Minecraft 1.17 Turns Searching for Diamonds Into an Ordeal, Frustrating Players
It looks like searching for diamonds in Minecraft is now a much more difficult task. All because of a bug that appeared in one of the recent updates.
- Update 1.17 accidentally made it harder to find diamonds in Minecraft;
- Players complain that they are now virtually impossible to mine;
- Another update was supposed to fix the bug, but Reddit users have doubts about its effectiveness.
Diamonds are one of the most valuable materials we can find in Minecraft. To dig them up, players have to venture deep underground and spend a lot of time searching. One of the recent updates has made them even rarer now. This has prompted complaints from players who confessed on Reddit that they are unable to find diamonds even after hours of searching.
"Playing on version 1.17 I only found eight diamonds using Xray."
- Mick486
"I played on a friend's computer with the latest update, which made him unable to find anything. I found half a dozen myself and was the only one of the seven players to dig up any diamonds."
- The-Tea-Lord
"I created a new world a few days ago and had to dig for four hours before I found my first vein of diamonds. It didn't seem like that before, because on my old world I would have found tons of them in that time."
- OblongShrimp
The situation is related to a bug introduced by update 1.17. It unintentionally made the search for diamonds much more difficult as they suddenly became very rare. Subsequent updates were supposed to fix this annoying bug, but players have their doubts about them. According to many Reddit users, diamonds are indeed appearing more frequently now, but in much smaller veins. Finding three or four at once is now reported to be virtually impossible.
While waiting for the problem to be fixed, advice on how to search for diamonds under current conditions has appeared online. First of all, players should start their search below level 16, with level 10 being the most optimal. Exploring deep caves is also a good idea. It is also still important to properly enchant the pickaxe with luck. In conclusion, it is worth using all the existing techniques for hunting diamonds and arm yourself with patience.
