Talk:Diamond/@comment-11444045-20130704113822/@comment-7288461-20130705183958

Barroch will have to leave Duskmoon Tower before you encounter Ore Deposits that contain Diamond unfortunately. The Fortress of Remembrance is in fact the next area after he makes that move, with there being 2 Ore Deposits near the start of it that Diamond is very commonly found in. Barroch will sometimes still show up in the Corridor of Emptiness (which is the little 'safe-haven' place before the fortress), which can be accessed directly from the Bitterblack Isle entrance (where Olra is), so that can actually be quite handy in meeting him easily. Exiting and re-entering the Corridor often seems to make him appear there if he's not already.

Otherwise it is possible for a Maneater to drop Diamond, but it's very infrequent, so rather than that, you might as well just wait until you're able to mine it (and get a lot of them whilst doing so - thus unlikely a need to worry about forging any).