Ores supply minerals and materials used for equipment, building and circuits. Compare the tool needed to recover a drop before choosing where and how to mine.
How to use this collection
Generation uses Y coordinates. Drops show base items without a complete Fortune calculation. Mining requirements describe the minimum harvest tier, not mining speed.
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Ancient Debris
Y 8 to 24, trapezoid distribution; Y 8 to 119, uniform distribution; replacement blocks and biome placement affect actual occurrence
- Dimension
- Nether
- Mining Requirement
- Diamond pickaxe or another tool in a sufficient harvest tier
- drops
- Ancient Debris
Coal Ore
Y 136 to 319, uniform distribution; Y 0 to 192, trapezoid distribution; replacement blocks and biome placement affect actual occurrence
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Mining Requirement
- Wooden pickaxe or another tool in a sufficient harvest tier
- drops
- Coal
Copper Ore
Y -16 to 112, trapezoid distribution; replacement blocks and biome placement affect actual occurrence
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Mining Requirement
- Stone pickaxe or another tool in a sufficient harvest tier
- drops
- Raw Copper
Deepslate Coal Ore
Y 136 to 319, uniform distribution; Y 0 to 192, trapezoid distribution; replacement blocks and biome placement affect actual occurrence
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Mining Requirement
- Wooden pickaxe or another tool in a sufficient harvest tier
- drops
- Coal
Deepslate Copper Ore
Y -16 to 112, trapezoid distribution; replacement blocks and biome placement affect actual occurrence
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Mining Requirement
- Stone pickaxe or another tool in a sufficient harvest tier
- drops
- Raw Copper
Deepslate Diamond Ore
Y -64 to 16, trapezoid distribution; Y -64 to -4, uniform distribution; replacement blocks and biome placement affect actual occurrence
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Mining Requirement
- Iron pickaxe or another tool in a sufficient harvest tier
- drops
- Diamond
Deepslate Emerald Ore
Y -16 to 319, trapezoid distribution; replacement blocks and biome placement affect actual occurrence
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Mining Requirement
- Iron pickaxe or another tool in a sufficient harvest tier
- drops
- Emerald
Deepslate Gold Ore
Y 32 to 256, uniform distribution; Y -64 to 32, trapezoid distribution; Y -64 to -48, uniform distribution; replacement blocks and biome placement affect actual occurrence
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Mining Requirement
- Iron pickaxe or another tool in a sufficient harvest tier
- drops
- Raw Gold
Deepslate Iron Ore
Y -24 to 56, trapezoid distribution; Y 80 to 319, trapezoid distribution; Y -64 to 72, uniform distribution; replacement blocks and biome placement affect actual occurrence
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Mining Requirement
- Stone pickaxe or another tool in a sufficient harvest tier
- drops
- Raw Iron
Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore
Y -32 to 32, trapezoid distribution; Y -64 to 64, uniform distribution; replacement blocks and biome placement affect actual occurrence
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Mining Requirement
- Stone pickaxe or another tool in a sufficient harvest tier
- drops
- Lapis Lazuli
Deepslate Redstone Ore
Y -64 to 15, uniform distribution; Y -64 to -32, trapezoid distribution; replacement blocks and biome placement affect actual occurrence
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Mining Requirement
- Iron pickaxe or another tool in a sufficient harvest tier
- drops
- Redstone Dust
Diamond Ore
Y -64 to 16, trapezoid distribution; Y -64 to -4, uniform distribution; replacement blocks and biome placement affect actual occurrence
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Mining Requirement
- Iron pickaxe or another tool in a sufficient harvest tier
- drops
- Diamond
Emerald Ore
Y -16 to 319, trapezoid distribution; replacement blocks and biome placement affect actual occurrence
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Mining Requirement
- Iron pickaxe or another tool in a sufficient harvest tier
- drops
- Emerald
Gold Ore
Y 32 to 256, uniform distribution; Y -64 to 32, trapezoid distribution; Y -64 to -48, uniform distribution; replacement blocks and biome placement affect actual occurrence
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Mining Requirement
- Iron pickaxe or another tool in a sufficient harvest tier
- drops
- Raw Gold
Iron Ore
Y -24 to 56, trapezoid distribution; Y 80 to 319, trapezoid distribution; Y -64 to 72, uniform distribution; replacement blocks and biome placement affect actual occurrence
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Mining Requirement
- Stone pickaxe or another tool in a sufficient harvest tier
- drops
- Raw Iron
Lapis Lazuli Ore
Y -32 to 32, trapezoid distribution; Y -64 to 64, uniform distribution; replacement blocks and biome placement affect actual occurrence
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Mining Requirement
- Stone pickaxe or another tool in a sufficient harvest tier
- drops
- Lapis Lazuli
Nether Gold Ore
Y 10 to 117, uniform distribution; replacement blocks and biome placement affect actual occurrence
- Dimension
- Nether
- Mining Requirement
- Wooden pickaxe or another tool in a sufficient harvest tier
- drops
- Gold Nugget
Nether Quartz Ore
Y 10 to 117, uniform distribution; replacement blocks and biome placement affect actual occurrence
- Dimension
- Nether
- Mining Requirement
- Wooden pickaxe or another tool in a sufficient harvest tier
- drops
- Nether Quartz
Redstone Ore
Y -64 to 15, uniform distribution; Y -64 to -32, trapezoid distribution; replacement blocks and biome placement affect actual occurrence
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Mining Requirement
- Iron pickaxe or another tool in a sufficient harvest tier
- drops
- Redstone Dust
Mining requirements and drops
An ore can require both a pickaxe and a sufficient harvest tier. Breaking it with an unsuitable tool may destroy the block without giving its listed material. The drop field describes the base item, while enchantments and other drop conditions can change the quantity.
Silk Touch and processing
Silk Touch can preserve an ore block instead of giving its normal mined material. Read the entry because some blocks already drop themselves. Processing describes furnace or blast-furnace recipes for the block; it is a separate route from mining its natural drop.
Reading generation bands
Java height bands come from ore placement rules. Several bands can apply to the same ore, and their distributions are not interchangeable. A uniform range distributes attempts differently from a trapezoid range. Replacement blocks, biomes and exposed-air restrictions can affect where an attempt produces ore. The listed heights do not guarantee an ore at a particular coordinate.
Edition differences
Select Java or Bedrock before reading mining and drop rules. Detailed generation bands on this page describe Java. Bedrock entries include independently checked mining, Silk Touch and processing facts, with generation details left empty when they are not recorded.
FAQ
Does the listed Y range guarantee ore?
No. A placement range describes generation attempts. Biomes, replacement blocks and other rules affect the result.
Should I smelt every ore block?
Compare its normal mining drop and processing output. Smelting a preserved block is a separate option and can give a different quantity from mining with enchantments.
