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Polished Blackstone

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	2
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (Java)	29 COLOR_BLACK

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

Obtaining

Breaking

Block	Polished Blackstone
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	10
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Netherite	0.35
Golden	0.25
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

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 ruined portals in the Nether.

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Blackstone	4

Usage

Note Blocks

Polished blackstone can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.

Sounds

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e stone sound type
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
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	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:

[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	[hide]Translation key
Polished Blackstone	polished_blackstone	Block & Item	block.minecraft.polished_blackstone

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Polished Blackstone	polished_blackstone	546	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.polished_blackstone.name

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.16			20w15a				Added polished blackstone.
			20w16a				Polished blackstone 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.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Added polished blackstone.
			beta 1.16.0.59				Polished blackstone now generate as part of ruined portals.
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.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Increased the hardness of polished blackstone from 1.5 to 2.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

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  A wall made of polished blackstone and its variants.