Polished Blackstone Button

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	JE: No BE: Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	0 NONE
Note block instrument	JE: Default (Harp) BE: Bass Drum

A polished blackstone button is a variant of the button that shares many common properties with stone buttons. Like stone buttons, a polished blackstone button is a non-solid block that produces a temporary redstone signal when pressed.

Obtaining

Breaking

A polished blackstone button is most easily broken with a pickaxe. It drops itself as an item when broken using any tool.

Block	Polished Blackstone Button
Hardness	0.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)^[A]
Default	10.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE)
Wooden	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Stone	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Copper	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Iron	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Diamond	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Netherite	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Golden	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (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

↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

A button is removed and drops as an item if:

its attachment block is moved, removed, or destroyed.
water or lava flows into its space.‌^{[Java Edition only]}
a piston tries to push it or moves a block into its space.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Polished Blackstone

Usage

Placement

Buttons can be placed by using it on a surface.

They can be attached to the side, bottom and top of any full opaque block.

If placed on the top or bottom of a block, the button can face any direction.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

It can also be attached to the top of a fence in Bedrock Edition.

More information about placement on transparent blocks can be found at Opacity/Placement.

Redstone power

A button can be used as a monostable redstone power source (it automatically deactivates shortly after being activated).

Buttons are usually in an inactive state, but can be temporarily activated by players. A polished blackstone button can be activated by a player using it or when hit by a wind charge. Mobs cannot activate buttons directly.

When activated, a polished blackstone button remains active for exactly 1 second (10 redstone ticks; 20 game ticks).

While active, a button:

powers any adjacent redstone dust to power level 15, including beneath the button
powers any adjacent redstone comparators or redstone repeaters facing away from the button to power level 15
strongly powers its attachment block to power level 15
activates any adjacent mechanism components, including above or below, such as pistons, redstone lamps, etc.

When a button changes state it provides a redstone update to all redstone components adjacent to itself (including above and below), and to all redstone components adjacent to its attachment block.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

`stone` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.stone.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed^{[until: JE 26.4]}	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.stone.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.stone.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.stone.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.stone.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

`stone` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8–1.0
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`place.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8–1.0
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.37	0.5
	Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.4	1.0
	Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	`step.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.3	1.0
	Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	`jump.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.12	1.0
	Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.22	1.0

Unique

Java Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Button clicks	Blocks	When a polished blackstone button deactivates	`block.stone_button.click_off`	`subtitles.block.button.click`	0.3	0.5	16
	Button clicks	Blocks	When a polished blackstone button activates	`block.stone_button.click_on`	`subtitles.block.button.click`	0.3	0.6	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	?	Blocks	When a polished blackstone button deactivates	`random.lever_click`	?	0.3	0.5
	?	Blocks	When a polished blackstone button activates	`random.lever_click`	?	0.3	0.6

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Polished Blackstone Button	`polished_blackstone_button`	Block & Item	`buttons`	`buttons`	`block.minecraft.polished_blackstone_button`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Polished Blackstone Button	`polished_blackstone_button`	`551`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.polished_blackstone_button.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Block states

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
face	`wall`	`ceiling` `floor` `wall`	The face of the block it's placed on. Floor is on top of a block, ceiling is on the bottom, and wall is on one of its sides.
facing	`north`	`east` `north` `south` `west`	The direction it's facing. Opposite to the direction the player is facing if placed on the side of a block.
powered	`false`	`false` `true`	If true, the button is currently activated.

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
button_pressed_bit	`0x8`	`false`	`false` `true`	`0` `1`	If the button is currently activated.
facing_direction	`0x1` `0x2` `0x4`	`0`	`0` `1` `2` `3` `4` `5`	`0` `1` `2` `3` `4` `5`	The direction it's facing. 0: Button on block bottom facing down 1: Button on block top facing up 2: Button on block side facing north 3: Button on block side facing south 4: Button on block side facing west 5: Button on block side facing east

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.16	20w15a	Added polished blackstone buttons.
1.16.2	20w28a	Polished blackstone buttons are now renewable as piglins have an 8.71% chance to give 8-16 blackstone during bartering.
1.20	23w14a	UV texture map of polished blackstone button has been changed, the front texture of polished blackstone button is no longer mirrored.
1.20	23w16a	Polished blackstone button now breaks in the same time as other buttons.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Added polished blackstone buttons.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.20				Polished blackstone buttons no longer require a pickaxe to drop themselves and are faster to mine with any improper tool.

Issues

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Polished Blackstone Button

Obtaining

Breaking

Crafting

Usage

Placement

Redstone power

Sounds

Generic

Unique

Data values

ID

Block states

Videos

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Issues

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