach with both because the variety is nice

  • @crunchywashere3513
    @crunchywashere3513 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Fun fact: if you dig straight down in water caves, you will enter a new cave.
    The lower in those water caves

  • @pimpinken8901
    @pimpinken8901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    That method is great if you have an elytra for getting around but if you’re on foot that’s going to take 10x longer just dealing with terrain also how are you coving that much area and not seeing hostile mobs the first cave I came across every 4 seconds I was fighting for my life

  • @panpiper
    @panpiper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    If you are specifically looking for diamonds, you absolutely want to dig down to -58, as the incidence of diamonds increases with each level down.

    • @eugeneli4701
      @eugeneli4701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Oh em I have been strip mining for 1 hour at y = -58 and I have not found any diamonds, is there eeeeh a reason whyy? Big oof ;-;

    • @timohara7717
      @timohara7717 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eugeneli4701 how much have you stripmines

    • @jettaeschroff6924
      @jettaeschroff6924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      why -58? why not -60?

    • @panpiper
      @panpiper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@jettaeschroff6924 Because at -59 and below, you hit bedrock blocks which you cannot mine through. Mining at -58 you will have the occasional block of bedrock at ground level, but that will not interfere with your shaft mining.

    • @timohara7717
      @timohara7717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jettaeschroff6924 bedrock be like

  • @walterclements4830
    @walterclements4830 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I liked the experimental version of 1.18 this update nerfed diamonds so much it feels like part 1 release when there wasnt any diamonds too

    • @hangglidingmontana6134
      @hangglidingmontana6134 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I had the same experience. I found 1 diamond over 20+ hours.

  • @Gantorin
    @Gantorin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I do like watching the mining parts, but I really like the building part. Gives me inspiration.

  • @justinmillett101
    @justinmillett101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Strip mining seemed just as good. The time taken to search for caves, climb in and out while fighting creatures compared to building a shaft you can zip up and down and plug away collecting materials you’d eventually need anyways. I like building a mineshaft and dropping an 8x8 base to store everything at th bottom of it and just strip mining out from it.

  • @alexc1485
    @alexc1485 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    It's way more fun to explore the caves than branch mining, and this update has made caving not just viable, but the best method. However, it really devalues diamonds, to the point that I think the game either needs some kind of new, very valuable and rare item that gives you more of a reason to go in the caves, or, they introduce a new powerful item with a crafting recipe that requires diamonds. You can get a lifetime supply of diamonds in a single caving session with a fortune 3 pick, after that, what is the draw? I hope that the deep dark cities introduces some new rare, consumable item that encourages you to keep coming back.
    It's a bit like the problem with amethysts, you can get so many shards from a single geode harvest that you dont really need to farm them. Amethyst shards just dont have enough uses yet.

    • @TheFlyfly
      @TheFlyfly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      i think it largely depends on the player, whether diamonds are too common.
      players who have mending wont need too many diamonds, while players who dont have mending will always need to go back for more.
      players who are familiar with minecraft are likely to have/get mending villagers, while players who arent familiar with minecraft probably dont have mending villagers.
      so basically, for old players diamonds are too common, but for new players diamonds might not be too common.

    • @tavanium
      @tavanium 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      For sure. Played last night and found a new gigantic deep cave system. In 60 minutes of fighting hordes of zombies and exploring I got 64 diamonds with a fortune 3 pickaxe. Every one of those were completely exposed. I like it, but they are just too common. I have over 600 diamonds and only have made about 8 netherite ingots. And thats after a few hundred TNT blasts to expose them. I've totally given up on netherite. Far to time consuming with little payoff. Netherite isn't even that much better to begin with. This is my opinion of course.

    • @TheFlyfly
      @TheFlyfly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tavanium i enjoyed reading your perspective

    • @tavanium
      @tavanium 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheFlyfly Thanks for the reply and the same to you. Hopefully the holidays will be good to you.

    • @TheFlyfly
      @TheFlyfly 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tavanium aww thank you. i hope so too, for both me and you

  • @_VenomicA_
    @_VenomicA_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I was never a fan of mining but after this update I might start loving it

  • @drchandrashekharshettigar9582
    @drchandrashekharshettigar9582 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    It is definitely true that the players are going to experience a lot of variation in pretty much every single aspect of the update as mojang have said it themselves.

  • @turtley25
    @turtley25 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    i feel that villagers trading armour is op or whatever but i also feel that the tool smiths selling pickaxes is not weird

  • @sterrre1
    @sterrre1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Toycat you could make a Minecraft ASMR where it's just 5 hours of you mining through deepslate.

