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Replaces mindless strip-mining at bedrock with real-world geology: vertical kimberlite pipes, mantle inclusions, and shoreline placer deposits.
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Diamond Rebalance
A Geological Diamond Overhaul for Minecraft: Java Edition 1.21.11
๐ฌ๐ง Diamond Rebalance replaces mindless strip-mining at bedrock with real-world geology: vertical kimberlite pipes, mantle inclusions, and shoreline placer deposits. Features zero runtime performance impact and a reworked 15-diamond equipment plating system.
๐ท๐บ Diamond Rebalance ะฟะตัะตะฝะพัะธั ัะตะฐะปัะฝัั ะณะตะพะปะพะณะธั ะฒ Minecraft: ะบะธะผะฑะตัะปะธัะพะฒัะต ัััะฑะบะธ, ะผะฐะฝัะธะนะฝัะต ะบะฐะฟััะปั ะธ ะฑะตัะตะณะพะฒัะต ัะพัััะฟะธ ะฒะผะตััะพ ะผะพะฝะพัะพะฝะฝะพะณะพ ะบะพะฟะฐะฝะธั ะฝะฐ ะดะฝะต ะผะธัะฐ. ะะพะปะฝะพะต ะพััััััะฒะธะต ะปะฐะณะพะฒ ะฒะพ ะฒัะตะผั ะธะณัั ะธ ัะฑะฐะปะฐะฝัะธัะพะฒะฐะฝะฝะฐั ะพะฑะปะธัะพะฒะบะฐ ัะฝะฐััะถะตะฝะธั ัะพะฒะฝะพ ะทะฐ 15 ะฐะปะผะฐะทะพะฒ.
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๐ EN version ๐ฌ๐ง
Overview
Diamond Rebalance replaces blind tunnel digging with real-world geological principles: diamonds form at extreme depths and rise toward the surface through rare, vertical volcanic conduits known as kimberlite pipes.
Monotonous bottom-layer mining has been heavily nerfed in favor of five distinct diamond sources: deep veins, kimberlite pipes, mantle inclusions, magma pockets, and shoreline placer deposits.
- Zero Performance Overhead: The datapack relies exclusively on native world generation. It runs no background tick loops or continuous runtime scripts.
- Vanilla-Friendly Balance: Other ores, structures, and overall game progression remain completely untouched.
Ore Generation Overhaul
Diamond distribution in stone and deepslate follows redesigned rules:
| Parameter | Vanilla Minecraft | Diamond Rebalance |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency (Y: โ63 to โ40) | 100% | โ 38% (~2.7ร rarer) |
| Vein Size | 4โ12+ blocks | Strictly 1โ2 blocks |
| Above Y: โ40 | Generates | Disabled |
| Ocean Floors | Normal | 75% poorer than land |
| Buried Pockets | None | Rare veins at Y: โ50 to โ38 with zero cave air exposure |
Strip-mining is no longer viable โ your primary diamond yields come from prospecting geological structures.
How to Find Diamonds
| Source | Yield | Location | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimberlite Pipe | 2โ4 | Plains, Savannas, Deserts, Taigas | Y: โ60 to โ10 |
| Mantle Inclusion | 1 | Landmasses worldwide | Any (cratons) / Y: โ59 to โ52 |
| Magma Pocket | 4โ6 | Landmasses worldwide | Y: โ56 to โ45 |
| Placer Deposit | 1 (50% chance) | Beaches and riverbeds | Surface |
| Deep Vein | 1โ2 | Landmasses worldwide | Y: โ63 to โ40 |
1. Kimberlite Pipes (Primary Source)
Vertical columns of tuff and andesite (5โ8 blocks wide) cutting upwards from Y: โ60 to Y: โ10, with magma blocks lining the base. 2โ4 diamonds are scattered throughout each pipe. They spawn exclusively in stable craton biomes (roughly 1 in 256 chunks). Roughly every third pipe breaches the surface with a distinct tuff outcrop.
Debug command:/locate structure diamond_rebalance:kimberlite_pipe
2. Mantle Inclusions
A sealed 3ร3ร3 nodule made of 26 cobbled deepslate blocks with a single diamond ore at its dead center. Because cobbled deepslate never naturally generates in worldgen, spotting it inside solid stone guarantees a diamond. In craton biomes, these capsules can spawn on exposed cliff faces and ravines.
