Polished Basalt

For other uses, see Basalt (disambiguation).

Polished Basalt

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Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	4.2
Hardness	1.25
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	29 COLOR_BLACK
Note block instrument	Bass Drum
Sulfur cube archetype	Slow Bouncy

Polished basalt is the polished version of basalt and can be found as part of ancient cities and bastion remnants.

Obtaining

Breaking

Polished basalt drops as an item if mined by any pickaxe. If mined by any other tool, it drops nothing.

Block	Polished Basalt
Hardness	1.25
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	16.25 (JE) 6.25 (BE)
Wooden	10.95 (JE) 0.95 (BE)
Stone	10.5 (JE) 0.5 (BE)
Copper	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Iron	10.35 (JE) 0.35 (BE)
Diamond	10.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE)
Netherite	10.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE)
Golden	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Polished basalt can be found naturally as part of ancient cities and bastion remnants.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Polished Basalt	Basalt	4

Stonecutting

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Polished Basalt	Basalt

Usage

Polished basalt's only use is as building material. Like logs and quartz pillars, polished basalt blocks point perpendicular to whatever block face they are placed on.

Sounds

Java Edition:

basalt sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.basalt.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.basalt.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.basalt.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.basalt.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.basalt.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

basalt sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.basalt	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.basalt	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.basalt	​ ?	0.23	0.5
	​Something fell	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.basalt	​ ?	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.basalt	​ ?	0.19	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.basalt	​ ?	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.basalt	​ ?	0.14	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Polished Basalt	polished_basalt	Block & Item	mineable/pickaxe	block.minecraft.polished_basalt

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Polished Basalt	polished_basalt	490	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -235)	tile.polished_basalt.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.16			20w12a				Added polished basalt.
							Polished basalt can currently be obtained only by smelting the normal basalt block.
			20w13a				Basalt can no longer be smelted into polished basalt.
							Polished basalt can now be obtained by crafting 4 blocks of basalt in a 2×2 grid or stonecutting it, similar to other polished stones.
			20w16a				Polished basalt now generates as part of bastion remnants.
1.19			Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1				Polished basalt now generates as part of ancient cities.
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb polished basalt, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
			snap6				Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Added polished basalt.
			beta 1.16.0.57				Polished basalt now generates as part of bastion remnants.
			beta 1.16.0.59				Crafting polished basalt now gives the correct amount of blocks in return.[1]
							Polished basalt can now be crafted using a stonecutter.
1.18.30 Experiment Wild Update			beta 1.18.30.32				Polished basalt now generates as part of ancient cities.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb polished basalt, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
			Preview 26.30.27				Polished basalt's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.

Issues

Issues relating to "Polished Basalt" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Renders

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  A polished basalt block on the east-west axes
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  A polished basalt block on the north-south axes

References