  • @Goomba456
    @Goomba456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Important note, as of 1.18.1 all diamonds will be harder to find exposed on bedrock.

    • @ClassicHarleyQuinn
      @ClassicHarleyQuinn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Really? I see no difference. I still find ridiculous amounts of diamond in the big caves/caverns.

    • @Pandaboy-hp6zx
      @Pandaboy-hp6zx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ClassicHarleyQuinn becauae you are finding them in 1.18.0 loaded chunks

    • @ClassicHarleyQuinn
      @ClassicHarleyQuinn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Pandaboy-hp6zx Its a mixture of both 1.18.0 and 1.18.1 to be honest from a bunch of exploring.

    • @Pandaboy-hp6zx
      @Pandaboy-hp6zx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ClassicHarleyQuinn oh

    • @rudalph529
      @rudalph529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ClassicHarleyQuinn you are mining in your 1.18.0 chunks

  • @nikchas
    @nikchas 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    1x2 tunnels done in TWO blocks apart (not three blocks as you mentioned) is the way to do branch mining. That way you don't lose the blocks in the middle line of the two branches that you did !

  • @Patriciameloc
    @Patriciameloc ปีที่แล้ว +9

    so you just changed the name of the video to say minecraft 1.20?

  • @blukester7994
    @blukester7994 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Where did the video go
    Ok it’s back

  • @ezc462
    @ezc462 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    No Stream. Tap To Retry

  • @jayson3900
    @jayson3900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Mining is still one of my favorite parts of the game too! Also, I always bring 3 pickaxes with me for mining. I have one for most things, my fortune, and my silk touch. All 3 have mending, unbreaking 3, efficiency 5 except for my fortune because it costs too much to upgrade the efficiency from 3 to 5 but I'll eventually just make a new one.

    • @The.Nasty.
      @The.Nasty. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Honestly, efficiency on netherite gear absolutely melts everything.
      I try to remove one block of dirt and end up making a whole pit half the time.

    • @InfamousJRP
      @InfamousJRP 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes

    • @thearsonistlink
      @thearsonistlink 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@InfamousJRP yes

    • @christianosanjo
      @christianosanjo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thearsonistlink yes

    • @jayson3900
      @jayson3900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@The.Nasty. same lol xD

  • @jackphillips5939
    @jackphillips5939 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love catching a vid right after it goes up

  • @nashnhash6813
    @nashnhash6813 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve think learned more about Minecraft in the past ~year just by watching toycat than I have in all the other years I’ve been playing it. Awesome vid!!! :)

  • @panpiper
    @panpiper 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Speed running through caves to find diamonds makes loads of sense, once you are equipped for it. Like enchanted diamond gear etc. (In your case, netherite and elytra,) If you try to speed run caverns when you are just starting out, without such gear, you are GOING to die and likely lose everything you found. When I am starting out in a new world, I will spend the first five minutes gathering wood and stuff and a few minutes before sunset, proceed to dig down into the ground to create an underground bunker complete with murderhole doors, just in case. I set up a starter base there. Likely first night, I will start to dig a staircase down looking for coal & iron. Once I am kitted out with iron, I'll head deeper still and start shaft mining for diamonds. I do NOT explore caves! Shaft mining is WAY safer until you are kitted out with diamond and have enchantments going.
    Once I have a full set of enchantments on diamond gear, 'then' and only then will I dare exploring caverns and the like.

  • @ReinBelmont
    @ReinBelmont 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Well of course it's easy to explore caves with good enchanted weapons, armor and the ability to fly but by that point a regular player probably doesn't even need the resources that much anymore.
    I prefer the classic branch mining, it's safer, more relaxing, can find caves, you can use low tier tools, at least until you can get good gear and go spelunking.
    Particularly on mobile because the touch controls suck.

  • @sarasanzuke6759
    @sarasanzuke6759 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I like mining at y-54 or 52 because it's the old y12 which was the same layer that was about lava pools. I just build a bridge and continue mining straight. I mine a tunnel with four unmined blocks in between because you already exposed those walls. Not including above and below them.

  • @_PuffinMan
    @_PuffinMan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    toycat the only person I know of that can 30secs of content and turn it into a 40min video.

  • @BIG_CLARKY
    @BIG_CLARKY 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love to listen to your let's play videos while playing minecraft.