Debug commands:/locate structure diamond_rebalance:mantle_inclusionor..._craton
3. Magma Pockets
Enclosed chambers sealed inside a tuff-andesite shell at Y: โ56 to โ45, featuring a small lava pool and 4โ6 diamonds embedded in the walls. Identified by tuff seams and faint light leaking through cracks. Safest breached from above or the side to avoid lava spills.
4. Placer Deposits
Lenses of sand and gravel containing suspicious blocks along riverbanks and shorelines. Clean them with a Brush: 50% chance for a diamond, with typical alluvial wash loot as the alternative.
Equipment Crafting
Crafting diamond gear has been reworked into an upgrade plating system: diamonds are used to reinforce existing iron gear.
| Item | Recipe Cost |
|---|---|
| Sword, Hoe, Shovel, Spear | Iron item + 1 Diamond |
| Pickaxe, Axe | Iron item + 2 Diamonds |
| Helmet, Boots | Iron item + 1 Diamond |
| Leggings | Iron item + 2 Diamonds |
| Chestplate | Iron item + 3 Diamonds |
- Full Gear Set: Exactly 15 diamonds (7 for full armor, 8 for weapons and tools).
- Shapeless Recipes: Combine the iron item and diamonds in any order inside the crafting grid.
- Full Restoration: The base iron item's durability does not matter โ it always crafts into a fully repaired diamond item.
Installation & Compatibility
- Place the
.ziparchive into.minecraft/saves/<world>/datapacks/(or<server_folder>/<world>/datapacks/). - Run
/reloadin-game (or restart the server). - Confirm installation with
/datapack list.
Note: New generation only applies to newly explored chunks. Previously explored terrain remains unchanged.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Compatibility | Minecraft: Java Edition 1.21.11 (Vanilla, Paper, Purpur, Fabric, etc.) |
| Conflicts | Incompatible with other datapacks modifying diamond ore generation (load order dictates priority) |
| License | AGPL-3.0-only |
| Community & Support | Discord: discord.gg/mb47eaTt5Z |
๐ RU ะฒะตััะธั ๐ท๐บ
ะ ะฟัะพะตะบัะต
Diamond Rebalance ะทะฐะผะตะฝัะตั ัะปะตะฟัั ะบะพะฟะบั ัะพะฝะฝะตะปะตะน ะฝะฐ ะผะตั ะฐะฝะธะบั ัะตะฐะปัะฝะพะน ะณะตะพะปะพะณะธะธ: ะฐะปะผะฐะทั ะทะฐัะพะถะดะฐัััั ะฝะฐ ัะบัััะตะผะฐะปัะฝะพะน ะณะปัะฑะธะฝะต ะธ ะฒัะฝะพััััั ะบ ะฟะพะฒะตัั ะฝะพััะธ ัะตัะตะท ะฒะตััะธะบะฐะปัะฝัะต ะผะฐะณะผะฐัะธัะตัะบะธะต ะบะฐะฝะฐะปั โ ะบะธะผะฑะตัะปะธัะพะฒัะต ัััะฑะบะธ.
ะัะธะฒััะฝะฐั ะดะพะฑััะฐ ะฝะฐ ะดะฝะต ะผะธัะฐ ััะตะทะฐะฝะฐ ะฒ ะฟะพะปัะทั ะฟััะธ ัะฟะตัะธะฐะปะธะทะธัะพะฒะฐะฝะฝัั ะธััะพัะฝะธะบะพะฒ: ะณะปัะฑะพะบะธั ะถะธะป, ะบะธะผะฑะตัะปะธัะพะฒัั ัััะฑะพะบ, ะผะฐะฝัะธะนะฝัั ะบะฐะฟััะป, ะผะฐะณะผะพะฒัั ะฟะพะปะพััะตะน ะธ ะฑะตัะตะณะพะฒัั ัะพัััะฟะตะน.
- ะัะปะตะฒะฐั ะฝะฐะณััะทะบะฐ ะฝะฐ ัะตัะฒะตั: ะดะฐัะฐะฟะฐะบ ะทะฐะดะตะนััะฒัะตั ัะพะปัะบะพ ะฒัััะพะตะฝะฝัะน ะณะตะฝะตัะฐัะพั ะผะธัะฐ ะธ ะฝะต ะฒัะฟะพะปะฝัะตั ะฟะพััะพัะฝะฝัั ัะบัะธะฟัะพะฒ ะฒะพ ะฒัะตะผั ะธะณัั.
- ะะฐะฝะธะปัะฝัะน ะฑะฐะปะฐะฝั: ะดััะณะธะต ััะดั, ััััะบัััั ะธ ะผะตั ะฐะฝะธะบะธ ะผะธัะฐ ะฝะต ะทะฐััะฐะณะธะฒะฐัััั.
