Overview
Minecraft classifies Polished Diorite as a stone-family block. A crafting table turns its ingredients into Polished Diorite. 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.
You make it with Diorite. You can also cut it from Diorite on a stonecutter. It is used to craft Polished Diorite Slab and Polished Diorite Stairs.
About the diorite set
How long it takes to break
At a hardness of 1.5, Polished Diorite takes 7.5 seconds to punch out and 0.25 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the correct class.
An iron tool takes 0.4 seconds and a diamond one 0.3, so the jump that actually matters for this block is the one to diamond.
A weaker tool still breaks it, but anything under wooden returns nothing — you spend the time and lose the drop, which is how most veins get wasted.
The Efficiency formula is level² + 1 added to tool speed — at V that is about 2.5 times the unenchanted rate.
| 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 Polished Diorite is 6, so an explosion nearby will usually take it out. It stops light entirely and gives off no light. One inventory slot holds 64, the normal full stack. 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
How to get it
Crafting Table
Polished Diorite ×4
Stonecutter
Polished Diorite
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Polished Diorite drops itself.
Used to craft
Polished Diorite is an ingredient in 2 recipes, producing Polished Diorite Slab and Polished Diorite Stairs.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Polished Diorite in Minecraft?
Polished Diorite is crafted from Diorite.
What tool do you need to break Polished Diorite?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Polished Diorite blast resistant?
Polished Diorite has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Polished Diorite fit in one stack?
Polished Diorite stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Polished Diorite take to break?
0.25 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the right class, or 7.5 seconds bare-handed.
