IKR, it's weird that even when the novelty has long since worn off, you still get a thrill and hit of dopamine when you find them (or even think about searching for them). 😕 There's got to be some sort of interesting psychology going on there. 🤔
people start to play minecraft everyday, tho! me and me friends are new to this and we all agree that to be honest the Minecraft community kinda sucks in basic tutorials... I mean, they teach you to build a farm, for exemple, but always expect you to already know every block name and characteristics to the point you have to spiral in tutorials and wiki pages until you find out what they're talking about, so I appreciate his work here a lot
I enjoyed the video and agree with your logic but I'm in the "thorough" camp as opposed to the "efficient" camp. What you don't mention is that if you use the one never ending strip then it's gonna take a long time getting back to base and cost more time.
He actually did mention that mining in a straight line forever was impractical. He said so at 11:53 in the video. That is why he proceeded to show the 6 block method, which I prefer much more.
@Errrzip it means to keep a 6 block gap of blocks between each tunnel you make. You are missing out on more diamonds, but it is not worth it to mine more than you have to. This method is very efficient
3:44 - I love the visualization technique you used here. 👍 You should do that for everything and make a general data/stats video à la xisumavoid; if you did, that video would blow up. 😉
“If you are in JAVA edition you can see the layers in your coordinates in the sidebar” You can in bedrock too. All you gotta hit is show coordinates in the world settings and you can always see it.
Nope the best ist 11 cuz u see lava and lava means cave , cave means more diamonds and spawner so 11 ist the best ... And for real 10 and 12 better than 11 why ?))
Most people just give the raw stats about where lava spawns, but Chad actually used that to give useful, tangible advice about avoiding it spilling in. 👍
Never heard the term branch mining ever before these comments n I've been playing minecraft for 10+ years. Always heard everyone call them strip mines cuz ur mining in a strip...... people trying to be difficult fr
Strip mining refers to mining EVERYTHING. Although it's very easily to accidentally refer to branch mining as strip mining. Strip mining requires TNT or a LOT of digging :D
@@jboxmm it's not. Strip mining is digging long lines. Branch mining is when you have a central tunnel and you make small 4-5 block tunnels at head height
we are currently running a mine layer 7 to 12, 11 blocks wide for each branch with a single wall spacing. last night we dug for a few hours; got ourselves 79 diamonds in a 200 block run
Fun fact from a family who mined: 7:37 Strip mining? That is actually drift mining. Everyone uses the term "Strip Mining" but strip mining is actually stripping the land from above. Strip mining can become a quarry if you continue into the earth. Minecraft logic because it is so vast and easy for someone to mine compared to real-life mining that strip mining is what we call it. Another fun fact: Nobody will care about this comment. lol. For those who want to know, I guess.
@@tyvillarreal6652 that's called strip mining, the mining technique where you dig in straight lines is branch mining, and yes Chad made a mistake but it's not a big matter
@F4ythe actually, Chad got it right. Strip mining is mining in a strip, and branch mining is strip mining but you make little windows on each side like Chad also showed us
Thanks this really helped. Before I would rarely find diamonds now in the space of about 20 mins i have found about 4 pockets. Plus when I was mining I remembered about going to level 10 and I dug up and right above me on level 12 was diamonds
This is by far one of your best videos and the only video everyone should watch when it comes to finding diamonds. Every well done in details, you definitely won my subscription. Congrat on this video again.
I think it would theoretically save more space by breaking diamond, redstone, lapis, and coal ores and bring a crafting table so you could turn them into blocks. Supposing you get 3 of each from their respective ore blocks, 3 ore blocks could be converted to 9 ores and then to 1 block. I say theoretically because I've been using my silk touch pickaxe for all my mining sessions for the same reason you outlined when I thought about bringing a crafting bench instead to save more space, but I haven't tried it out yet.
Yes. Diamonds are easy with x-ray. However, it actually becomes harder because you have to not get caught by and admin. Note: Does not apply to single player.
Chad, this video helped me wwwaaaayyyyy more than any other diamond video I've watched. Thank you so much for this! So well done 👌. Logical and very well explained.
Can't tall all of you just how often I have to come to this video, to remember which layer I need to start working on, for getting the best chance of finding MORE Diamond!! LOL! Thx again Chad! Luv Ya!
Isnt it even more Efficent to branch mine in the swimming position using water or a trap door, so you only mine 1 block instead of two. Also sorry for bad english. Not my native language.
thats not strip mining...going in a straight line is branch mining...strip minining is when you strio the ground of everything...and you make a huge opening
This is a great video. I will try what you suggest as regards mining technique. However, I use a fortune 3 diamond pick to strip mine, and so far I’ve found that by the time the pick is fixed, I’ve ended up with somewhere between 10 and 50 diamonds. I’m looking forward to trying your more efficient strip mining to see if it increases those odds. Thanks for the video.
