Polished Basalt
Polished Basalt
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| Renewable |
Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool |
|
| Blast resistance |
4.2 |
| Hardness |
1.25 |
| Luminous |
No |
| Transparent |
No |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
| Map color (JE) |
|
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Polished basalt is the polished version of basalt and can be found as part of ancient cities and bastion remnants.
Obtaining
Breaking
Polished basalt drops as an item if mined by any pickaxe. If mined by any other tool, it drops nothing.
| Block | 
| |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 1.25 | |
| Tool | 
| |
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 6.25 | |
 Wooden
|
0.95 | |
 Stone
|
0.5 | |
 Copper |
0.4 | |
 Iron
|
0.35 | |
 Diamond
|
0.25 | |
 Netherite
|
0.25 | |
 Golden
|
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
Polished basalt can be found naturally as part of ancient cities and bastion remnants.
Crafting
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Basalt |  4 |
Stonecutting
| Name | Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Basalt | |
Usage
Polished basalt points perpendicular to whatever block face they are placed on.
Note blocks
Polished basalt can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.
Sounds
 basalt 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 | |
basalt 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 | use | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.23 | 0.5 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.19 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.14 | 1.0 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polished Basalt | polished_basalt | Block & Item | mineable/pickaxe | block |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polished Basalt | polished_basalt | 490 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile |
Block states
See also: Block states
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| axis | y
| x | The basalt is oriented east–west. |
y | The basalt is oriented vertically. | ||
z | The basalt is oriented north–south. |
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pillar_axis | 0x10x2 | y
| x | 1 | The basalt is oriented east–west. |
y | 0 | The basalt is oriented vertically. | |||
z | 2 | The basalt is oriented north–south. |
Video
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.16 | 20w12a |    Added polished basalt.
| |||||
| Polished basalt can currently be obtained only by smelting the normal basalt block. | |||||||
| 20w13a | Basalt can no longer be smelted into polished basalt. | ||||||
| Polished basalt can now be obtained by crafting 4 blocks of basalt in a 2×2 grid or stonecutting it, similar to other polished stones. | |||||||
| 20w16a | Polished basalt now generates as part of bastion remnants. | ||||||
| 1.19 | Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1 | Polished basalt now generates as part of ancient cities. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | Added polished basalt. | |||||
| beta 1.16.0.57 | Polished basalt now generates as part of bastion remnants. | ||||||
| beta 1.16.0.59 | Crafting polished basalt now gives the correct amount of blocks in return.[1] | ||||||
| Polished basalt can now be crafted using a stonecutter. | |||||||
| 1.18.30 Experiment | beta 1.18.30.32 | Polished basalt now generates as part of ancient cities. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Polished Basalt" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Renders
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A polished basalt block on the east-west axes. -
A polished basalt block on the north-south axes.
