Gilded Blackstone

Gilded Blackstone

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

Gilded blackstone is a variant of blackstone that can drop itself or gold nuggets when mined.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Gilded blackstone generates as part of bastion remnants and can usually be found beneath bastion chests.

Breaking

Gilded blackstone requires a pickaxe to be mined, in which case it drops itself or gold nuggets. When mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. Gilded blackstone has a 10% chance to drop 2–5 gold nuggets when mined with any pickaxe. If it does not drop gold nuggets, it drops itself as a block. If a gilded blackstone is mined with a Silk Touch enchanted pickaxe, it always drops itself.

As with the drop chance of flint from gravel, the Fortune enchantment does not increase the amount dropped, but increases the chance of gold nuggets dropping. Fortune I increases the chance for this drop to 14.29% (¹⁄₇), Fortune II increases it to 25%, and Fortune III guarantees the golden nugget drop.

Block	Gilded Blackstone
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

Chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Gilded Blackstone	Bastion remnant	Hoglin stable chest	2–5	22.8%
		Treasure chest	5–15	33.7%
		Generic chest	1–5	44.1%
		Bridge chest	8–12	11.2%
Bedrock Edition
Gilded Blackstone	Bastion remnant	Hoglin stable chest	2–5	22.8%
		Treasure chest	5–15	33.7%
		Generic chest	1–5	44.1%
		Bridge chest	8–12	11.2%

Usage

Gilded blackstone is primarily used for decoration.

Piglins

Piglins are attracted to gilded blackstone and run toward any gilded blackstone on the ground, and inspect it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory.

Piglins become hostile toward players that break gilded blackstone.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.gilded_blackstone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	?	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.gilded_blackstone.fall	None	0.5	?	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.gilded_blackstone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	?	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.gilded_blackstone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	?	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.gilded_blackstone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	?	16

Bedrock Edition:^{[more information needed]}

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Resource location	Block tags (JE)	Item tags (JE)	Form	Translation key
Gilded Blackstone	gilded_blackstone	guarded_by_piglins	piglin_loved	Block & Item	block.minecraft.gilded_blackstone

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Resource location	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Gilded Blackstone	gilded_blackstone	536	Block & Item	tile.gilded_blackstone.name

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other platforms
		Oooh, shiny!	Distract a Piglin using gold.	Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player.	30G	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Nether	Give a piglin one of these 24 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag, while not wearing any golden armor: Bell Block of Gold Block of Raw Gold Clock Enchanted Golden Apple Gilded Blackstone Glistering Melon Slice Gold Ingot Gold Ore Golden Apple Golden Axe Golden Boots Golden Carrot Golden Chestplate Golden Helmet Golden Hoe Golden Horse Armor Golden Leggings Golden Pickaxe Golden Shovel Golden Sword Light Weighted Pressure Plate Nether Gold Ore Deepslate Gold Ore Raw Gold If this advancement is attempted while the player is wearing golden armor but piglin(s) are still aggressive toward them, the advancement does not trigger. Other gold-related items, if any, will not distract the piglin and thus will not trigger this advancement.	nether/distract_piglin

History

Java Edition
1.16		20w15a			Added gilded blackstone.
					Gilded blackstone can be obtained only through the creative inventory or commands.
		20w16a			Gilded blackstone can now naturally generate in bastion remnants or be found in its chests.
		20w17a			Gilded blackstone now uses the same sounds as nether quartz ore.
1.16.2		20w30a			Chests in bastion remnants are now more likely to be located on top of gilded blackstone.
					Increased the average yield of gilded blackstone from bastion remnant chests.
1.17		21w11a			Tweaked the gilded blackstone texture.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Added gilded blackstone.
1.17.0		beta 1.17.0.50			Tweaked the gilded blackstone texture.

Issues

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Trivia

• Gilded blackstone is not an ore, as it cannot be smelted.
• Gilded blackstone was named after Gilded Games, the studio behind The Aether mod.