How many diamonds can a Diamond Ore drop in Minecraft

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My friends and I are having an argument on how many diamonds a Diamond Ore can drop (on avg. or maximum) without any fortune levels on a pickaxe.
My friend says there will always drop only one, but I'm fairly certain that's not true. Tested in singleplayer, I've had a few times where diamond ores have dropped 2 diamonds while having absolutely no modifications installed.

Ealhad · Answer

Well... Acording to the wiki :

Diamond ore mined using an iron or diamond pickaxe will drop a single diamond.

imulsion · Answer

Simple answer: Your friend is right, you are wrong.

With no enchantments, a single diamond ore will drop a single diamond, no exceptions.

SpectralFlame · Answer

I hate to break it to you, but your friend is correct here. Without any sort of enchantments or mods, diamond ore only drops 1 diamond. There's a high likelihood that you might have simply miscounted the number of ores you mined in single player.

Note that the average number of diamonds with a Fortune enchantment are 1.33, 1.75, and 2.2 for Fortune I, II, and III respectively.

John · Answer

A block of diamond ore drops a single diamond without modifications. However, if you enchant your pick with fortune 3, you can get up to 4 diamonds from a single block!

user239373 · Answer

I think your correct. I was just playing my minwcraft world and found a vein of 8 diamonds. I mined it with no fortune or looting on an iron pickaxe and somehow got 10 diamonds. Also I play on PS4 so I cant add mods.

Answered by user239373 on June 29, 2021

How many diamonds can a Diamond Ore drop in Minecraft

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