Ore Info

This Is A Guide To The Ores In Minecraft 1.4.4. This Blog will tell you The Levels They Spawn On, How Big Their Veins are, And Sometimes The Biomes They Spawn In The Most.

Coal Ore: Coal Ore is found almost at any elevation including inside caverns, cliff faces and underground. The "Coal" item can be excavated by mining Coal Ore directly.

Iron Ore: Iron Ore is an uncommon ore found on levels 0 to 67. Mine it with a stone pickaxe or better.
Commonly Found Up To: 64
Rare Between: 65-67
None Above-Layer 68

Lapis Lazuli Ore: Lapis Lazuli is an ore block found at levels 0 to 32, With the highest concentration at level 19. Mine It using a stone pickaxe or better. Lapis Lazuli is based on the real stone which is historically prized and rare.

Redstone Ore: Redstone Oreis somewhat common at levels 1 to 19 and appears in veins of 2 to 6 blocks. Use an Iron pickaxe or diamond pickaxe to mine!(Not Gold). If You step on or click on Redstone ore it will emit light of level 9.Redstone is commonly found near lava, and sometimes in the vicinity of gold or diamond.

Gold Ore: Relatively rare ore that is found on levels 0 to 35 in veins of 2 to 8 blocks. Gold Ore requires a Iron pickaxe ore a diamond pickaxe to harvest.
Commonly Found up to: Layer 32
Rare Between: Layer 33-35
None above: Layer 36

Diamond Ore: Considered the rarest and most desirable mineral in the game, Diamond ore can be found in layers 1 to 19.Mine Using Iron or diamond pickaxe(Not Gold).Mainly Found on layer 12.
Commonly found up to: Layer 16
Rare between: Layer 17-19
None above: Layer 20

Emerald Ore: Emerald Ore is an extremely rare block that drops Emeralds when mined with a Iron Pickaxe or better;It does not require smelting. It is only generated in in Extreme Hills Biomes, and does not generate at all in other biomes. The ore spawns anywhere between layers 2 to 31, meaning it can occur as high up as gold can, and iis less likely to occur at the bottom 4 layers. Veins of it are as large of lapis lazuli.