ะะพะฒะฐั ะณะตะฝะตัะฐัะธั ััะดั
ะ ัะพะปัะต ะบะฐะผะฝั ะฐะปะผะฐะทั ัะฐัะฟัะตะดะตะปััััั ะฟะพ ะพะฑะฝะพะฒะปัะฝะฝัะผ ะฟัะฐะฒะธะปะฐะผ:
| ะะฐัะฐะผะตัั | ะะฐะฝะธะปัะฝะฐั ะธะณัะฐ | Diamond Rebalance |
|---|---|---|
| ะงะฐััะพัะฐ (Y: โ63โฆโ40) | 100% | โ 38% (ะฒ 2,7 ัะฐะทะฐ ัะตะถะต) |
| ะ ะฐะทะผะตั ะถะธะปั | 4โ12+ ะฑะปะพะบะพะฒ | ัััะพะณะพ 1โ2 ะฑะปะพะบะฐ |
| ะััะต Y: โ40 | ะฒัััะตัะฐะตััั | ะพััััััะฒัะตั |
| ะะฝะพ ะพะบะตะฐะฝะพะฒ | ััะฐะฝะดะฐััะฝะพ | ะฝะฐ 75% ะฑะตะดะฝะตะต ัััะธ |
| ะะฐะฟะตัะฐัะฐะฝะฝัะต ะบะฐัะผะฐะฝั | ะฝะตั | ัะตะดะบะธะต ะถะธะปั ะฝะฐ Y: โ50โฆโ38 ะฑะตะท ะฒัั ะพะดะฐ ะบ ะฒะพะทะดัั ั |
ะกะฟะปะพัะฝะฐั ะฟัะพั ะพะดะบะฐ ัะฐั ั ะฑะพะปััะต ะฝะต ะพะบัะฟะฐะตััั โ ะพัะฝะพะฒะฝะพะน ะดะพั ะพะด ะฟัะธะฝะพััั ะณะตะพะปะพะณะธัะตัะบะธะต ััััะบัััั.
ะกะฟะพัะพะฑั ะดะพะฑััะธ
| ะััะพัะฝะธะบ | ะัั ะพะด ััะดั | ะะดะต ะธัะบะฐัั | ะะปัะฑะธะฝะฐ |
|---|---|---|---|
| ะะธะผะฑะตัะปะธัะพะฒะฐั ัััะฑะบะฐ | 2โ4 | ะ ะฐะฒะฝะธะฝั, ัะฐะฒะฐะฝะฝั, ะฟััััะฝะธ, ัะฐะนะณะฐ | Y: โ60โฆโ10 |
| ะะฐะฝัะธะนะฝะพะต ะฒะบะปััะตะฝะธะต | 1 | ะะพะฒัะตะผะตััะฝะพ ะฝะฐ ัััะต | ะัะฑะฐั (ะบัะฐัะพะฝั) / Y: โ59โฆโ52 |
| ะะฐะณะผะพะฒัะน ะบะฐัะผะฐะฝ | 4โ6 | ะะพะฒัะตะผะตััะฝะพ ะฝะฐ ัััะต | Y: โ56โฆโ45 |
| ะ ะพัััะฟะธ | 1 (ัะฐะฝั 50%) | ะะปัะถะธ ะธ ัััะปะฐ ัะตะบ | ะะพะฒะตัั ะฝะพััั |
| ะะปัะฑะพะบะฐั ััะดะฐ | 1โ2 | ะัั ัััะฐ | Y: โ63โฆโ40 |
1. ะะธะผะฑะตัะปะธัะพะฒัะต ัััะฑะบะธ (ะพัะฝะพะฒะฝะพะน ะธััะพัะฝะธะบ)
ะะตััะธะบะฐะปัะฝัะต ััะพะปะฑั ะธะท ัััะฐ ะธ ะฐะฝะดะตะทะธัะฐ (ะดะธะฐะผะตัั 5โ8 ะฑะปะพะบะพะฒ), ะธะดััะธะต ะพั ะณะปัะฑะธะฝั Y: โ60 ะดะพ Y: โ10. ะะฝัััะธ ัะฐััะตัะฝะพ 2โ4 ะฐะปะผะฐะทะฐ. ะัััะตัะฐัััั ะฒ ััะฐะฑะธะปัะฝัั ะฑะธะพะผะฐั ัััะธ (ะฟัะธะผะตัะฝะพ ะพะดะฝะฐ ัััะฑะบะฐ ะฝะฐ 256 ัะฐะฝะบะพะฒ). ะะฐะถะดะฐั ััะตััั ัััะฑะบะฐ ะพะฑะฝะฐะถะฐะตััั ะฝะฐ ะฟะพะฒะตัั ะฝะพััะธ ั ะฐัะฐะบัะตัะฝัะผ ะฒัั ะพะดะพะผ ัััะฐ.
