Block of Quartz

This article is about the mineral block. For the ore, see Nether Quartz Ore. For the item, see Nether Quartz.

Block of Quartz

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	Smooth Quartz Block: 6 All others: 0.8
Hardness	Smooth Quartz Block: 2 All others: 0.8
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

A block of quartz is a mineral block used only for decoration. It can be turned into a chiseled quartz block, quartz pillar, smooth quartz block, or quartz bricks.

Obtaining

Breaking

Blocks of quartz can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	Block of Quartz Chiseled Quartz Block Quartz Pillar Quartz Bricks	Smooth Quartz Block
Hardness	0.8	2
Tool
Breaking time
Default	4	10
Wooden	0.6	1.5
Stone	0.3	0.75
Iron	0.2	0.5
Diamond	0.15	0.4
Netherite	0.15	0.35
Golden	0.1	0.25

Natural generation

Quartz and smooth quartz can be found naturally as part of bastion remnants.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Block of Quartz	Nether Quartz
Chiseled Quartz Block	Quartz Slab
Quartz Pillar	Block of Quartz	2
Quartz Bricks	Block of Quartz	4

Stonecutting

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Chiseled Quartz Block	Block of Quartz
Quartz Pillar	Block of Quartz
Quartz Bricks	Block of Quartz

Smelting

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Smooth Quartz Block	Block of Quartz + Any fuel	0.1

Trading

Master-level stone mason villagers have a 50% chance to either sell a block of quartz or a quartz pillar for one emerald as their trade.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Master-level mason villagers sell both a quartz block for one emerald and a quartz pillar for one emerald.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Usage

Quartz blocks cannot be used to store nether quartz, due to the fact that they cannot be crafted back into it unlike other ore blocks. This is completely intentional.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Quartz Slab	Any Quartz Block	6
Quartz Stairs	Any Quartz Block	4

Note: Smooth quartz cannot be combined with block of quartz, chiseled quartz block, or quartz pillar to craft the quartz slab or quartz stairs.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition: ^{[needs in-game testing]}

Sound	Source‌[upcoming: BE 1.16.200]	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
	?	Breaking the block	dig.stone	?	0.8
	?	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	?	?
	?	Mining the block	hit.stone	?	0.5
?	?	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	?	?
?	?	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	?	?
	?	Walking on the block	step.stone	?	?
	?	Placing the block	use.stone	?	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Block of Quartz	quartz_block	block.minecraft.quartz_block
Chiseled Quartz Block	chiseled_quartz_block	block.minecraft.chiseled_quartz_block
Quartz Pillar	quartz_pillar	block.minecraft.quartz_pillar
Smooth Quartz Block	smooth_quartz	block.minecraft.smooth_quartz
Quartz Bricks	quartz_bricks	block.minecraft.quartz_bricks

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Block of Quartz	quartz_block	155	tile.quartz_block.default.name tile.quartz_block.chiseled.name tile.quartz_block.lines.name tile.quartz_block.smooth.name
Quartz Bricks	quartz_bricks	559	tile.quartz_bricks.name

Block data

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, block of quartz uses the following data values:

	DV	Description
	0	Block of Quartz
	1	Chiseled Quartz Block (vertical)
	2	Pillar Quartz Block (vertical)
	3	Smooth Quartz Block
	4	Block of Quartz (east-west)
	5	Chiseled Quartz Block (east-west)
	6	Pillar Quartz Block (east-west)
	7	Smooth Quartz (east-west)
	8	Block of Quartz (north-south)
	9	Chiseled Quartz Block (north-south)
	10	Pillar Quartz Block (north-south)
	11	Smooth Quartz (north-south)

Block states

See also: Block states

Quartz Pillar

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
axis	y	x	The pillar is oriented east–west.
		y	The pillar is oriented vertically.
		z	The pillar is oriented north–south.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
chisel_type	default	default	The main block type.
		chiseled	The chiseled type.
		lines	The pillar type.
		smooth	The smooth type.
pillar_axis	y	x y z	The axis along which the block is oriented. Normally applies only to the pillar type.

