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
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

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

Chiseled polished blackstone is the chiseled variation 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

Polished blackstone has a slightly higher hardness (thus takes slightly longer to break) than its chiseled variant.

Natural generation

Polished blackstone can generate as part of bastion remnants and ruined portals in the Nether.

Crafting

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

Usage

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

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	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
	None	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Polished Blackstone	polished_blackstone	Block & Item	block.minecraft.polished_blackstone
Chiseled Polished Blackstone	chiseled_polished_blackstone	Block & Item	block.minecraft.chiseled_polished_blackstone

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Polished Blackstone	polished_blackstone	546	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.polished_blackstone.name
Chiseled Polished Blackstone	chiseled_polished_blackstone	534	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	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 give 8-16 blackstone during bartering.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Added polished blackstone and chiseled polished blackstone.
1.16.100		beta 1.16.100.54			Polished blackstone is now renewable as piglins have an 8.71% chance to give 8-16 blackstone during bartering.

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, nether bricks and deepslate, chiseled polished blackstone has a face/symbol in its texture - in this case, a piglin snout.

Gallery

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  A wall made of polished blackstone and its variants.