ะขะตััะพะฒะฐั ะบะพะผะฐะฝะดะฐ:/locate structure diamond_rebalance:kimberlite_pipe
2. ะะฐะฝัะธะนะฝัะต ะฒะบะปััะตะฝะธั
ะะฐะฟััะปะฐ 3ร3ร3 ะธะท ะดัะพะฑะปัะฝะพะณะพ ะณะปัะฑะธะฝะฝะพะณะพ ัะปะฐะฝัะฐ ั ะฐะปะผะฐะทะพะผ ัััะพะณะพ ะฒ ัะตะฝััะต. ะะพัะบะพะปัะบั ะดัะพะฑะปัะฝัะน ัะปะฐะฝะตั ะฝะต ะณะตะฝะตัะธััะตััั ะฒ ะฟัะธัะพะดะต ัะฐะผ ะฟะพ ัะตะฑะต, ะปัะฑะฐั ัะฐะบะฐั ะฝะฐั ะพะดะบะฐ ะฒ ัะพะปัะต ะบะฐะผะฝั ะณะฐัะฐะฝัะธััะตั ัะตัััั. ะ ะบัะฐัะพะฝะฝัั ะฑะธะพะผะฐั ะฒัั ะพะดะธั ะฝะฐ ัะบะปะพะฝั ะพะฒัะฐะณะพะฒ ะธ ั ะพะปะผะพะฒ.
ะขะตััะพะฒัะต ะบะพะผะฐะฝะดั:/locate structure diamond_rebalance:mantle_inclusionะธะปะธ..._craton
3. ะะฐะณะผะพะฒัะต ะบะฐัะผะฐะฝั
ะะตัะผะตัะธัะฝัะต ะฟะพะปะพััะธ ะฒ ัััะพะฒะพะน ะพะฑะพะปะพัะบะต ะฝะฐ ะณะปัะฑะธะฝะต Y: โ56โฆโ45 ั ะฝะตะฑะพะปััะธะผ ะปะฐะฒะพะฒัะผ ะพะทะตัะพะผ ะธ 4โ6 ะฐะปะผะฐะทะฐะผะธ ะฒ ััะตะฝะฐั . ะะฑะฝะฐััะถะธะฒะฐัััั ะฟะพ ัััะพะฒะพะน ะฟัะพัะปะพะนะบะต ะธ ัะฒะตัั ัะบะฒะพะทั ััะตัะธะฝั. ะัะบััะฒะฐัั ะฑะตะทะพะฟะฐัะฝะตะต ัะฒะตัั ั ะธะปะธ ัะฑะพะบั.
4. ะะตัะตะณะพะฒัะต ัะพัััะฟะธ
ะะธะฝะทั ะฟะตัะบะฐ ะธ ะณัะฐะฒะธั ั ะฑะปะพะบะฐะผะธ ะฟะพะดะพะทัะธัะตะปัะฝะพะณะพ ะผะฐัะตัะธะฐะปะฐ ะฝะฐ ะฑะตัะตะณะฐั ัะตะบ ะธ ะพะบะตะฐะฝะพะฒ. ะัะธัะฐัััั ะบะธัััั: ั ะฒะตัะพััะฝะพัััั 50% ะดะฐัั ะฐะปะผะฐะท (ะฒ ะพััะฐะปัะฝัั ัะปััะฐัั โ ัะตััััั ะฑะตัะตะณะพะฒะพะณะพ ะฝะฐะผัะฒะฐ).
