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Polished Blackstone Button

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	JE: No BE: Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

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A polished blackstone button is a variant of the button that shares many common properties with stone buttons. Like stone buttons, a polished blackstone button is a non-solid block that produces a temporary redstone signal when pressed.

Obtaining

Breaking

A polished blackstone button is most easily broken with a pickaxe. It drops itself as an item when broken using any tool.

Block	Polished Blackstone Button
Hardness	0.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	0.75
Wooden	0.4
Stone	0.2
Iron	0.15
Diamond	0.1
Netherite	0.1
Golden	0.1
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

A button is removed and drops as an item if:

• its attachment block is moved, removed, or destroyed.
• water or lava flows into its space.‌
• a piston tries to push it or moves a block into its space.

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Polished Blackstone

Usage

Placement

Buttons can be placed by using it on a surface.

They can be attached to the side, bottom and top of any full opaque block.

If placed on the top or bottom of a block, the button can face any direction.‌

It can also be attached to the top of a fence in Bedrock Edition.

More information about placement on transparent blocks can be found at Opacity/Placement.

Redstone power

A button can be used as a monostable redstone power source (it automatically deactivates shortly after being activated).

Buttons are usually in an inactive state, but can be temporarily activated by players. A polished blackstone button can be activated by a player using it. Mobs cannot activate buttons directly.

When activated, a polished blackstone button remains active for exactly 1 second (10 redstone ticks; 20 game ticks).

While active, a button:

• powers any adjacent redstone dust to power level 15, including beneath the button
• powers any adjacent redstone comparators or redstone repeaters facing away from the button to power level 15
• strongly powers its attachment block to power level 15
• activates any adjacent mechanism components, including above or below, such as pistons, redstone lamps, etc.

When a button changes state it provides a redstone update to all redstone components adjacent to itself (including above and below), and to all redstone components adjacent to its attachment block.

Sounds

Generic

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

Unique

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Button clicks	Blocks	When a polished blackstone button deactivates	block.stone_button.click_off	subtitles.block.button.click​	0.3	0.5	16
	​Button clicks	Blocks	When a polished blackstone button activates	block.stone_button.click_on	subtitles.block.button.click​	0.3	0.6	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a polished blackstone button deactivates	random.lever_click	0.3	0.5
	Blocks	When a polished blackstone button activates	random.lever_click	0.3	0.6

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	[hide]Translation key
Polished Blackstone Button	polished_blackstone_button	Block & Item	buttons	buttons	block.minecraft.polished_blackstone_button

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Polished Blackstone Button	polished_blackstone_button	551	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.polished_blackstone_button.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	[hide]Description
face	wall	ceiling floor wall	The face of the block it's placed on. Floor is on top of a block, ceiling is on the bottom, and wall is on one of its sides.
facing	north	east north south west	The direction it's facing. Opposite to the direction the player is facing if placed on the side of a block.
powered	false	false true	If true, the button is currently activated.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	[hide]Description
button_pressed_bit	0x8	false	false true	0 1	If the button is currently activated.
facing_direction	0x1 0x2 0x4	0	0 1 2 3 4 5	0 1 2 3 4 5	The direction it's facing. 0: Button on block bottom facing down 1: Button on block top facing up 2: Button on block side facing north 3: Button on block side facing south 4: Button on block side facing west 5: Button on block side facing east

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.16			20w15a				Added polished blackstone buttons.
1.16.2			20w28a				Polished blackstone buttons are now renewable as piglins have an 8.71% chance to give 8-16 blackstone during bartering.
1.20			23w14a				UV texture map of polished blackstone button has been changed, the front texture of polished blackstone button is no longer mirrored.
			23w16a				Polished blackstone button now breaks in the same time as other buttons.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Added polished blackstone buttons.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.20				Polished blackstone buttons no longer require a pickaxe to drop themselves and are faster to mine with any improper tool.

Issues

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

Java Edition

• No open issues found.

Bedrock Edition

• No open issues found.