Alright, Iāve had the chance to play around in the nether for a while and Iāve learned more about how this stuff worksā¦
So, while netherite is better than diamonds, it is prohibitively rarer than obtaining diamonds is. The way you get netherrite is by finding these āancient debrisā blocks that generate below ~25 on the y level, (I found theyāre most common around y levels 10-16 or so, the lowest I saw them generate was y:7). They look like this:
They generate in ore veins of 1-3, I find that the veins of 3 are quite rare though. I also never saw them visible from the surface, but maybe it can happen sometimes. More often than not it looks like youāll have to use stripmines just to find them, though.
Once you find a vein of the stuff, I hope you brought a diamond pick, though- they can only be mined using diamond. I tried iron and gold, itās ridiculously slow with those and they donāt drop, you need a diamond pick.
Once you mine it, you get just the ore form of it, like mining iron or gold ore (so, itās not affected by the fortune enchant). You can smelt it in a furnace or blast furnace to get ānetherite scrapā, which is then used to make the ingots. You need gold ingots as well to combine with the scraps, like so:
Once youāve crafted up a netherite ingot, the way you use it in crafting recipes isnāt quite what you might expect. Instead of using the ingots directly, you craft tools and armor from them like this:
Yup. You need to combine diamond tools and armor with the ingot to get the netherite stuff.
At the very least, it means you donāt need a ridiculous amount of netherite just to be able to make anything, but you will need a lot more diamonds. Also, before you ask, no you donāt keep the enchantments from the diamond armor if you use enchanted diamond while crafting- all the enchantments are lost when making netherite. Thatās ok though, because as the changelog post said, netherite is more enchantable than diamond gear is.
Netherite armor looks like this:
I think it looks pretty Sexy tbh
In addition, netherite items have a rather unique propertyā¦ They donāt burn in lava
btw, hereās what it looks like enchanted:
All in all. I am in love with this new ore thank you so much mojang we are truly blessed
