Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks
Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks

| Renewable |
Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance |
6 |
| Hardness |
1.5 |
| Luminous |
No |
| Transparent |
No |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
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Cracked polished blackstone bricks is the cracked variant of polished blackstone bricks.
Obtaining
Breaking
| Block | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 1.5 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 7.5 | |
| 1.15 | ||
| 0.6 | ||
|
0.45 | |
| 0.4 | ||
| 0.3 | ||
| 0.25 | ||
| 0.2 | ||
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
- ↑ These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Natural generation
Cracked polished blackstone bricks generate as part of bastion remnants and ruined portals in the Nether.
Smelting
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Polished Blackstone Bricks + Any fuel |
Usage
Cracked polished blackstone bricks are a decorative block and is not used in any crafting or smelting recipes.
Note blocks
Cracked polished blackstone bricks can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.
Sounds
stone sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
stone sound type | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.22 | 1.0 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
cracked_polished_blackstone_bricks | Block & Item | block |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cracked_polished_blackstone_bricks | 535 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile |
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.16 | 20w15a | ||||||
| 20w16a | Cracked polished blackstone bricks now generate in bastion remnants. | ||||||
| 1.17 | 21w07a | ||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | ||||||
| 1.17.10 | beta 1.17.10.20 | ||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Trivia
- "Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks" is the current longest name for a block tied with "Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate" (34 characters with spaces, 31 without).
- It briefly lost its place during development of Java Edition 1.17 in snapshot 20w45a, where it was surpassed by variants of the cut copper block:
- Waxed Lightly Weathered Cut Copper Stairs (41 characters with spaces, 36 without; in first place)
- Waxed Lightly Weathered Cut Copper Slab (39 characters with spaces, 34 without; in second place)
- Waxed Semi-Weathered Cut Copper Stairs (38 characters with spaces, 34 without; in third place)
- Waxed Semi-Weathered Cut Copper Slab (36 characters with spaces, 32 without; in fourth place)
- It regained its place in 21w05a.
- The record holders in Minecraft Education are "Hardened Light Blue Stained Glass Pane" and "Hardened Light Gray Stained Glass Pane" (both at 38 with spaces, 33 without).
- Throughout Minecraft's history, the longest named block is the Quadruple Compressed Poisonous Potato Block in the Java Edition 24w14potato snapshot with a length of 43 characters with spaces and 39 without.
- Lingering Potion of the Turtle Master currently holds the title of the longest item name (37 characters with spaces, 32 without).
- It is set to lose this position in the Fall Drop 2025, as the upcoming Waxed Weathered Copper Golem Statue (35 characters with spaces, 31 without) has the same number of non-space characters but one more space.
- It briefly lost its place during development of Java Edition 1.17 in snapshot 20w45a, where it was surpassed by variants of the cut copper block:
| Blackstone | |
|---|---|
| Polished | |
| Polished Brick | |