Polished Blackstone Bricks

Polished Blackstone Bricks

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

Polished blackstone bricks are a decorative version of polished blackstone.

Cracked polished blackstone bricks is the cracked version of polished blackstone bricks.

Obtaining

Breaking

Block	Polished Blackstone Bricks Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks
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

Natural generation

Both variants generate as part of bastion remnants and ruined portals.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Polished Blackstone	4

Smelting

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks	Polished Blackstone Bricks + Any fuel	0.1

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Polished Blackstone Brick Slab	Polished Blackstone Bricks	6
Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs	Polished Blackstone Bricks	4
Polished Blackstone Brick Wall	Polished Blackstone Bricks	6

Stonecutting

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Polished Blackstone Brick Slab	Polished Blackstone Bricks	2
Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs	Polished Blackstone Bricks
Polished Blackstone Brick Wall	Polished Blackstone Bricks

Note Blocks

Polished blackstone bricks and cracked polished blackstone bricks 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 Bricks	polished_blackstone_bricks	block.minecraft.polished_blackstone_bricks
Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks	cracked_polished_blackstone_bricks	block.minecraft.cracked_polished_blackstone_bricks

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Polished Blackstone Bricks	polished_blackstone_bricks	tile.polished_blackstone_bricks.name
Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks	cracked_polished_blackstone_bricks	tile.cracked_polished_blackstone_bricks.name

History

Java Edition
1.16		20w15a			Added polished blackstone bricks and cracked polished blackstone bricks.
		20w16a			Polished blackstone bricks and cracked polished blackstone bricks now generate in bastion remnants.
					Polished blackstone bricks can now generate as part of ruined portals.
1.16.2		20w28a			Polished blackstone bricks are 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 bricks and cracked polished blackstone bricks.

Trivia

• Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks is the fifth longest name for a block, tied with Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate (34 characters with spaces, 31 without)
  • It had longest name from its introduction in the Java Edition 1.16 snapshot 20w15a until the Java Edition 1.17 snapshot 20w45a where it was surpassed by variants of the Copper Block:
    • Waxed Lightly Weathered Cut Copper Stairs (41 characters with spaces, 36 without in first place)
    • Waxed Lightly Weathered Cut Copper Slab (39 characters with spaces, 34 without in second place)
    • Waxed Semi-Weathered Cut Copper Stairs (38 characters with spaces, 34 without in third place)
    • Waxed Semi-Weathered Cut Copper Slab (36 characters with spaces, 32 without in fourth place)

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