Minecraft 1.17’s Emerald And Diamond Bugs Are Getting Fixed

Minecraft 1.17 is here and, of course, there are bugs to repair. skins received knocked around a bit with the launch of 1.17 – though the developers stress it hasn’t been as bad as you’ve thought – and a new pre-launch update takes intention at these points. Assuming no major issues are found on this second pre-release patch, you should count on to see the fixes land in 1.17.1 soon.

Since the launch of 1.17, diamond ore has been generating one block off of where it should have been in Java Version. That’s getting fastened in Java 1.17.1. That is separate from the Bedrock bug that made diamond ore a lot rarer, and even that problem has already been addressed as of Bedrock Edition 1.17.2.

This update additionally fixes a bug with emerald ore generation in Java. Since 1.17, you’d get between six and 24 emerald ore per chunk – the intended amount is three to eight, and the ore is back to normal with this patch.