Polished Basalt

Polished basalt is the polished version of basalt and can be found as part of ancient cities and bastion remnants.

Polished Basalt

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  Polished Basalt (UD)

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  Polished Basalt (EW)

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  Polished Basalt (NS)

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	4.2
Hardness	1.25
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (JE)	29 COLOR_BLACK

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Obtaining

Breaking

Polished basalt drops as an item if mined by any pickaxe. If mined by any other tool, it drops nothing.

Block	Polished Basalt
Hardness	1.25
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	6.25
Wooden	0.95
Stone	0.5
Iron	0.35
Diamond	0.25
Netherite	0.25
Golden	0.2
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

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

Polished basalt can be found naturally as part of ancient cities and bastion remnants.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Polished Basalt	Basalt	4

Stonecutting

Name	Ingredients	[hide]Cutting recipe
Polished Basalt	Basalt

Usage

Polished basalt points perpendicular to whatever block face they are placed on.

Note blocks

Polished basalt can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sounds

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e basalt sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.basalt.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.basalt.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.basalt.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.basalt.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.basalt.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e basalt sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.basalt	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.basalt	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.basalt	0.23	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.basalt	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.basalt	0.19	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.basalt	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.basalt	0.14	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	[hide]Translation key
Polished Basalt	polished_basalt	Block & Item	mineable/pickaxe	block.minecraft.polished_basalt

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Polished Basalt	polished_basalt	490	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.polished_basalt.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	[hide]Description
axis	y	x	The basalt is oriented east–west.
		y	The basalt is oriented vertically.
		z	The basalt is oriented north–south.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	[hide]Description
pillar_axis	0x1 0x2	y	x	1	The basalt is oriented east–west.
			y	0	The basalt is oriented vertically.
			z	2	The basalt is oriented north–south.

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.16			20w12a				Added polished basalt.
							Polished basalt can currently be obtained only by smelting the normal basalt block.
			20w13a				Basalt can no longer be smelted into polished basalt.
							Polished basalt can now be obtained by crafting 4 blocks of basalt in a 2×2 grid or stonecutting it, similar to other polished stones.
			20w16a				Polished basalt now generates as part of bastion remnants.
1.19			Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1				Polished basalt now generates as part of ancient cities.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Added polished basalt.
			beta 1.16.0.57				Polished basalt now generates as part of bastion remnants.
			beta 1.16.0.59				Crafting polished basalt now gives the correct amount of blocks in return.
							Polished basalt can now be crafted using a stonecutter.
1.18.30 Experiment Wild Update			beta 1.18.30.32				Polished basalt now generates as part of ancient cities.

Issues

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