  • @akuseru85
    @akuseru85 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    As a new player this system is daunting. I have been caving for hours on end. Multiple caves, strip mined myself into other caves, etc. Been down at Bedrock level (-58 to -60) and I have not seen a single diamond. I have run out of Coal because I have used so many torches, I have plenty of Iron, and Copper... Copper... What is that even used for? Maybe the Spyglass is somewhat an effective item. I have stacks upon stacks of this. I also have a lot of Redstone, Lots of Gold... Abundance of everything... But no diamonds...

    • @xman7695
      @xman7695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Probably gonna build all houses with copper from now one... It's almost as common as coal back then, just that coal is kinda useful and copper is useless (if spyglasses aren't one time use).

    • @sporttube69
      @sporttube69 ปีที่แล้ว

      Try -54, helped me find a lot more

  • @br0kenmyb0nes27
    @br0kenmyb0nes27 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video and an eye opener for the newer cave updates, but i fell this is more later game, flying around with elytra, heavily enchanted netherite items (which need a ton of diamonds to create the armour in the first place) so for now ill stick with my strip mining, which to be far if you didnt fly around the map so fast may have been a better output

  • @solkoselig3686
    @solkoselig3686 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Seeing you mine and ramble is so wholesome, made me wanna go and mine some

  • @hauntedwino
    @hauntedwino 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I haven’t played Minecraft regularly in so long, but I’ve really been getting back into it recently. Appreciate this guide, was very helpful!

  • @SuperLifestream
    @SuperLifestream 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    -59 is the new level to mine at. This is also lava level. So like at 7:00 your coordinates will say -58

    • @GeoHuman.
      @GeoHuman. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      -54 is lava level

    • @SuperLifestream
      @SuperLifestream 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@GeoHuman. Yeah, By lava level i meant "Watch out for the bottom of lava pool"

  • @SemiHypercube
    @SemiHypercube 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    23:00 I think water does not count as air for exposure (and thus you can find more ore in flooded caves)

    • @frenchempire9471
      @frenchempire9471 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep

    • @icyyomari5665
      @icyyomari5665 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      but i keep drowning . Should i start with finding diamonds by exploring caves then move to mining underwater?

    • @australium7374
      @australium7374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@icyyomari5665 you should have respiration 3 and bring water breathing potions

    • @frenchempire9471
      @frenchempire9471 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@icyyomari5665 you should get water breathing potions

    • @xHICKORYx
      @xHICKORYx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@icyyomari5665 Bring a magma block to crouch on.

  • @user-tg2id1yd7t
    @user-tg2id1yd7t 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is my first time watching this guy and I really like him he is just so calm about this and he seems like a genuinely nice guy!

  • @CosmicCastaway1
    @CosmicCastaway1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I found a wonderful cave system while exploring that was filled with amethyst, lava, waterfalls, gold, diamonds, lapis & red stone; also a spider spawn in a cage on fire (? I've never seen one in my game before so I don't actually know what it was) and 2 chests with loot inside. It has become one of my new favorite places to dig around.

  • @RainyDayDance
    @RainyDayDance 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    another reason to want diamonds is lets say your on a server and the currency is diamond.

  • @renato360a
    @renato360a 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    8:46 you can see that the lava lake doesn't end there. It continues under a layer of deepslate. If dig around the lake you might just discover a cave on the other side.

  • @rollinsolo1157
    @rollinsolo1157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Toy cat loves mining, I love farming, maybe there should be a series that he does getting a bunch of his subscribers together where each person has a role

  • @zcarp8642
    @zcarp8642 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The caves can lead to extensive quantities of not diamond, but diamond ore. I remember going through a large one, when they weren't deepslate, and having stacks of ore(as we had silk touched the ore for an investment when we get fortune) this update made it genuinely feasible to find a stack of diamond blocks in a world.

  • @stiltongruyere9691
    @stiltongruyere9691 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I believe anything you say about Minecraft, Toycat.

    • @stiltongruyere9691
      @stiltongruyere9691 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also, did you really use diamond ore to block the lava? haha

  • @bldeagle10
    @bldeagle10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Got lucky the other day and decided to empty out a gravel patch and found three diamond veins and one redstone vein in the gravel. 33 diamonds with my fortune pick

  • @scottym50
    @scottym50 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love watching you mine, that's my favorite thing to do.
    Thank you for the great video.

  • @paulhampton4699
    @paulhampton4699 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great fun and video. I only play single-player, but you showed me about a year of fun things to build. I am not a huge cave lover, but the game has morphed to them. Your mushroom room is a must-build tho. Very cool! Great video. Even tho I know that caves are a great way to find diamonds, I just like to mine too much and still prefer to branch mine.

