These are the main strategies to locate and mine ores: Golden Apple, Glistering Melon, Clock, Powered Rail All these variants of Stones can be mined with any Pickaxe. In addition to all the Ores listed in table, you'll also mine loads of Cobblestone, Andesite, Granite and Diorite.In other words, it is not wise to smelt for example Diamond Ore, as mining it with an Fortune produces more items. All ores can be smelted, but will then only generate one item.The Gold Ore which can be found a most elevations within the Mesa Biome, and the Emerald Ore which can only be found naturally in the Extreme Hills biome (or very close to this biome) Note that two ores can be related to a Biome.In the Item column, either the actual item dropped when mining is listed, or the corresponding ingot which is produced when smelting the ore.ĭiamond Tools and Armor.If the Silk Touch enchantment has been used, the ore itself is dropped. If less, the blocks usually break leaving nothing at all. The pickaxe type listed is the minimum required to get the ore.The looting level increases in most cases the drop count. The F stands for the Fortune level of the pickaxe.The columns in the table are mostly self explanatory, but note the following: All ores are found in the Overworld, with the exception of Nether Quarts which are found in the Nether. The following table will present the various ores found in Minecraft, and some characteristics properties related to them.