Highlights
- Minecraft's new snapshot changed the spawn of diamonds, making it easier for players to find this important ore in the game.
- The snapshot also includes adjustments to Librarians and Wandering Traders, allowing for more specific enchantments and improved player trading.
- The diamond buff has caused mixed reactions among players, while the changes to Wandering Traders and Librarians have sparked buzz and some unhappiness among the Minecraft community.
Minecraft has released a new snapshot that changed the spawn of diamonds, one of the most important ores in the game. In sandbox games, players must collect items to make bases, weapons, and tools, and it's no different in Minecraft.
Every player who starts their journey in Minecraft follows the same ritual of making weapons and tools with wood and cobblestone. The quality of these items improves as the player progresses, something achieved by collecting ores. Minecraft ores are available according to altitude, so the more a player digs, the higher the chances of finding rarer ores like diamonds. Collecting diamonds in Minecraft isn't simple because of the difficulty of finding this ore, and because there's always the risk of digging and falling into a lava lake.
Now Minecraft changed the diamonds spawn in a big way with the release of snapshot 23w13a, making it easier for players to find the ore. Getting diamonds in Minecraft requires a lot of digging and being lucky enough to find the right spot. Players who find diamonds can make better armor, weapons, and tools, or make Minecraft's armor trims. Snapshot 23w13a buffed the diamond generation, so now players can find it in greater quantities in the deeper parts of the world. According to Mojang, the idea is to make it more rewarding to mine diamonds in Deepslate layers.
The change in diamond generation is not the only modification available with snapshot 23w13a, which brought technical adjustments and various optimizations. The snapshot also includes two experimental changes to how Minecraft's Librarians and Wandering Traders work. Librarians will sell more specific enchantments, rather than a random selection. Players will need to find them in specific biomes to find the books sold in these regions and find a master Librarian to find books with powerful Minecraft enchantments. Wandering Traders now will buy items from Minecraft players instead of just selling them. They are also more useful because trade prices have decreased, more trades have been added, and the amount of available items has been increased.
The news of the diamond buff gathered divided opinions, with both positive and indifferent reactions to the change that made it easier to find diamonds in Minecraft. On the other hand, the adjustments to Wandering Traders and Librarians are generating quite a buzz among Minecraft players, with many players unhappy about it. But players will need to wait, as since they are experimental changes introduced in a snapshot, there is always a chance that Mojang will not officially include them in Minecraft.
Minecraft is available on PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and mobile devices.
Source: Minecraft