  • @Turner9090
    @Turner9090 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Just in case someone is wondering, water is counted as blocks so diamonds are not air exposed when under water

  • @Afraidofhawk
    @Afraidofhawk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    While I'm personally all about adventure mining by exploring caves and underwater, it's unfortunate that the experiment wasn't set up correctly. I had to pause the video and check when I noticed the silk touch pick was immensely faster than the other one, and sure enough, there's no efficiency on the non-silk touch pick. You can see it whenever he switches to it, such as around 12:13.

  • @oldsoldier4209
    @oldsoldier4209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Hey, I enjoy watching mining almost as much as I enjoy doing the mining. So don’t believe that “nobody likes it” crap! Also, 3 picks is my standard, Silk Touch and high Fortune get used for the ores, while high Efficiency takes care of the rest. Of course, max Unbreaking and Mending go on all of my tools. 🤠👍
    EDIT: Mojang already clarified that water counts as a block, not as air, for the limited exposure ores and the no exposure ores. So, yes, swimming in the deep aquifers WILL increase your chances of finding them.

    • @aryanahire2337
      @aryanahire2337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ikr, mining is life!

    • @KeithGrant
      @KeithGrant 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      if you're already switching from your efficiency pickaxe to your silk touch, why not just switch to your fortune pickaxe instead and get the diamonds right there?

    • @naverilllang
      @naverilllang 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      just put efficiency 5 on your fortune pick and mine with that. mining ores will keep it repaired.

    • @KeithGrant
      @KeithGrant 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@naverilllang Yeah, that's what I do. I've never seen the benefit to carrying around a silk touch pick while mining

  • @br0kenPixel
    @br0kenPixel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    "If Americans tried switching from pounds to kilograms there would be mass confusion" -Toycat 2021

  • @unavailableun
    @unavailableun 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    “But what they’re forgetting is that you need the physical diamond item to craft a Jukebox, a Block of Diamond or an Enchantment table” and that is only vanilla recipes ToyCat...

    • @Loctorak
      @Loctorak ปีที่แล้ว

      Diamond has had no additional recipes added since then until JUST now with 1.20

    • @unavailableun
      @unavailableun ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Loctorak I was referring to modded recipes, but yes that's now true

  • @nelaina
    @nelaina 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love watching mining. I could watch hours of mining. I love mining...its my favorite thing to do. Thank you for doing this video. I was wondering myself about strip mining in 1.18

  • @FyreJams
    @FyreJams 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watched this and your live stream getting netherite. You, my friend, have a new sub.

  • @notagoat281
    @notagoat281 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    28:50 That one Piglin has decided "you know what, screw gold, screw the Nether, I'm joining up with this guy".

  • @alyssinwilliams4570
    @alyssinwilliams4570 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love mining and watching mining, and am aaaaaaalways disappointed when people cut it out of their videos. It can be interesting, but also gives a chance to talk about things

  • @arcticcircle9178
    @arcticcircle9178 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fun fact: Digging a 1x1 tunnel by crawling under a trapdoor is the most efficient way to branch mine as you're able to expose 5 blocks for every 1 block mined! ~Red

    • @Uncouthpancake70
      @Uncouthpancake70 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can't do that in bedrock, you need water to crawl (This is a bedrock video)

  • @thefryingpan__
    @thefryingpan__ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I dont watch the let's play series but I've watch the last two because you've got better at tricking me which videos are let's plays is this intentional?

  • @TheJacklikesvideos
    @TheJacklikesvideos 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    editing the titles of old videos to make them look like new information? thanks, IBX.

  • @RosyKitteh
    @RosyKitteh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I love watching streamers' mining streams, I'd say that's probably the one big thing I hate about edited down let's plays. Edit out waiting for items to smelt, waiting for grass to spread, converting concrete powder, and killing mobs at an experience farm. Mining is interesting and fun. You don't edit out crafting, why would you edit out mining? Those are both equal parts of what Minecraft is

    • @RosyKitteh
      @RosyKitteh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Clips Basically 😑

    • @grandmabiscuits
      @grandmabiscuits 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah, they’re really good streams for me to have in the background and i really like how much nonsense bs you get with streamer and chat interactions and just how interactive and personal it feels

  • @tuxtheterrorist2553
    @tuxtheterrorist2553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ibxtoycat I've been loading up worlds trying to get a good seed for 1.18 but I've gotten the cave side of things but no good cliffs so dose anyone have any good seeds that I could use?

