Gilded Blackstone

Gilded blackstone is a variant of blackstone found exclusively in bastion remnants, that can drop itself or gold nuggets when mined.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Gilded blackstone generates as part of bastion remnants, replacing some of the blackstone in the structure; they can also be found beneath bastion chests.

Breaking

Gilded blackstone requires a pickaxe to be mined, in which case it drops itself or gold nuggets. When mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. Gilded blackstone has a 10% chance to drop 2–5 gold nuggets when mined with any pickaxe. If it does not drop gold nuggets, it drops itself as a block. If a gilded blackstone is mined with a Silk Touch enchanted pickaxe, it always drops itself.

As with the drop chance of flint from gravel, the Fortune enchantment does not increase the amount dropped, but increases the chance of gold nuggets dropping. Fortune I increases the chance for this drop to 14.29% (¹⁄₇), Fortune II increases it to 25%, and Fortune III guarantees the gold nugget drop.

Block	Gilded Blackstone
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time^[A]
Default	7.5
Wooden	1.15
Stone	0.6
Iron	0.4
Diamond	0.3
Netherite	0.25
Golden	0.2

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Gilded Blackstone	Bastion remnant	Hoglin stable chest	2–5	22.8%
		Treasure chest	5–15	33.7%
		Generic chest	1–5	44.1%
		Bridge chest	8–12	11.2%
Bedrock Edition
Gilded Blackstone	Bastion remnant	Hoglin stable chest	2–5	22.8%
		Treasure chest	5–15	33.7%
		Generic chest	1–5	44.1%
		Bridge chest	8–12	11.2%

Usage

Gilded blackstone is primarily used for decoration.

Piglins

Piglins are attracted to gilded blackstone and run toward any gilded blackstone on the ground, and inspect it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory.

Piglins become hostile toward players that break gilded blackstone.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.gilded_blackstone.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.gilded_blackstone.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.gilded_blackstone.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.gilded_blackstone.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.gilded_blackstone.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	When the block is placed	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.stone`	0.37	0.5
Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.stone`	0.4	1.0
Players	Walking on the block	`step.stone`	0.3	1.0
Players	Jumping from the block	`jump.stone`	0.12	1.0
Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.stone`	0.22	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Gilded Blackstone	`gilded_blackstone`	Block & Item	`guarded_by_piglins`	`piglin_loved`	`block.minecraft.gilded_blackstone`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Gilded Blackstone	`gilded_blackstone`	`536`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.gilded_blackstone.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same id as the block.

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
		Oooh, shiny!	Distract a Piglin using gold	Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player.	30G	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Nether	While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25 gold-related items in the `#piglin_loved` item tag: Bell Block of Gold Block of Raw Gold Clock Enchanted Golden Apple Gilded Blackstone Glistering Melon Slice Gold Ingot Gold Ore Golden Apple Golden Axe Golden Boots Golden Carrot Golden Chestplate Golden Helmet Golden Hoe Golden Horse Armor Golden Leggings Golden Pickaxe Golden Shovel Golden Sword Light Weighted Pressure Plate Nether Gold Ore Deepslate Gold Ore Raw Gold Other gold-related items do not distract the piglin and do not trigger this advancement.	`nether/distract_piglin`

History

Java Edition
1.16	20w15a	Added gilded blackstone.
	20w15a	Gilded blackstone can be obtained only through the creative inventory or commands.
	20w16a	Gilded blackstone can now naturally generate in bastion remnants or be found in its chests.
	20w17a	Gilded blackstone now uses the same sounds as nether quartz ore.
1.16.2	20w30a	Chests in bastion remnants are now more likely to be located on top of gilded blackstone.
1.16.2	20w30a	Increased the average yield of gilded blackstone from bastion remnant chests.
1.17	21w11a	Tweaked the gilded blackstone texture.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.57	Added gilded blackstone.
1.17.0	beta 1.17.0.50	Tweaked the gilded blackstone texture.