Overview
Minecraft classifies Gilded Blackstone as a Nether block. There is no way to craft it; you have to find it and mine it. Its hardness of 1.5 makes it a normal, unhurried block to mine.
Anything below a wooden pickaxe breaks it without leaving a drop. It drops as the same block you mined. It stacks to 64.
Nothing on the crafting grid is made from it.
About the blackstone set
How long it takes to break
At a hardness of 1.5, Gilded Blackstone takes 7.5 seconds to punch out and 0.25 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the correct class.
Iron takes 0.4 seconds against diamond's 0.3, so the upgrade worth making for this block is the one to diamond.
The block still breaks with a weaker tool, but below wooden it yields nothing at all — the time is spent and the drop is lost, which is the single most common way players waste a vein.
Efficiency contributes its level squared plus one to tool speed, which makes Efficiency V roughly 2.5 times faster than the plain tool.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | 7.5 s | 7.5 s | 7.5 s |
| Wooden | 1.2 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Stone | 0.6 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Iron | 0.4 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Diamond | 0.3 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Netherite | 0.25 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Golden | 0.2 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
Properties
Blast resistance on Gilded Blackstone is 6, so an explosion nearby will usually take it out. It stops light entirely and gives off no light. 64 fit in a slot — a full stack. It is not renewable: what the world has is all it will ever have. A pickaxe is the fastest choice here. A tool of the wrong class is no better than your fist — the speed bonus is tied to the block's own tool tag.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Wooden Pickaxe
- Renewable
- No
Where it generates
- Found in
- Bastion Remnant
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Gilded Blackstone drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Gilded Blackstone in Minecraft?
Mine Gilded Blackstone with Wooden Pickaxe and it drops itself.
What tool do you need to break Gilded Blackstone?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Gilded Blackstone blast resistant?
Gilded Blackstone has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Gilded Blackstone fit in one stack?
A stack is 64, and a double chest of them comes to 3,456.
Is Gilded Blackstone renewable?
Not renewable: once the world's Gilded Blackstone is used up, no more can be produced.
How long does Gilded Blackstone take to break?
The correct netherite tool clears it in 0.25 seconds. Bare hands take 7.5.
