Polished Blackstone

For the brick variant, see Polished Blackstone Bricks.

Polished Blackstone

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	Polished Blackstone: 2 Chiseled Polished Blackstone: 1.5
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Polished blackstone is the stone-like polished version of blackstone.

Chiseled polished blackstone is the chiseled version of polished blackstone.

Obtaining

Breaking

Block	Polished Blackstone	Chiseled Polished Blackstone
Hardness	2	1.5
Tool
Breaking time
Default	10	7.5
Wooden	1.5	1.15
Stone	0.75	0.6
Iron	0.5	0.4
Diamond	0.4	0.3
Netherite	0.35	0.25
Golden	0.25	0.2

Natural generation

Polished blackstone can generate as part of bastion remnants.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Polished Blackstone	Blackstone	4
Chiseled Polished Blackstone	Polished Blackstone Slab

Usage

Polished blackstone can be used to craft polished blackstone bricks.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Polished Blackstone Button	Polished Blackstone
Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate	Polished Blackstone
Polished Blackstone Bricks	Polished Blackstone	4
Polished Blackstone Slab	Polished Blackstone	6
Polished Blackstone Stairs	Polished Blackstone	4
Polished Blackstone Wall	Polished Blackstone	6

Stonecutting

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

Note Blocks

Polished blackstone can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.

Sounds

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

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Polished Blackstone	polished_blackstone	block.minecraft.polished_blackstone
Chiseled Polished Blackstone	chiseled_polished_blackstone	block.minecraft.chiseled_polished_blackstone

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Polished Blackstone	polished_blackstone	tile.polished_blackstone.name
Chiseled Polished Blackstone	chiseled_polished_blackstone	tile.chiseled_polished_blackstone.name

History

Java Edition
1.16		20w15a			Added polished blackstone and chiseled polished blackstone.
		20w16a			Polished blackstone and chiseled polished blackstone now generate in bastion remnants.
					Polished blackstone and chiseled polished blackstone can now generate as part of ruined portals.
1.16.2		20w28a			Polished blackstone is now renewable as piglins have an 8.71% chance to trade 8-16 blackstone during bartering.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Added polished blackstone and chiseled polished blackstone.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Similarly to chiseled sandstone, red sandstone, and nether bricks, chiseled polished blackstone has a face/symbol in its texture - in this case, a piglin snout.

Blocks

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