Diorite

Diorite

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	1.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (JE)	14 QUARTZ

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Diorite is a block of igneous rock, found in large pockets in the ground.

Obtaining

Breaking

Diorite can be mined using any pickaxe. If broken without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	Diorite
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	7.5
Wooden	1.15
Stone	0.6
Copper ​	0.45
Iron	0.4
Diamond	0.3
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

Diorite can generate in the Overworld in the form of ore blobs.

In Bedrock Edition, diorite attempts to generate in two batches in all biomes in the Overworld. The first batch generates 2 times per chunk in blobs of size 0-864, from elevations 0 to 60. The second batch has ¹⁄₆ chance to generate blobs of size 0-864, from elevation 64 to 128. In Bedrock Edition, diorite can replace stone, andesite, granite, polished andesite, polished diorite, and polished granite. In Java Edition, diorite can replace stone, andesite, granite, tuff, and deepslate.

Diorite generates in weaponsmith houses, tannery houses, and mason houses in snowy villages.

In Bedrock Edition, diorite generates in coral reefs, replacing some blocks of coral crust.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Cobblestone + Nether Quartz	2

Usage

Diorite has the same blast resistance as stone, meaning it can be used as a substitute for stone when building.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Andesite	+ Cobblestone	2
Diorite Slab		6
Diorite Stairs		4
Diorite Wall		6
Granite	+ Nether Quartz
Polished Diorite		4
Stonecutter	Iron Ingot +		Can use stone, granite, diorite, andesite, and their polished variants interchangeably.‌

Stonecutting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Diorite Slab		2
Diorite Stairs
Diorite Wall
Polished Diorite
Polished Diorite Slab		2
Polished Diorite Stairs

Trading

Villager	Probability		Villager wants	Player receives
	JE	BE
Journeyman Mason	29%	33%	16 ×	Emerald

Note blocks

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

Sounds

Java Edition:

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:

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	Translation key
Diorite	diorite	Block & Item	base_stone_overworld dripstone_replaceable_blocks lush_ground_replaceable moss_replaceable mineable/pickaxe stone_ore_replaceables	block.minecraft.diorite

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Diorite	diorite	stone / 3	847	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -592)	tile.stone.diorite.name

Video

History

Java Edition
1.8			14w02a				Added diorite.
			14w33a				Diorite can no longer be used to craft stone slabs.
July 11, 2018							Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of an updated diorite texture.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of diorite has been changed.
							Diorite can now be used to craft diorite stairs, slabs and walls.
			18w44a				The texture of diorite has been changed. Small adjustments have been made to diorite's texture.
			19w08a				The texture of diorite has been changed, once again.
			19w11a				Diorite is now bought by villagers of the new mason profession.
1.16			20w07a				As piglins may now barter gold ingots for nether quartz (one of the crafting ingredients for diorite, alongside cobblestone) and cobblestone and gold ingots both being renewable sources), unpolished diorite is now also renewable.
1.17			21w06a				The height limit was expanded down to Y=-64. Diorites are temporary generating from Y=-64 instead of Y=0.
			21w07a				Diorite blobs are now larger and more spherical, but less common.
							Diorite is no longer able to generate below Y=0.
			21w15a				The changes to diorite generation in the 1.17 snapshots have been reverted, but they can be re-enabled with the Caves & Cliffs Prototype Data Pack.
1.18			Experimental Snapshot 1				Diorite once again generates how it did in the 1.17 snapshots without the use of a data pack.
			experimental snapshot 4				Diorite blobs are less likely to generate on the surface.
							Strips of diorite sometimes generate in stone shores.
			21w37a				Strips of diorite no longer generate in stone shores.[1]
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0			build 1				Added diorite.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.14.2				Diorite can now generate as part of coral reefs.
1.9.0			beta 1.9.0.0				Diorite can now be used to craft diorite stairs, slabs and walls.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of diorite have been changed.
							Diorite now generates in the brand new snowy tundra villages.
							Diorite can now be sold to stone mason villagers.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.4				Trading has been changed, stone mason villagers now have a 1⁄3 chance to buy 16 diorite.
			beta 1.11.0.5				The texture of diorite has been changed, again.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Diorite trades changed to match Java edition.
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.230.56				If the Caves & Cliffs experimental gameplay toggle is enabled, diorite blobs are now larger and more spherical, but less common.
1.17.0			?				Diorite blobs are now unintentionally larger regardless of experimental gameplay.[2]
1.17.2							The size of diorite blobs has been corrected.
1.18.0			beta 1.18.0.20				Removed “Caves and Cliffs” experimental toggle. New diorite generation are now available through normal gameplay.
							Diorite blobs are now expected to be less likely to generate on the surface, but they generate in a wrong way.
			beta 1.18.0.21				Now diorite blobs generate as expected.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Added diorite.
TU57	CU49	1.57	1.56	1.56	Patch 27	1.0.7	Diorite can now be used to craft stone slabs, redstone repeaters, and redstone comparators.
			1.88				Diorite can no longer be used to craft stone slabs.
							Diorite can now be used to craft diorite stairs, slabs and walls.
			1.90				The textures of diorite have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added diorite.

Data history

Java Edition
1.8			14w02a				The newly-implemented granite, andesite and , as well as the polished versions for each, use stone's ID and are distinguished using metadata.
			14w06a				Stone now uses the newly-implemented model json file models/block/cube.json; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself.
			14w10a				Stone with numerical metadata variants 7 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have no model rather than appearing identical to stone.
			14w25a				Stone and its variants are now defined via block states rather than by numerical metadata. Prior to this version, the numerical metadata variants of stone were as follows: DV Description 0 Stone 1 Granite 2 Polished Granite 3 4 Polished Diorite 5 Andesite 6 Polished Andesite 7-15 Inaccessible "boring" variants of stone
			14w26a				Stone with metadata values 7 through 15 have now been completely removed from the game.
1.13			17w47a				The different block states for the stone ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
							Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 1.
Bedrock Edition
1.20.50			Preview 1.20.50.20				The different block states for the stone ID have now been split up into their own IDs.

Issues

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

Trivia

• In the real world, diorite comes from underground magma chambers that turned cold. Diorite usually has a salt & pepper appearance.
  • Andesite is diorite's above-ground equivalent: The two rocks come from the same kind of magma, but andesite forms in lava flows. Its fast cooling is what makes it look smoother than diorite.
  • Granite is another magma chamber rock, but it's made of more quartz crystals. That is why in Minecraft, granite can be crafted by combining diorite and nether quartz.
• In the real world, diorite is an extremely hard rock and is difficult to carve and work with.
• In Minecraft: Story Mode, Reuben's grave on Episode 4 is made out of diorite and a new stair variant of it which cannot be found in Minecraft until the Village & Pillage update, which was announced roughly 3 years after Episode 4. It is unknown whether diorite slabs are present.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  Naturally generated diorite in a forest.
• 
  Naturally generated diorite and other counterparts in a cave.
• 
  Naturally generated diorite and other counterparts in a mountain.
• 
  A burning skull made of diorite.

See also

• Andesite
• Granite
• Stone

References

External links

• Block of the Week: Diorite – Minecraft.net on April 13, 2018

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