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Ore/Pre-1.17 distribution

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This page describes content that has been removed from Minecraft.
 
This feature was present in earlier versions of Minecraft, but has since been removed.

Before the Caves & Cliffs update on Java Edition 1.17 and Bedrock Edition 1.17.0, all overworld ores had the following distribution:

Coal[a] Lapis Lazuli Iron Gold Redstone[b] Diamond Emerald[c]
Ore block
Refined resource
Manufactured
Mineral block
Minimal pickaxe for drop Wooden Stone Iron
Found in biome... Any Badlands Any Mountains
Abundance Very Common Rare Common Uncommon Common Uncommon Rare Very Rare
Most found in layers... 5-52 13-17[d] 5-54 5-29 5-12 5-29
Commonly up to layers... 124 23 61 29 76 12 29
Rare on layers... 125-127 31-33 62-63 31-33 77-79 13-15 30-32
None at or above... 128 34 64 34 80 16 33
Can Replace

Stone
Andesite
Diorite
Granite

Stone

Notes

  1. ↑ This refers to coal ore blocks spawned in ore veins and not as parts of fossils or mansion forges.
  2. ↑ Redstone has the same layer and line-size statistics as Diamond, but is generated eight times per chunk as opposed to once.
  3. ↑ Instead of multi-block veins, emerald ore is placed in scattered blocks.
  4. ↑ Unlike most other ores, lapis lazuli's frequency peaks around layer 15, and slowly tapers off above and below.

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