Overview
Polished Granite counts as a stone-family block in Minecraft 1.21.4. Polished Granite has a crafting recipe, so it is renewable as long as you can source its ingredients. At a hardness of 1.5 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 Granite. The stonecutter is the cheaper route: one Granite gives one of these. Its crafting uses are Polished Granite Slab and Polished Granite Stairs.
About the granite set
How long it takes to break
Polished Granite has a hardness of 1.5. By hand that is 7.5 seconds per block; with the correct tool at netherite tier it is 0.25 seconds.
You are looking at 0.4 seconds on iron and 0.3 on diamond — the diamond step is where the time actually falls.
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.
Each Efficiency level adds level² + 1 to the tool's speed, so a level V tool clears this about 2.5 times faster than an unenchanted one.
| 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
Polished Granite has a blast resistance of 6, so a nearby explosion will usually destroy it. It blocks light completely and emits no light of its own. 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 Granite ×4
Stonecutter
Polished Granite
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Polished Granite drops itself.
Used to craft
Polished Granite is an ingredient in 2 recipes, producing Polished Granite Slab and Polished Granite Stairs.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Polished Granite in Minecraft?
Polished Granite is crafted from Granite.
What tool do you need to break Polished Granite?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Polished Granite blast resistant?
Polished Granite has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Polished Granite fit in one stack?
Polished Granite stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Polished Granite take to break?
The correct netherite tool clears it in 0.25 seconds. Bare hands take 7.5.