    • @sooboroo
      @sooboroo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What you want a dose of

  • @mineshaft5604
    @mineshaft5604 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video for tips and new subscriber! Me and my two little ones love Minecraft!

  • @_blardy
    @_blardy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You remind me of Stampy when he was in his old love world. Comforting and entertaining.

  • @menosproblemos6993
    @menosproblemos6993 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Markliplier also enjoys mining. Called himself an excavator.
    I enjoy enchanting abnormally much. Give me an enderman farm and I'll be set for a long time to come. I agree, it's very strange how people get their interests up into different things.

    • @isaaceiffe7383
      @isaaceiffe7383 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol im the same im addicted to enchanting its just si satisfying

    • @thalassaer4137
      @thalassaer4137 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like getting stung and eating pufferfish 🗿

  • @roa1d
    @roa1d 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Those gravel patches may be annoying, but can be insta-mined! You'll have a pretty big chance of finding diamonds by just oblitterating some of that gravel (and gravel is a really useful resource).

    • @yarneltuau6156
      @yarneltuau6156 ปีที่แล้ว

      What do you use gravel for?

    • @stevenbobbybills
      @stevenbobbybills ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@yarneltuau6156 flint for arrows, I suppose?

    • @goldyoutube7663
      @goldyoutube7663 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​​​@@stevenbobbybillsConcrete Powder And You Can Turn It Into Concrete , Trading Flint With A Fletcher, Crafting Arrows, Using It To Drain Ocean Monuments Like Sand Decoration For Paths, Draining Lava Pools, Weird Pranks Etc....

  • @gagehill5267
    @gagehill5267 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man you sure know how to fill the time, good job, earned this follow :)

  • @nocturnaliism
    @nocturnaliism 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You should make let's play episode that's sole purpose is to be an excuse to spend an hour just touring through the new terrain lol, or just steam yourself doing that, because it's amazing!

  • @Browniscool
    @Browniscool 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This new update is crazy I got 43 diamonds in the first 10 minutes I was in the world!

  • @iamdylan3080
    @iamdylan3080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is very useful man thanks for this lmao, 1.18 caves confuse me, so many dead ends.

  • @Picture_Pig
    @Picture_Pig 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Happy Christmas the best youtuber

  • @Studio215official
    @Studio215official 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Keep in mind that he's doing all of this after he's already gotten his wings. Without the ability to fly the caves do NOT beat strip mining. What caves are good for is finding new strip mining locations after your first one has exhausted. Aleo keep in mind that while strip mining you will eventually find a cave so you're killing 2 birds with one stone.

    • @shinobuoshino5066
      @shinobuoshino5066 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah this video is retarded, literally nothing he says beats digging straight down on 2 columns, to avoid falling into lava, and to have extra space for extra trips via placing water at the bottom so you can jump right in while having ladders to climb right back up when you want to gtfo. Air exposure filter removing most ores that are uncovered really makes caves pointless to explore unless you just want to walk around caves and do nothing.

  • @saurabhkashyap1335
    @saurabhkashyap1335 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Plays normal difficulty.
    Holds Totem 😶

    • @Uncouthpancake70
      @Uncouthpancake70 ปีที่แล้ว

      I play on normal/easy most of the time and I still hold a totem, anxiety is through the roof 😅

    • @Loctorak
      @Loctorak ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah because having to replace fully enchanted netherite gear is a huge PITA. Why be elitist about the way someone else plays a game? 😅

  • @Lucien_75
    @Lucien_75 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I always carry at least two different kinds of pickaxes with me.
    Mostly use Stone pickaxes for normal blocks and swap over when I find ores

  • @Iriscal
    @Iriscal 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    >video made in 2021
    >"1.21"
    I hope you find your shoelaces tied together every day for the rest of your life.

  • @emberpoptartkittenz6040
    @emberpoptartkittenz6040 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the ore placement charts. I am seeing the direction they are taking it. Also I loved watching your video, it was inspiring and relieving to see that you had figured this out. I had to say that but about the brightness as I believe someone was too lazy to adjust their viewing brightness so they tried complaining and tried to make it your fault. Lol. Hey though I loved the video!!! Very immersive. I personally like the brightness. It helps us feel the game. I didn't even have to mess with my phones brightness.

  • @Olliebunny
    @Olliebunny 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Why won’t the video load 😭😭
    Woo it works !!

