Ultimate 1.21 Minecraft Mining Guide - How To Find Every Ore!

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Today I will be showing how to find every ore in the game as easy as possible! This guide is accurate as of version 1.21 Java.

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0:00​ - Intro
0:37 - Overworld
5:22 - Nether
7:51 - Bonus Tips

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[Gorillo]

There is a mistake on the final summary screen with the Netherite, it should read 14 and not -14. Thanks for watching!

[vibe]

timestamps:
_overworld_
0:54 mountain biomes
1:18 calcite
1:41 iron
2:11 copper
2:25 clusters
3:09 lapis
3:19 gold
3:38 diamonds
4:03 redstone
4:50 all ores
5:09 strip mining
_nether_
5:27 quarts
5:36 gold
6:02 ancient debris

7:59 bonus tips

[lollipop]

I once got a full stack of iron from a single mountains surface, then died

[ItzTerraYT]

For anybody that needs more diamonds than just strip mining or caving, try searching in flooded caves at deepslate levels for diamonds.
If you didnt know, diamonds appear more often when not exposed to air, and water replaces air making them more common.
Try taking some soul sand, magma blocks, or water breathing potions for air. You could also use a door for some reason.

[Elytra_Space]

Another tip: If you do strip mining for ancient debris, you can use beds to go really fast. I've been able to get a lot of ancient debris this way in the past. Every five blocks youve mined forwards, mine one more forwards. Then, dig as far as you can in a one-block big hole to your left or right (it doesnt matter which, and you can do it on both sides) as far as you can. Then, place a bed as far as you can aways in the end of the one block tunnel. You can do this for the other side. Make sure to keep the bed positions five blocks apart or more. You can just repeat and do it for a long ways without exploding them, then you go through and explode them after youre done placing all of them. I recommend Fire Resistance if you can get it (you dont need it, but it helps a lot when fire appears right under you.) Also, don't do it too fast cuz otherwise you can die. Armor is also helpful although it does take durability. I dont know if this method is as efficient as when I used to do it back in 1.16-1.17, but it's definitely worth a shot!

[mainmiles]

Thank you for including the Y levels on screen man! Also I may be a little rusty but I didn't realize ores could generate diagonal from one another.

[DuckCraftWasTaken]

Thank you so much I’ve been wanting this for so long!

Also does anyone else think gorillos voice is so calm and smoothing?

[Epik-h]

Hi Gorillo!! You Always Come Up With New Ideas For Each Video!! And Thanks A Lot For This Ultimate Mining Guide Video!! Once Again Thanks A Lot!! It Really Helps All Of Us A Lot!!

[Songal]

This was amazingly helpful, thank you so much ^^

[Tha_Potatoo]

Thank you for that! This is so helpful. I have made a list of this and i have say this before: one of your best videos. Your channel is one of My favorites now!

[MrChristoffervik]

Thank you for the summary at the end Bro. ❤

[kemo]

Mountains have coal, iron, calicut, and emerald.

Iron: Y= 16, deepslate iron can be found below Y= 0 in clusters from tuff and iron(you can find raw block which give you 9 raw irons 2:52 )

Copper: Y= 48, You can find some copper-granite clusters from Y= 0~48 and it is huge.

Lapis: Y= 0
Gold: Y= -16 o just go to badlands

Diamond: Y= -58 ~ -54

Redstone: Y= -58 ~ -54

4:13 Tips for strip mining

4:55 Another tip

In nether quarts and gold you just need to search for exposed ires in nether waste biome

Ancient debris: Y= 16 and spawn more along chunck borders (R.I.P pe players)

7:59 more tips

[vivvi]

I love the Stoney Peaks! Sooo much Coal, Iron and Emeralds, plus bonus calcite!

[jeanserien]

Hi !
Can you do a video with advices to survive in the nether ?

[puvvadaramasumasri]

Hi gorillo, Its been a while since I have seen ur videos, when I last saw ur videos u were like 10 or 20 k and now u r like almost a 600k, that's crazy, happy to see u become popular, due to my studies and my busy schedules, I couldn't able to catch up with ur vidoes, and the videos is amazing and it's really helpful for me, as I was planning to take a break and play Minecraft, and I am kinda new to this update, so this video is really helpful to me

[kiwi]

thanks for the great advice on diamond mining

[dynamicdash]

As Always It Relaxed Me Thanks For That I Will Definitely Use Your Guide! 😊

[petefernandes]

Bonus Tip: You can do the swimming method for diamonds at level - 54, just make a one block hole which is long enough, place a bucket and sprint swim, and take this bucket, you will be cramped in the same position but you will be faster and more chances of finding, because you are faster, i found many diamonds like this

[Matttt]

Hey gorillo your channel idea is very good and I love the way you make your videos because they are very simple and easy to understand also there fun to watch even if your not gonna use the information

[fwiffo]

If you're branch mining, it is not the best to have your tunnels only 2 blocks apart. It does make sure you don't miss any ores at that level, but that's not the goal! The goal is to get the most ores in the least amount of time, with the least amount of wear on your pickaxe. That means mining the minimum number of blocks. Having the tunnels close together means that you will expose some ore bodies from two different tunnels, so it's a waste. Also, some ores like diamond can only spawn in one group per chunk, so once you find one, many of the very close tunnels will have no chance of finding more.

From testing and simulations, it's best to have your tunnels 5-6 blocks apart so you'll very rarely time and durability finding the same ores from two different sides. Also, it's most efficient to make the tunnels very long. Like 1k long even.