History

Java Edition
January 5, 2013					Jeb tweeted that nether quartz would be used for more decorative uses as well.
January 7, 2013					Jeb tweeted the first image about the nether quartz block.
January 9, 2013					Jeb released the textures for snapshot 13w02a early, which included the textures for the nether quartz block. This revealed there would be at least three variants: The standard block, a lines variant, and a chiseled variant. There are 7 textures for the blocks.
1.5		13w02a			Added blocks of quartz.
		13w03a			Pillar quartz blocks can now be placed sideways.
		13w04a			Added smooth quartz as an unobtainable variant of the quartz double slab.
1.13		17w47a			The different block states for the quartz_block ID have been split up into their own IDs.
					"Pillar Quartz Block" has been renamed to "Quartz Pillar".
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 155 and 43.
1.14		18w43a			Smooth quartz can now be obtained by smelting blocks of quartz.
					The textures of all quartz blocks have been changed.
		18w50a			The texture of quartz pillars has been changed, once again.
		19w08a			Smooth quartz now uses the bottom texture of normal quartz blocks, rather than the top texture.
		19w09a			Blocks of quartz now use the top texture on the bottom side instead of bottom texture. Changed from to
		19w13b			The texture of block of quartz has been changed, so it no longer bleeds into smooth quartz.
1.16		20w06a			"Smooth Quartz" has been renamed to "Smooth Quartz Block".
		20w15a			Added quartz bricks.
		20w16a			The texture of quartz bricks has been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
January 15, 2013					Jeb tweeted that he would add nether quartz blocks.
0.6.0					Added blocks of quartz, pillar quartz blocks, chiseled quartz blocks.
					Blocks of quartz, pillar quartz blocks and chiseled quartz blocks can be used to craft quartz stairs.
					Only blocks of quartz are currently craftable in survival.
0.7.3					Added quartz slabs, which are craftable using quartz blocks in survival.
0.7.4					Chiseled quartz block and pillar quartz are now craftable in survival.
0.11.0		build 1			Blocks of quartz can now be used to craft quartz stairs.
0.12.1		build 4			Pillar quartz blocks can now be placed sideways.
0.13.0		?			Chiseled quartz blocks can now be placed sideways.
?					Rotated versions of other quartz blocks now exist in the game due to how the game handles rotated quartz blocks. (Note that these screenshots do not use the textures that would have been current at the time.)
?					Sides-only versions of chiseled quartz and quartz pillars now exist.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Smooth quartz can now be obtained by smelting regular blocks of quartz.
					Smooth quartz can be used to craft smooth quartz slabs and stairs.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of blocks of quartz, pillar quartz blocks and smooth quartz blocks have been changed.
					Pillar quartz blocks are now renewable, due to it is sold by stone mason villagers for 1-2 emeralds.
?					The textures of chiseled quartz blocks have been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Pillar quartz blocks sold by stone mason villagers now cost one emerald.
		?			Chiseled quartz blocks can no longer be placed over the x and z axis. However, they still exist in the game and are accessible via /setblock.
1.12.0		beta 1.12.0.3			Trading has been changed, master-level stone mason villagers now sell blocks of quartz or pillar quartz.
?					Quartz pillars with the side texture on all faces has been removed, and replaced with the y axis aligned pillar.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Added quartz bricks.
		beta 1.16.0.63			The texture of quartz bricks has been changed.
Legacy Console Edition
TU14	CU1	1.04	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added blocks of quartz, pillar quartz blocks and chiseled quartz blocks.
					Blocks of quartz, pillar quartz blocks and chiseled quartz blocks are used to craftable quartz stairs and slabs.
		1.90			The textures of blocks of quartz, pillar quartz blocks and smooth quartz blocks have been changed.

Issues

Issues relating to "Block of Quartz", "Quartz Block", "Chiseled Quartz Block", "Pillar Quartz Block", or "Pillar Quartz" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• Because of the low blast resistance of regular quartz blocks, it may be preferable to use two quartz slabs or smooth quartz blocks when making fortifications using quartz.

Gallery

• 

  The first screenshot released about the quartz block.

• 

  An example of how quartz blocks can be used to simulate marble or limestone.

• 

  An example showing how pillar quartz blocks can be placed.

• 

  The second Redstone Update Pre-release Banner.

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  Formerly all blocks that can be rotated in Bedrock Edition, including both variants of quartz

• 

  Comparison of regular and smooth quartz underside textures in prior versions of Java and Bedrock edition.

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  An early Pocket Edition comparison of a double quartz slab and a block of quartz, mirroring the 1.14 situation.

See also

• Nether Quartz Ore

References

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