Sup zard, You could've used worldedit + //distr to easily and quickly calculate EVERYTHING in under 5 minutes. I hope this will help you in the future.
Hmm, I'll give that a shot Logik, and I'll make it a much bigger test area this time, that is if I can get world edit working . I'll get on that tomorrow, and I'll take a look at minecraft averages, and calculate that as well.
Thanks, I'll do a quick test right now, be back later. EDIT: Done testing, posting information now...
tl;dr lol mine @ 11 guise Alright guys, sorry for the double post, but this is important information. Some quick guidelines/raw data from my research, Had to resort to mediafire, Google Docs hates me :/ http://www.mediafire.com/view/?lwrc324nxfq458r ^ a link to all the data I collected, rows B-H are % of blocks, rows J-P are actual amount of ores, and rows R-X are the selling prices. Row Z is the total per layer. These are two images of ALL of the layers, from 6-20, compiled and analyzed. This data was collected from a region of 501x501, from [X=0][Z=0] to [X=500][Z=500], for a total of over 3.7 million blocks, which makes it extremely accurate. Each individual layer was then analyzed, as one can see in the link provided above. Now, here's my conclusion. Although, as seen in the chart, the most amount of money can be made from layers 9,10,11, and 12, due to the amount of lava @ layer 9 and 10, it's best to mine when your feet level is at 11, i.e. eye level is at 12.620. Therefore, Zardgyer's calculations are pretty accurate. Thanks for reading, guys.
I just wanted to say that you did a great job. Even though some say that this was a waste of time because of the wiki statistics, going out and testing them yourself is a great way to prove the statistics are correct and consistant. Facts don't become facts just because one person says its true. Many people need to test the theories first. So, you have contributed to these stats which it really cool.
Thanks, like you said, many people (or at least myself) do not trust the wiki's data, and since it is ever changing, I decided it would be a good idea to do this.
*Edit* Added in much more information from 2 different sources. Thanks to Logikable for adding in his results
I adjusted your formula for $$ value, Logikable, to account for experience from mining/smelting and to account for a fortune 3 pick. Here are the values I used: Coal ore = 2.2 coal and 1 exp Iron ore = 1 iron and .7 exp (cost .125 to smelt) Gold ore = 1 gold and 1 exp (cost .125 to smelt) Lapis ore = 14 lapis and 3.5 exp Redstone ore = 6 dust and 3 exp Diamond ore = 2.2 diamonds and 5 exp Emerald ore = 2.2 emeralds and 5 exp Exp was priced at $1.82 ($1500 a set, pretty easy to sell at this price). I used diamonds at $25 (could be $30) and emeralds at $40. Also, gold was $10, but could be set at $12, at least. In order of most valuable levels, I have: 10 - 100,255 11 - 99,825 12 - 97,949 9 - 97,625 13 - 93,662 6 - 93,068 7 - 89,637 8 - 89,227
This is practically what I had. 10 was the best, but due to lava, 11 became the best, because, remember, it means you have access to mining layer 10, 11, 12 and 13, which are all in the TOP 5 of your (and my) list. Man, that was a lot of commas...
Yeah, i'm sure its nearly the same, but just in case I did it. maybe the distribution is spread a little differently, idk.
i dont think anyone else here took the time to do thier own personal research on real chunks and spending 20 hours on it so we should just give zard an appluase and mine on our own levels and mind our own business the issue on lava is interesting though and i think ill shift my level to 11
