Lodestone

Lodestone

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3.5
Hardness	3.5
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

A lodestone is a block that can be used to alter the point where compasses lead. It can be used in all three dimensions.

Obtaining

Breaking

Lodestone requires a pickaxe to be mined, in which case it drops itself. If mined without a pickaxe, then the mining is slower and it drops nothing.

Block	Lodestone
Hardness	3.5
Tool
Breaking time
Default	17.5
Wooden	2.65
Stone	1.35
Iron	0.9
Diamond	0.7
Netherite	0.6
Golden	0.45

Chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Lodestone	Bastion remnant	Bridge chest	1	100%
Bedrock Edition
Lodestone	Bastion remnant	Bridge chest	1	100%

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Lodestone	Chiseled Stone Bricks + Netherite Ingot

Usage

Lodestones cannot be pushed by pistons; however, they can be destroyed by the ender dragon.

Lodestone Compass

Using a compass on a lodestone causes the compass to point to the lodestone, indicated by an enchantment glint effect on the compass. This works even in the End and the Nether. If the lodestone is broken, or in a different dimension than the compass, then the compass will spin randomly, as ordinary compasses in the End and Nether do. If the lodestone is destroyed while a paired compass is in a chest, shulker box, item frame, armor stand, or any other storage item, the compass does not register that the lodestone is destroyed until the item is retrieved. Placing a lodestone back in the exact block as the original lodestone while the compass is still in a container prevents unpairing.

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.lodestone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.lodestone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.lodestone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	?	block.lodestone.place	?	1.0	1.0[check the code]	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.lodestone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16
	Lodestone Compass locks onto Lodestone	Items	?	item.lodestone_compass.lock	subtitles.item.lodestone_compass.lock	1.0	0.85, 0.85, 0.95, 0.95	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Lodestone	lodestone	block.minecraft.lodestone

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Lodestone	lodestone	477	tile.lodestone.name

Advancements

Main article: Advancement

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	Country Lode, Take Me Home	Use a compass on Lodestone	Hidden in the Depths	Have a lodestone compass in your inventory.	nether/use_lodestone

History

Java Edition
1.16		20w13a			Added lodestones.
		20w16a			Lodestones now generate in chests within bastion remnants.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Added lodestones.
					Lodestones are currently only available behind Experimental Gameplay.
					Lodestones generate in chests within bastion remnants.
		beta 1.16.0.63			Lodestones now have their own sounds.
					Lodestones are no longer behind Experimental Gameplay.

Issues

Issues relating to "Lodestone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• In reality, the lodestone is a naturally magnetized piece of the mineral magnetite, which can attract iron.

• Despite being made out of netherite, lodestones are not immune to fire and lava damage.

• The advancement "Country Lode, Take Me Home" is a reference to the lyrics of a song called "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver.

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