Polished Tuff

Polished Tuff

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	1.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	43 TERRACOTTA_GRAY
Note block instrument	Bass Drum
Sulfur cube archetype	Slow Bouncy

Polished tuff is the polished version of tuff.

Obtaining

Breaking

Polished tuff drops as an item if mined by any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	Polished Tuff
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	17.5 (JE) 7.5 (BE)
Wooden	11.15 (JE) 1.15 (BE)
Stone	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE)
Copper	10.45 (JE) 0.45 (BE)
Iron	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Diamond	10.3 (JE) 0.3 (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 tuff blocks generate naturally in trial chambers as the primary ceiling block of many rooms.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Tuff	4

Stonecutting

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Tuff

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Polished Tuff Slab	Polished Tuff	6
Polished Tuff Stairs	Polished Tuff	4
Polished Tuff Wall	Polished Tuff	6
Tuff Bricks	Polished Tuff	4

Stonecutting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Chiseled Tuff Bricks or  Polished Tuff Slab or  Polished Tuff Stairs or  Polished Tuff Wall or  Tuff Brick Slab or  Tuff Brick Stairs or  Tuff Brick Wall or  Tuff Bricks	Polished Tuff	22

Sounds

Java Edition:

polished_tuff sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.polished_tuff.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.96	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.polished_tuff.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.96	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.polished_tuff.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.6	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.polished_tuff.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.9	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.polished_tuff.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

polished_tuff sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	break.tuff	​ ?	1.0	1.152
	​ ?	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.tuff	​ ?	1.0	1.152
	​ ?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.tuff	​ ?	0.5	0.72
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.tuff	​ ?	1.2	1.44
	​ ?	Players	Walking on the block	step.tuff	​ ?	0.3	1.44
	​ ?	Players	Jumping from the block	step.tuff	​ ?	0.12	1.44
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	step.tuff	​ ?	0.4	1.44

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Polished Tuff	polished_tuff	1003	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -748)	tile.polished_tuff.name

Videos

History

Announcement

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w43a				Added polished tuff behind the "Update 1.21" experimental data pack.
			23w45a				Now generates naturally within trial chambers.
1.21			24w18a				Polished tuff is now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental data pack.
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb polished tuff, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
			snap6				Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.20.50 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.50.22				Added polished tuff behind the "Update 1.21" experimental toggle.
			Preview 1.20.50.23				Polished tuff is now craftable.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Now generates naturally within trial chambers.
1.21.0			Preview 1.21.0.22				Polished tuff is now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental toggle.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb polished tuff, 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 tuff's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  All tuff variants, including polished tuff
• 
  A small house made out of polished tuff^[1]

In other media

• 
  Artwork featuring polished tuff

References