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How far do I need to dig to find good minerals and materials for good items?
I think I've been digging for almost 200 blocks now and all I find is copper, iron, silver and gold. Where do I find good minerals like amethyst and such, to make lightsabers?

Best Answer

There are only a few rules to the spawning of ores and minerals and so far elevation really is not coming into play.

  • Ore (Copper, Iron, Silver, Gold) can appear anywhere. Silver and Gold are very common on floating islands
  • Gems only seem appear in stone (Ive yet to see any cluster of minerals in dirt alone)
  • Hellstone is found, oddly enough, in hell. (Could be considered elevation restriction)
  • Metorite comes from meteors
  • Demonite comes from Demons (Bosses). Very small (2-4 blocks) groups can be found anywhere underground. Larger groups of Demonite can be found in the Corruption

Elevations do not seem to matter. I have found everything from copper to gold directly on or 1-2 layers of dirt below the surface of the map (not depth level 0, but the actual surface). I have also found minerals in stone out-cropings near the surface (Yet to find one actually On the surface but still above 0 depth according to a depth meter). It should be noted that all the minerals I have come across so far are on the edge of the stone veins, I am not suggesting coring through the middle of a large collection of stone looking for them.

Hope this helps

EDIT: 1.1 - I am glad that Raven Dreamer commented as it gives me a point to comment on. The new 1.1 generation does seem to give Depth an impact on Ore generation now. I have only played on a handful of new worlds so far so do not feel I can overall change the information above but I have noticed that the size of the deposits of silver and gold appear more often and in larger quantities when I delve further down. And yes, a floating island is a good place to get a nice collection of ores! :)

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