Gilded Blackstone

Gilded Blackstone

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	1.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (JE)	29 COLOR_BLACK

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Gilded blackstone is a variant of blackstone found exclusively in bastion remnants, that can drop itself or gold nuggets when mined.

Obtaining

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 gold nugget drop.

Block	Gilded Blackstone
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	7.5
Wooden	1.15
Stone	0.6
Iron	0.4
Diamond	0.3
Netherite	0.25
Golden	0.2
Options
Efficiency	0
Haste	0 JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Gilded blackstone generates as part of bastion remnants, replacing some of the blackstone in the structure; they can also be found beneath bastion remnants chests.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	[hide]Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Gilded Blackstone	Bastion Remnant	Hoglin stable chest	2–5	22.8% { "item": "Gilded Blackstone", "stacksize": "2–5", "chance": 0.22793887963348602, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
		Treasure chest	5–15	33.7% { "item": "Gilded Blackstone", "stacksize": "5–15", "chance": 0.33668648071940255, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
		Generic chest	1–5	44.1% { "item": "Gilded Blackstone", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.44077588319736705, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
		Bridge chest	8–12	11.2% { "item": "Gilded Blackstone", "stacksize": "8–12", "chance": 0.11242603550295849, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }

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:

[hide] v t e gilded_blackstone sound type
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	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.gilded_blackstone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.gilded_blackstone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.gilded_blackstone.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.gilded_blackstone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e stone sound type
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
	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

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	[hide]Translation key
Gilded Blackstone	gilded_blackstone	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins	piglin_loved	block.minecraft.gilded_blackstone

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Gilded Blackstone	gilded_blackstone	536	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.gilded_blackstone.name

Achievements

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

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag:[hide] The player must not be wearing any gold armor. Other gold-related items do not distract the piglin and do not trigger this advancement.

History

[hide]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 remnants chests.
1.17			21w11a				Tweaked the gilded blackstone texture.
[hide]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

Issues relating to "Gilded Blackstone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Java Edition

• MC-225298 – Gilded blackstone uses nether ore sounds

Bedrock Edition

• MCPE-74881 – Gilded Blackstone doesn't have the new sounds
• MCPE-98005 – Gilded Blackstone doesn't generate frequently under loot chests in the Bastion Remnants.

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.

Gallery

Mojang screenshots

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  Render of gilded blackstone used on Minecraft.net.

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External links

• "Block of the Month: Gilded Blackstone" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, May 17, 2023.