Good video, if I make a let's play or how to minecraft series I will for sure reference this video BUT I think that 2 or 3 space between you strips is the best because in my experience diamond groups dont spawn next to other ores very often. Maybe if you did this same type of video but also left all ores in the demo area it would show this off a little better. I agree that y=11 is the safest bet to strip mine at but I do tunnels 3 high so I see those extra layers and increase my chances to find diamond and many times I would of mixed a group of them if I dung a tunnel of 2 high.
Just copy the world, use commands to remove chunks of stone and expose diamonds, write down the coordinates of the diamonds, switch back to your world and go to the coordinates and get them.
Best to stand on y:12. Dig a tunnel straight, then go 2 lower (10) and do same thing on same surface. Keep mineshafting (making pathways/vents every 2nd row).
If you are mining in just a straight line forever, what difference does it matter if you turn or do traditional every 3 over strip mining as long as you aren't double mining blocks you still see the same number of blocks in a given time frame.. ie if i did 1 long row for 10 minutes i'd see x number of blocks, if i turned and did tunnels every 3 rows, i'd still see the same number of blocks (maybe like 5 less blocks to allow for time to turn)
Strip mining is when you strip the ground bare, i.e. dig out an entire cave. Branch mining is when you dig tunnels. Open pit mining is when you start strip mining from the open air.
Chad: Gives advice to help people mine Some people in the comments: aCtUAllY cHAD, it'S cAllEd bRaNcH MInINg AnD SoMe oF ThE InFORmATIoN iS wRonG! Please be grateful he just wanted to help
Salut, imi traduci si mie pana la urma care e " metoda aia buna de cautat diamante? Ca nu prea am inteles ce a vrut chad sa zica, am inteles ca diamantele se spawneaza 2x2, si ca sa minez 2x2, si sa nu reincep deloc in alta parte sa minez..
Been doing 3 high and 6 between on my latest world and I feel like every channel is full of possibilities and I've been finding lots of diamonds, pretty quickly too. I came across that efficiency chart too which is why I did the 6. I did 2 spacing once before. Just felt like a slogg.
if you want to cheese the game copy your world and switch it to creative then use the command "/fill ~40 0 ~40 air 0 replace stone" this will replace all the stone under the ground all the way to layer 0 to air, revealing all the ores, note own the co-ordinates of diamonds and go get them on the survival world, your welcome.
I love the video but I would like to be Theroux than efficient for the same reason I don’t build floating houses and bridges. I think it looks better to make bridge with pillars to hold it up, it might not be efficient but it looks better to me. The same with strip mining, I like to make a 9x9x3 central room with 3 block high tunnels going in each direction including diagonal and then connecting each tunnel to each other every 2 blocks. Kind of like a big spiderweb. Completely not efficient but fun for me. Awesome video like always 👍
So at first I was skeptical when you said it wasn’t efficient but then you explained it and I was like ok that makes sense. The flaw in this logic though is that diamonds always spawn once per chunk. So my creating multiple paths aligned with each other you systematically increase your odds with each path as opposed to always having the same odds by mining strait forever. The graph isn’t wrong in what it measure but there’s a part that was left out
i would recommend layers 6 and 7. as there is no lava and there is also a high chance of diamonds above you, whereas layers 11 and 12 there is a low chance of finding diamonds above you
The diamond stack Thing Always turn things coal, redstone, diamonds,.... Into blocks, if you have 3 or more stacks of that thing Its just the most efficent way to use inventory space
One problem with mining in a straight line forever is that the size of save file will get huge very quickly. And it's boring have to run all the way back. Branch mining (which he calls strip mining) is way better.
I tried a 3d style of digging. I corkscrew with in a 4 block square to the bedrock then I strip mine each step ups layer. I've seem to get some decent luck on my loot.
If I'm at my home base I'll be thorough. I like spending time in the same chunk so my farms can grow and stay active on the clock. When I've exhausted my home area then I'll find a random area and just do the one way thing for a long ass time...surface in a strange biome in hopes of getting some cool above ground rescources and then call it a trip. I seldom go diamond hunting if I have to leave my home continent. When I cross an ocean it's time to build a 2nd starter home. But there's only a small hand full of reasons why I'd ever need to leave my home contintent...mainly rare biome resources like Mesa or Jungle. There's no need for me to be looking for diamonds this far out. By this time I usually have stacks of diamond and have done everything I wanted to do in the game.
How to get more diamonds in minecraft survival: * Find Diamonds * Mine the diamonds * Make diamond stuff, smelt the remaining diamonds into diamond ore * Place diamond ore and use fortune 3 pick
I used to watch you like a year ago and you haven’t changed you make useful tips you make me laugh and you’re just so amazing I can’t believe I quit watching you!
First thing I do in a Minecraft survival world is if I find any diamonds on storing away I'm never making any tools from it until I have at least 30 stacks and I banned any player who manages to steal any of the diamonds and makes a diamond armor suit from it