    • @Jere90
      @Jere90 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah it wasn't working

  • @hausquad
    @hausquad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'd watch you mine in a straight line for hours toycat

  • @80yearsold23
    @80yearsold23 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My best strategy is to invest in a turtle helmet / respiration 3 so you can mine diamonds in underwater caves. Just carry a magma block with you!

    • @Loctorak
      @Loctorak ปีที่แล้ว

      Its so easy to craft water breathing potions, though?

  • @Spring-ness
    @Spring-ness 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    No water doesnt count as air exposure so as you got resp III and deph strider III, it's best to look into water caves since there is no reduced water exposure

  • @zorpglorp
    @zorpglorp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wtf “no stream tap to retry?”

  • @captaindc3889
    @captaindc3889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Well rip
    Nevermind

  • @Astrobmh
    @Astrobmh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a strip mine that has a rail cart system going thru 10 caverns it’s amazing I love this update

  • @jayson3900
    @jayson3900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I saw a video earlier that said the deepslate variant of diamonds are now more common than the regular diamond ore block itself. Can anyone confirm or refute that?

    • @TheGooglu
      @TheGooglu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      well they spawn lower down and most area lower down is deep slate so yeah normal diamond ore is rarer.

    • @Supermarine-Spitfire-mk-IX
      @Supermarine-Spitfire-mk-IX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can confirm, as diamonds are more common at deep slate depth than at the pre-1.18 levels.

    • @saemsodjesft8901
      @saemsodjesft8901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Confirm. Fairly simple to reason out, very little of the diamond ore triangle is above y=0 which is where you find regular ores.

    • @The.Nasty.
      @The.Nasty. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m almost 100% sure that every Diamond I found in my new world came from deepslate.

    • @jayson3900
      @jayson3900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was asking if the diamond ore spawns less frequently than the deepslate variant. I asked before I had finished the video but Toycat confirmed it. Thanks for answered, y'all. I guess I got lucky because the first diamond ore I found while mining deepslate was a regular diamond ore.

  • @boby4751
    @boby4751 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Sooo, you put in the title that it is 1.20 but you keep saying 1.80, why are you lying to people???????????????

    • @lustycorndog
      @lustycorndog 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The video was made at the time of the 1.18 update, but its still the same tactic as it was for 1.18 so they update the title for the current update to make it appear more frequently when people search it

    • @durango5281
      @durango5281 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      On TH-cam, when he changes the title, it’s seen as a new upload, even though it’s not, and because the game or generation probably hasn’t changed since the version it’s still true

    • @durango5281
      @durango5281 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Like the ore generation

    • @dizzylightyear2427
      @dizzylightyear2427 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You mean 1.18? If you're going to accuse people of lying, at least know what you're talking about 😉

  • @benhull7066
    @benhull7066 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I tend to spend HOURS digging my 3x6 mineshaft and making it big and beautiful with mine carts running up either side and a stairwell in the middle, and then after not such a long time frame of actually mining down there I move on and need to make a new one 😂 I just love it

  • @Gstar5150
    @Gstar5150 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I don't know I still think strip mining is better with the new update, I tend to find bigger veins when I strip mine, most I've found in a cave was like 5 ore veins but when I strip mine I sometimes find 8-12 ore veins.

  • @bam_marks
    @bam_marks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It’s notnloading

  • @clickmexd
    @clickmexd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You know it's a good day when ibxtoycat uploads

    • @Infinitynous-gg6vs
      @Infinitynous-gg6vs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If everyday is good then no days are good

    • @makayla946
      @makayla946 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Isn't that everyday?

    • @HappyDoge7801
      @HappyDoge7801 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Which is everyday!

    • @stuffrus
      @stuffrus 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shut up bot

    • @Goomba456
      @Goomba456 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Looking at your comment history you love to say that

  • @gradymueller8681
    @gradymueller8681 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mine at y -52 to avoid lava flood levels and find ancient cities as well.

  • @TheBelovedPanda
    @TheBelovedPanda 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Branch mining is great if you are also happy to get a lot of deepslate (or whatever common block is around you). I always do the one block wide method with my branches two blocks apart (if block 1 is a tunnel, block 4 is your next tunnel), this is the most thorough method, ensuring that every possible ore is exposed by each tunnel, instead of potentially missing ores that happen to be sandwiched between the two hallways with no visibility. This is especially good for Ancient Debris mining. I also usually make them as high as the character can dig above themselves from one spot.

  • @joshmays8935
    @joshmays8935 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Exceptionally good video man. Feels like the old days😛.