Diorite

Diorite

Transparent	No
Luminant	No
Blast resistance	6
Tool
Renewable	Diorite: No [until 1.16] Polished Diorite: Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

	“	Which of Minecraft's blocks is found all over the Overworld, looks a bit like a cross between cobblestone and quartz, and sounds like something you'd yell while hacking at a zombie invading your house? Conveniently enough, it's our Block of the Week: Diorite!	„
		— Duncan Geere

Diorite is a type of igneous rock.

Polished diorite is the polished version of diorite.

Occurrence

Natural generation

Diorite generates in coral reefs, replacing some blocks of coral crust.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Polished diorite also generate in warm underwater ruins.

Diorite generates in weaponsmith houses, tannery houses, and mason houses in snowy tundra villages.

Mineral veins

Diorite can generate in the Overworld in the form of mineral veins. Diorite attempts to generate 10 times per chunk in veins of size 33, from altitudes 0 to 80, in all biomes.

Obtaining

Loot

From block loot

Diorite can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Namespaced ID	Source	Incorrect tool	Correct tool
blocks/diorite	Diorite	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/polished_diorite	Polished Diorite	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)

Recipes

From stonecutting

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Polished Diorite	Diorite

From trading

Apprentice-level stone mason villagers have a ¹⁄₄ chance to sell 4 polished diorite for an emerald as part of their trades.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Journeyman-level stone mason villagers have a ¹⁄₃ chance to sell 4 polished diorite for an emerald.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Usage

Info

Diorite is currently used only for decoration. It has the same blast resistance as stone, meaning it can be used as a substitute for stone when building.

Breaking

Diorite can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	Diorite Polished Diorite
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time
Default	7.5
Wooden	1.15
Stone	0.6
Iron	0.4
Diamond	0.3
Netherite	0.25
Golden	0.2

Block loot

Namespaced ID	Source	Incorrect tool	Correct tool
blocks/diorite	Diorite	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/polished_diorite	Polished Diorite	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)

Trading

Journeyman-level stone mason villagers have a ¹⁄₃ chance to buy 16 diorite for an emerald.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Subtitle 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	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
Diorite	diorite	block.minecraft.diorite
Polished Diorite	polished_diorite	block.minecraft.polished_diorite

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Diorite	diorite	1	?

Block states

See also: Block states

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
stone_type	stone	stone	Stone
		granite	Granite
		granite_smooth	Polished Granite
		diorite	Diorite
		diorite_smooth	Polished Diorite
		andesite	Andesite
		andesite_smooth	Polished Andesite

Block data

Main article: data values

In Bedrock Edition, diorite uses the following data values:

	DV	Description
	0	Stone
	1	Granite
	2	Polished Granite
	3	Diorite
	4	Polished Diorite
	5	Andesite
	6	Polished Andesite

History

Java Edition
1.8		14w02a			Added diorite and polished diorite.
		14w33a			Diorite and polished diorite can no longer be used to craft stone slabs.
1.13		17w47a			The different block states for the stone ID have been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 1 and had data values of 3 and 4.
		18w09a			Polished diorite now generates in underwater ruins.
July 11, 2018					Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of an updated diorite texture.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of diorite has been changed.
		18w44a			The texture of diorite has been changed. Small adjustments have been made to diorite's texture.
					The texture of polished diorite has been changed.
		19w08a			The texture of diorite has been changed, once again.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.16		20w07a			As piglins may now barter gold ingots for nether quartz (one of the crafting ingredients for diorite, alongside cobblestone) and cobblestone and gold ingots both being renewable sources), diorite is now renewable.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.9.0		build 1			Added diorite and polished diorite.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Polished diorite can now be found in igloo basements under carpets.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Diorite can now generate as part of coral reefs.
		beta 1.2.20.1			Polished diorite now generates in underwater ruins.
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Diorite can now be used to craft diorite stairs, slabs and walls.
					Polished diorite can now be used to craft polished diorite stairs and slabs.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of diorite and polished diorite have been changed.
					Diorite now generates in the brand new snowy tundra villages.
					Diorite can now be sold to stone mason villagers.
					Polished diorite can now be obtained from trading with stone mason villagers.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Trading has been changed, stone mason villagers now have a 1⁄3 chance to buy 16 diorite and 1⁄3 chance to sell 14 polished diorite for an emerald.
		beta 1.11.0.5			The texture of diorite has been changed, again.
1.12.0		beta 1.12.0.3			Trading has been changed, once again. Apprentice-level stone mason villagers now have a 25% chance to sell 4 polished diorite.
Legacy Console Edition
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Added diorite and polished diorite.
		1.90			The textures of diorite and polished diorite have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added diorite and polished diorite.

Issues

Issues relating to "Diorite" or "Polished Diorite" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• In real life, diorite is an intrusive igneous rock, meaning that it is formed from magma (thus igneous) that has cooled and turned into the rock below the surface of the earth (thus intrusive).
• Diorite's extrusive equivalent is andesite, meaning that andesite and diorite are made of the same minerals, but andesite rocks are formed outside the earth instead.
  • In other words, diorite is rock formed from cooled magma, and andesite is rock formed from cooled lava.
• Diorite is composed mainly of feldspar and small amounts of quartz and other minerals. It is an extremely hard rock and difficult to carve and work with.
• In Minecraft: Story Mode, Reuben's grave on Episode 4 is made out of diorite and a new stair variant of it which cannot be found in Minecraft until the Village & Pillage update, which was announced months after Episode 4. It is unknown whether diorite slabs are present.

Gallery

• 

  Naturally generated diorite in a forest.

• 

  Naturally generated diorite and other counterparts in a cave.

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  Naturally generated diorite and other counterparts in a mountain.

Java Edition

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  Polished granite as seen in the "Bountiful Update" screenshot released by Mojang

See also

• Andesite
• Granite

References

Blocks

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