Makes diamonds rarer and harder to find in your Minecraft world.
This plugin reduces the number of diamond ores generated in new chunks, creating a more balanced and challenging survival experience — perfect for SMPs, lifesteal servers, or hardcore worlds.
🔧 Features 💎 Reduces diamond ore generation ⛏️ Affects both stone and deepslate diamonds 🌍 Works automatically on newly generated chunks ⚙️ Simple config to adjust rarity 🚀 Lightweight and optimized for Paper servers 📊 Customization
Edit the config to control how rare diamonds are:
diamonds: keep-chance: 0.35 0.50 → slightly rarer 0.35 → balanced SMP feel 0.20 → very rare 0.10 → hardcore ⚠️ Important Only affects new chunks Existing terrain will not change Works best when combined with anti-xray plugins 🧩 Compatibility ✅ Paper ✅ Spigot 🟢 Minecraft 1.21+ 🎯 Use Cases SMP servers Lifesteal-style gameplay Hardcore survival Economy-based servers 💬 Notes
This plugin does not hide diamonds — it actually reduces how many generate, making them truly rarer.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.11
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as LessDiamondsPlugin.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 4 KB
- Download link checked 13 Sept 2026 — working
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