Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In this follow up video to my 'What happens when you dig straight down in Minecraft?' video, we use similar techniques and automation to determine what the best y level is for each ore in the overworld. (nether coming soon)

Something I forgot to include: A total area of 10,485,760 blocks (2^10 x 10) was analysed for this, for a total volume over 0.838 billion blocks, which I felt was plenty to get accurate enough data.

I've once again spent too long on such a short video so if you enjoyed, a like would be appreciated!

00:00 Intro and Explanation
02:12 Code
05:26 Running the Code
06:48 Analysis - Regular Biomes
11:53 Analysis - Mesa Biome
12:56 Analysis - Mountain Biome
14:00 Final Thoughts

'What happens when you dig straight down in Minecraft?': youtu.be/cpIpl-Y6M3A

Minecraft wiki for ores: minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Ore

Github code for mca parsing: github.com/matcool/anvil-parser