I found a video where a player mines for 10 hours, using fortune, and slightly outdated techniques, on an older version of Minecraft. They got 535 diamonds. Assuming fortune III gives 2.2x, that’s 24 per hour. With the modern technique, you get 30% more exposed surface per block mined, but because most pockets of diamond have multiple chances to be exposed, this only really nets 20% more per time spent (roughly).
Also, my understanding is that the latest version spawns diamonds nearly twice as much. That’s roughly $75 per hour of tedious activity, with only very slight possibility for improvement.
If you make anywhere near $75 per hour, it’s probably not worth as much as the cash up front, because continuing in your line of work can net pretty solid gains. If you don’t, probably spend a few hours with an efficiency V diamond pickaxe, and sanity check my numbers before deciding. Use the dive+crouch movement to dig 1 block high tunnels, and change your graphics settings so you can work in the dark. If it works out, I guess take the diamond mining job, and figure out what you can do to stave off carpal tunnel.
I found a video where a player mines for 10 hours, using fortune, and slightly outdated techniques, on an older version of Minecraft. They got 535 diamonds. Assuming fortune III gives 2.2x, that’s 24 per hour. With the modern technique, you get 30% more exposed surface per block mined, but because most pockets of diamond have multiple chances to be exposed, this only really nets 20% more per time spent (roughly).
Also, my understanding is that the latest version spawns diamonds nearly twice as much. That’s roughly $75 per hour of tedious activity, with only very slight possibility for improvement.
If you make anywhere near $75 per hour, it’s probably not worth as much as the cash up front, because continuing in your line of work can net pretty solid gains. If you don’t, probably spend a few hours with an efficiency V diamond pickaxe, and sanity check my numbers before deciding. Use the dive+crouch movement to dig 1 block high tunnels, and change your graphics settings so you can work in the dark. If it works out, I guess take the diamond mining job, and figure out what you can do to stave off carpal tunnel.