Smooth Basalt

For other uses, see Basalt (disambiguation).

Smooth Basalt

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

Smooth basalt is an ornamental rock smelted from basalt or found as part of amethyst geodes and ancient cities.

Obtaining

Breaking

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

Block	Smooth 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

Smooth basalt generates naturally as a part of the outer layer of amethyst geodes.

Smooth basalt also generates in ancient cities.

Smelting

Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Basalt + Any fuel	0.1

Usage

Smooth basalt is a decorative block.

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
Smooth Basalt	smooth_basalt	Block & Item	mineable/pickaxe	block.minecraft.smooth_basalt

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Smooth Basalt	smooth_basalt	632	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -377)	tile.smooth_basalt.name

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.17			21w08a				Added smooth basalt.
							Basalt can now be smelted to yield smooth basalt.
							Smooth basalt now replaces tuff as the outer generation of amethyst geodes.
1.19			Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1				Smooth basalt now generate as part of ancient cities.
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb smooth basalt, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
			snap6				Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.17.0.50				Added smooth basalt.
							It generates as the outer layer of amethyst geodes.
							Basalt can now be smelted to yield smooth basalt.
1.17.0			beta 1.17.0.52				Smooth basalt are no longer available only through Experimental Gameplay.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb smooth 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				Smooth basalt's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.

Issues

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