Overview
Polished Basalt is one of the 3 variants of this shape in the game. What changes between them is the material, and with it the hardness, the drops, the durability and the recipe — so every figure on this page is this variant's own. Basalt is the same shape in a different material.
Polished Basalt counts as a Nether block in Minecraft 1.21.4. Polished Basalt has a crafting recipe, so it is renewable as long as you can source its ingredients. At a hardness of 1.25 it takes a moment to break but never slows a build down.
It needs at least a wooden pickaxe to drop anything; a weaker tool destroys it for nothing. Mining it returns the block itself, so it is safe to relocate. A full stack holds 64.
It is crafted from Basalt. The stonecutter is the cheaper route: one Basalt gives one of these. No recipe takes it as an ingredient.
How long it takes to break
Polished Basalt has a hardness of 1.25. By hand that is 6.3 seconds per block; with the correct tool at netherite tier it is 0.25 seconds.
An iron tool takes 0.35 seconds and a diamond one 0.25, so the jump that actually matters for this block is the one to diamond.
Below wooden the block breaks and simply vanishes. Bring the right tier or leave it in the ground.
Efficiency adds its level squared plus one to the tool speed, so Efficiency V is about 2.5 times faster than the same tool unenchanted.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | 6.3 s | 6.3 s | 6.3 s |
| Wooden | 0.95 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Stone | 0.5 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Iron | 0.35 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Diamond | 0.25 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Netherite | 0.25 s | 0.1 s | 0.1 s |
| Golden | 0.2 s | 0.1 s | instant |
Properties
Blast resistance on Polished Basalt is 4.2, so an explosion nearby will usually take it out. It stops light entirely and gives off no light. Stack size is 64 — the standard full stack. The fastest tool for it is a pickaxe; any other kind of tool mines it no faster than a bare hand does, because the speed bonus only applies to the tool class the block is tagged for.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Wooden Pickaxe
How to get it
Crafting Table
Polished Basalt ×4
Stonecutter
Polished Basalt
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Polished Basalt drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Polished Basalt in Minecraft?
Polished Basalt is crafted from Basalt.
What tool do you need to break Polished Basalt?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Polished Basalt blast resistant?
Polished Basalt has a blast resistance of 4.2, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Polished Basalt fit in one stack?
A stack is 64, and a double chest of them comes to 3,456.
How long does Polished Basalt take to break?
About 0.25 seconds if you bring the correct netherite tool; 6.3 seconds with your fists.
The rest of the set
Polished Basalt is one of 3 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