ะัะฐัั ัะบะธะฟะธัะพะฒะบะธ
ะกะพะทะดะฐะฝะธะต ะฐะปะผะฐะทะฝัั ะฟัะตะดะผะตัะพะฒ ะทะฐะผะตะฝะตะฝะพ ะพะฑะปะธัะพะฒะบะพะน: ะฐะปะผะฐะทั ะฝะฐะฝะพััััั ะฝะฐ ะณะพัะพะฒะพะต ะถะตะปะตะทะฝะพะต ัะฝะฐััะถะตะฝะธะต.
| ะัะตะดะผะตั | ะ ะฐัั ะพะด ัะตััััะพะฒ |
|---|---|
| ะะตั, ะผะพััะณะฐ, ะปะพะฟะฐัะฐ, ะบะพะฟัั | ะะตะปะตะทะฝัะน ะฟัะตะดะผะตั + 1 ะฐะปะผะฐะท |
| ะะธัะบะฐ, ัะพะฟะพั | ะะตะปะตะทะฝัะน ะฟัะตะดะผะตั + 2 ะฐะปะผะฐะทะฐ |
| ะจะปะตะผ, ะฑะพัะธะฝะบะธ | ะะตะปะตะทะฝัะน ะฟัะตะดะผะตั + 1 ะฐะปะผะฐะท |
| ะะพะฝะพะถะธ | ะะตะปะตะทะฝัะน ะฟัะตะดะผะตั + 2 ะฐะปะผะฐะทะฐ |
| ะะฐะณััะดะฝะธะบ | ะะตะปะตะทะฝัะน ะฟัะตะดะผะตั + 3 ะฐะปะผะฐะทะฐ |
- ะะพะปะฝัะน ะบะพะผะฟะปะตะบั (ะฑัะพะฝั + ะธะฝััััะผะตะฝัั): ัะพะฒะฝะพ 15 ะฐะปะผะฐะทะพะฒ (7 ะฝะฐ ะฑัะพะฝั, 8 ะฝะฐ ะธะฝััััะผะตะฝัั ะธ ะพััะถะธะต).
- ะะตััะพัะผะตะฝะฝัะต ัะตัะตะฟัั: ะบะพะผะฟะพะฝะตะฝัั ะพะฑัะตะดะธะฝััััั ะฒ ัะตัะบะต ะฒะตัััะฐะบะฐ ะฒ ะปัะฑะพะผ ะฟะพััะดะบะต.
- ะะพัััะฐะฝะพะฒะปะตะฝะธะต: ััะพะฒะตะฝั ะฟัะพัะฝะพััะธ ะธัั ะพะดะฝะพะณะพ ะถะตะปะตะทะฝะพะณะพ ะฟัะตะดะผะตัะฐ ะฝะต ะฒะฐะถะตะฝ โ ะฝะฐ ะฒัั ะพะดะต ะฟะพะปััะฐะตััั ะฝะพะฒัะน ะฐะปะผะฐะทะฝัะน.
ะฃััะฐะฝะพะฒะบะฐ ะธ ัะพะฒะผะตััะธะผะพััั
- ะะพะผะตััะธัะต ะฐัั
ะธะฒ ะดะฐัะฐะฟะฐะบะฐ ะฒ ะฟะฐะฟะบั
.minecraft/saves/<ะผะธั>/datapacks/(ะธะปะธ<ะฟะฐะฟะบะฐ_ัะตัะฒะตัะฐ>/<ะผะธั>/datapacks/). - ะ ะธะณัะต ะฒัะฟะพะปะฝะธัะต ะบะพะผะฐะฝะดั
/reload(ะธะปะธ ะฟะตัะตะทะฐะฟัััะธัะต ัะตัะฒะตั). - ะัะพะฒะตัััะต ััะฐััั ะบะพะผะฐะฝะดะพะน
/datapack list.
ะัะธะผะตัะฐะฝะธะต: ะะพะฒะฐั ะณะตะฝะตัะฐัะธั ะฟัะธะผะตะฝัะตััั ัะพะปัะบะพ ะบ ะฝะตะธััะปะตะดะพะฒะฐะฝะฝัะผ ัะฐะฝะบะฐะผ ะผะธัะฐ.
| ะะฐัะฐะผะตัั | ะะฝะฐัะตะฝะธะต |
|---|---|
| ะกะพะฒะผะตััะธะผะพััั | Minecraft: Java Edition 1.21.11 (Vanilla ะธ ะปัะฑัะต ะดััะณะธะต) |
| ะะพะฝัะปะธะบัั | ะะตัะพะฒะผะตััะธะผ ั ะดะฐัะฐะฟะฐะบะฐะผะธ ะฝะฐ ะฟะตัะตัะฐะฑะพัะบั ะฐะปะผะฐะทะฝะพะน ััะดั (ะฟัะธะพัะธัะตั ะฟะพ ัะฟะธัะบั ะทะฐะณััะทะบะธ) |
| ะะธัะตะฝะทะธั | AGPL-3.0-only |
| ะะพะดะดะตัะถะบะฐ | Discord: discord.gg/mb47eaTt5Z |
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