Polished Cinnabar Wall

A polished cinnabar wall is a decorative wall variant of polished cinnabar.

Obtaining

Polished cinnabar walls drop as an item if mined by any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Legend

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

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Polished Cinnabar	6

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Cinnabar or Polished Cinnabar

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

`cinnabar` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.cinnabar.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.cinnabar.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.cinnabar.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.3–0.5	0.5
	Something falls on a block	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.cinnabar.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	1.0	0.75
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	`block.cinnabar.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.3	1.0
	Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	`block.cinnabar.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.4	1.0
	Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	`block.cinnabar.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.4	1.0

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
east	`none`	`low` `none` `tall`	How the wall extends from the center post to the east.
north	`none`	`low` `none` `tall`	How the wall extends from the center post to the north.
south	`none`	`low` `none` `tall`	How the wall extends from the center post to the south.
up	`true`	`false` `true`	When true, the wall has a center post.
waterlogged	`false`	`false` `true`	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this wall.
west	`none`	`low` `none` `tall`	How the wall extends from the center post to the west.

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
wall_connection_type_east	Not Supported	`none`	`none` `short` `tall`	`Unsupported`	How the wall extends from the center post to the east.
wall_connection_type_north	Not Supported	`none`	`none` `short` `tall`	`Unsupported`	How the wall extends from the center post to the north.
wall_connection_type_south	Not Supported	`none`	`none` `short` `tall`	`Unsupported`	How the wall extends from the center post to the south.
wall_connection_type_west	Not Supported	`none`	`none` `short` `tall`	`Unsupported`	How the wall extends from the center post to the west.
wall_post_bit	Not Supported	`true`	`false` `true`	`Unsupported`	Whether or not the wall has a center post.

Java Edition
26.2			snap1				Added polished cinnabar walls.
26.2			snap3				The texture of polished cinnabar walls has been changed.

Bedrock Edition
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026	Preview 26.20.23	Added polished cinnabar walls.
26.30	Preview 26.30.20	Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
	Preview 26.30.27	Leashed mobs can no longer be attached to polished cinnabar walls.
	Preview 26.30.29	The texture of polished cinnabar walls has been changed to match Java Edition.