Renewable |
Yes |
---|---|
Stackable |
Yes (64) |
Tool | |
Blast resistance |
6 |
Hardness |
1.5 |
Luminant |
No |
Transparent |
No |
Flammable |
No |
Catches fire from lava |
No |
Diorite is a block of igneous rock, found in large pockets in the ground.
Polished diorite is the polished version of diorite.
Obtaining[]
Natural generation[]
Diorite can generate in the Overworld in the form of blobs.
In Bedrock Edition, Diorite attempts to generate in two batches in all biomes in the Overworld. The first batch generate 2 times per chunk in blobs of size 0-862, from elevations 0 to 60. The second batch has 1⁄6 chance to generate blobs of size 0-862, from elevation 64 to 128. Diorite can replace stone, andesite, and granite. In Java Edition, diorite only attempts to generate twice per chunk and only at level zero or above. However, the blobs are size 0-862. Diorite can replace stone, granite, andesite, tuff, and deepslate.
Diorite generates in weaponsmith houses, tannery houses, and mason houses in snowy tundra villages.
In Bedrock Edition, diorite generates in coral reefs, replacing some blocks of coral crust.
Polished diorite also generates in warm underwater ruins.
Breaking[]
Diorite can be mined using any pickaxe. If broken without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.
Block | Diorite Polished Diorite | |
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Hardness | 1.5 | |
Tool | ||
Breaking time[A] | ||
Default | 7.5 | |
Wooden | 1.15 | |
Stone | 0.6 | |
Iron | 0.4 | |
Diamond | 0.3 | |
Netherite | 0.25 | |
Golden | 0.2 |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Crafting[]
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Diorite | Cobblestone + Nether Quartz |
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Polished Diorite | Diorite |
Stonecutting[]
Name | Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
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Polished Diorite | Diorite |
Trading[]
Journeyman-level stone mason villagers have a 2⁄7 chance to sell 4 polished diorite for an emerald.
Usage[]
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.
Crafting ingredient[]
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
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Andesite | Diorite + Cobblestone |
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Diorite Slab or Polished Diorite Slab |
Diorite or Polished Diorite |
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Diorite Stairs or Polished Diorite Stairs |
Diorite or Polished Diorite |
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Diorite Wall | Diorite | ||
Granite | Diorite + Nether Quartz |
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Stonecutter | Iron Ingot + Diorite or Polished Diorite |
Can use stone and its three other variants interchangeably.[Bedrock Edition only] |
Stonecutting[]
Name | Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
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Diorite Slab or Diorite Stairs or Diorite Wall or Polished Diorite or Polished Diorite Slab or Polished Diorite Stairs |
Diorite | |
Polished Diorite Slab or Polished Diorite Stairs |
Polished Diorite |
Trading[]
Journeyman-level stone mason villagers have a 2⁄7 chance to buy 16 diorite for an emerald.
Note Blocks[]
Diorite and polished diorite can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.
Sounds[]
Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
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Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block.stone.break | subtitles.block.generic.break | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
None[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.stone.fall | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block.stone.hit | subtitles.block.generic.hit | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | 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 |
Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
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Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig.stone | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall.stone | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit.stone | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
? | Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump.stone | 0.12 | 1.0 |
? | Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land.stone | 0.22 | 1.0 |
Blocks | Walking on the block | step.stone | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
Blocks | When the block is placed | use.stone | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Data values[]
ID[]
Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Translation key |
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Diorite | diorite | Block & Item | base_stone_overworld dripstone_replaceable_blocks lush_ground_replaceable moss_replaceable mineable/pickaxe stone_ore_replaceables | block.minecraft.diorite |
Polished Diorite | polished_diorite | Block & Item | mineable/pickaxe | block.minecraft.polished_diorite |
Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
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Diorite | stone | 1 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.stone.diorite.name tile.stone.dioriteSmooth.name |
Block states[]
Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
stone_type | 0x1 0x2 0x4 | stone
| stone | 0 | Stone |
granite | 1 | Granite | |||
granite_smooth | 2 | Polished Granite | |||
diorite | 3 | Diorite | |||
diorite_smooth | 4 | Polished Diorite | |||
andesite | 5 | Andesite | |||
andesite_smooth | 6 | Polished Andesite |
History[]
Java Edition | |||||
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1.8 | 14w02a | ![]() ![]() | |||
14w33a | Diorite and polished diorite can no longer be used to craft stone slabs. | ||||
1.13 | 18w09a | Polished diorite now generates in underwater ruins. | |||
July 11, 2018 | ![]() | ||||
1.14 | 18w43a | ![]() | |||
18w44a | ![]() | ||||
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19w08a | ![]() | ||||
19w11a | Diorite is now bought by villagers of the new mason profession. | ||||
Polished diorite is now sold by villagers of the new mason profession, and thus have become renewable. | |||||
1.16 | 20w07a | As piglins may now barter gold ingots for quartz (one of the crafting ingredients for diorite, alongside cobblestone) and cobblestone and gold ingots both being renewable sources), unpolished diorite is now also renewable. | |||
1.17 | 21w06a | Diorite is now able to generate below Y=0. | |||
21w07a | Diorite blobs are now larger and more spherical, but less common. | ||||
Diorite is no longer able to generate below Y=0. | |||||
21w15a | The changes to diorite generation in the 1.17 snapshots have been reverted, but they can be re-enabled with the Caves & Cliffs Prototype Data Pack. | ||||
1.18 | Experimental Snapshot 1 | Diorite once again generates how it did in the 1.17 snapshots without the use of a data pack. | |||
experimental snapshot 4 | Diorite blobs are less likely to generate on the surface. | ||||
Strips of diorite sometimes generate in stone shores. | |||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.9.0 | build 1 | ![]() ![]() | |||
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 | ![]() ![]() | |||
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 | ![]() | ||||
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. | |||
1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Diorite trades changed to match Java edition. | |||
1.17.0 | beta 1.16.230.56 | If the Caves & Cliffs experimental gameplay toggle is enabled, diorite blobs are now larger and more spherical, but less common. | |||
? | Diorite blobs are now unintentionally larger regardless of experimental gameplay.[1] | ||||
1.17.2 | The size of diorite blobs has been corrected. | ||||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | ![]() ![]() | |
PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
1.90 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() ![]() |
Data history[]
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1.8 | 14w10a | Stone with numerical metadata variants 7 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have no model ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14w25a | Stone and its variants are now defined via block states rather than by numerical metadata. Prior to this version, the numerical metadata variants of stone were as follows:
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14w26a | Stone with metadata values 7 through 15 have now been completely removed from the game. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.13 | 17w47a | The different block states for the stone ID have been split up into their own IDs.
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Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 1 and had data values of 3 and 4. |
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Diorite" or "Polished Diorite" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[]
- Diorite rock comes from underground magma pockets that turned cold. Diorite usually has a salt & pepper appearance.
- Andesite is diorite's above-ground equivalent: The two rocks come from the same kind of magma, but andesite forms in lava flows. Its fast cooling is what makes it look smoother than diorite.
- Granite is another magma-pocket rock, but it's made of more quartz crystals. That would be why crafting diorite blocks with Nether quartz yields granite blocks.
- Diorite is an extremely hard rock and is 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 roughly 3 years after Episode 4. It is unknown whether diorite slabs are present.
Gallery[]
Java Edition[]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ MCPE-130185 – "Andesite and Diorite are excessively generated throughout the world" – resolved as "Fixed"