"Dude found an actual mine": Minecraft player discovers a giant iron ore vein, leaving fans amazed

Minecraft always has something unique and interesting to offer. Since the blocky world is procedurally generated, players never know what kind of structure they might encounter. From villages in unique locations to rare items in abundance, anything can show up in the game.

Redditorr Daminf shared some images on r/Minecraft of a massive iron vein inside a cave. The user added that this was the biggest iron vein they had ever come across in their Realm world. They further explained that the vein started at around -18 coordinates and ended at -59. The iron filled the user’s entire inventory on their third day as well.

Found the biggest iron vein I’ve ever found in my new Realm byu/Daminf inMinecraft

Reacting to this post, monstermayhem436 commented:

"Dude found an actual mine"

Learwin said that Mojang added huge tendrils of iron and copper with the 1.17 or 1.18 update. simplycleric jokingly said that they think this is where the villagers get their iron to make iron golems.

Comment byu/Daminf from discussion inMinecraft

Comment byu/Daminf from discussion inMinecraft

For those unaware, ore veins were added in 2021 with the 1.18 update and players can come up with massive deposits of iron or copper ores in some regions.

ElevateOof said they have been playing Minecraft since the alpha release and have never come across such an incredible iron ore deposit.

Redditors react to the massive iron vein found in Minecraft (Image via Reddit)

Valuable-Garbage said that these structures are relatively new and even rare. They came as a part of the 1.18 update and can be generated in stone and deepslate blocks as iron or copper blocks. The user added that they have been playing consistently ever since the feature was added and have only found a couple of them.

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The happy ghast is soon coming to Minecraft (Image via Mojang Studios)

Mojang Studios has made its update game stronger with the release of the Spring to Life game drop. The update added new mob variants for cows, pigs, and chickens, new ambiance features such as falling leaves effort, sounds, leaf litter, and the firefly bush. The interesting part is that it was not the most exciting thing about the update.

The developers announced that the next game drop will bring new ghast variants that allow players to fly around the world. Then they made things even better by tweaking the leash to allow mobs to be tied together. It would be interesting to see what new updates they come up with.