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Polished Blackstone

Polished Blackstone

Polished blackstone is the stone-like polished variation of blackstone.

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Contents (18)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Breaking
  3. Natural generation
  4. Crafting
  5. Usage
  6. Crafting ingredient
  7. Stonecutting ingredient
  8. Sounds
  9. Data values
  10. ID
  11. Videos
  12. History
  13. Java Edition
  14. Bedrock Edition
  15. Issues
  16. Gallery
  17. Screenshots
  18. References
For the brick variant, see Polished Blackstone Bricks.
Polished Blackstone
Polished Blackstone.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Polished Blackstone'
Invicon Polished Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Polished Blackstone
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool Invicon Wooden Pickaxe.png: Sprite image for Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft
Blast resistance 6
Hardness 2
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 blackstone is the stone-like polished variation of blackstone.

Obtaining

Breaking

Polished blackstone needs to be broken using a pickaxe, otherwise the block drops nothing.

Block BlockSprite polished-blackstone.png: Sprite image for polished-blackstone in MinecraftPolished Blackstone
Hardness 2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 10.05 (JE)
10 (BE)
ItemSprite wooden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for wooden-pickaxe in MinecraftWooden 1.5 (JE)
1.5 (BE)
ItemSprite stone-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for stone-pickaxe in MinecraftStone 0.75 (JE)
0.75 (BE)
ItemSprite copper-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for copper-pickaxe in MinecraftCopper 0.6 (JE)
0.6 (BE)
ItemSprite iron-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for iron-pickaxe in MinecraftIron 0.5 (JE)
0.5 (BE)
ItemSprite diamond-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for diamond-pickaxe in MinecraftDiamond 0.4 (JE)
0.4 (BE)
ItemSprite netherite-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for netherite-pickaxe in MinecraftNetherite 0.35 (JE)
0.35 (BE)
ItemSprite golden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for golden-pickaxe in MinecraftGolden 0.25 (JE)
0.25 (BE)
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
  1. ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

Polished blackstone has a slightly higher hardness (thus takes slightly longer to break) than its chiseled variant.[1]

Natural generation

Polished blackstone can generate as part of ruined portals in the Nether.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Blackstone
Invicon Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blackstone with description: BlackstoneInvicon Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blackstone with description: BlackstoneInvicon Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blackstone with description: BlackstoneInvicon Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blackstone with description: Blackstone
Invicon Polished Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Polished Blackstone4

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Polished Blackstone Bricks Polished Blackstone
Polished Blackstone Button Polished Blackstone
Invicon Polished Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Polished Blackstone
Invicon Polished Blackstone Button.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Button in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Blackstone Button with description: Polished Blackstone Button
Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate Polished Blackstone
Invicon Polished Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Polished BlackstoneInvicon Polished Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Polished Blackstone
Invicon Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate with description: Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate
Polished Blackstone Slab Polished Blackstone
Polished Blackstone Stairs Polished Blackstone
Polished Blackstone Wall Polished Blackstone

Stonecutting ingredient

Name Ingredients Cutting recipe
Polished Blackstone Bricks or 
Chiseled Polished Blackstone 		Polished Blackstone
Invicon Polished Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Polished BlackstoneInvicon Polished Blackstone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Chiseled Polished Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Polished Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Polished Blackstone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Blackstone Bricks with description: Polished Blackstone BricksInvicon Chiseled Polished Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Polished Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Polished Blackstone with description: Chiseled Polished Blackstone
Polished Blackstone Slab or 
Polished Blackstone Brick Slab 		Polished Blackstone
Polished Blackstone Stairs or 
Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs 		Polished Blackstone
Invicon Polished Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Polished BlackstoneInvicon Polished Blackstone Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Polished Blackstone Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Blackstone Stairs with description: Polished Blackstone StairsInvicon Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs with description: Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs
Polished Blackstone Wall or 
Polished Blackstone Brick Wall 		Polished Blackstone
Invicon Polished Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Polished BlackstoneInvicon Polished Blackstone Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Polished Blackstone Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Polished Blackstone Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Blackstone Wall with description: Polished Blackstone WallInvicon Polished Blackstone Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Blackstone Brick Wall with description: Polished Blackstone Brick Wall
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Sounds

Java Edition:

BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.stone.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]BlocksWhen the block is placedblock.stone.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.stone.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.stone.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.stone.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stonesubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedplace.stonesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.8–1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stonesubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.370.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.31.0
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.121.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.221.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
BlockSprite polished-blackstone.png: Sprite image for polished-blackstone in Minecraft Polished Blackstonepolished_blackstoneBlock & Item block.minecraft.polished_blackstone

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite polished-blackstone.png: Sprite image for polished-blackstone in Minecraft Polished Blackstonepolished_blackstone546Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]
(Numeric: -291)		 tile.polished_blackstone.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.
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Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.1620w15a Added polished blackstone.
20w16a Polished blackstone now generate as part of ruined portals.
1.16.220w28a Polished blackstone is now renewable as piglins have an 8.71% chance to give 8-16 blackstone during bartering.
26.2snap1 Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb polished blackstone, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
snap6 Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.57 Added polished blackstone.
beta 1.16.0.59 Polished blackstone now generate as part of ruined portals.
1.16.100beta 1.16.100.54 Polished blackstone is now renewable as piglins have an 8.71% chance to give 8-16 blackstone during bartering.
1.20.30Preview 1.20.20.21 Increased the hardness of polished blackstone from 1.5 to 2.
26.20
Experiment
Drop 2 of 2026		Preview 26.20.23 Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb polished blackstone, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
26.30Preview 26.30.20 Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
Preview 26.30.27 Polished blackstone's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.

Issues

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

Screenshots

  • A wall made of polished blackstone and its variants
    A wall made of polished blackstone and its variants

References

  1. ↑ MC-177880 – resolved as "Works As Intended".

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