Lodestone

Lodestone

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3.5
Hardness	3.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (JE)	6 METAL

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A lodestone is a block that can be used to alter compasses to point toward it.

Obtaining

Breaking

Lodestones require a pickaxe to be mined, in which case it drops itself. If mined without a pickaxe, then the mining is slower and it drops nothing.

Block
Hardness	3.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	17.5
Wooden	2.65
Stone	1.35
Copper ​	1.05
Iron	0.9
Diamond	0.7
Netherite	0.6
Golden	0.45
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

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
	Bastion Remnant	Bridge chest	1	100% { "item": "Lodestone", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 1, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
	Ruined Portal	Chest	1–2	66.7% { "item": "Lodestone", "stacksize": "1–2", "chance": 0.6666666666666667, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Chiseled Stone Bricks + Iron Ingot

Usage

Lodestone Compass

Using a compass on a lodestone causes the compass to point to the lodestone, indicated by an enchantment glint effect on the compass. This works even in the End and the Nether. If the lodestone is broken, or in a different dimension, then the compass spins randomly, as ordinary compasses in the End and Nether do. If the lodestone is destroyed while a paired compass is in a chest, shulker box, item frame, armor stand, or any other storage item, the compass does not register that the lodestone is destroyed until the item is retrieved. Placing a lodestone back in the exact place as the original lodestone while the compass is still in a container prevents unpairing.

Piston interactivity

Lodestones cannot be pushed by pistons. They also cannot be pushed nor pulled by sticky pistons. It is one of the few blocks with that property that can be destroyed by explosions.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

v t e lodestone 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.lodestone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.3	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

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Lodestone	lodestone	Block & Item	block.minecraft.lodestone

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Lodestone	lodestone	477	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.lodestone.name

In Bedrock Edition, a lodestone has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	Lodestone

Block data

In Bedrock Edition, a lodestone has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Country Lode, Take Me Home	Use a Compass on a	—

History

Java Edition
1.16			20w13a				Added lodestones.
							The block was crafted with eight chiseled stone bricks and one netherite ingot. Recipe
			20w16a				Lodestones now generate in chests within bastion remnants.
			20w20a				Players now get the advancement "Country Lode, Take Me Home" when using a compass on a lodestone.
1.21.5			25w02a				Lodestones now generate in chests within ruined portals.
							Changed crafting recipe to require an iron ingot instead of a netherite ingot, making them renewable. Recipe
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay			beta 1.16.0.57				Added lodestones.
							Lodestones are currently available only in Experimental Gameplay.
							Lodestones generate in chests within bastion remnants.
							The block was crafted with eight chiseled stone bricks and one netherite ingot. Recipe
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.63				Lodestones now have their own sounds.
							Lodestones are no longer behind Experimental Gameplay.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Increased the hardness and blast resistance of lodestones from 2 to 3.5.
1.21.60 Experiment Drop 1 2025			Preview 1.21.60.25				Lodestones now generate in chests within ruined portals.
							Changed crafting recipe to require an iron ingot instead of a netherite ingot, making them renewable. Recipe
1.21.70			Preview 1.21.70.23				All features behind the "Drop 1 2025" experimental toggle have now been fully implemented.

Issues

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

Trivia

• In reality, a lodestone is a naturally magnetized piece of the mineral magnetite, which can attract iron.
• The advancement "Country Lode, Take Me Home" is a reference to the lyrics of the song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver.

Gallery

Mojang images

• 
  A lodestone as seen in the 20w13a promotional image.
• 
  Screenshot of the new lodestone crafting recipe.

In other media

• 
  A teaser post by Mojang featuring this cryptic caption: "🪨🪨👀👀"^[1] ("Tomorrow... 🍂" At XBOX).

References

External links

• "Block of the Week: Lodestone" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, August 20, 2020.

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