Why Don't Diamonds Feel Special Anymore?

How did diamonds went from being a gamechanging resource to being the worst resource in the game today?

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Inspired by: Why Don’t Legendaries Feel “Legendary” Anymore? (By Gratz)

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—Music used in the video (in order)—
[Intro] Minecraft - Rubedo

[Diamonds 1] Minecraft - Beginning 2

[Diamonds 1] Minecraft - Stal

[Diamonds 1, Iron] Minecraft - Dead Voxel

[Iron] Minecraft - Wait

[Gold] Minecraft - Chrysopoeia

[Gold] Minecraft - Mellohi

[Gold] Minecraft - Haggstrom

[Gold] Minecraft - Mice on Venus

[Gold] Minecraft - Wet Hands

[Chad] Playaphonk - PHONKY TOWN

[Canny] Kevin MacLeod - Sneaky Adventure

[Canny] Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto – Heat Up

[Canny] Ethan Meixsell – Thor's Hammer

[Uncanny] The Caretaker - It's just a burning memory (more sad)

[Canny] DOOM ETERNAL - 264 BPM

[Diamond 2] Minecraft - Ki

[Diamond 2] Minecraft - Warmth

[Diamond 2] Minecraft - Concrete Halls

[Outro] Minecraft - Subwoofer Lullaby

[Outro] Minecraft - Cat

—Viktor, Arcane (Season 1 Episode 2)—
"When you’re going to change the world, don’t ask for permission.”

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Update: as of 25th January, Mojang added a new use for diamonds in armor trimming!

Corrections:
- Iron has existed as a trade for as early as 1.3, however it existed as 8 - 9 irons for 1 emerald. It was update 1.14 which reduced it to 4 irons, so technically they still made iron really good for trading in 1.14.

- As pointed out by "Hmmm ok" in the comments, diamonds were also added into Ancient Cities in 1.19, I tend to forget 1.19 existed sometimes.

- Players learning how to strip mine, y = 11/12 and getting better at finding diamonds also reduced their specialty. Forgot to mention this by the end.

- "Iron farms were created to keep up with the DEMANDS" not the supply. I got them mixed up 🥴

- Yes, Mending affected diamonds too, Mending played a huge part in reducing the impact of diamonds since it removed any need to get more diamonds now that your equipment were permanent. A future video will be made commenting on that!

[shhinysilver]

I remember when gold was absolutely hated, but that was when people ignored the fact that it could be used for things other than tools and armor, and now it is very valuable for golden apples.

[fatherscallop]

As a minecraft veteran, finding diamonds still feels like it is a reward, finding netherite feels like a chore...

[anthonycopter]

When Minecraft first started, finding diamonds meant you were a professional. Now, finding diamonds means you are just getting started

[Ryvaken]

One time in...1.16? My brother invited me onto a server with his kids. I saw their base, and its basement. About four chunks or so excavated down to the 30s. Using stone tools.

Because iron was too rare.

And they had a pretty terrible iron farm running.

...

I built a villager trading farm and destroyed that server's economy inside a week. I learned a lot about the value of NOT building infrastructure.

[Bosh]

Even in the new versions I still feel that rush of dopamine when finding diamonds, more than netherite, they still hold great value to me as a player since 2012

[KKinreallife]

Remember when everyone viewed diamonds as a sign of wealth and power? Me too. Now it's just a memory in the distant past...

[mcedge]

I think something you missed is the addition of mending. Diamonds went from something you needed to repeatedly mine for to stop your gear breaking, to something you only needed to get once and let mending take care of your gear

[Zichfried]

No new diamond recipes was a terrible negligence from Mojang, but I think the worst part was adding diamond armor and tools to villagers' trades. You don't need to go mining to make diamond stuff, just cure a bunch of zombie villagers until you can just trade them as if nothing with no limits. The same goes for enchantments from trades and how woodland mansions went worthless the trip since you can get tons of undying totems from raids. All of this is destroying what Minecraft means.

[patrykwojcik]

as a veteran minecraft player, since the beginning till now, i'm so pleased and satisfied every time i get diamonds, because they are like such a treasure for me, even in these newer versions they've stayed in my mind as something of value.

[PervonHarke]

I remember playing the 30 minutes demo version of Minecraft just to repeatedly dig down to find diamonds before the 30 minutes ended.

[clobzz]

they need to add more uses for diamond tbh, i was actually shocked to find that we havent gotten a single use for diamond since they were added

[ZenoCrasher]

I remember when I was really young, I found diamonds in a Minecraft world of mine and flexed about it the next day. No matter how the sands of time wither their importance, they will always have a special place in my heard that neither iron, gold or netherite could ever hope to replicate.

[MeargleSchmeargle]

The one thing that softens the netherite blow is the fact that you still need diamond gear to actually put netherite to use, the diamond gear isn't outright circumvented with the new ore.

[ReturnofBenjamin]

It says a lot that in the Hermitcraft server, the primary use for diamonds is as currency, not building material--and they keep having to reset the economy because of diamond-glut.

[monkeisway]

Who else still finds diamonds valuable and gets a mini heart attack whenever they see them

[KyleDraws]

17:22
Him: "Minecraft is getting too comlicated!"




Terraria in the background: *Starts sweating*

[hallowedknightyt]

We can't forget that Netherite basically took the role of diamonds by being the hardest stuff to acquire, while being the most broken material to use for equipment

[christophersidamon]

"why diamonds don't feel special anymore" meanwhile me using my 54th stone pickaxe strip mining for diamonds only to get 4 after more than 30 minutes

[darkdudeify]

It also feels like Mending made diamonds feel obsolete as you progress in your world. You use a fair amount of them in the beginning in order to make your gear, your enchantment tables etc, but eventually you already have everything you needed diamonds for. Your gear doesn't break because of Mending, so in the end any new diamonds you get are just kind of useless. You turn them into blocks to save storage space, and eventually you start using them for the most random things because your chest with diamond blocks is almost full