Granite

Granite is a block of igneous rock, found in large pockets in the ground.

Polished granite is a processed, decorative form of granite.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Granite can generate in the Overworld in the form of ores.

In Bedrock Edition, granite attempts to generate in two batches in all biomes in the Overworld. The first batch generate 2 times per chunk in ores of size 0-864, from elevations 0 to 60. The second batch has 1⁄6 chance to generate ores of size 0-864, from elevation 64 to 128. In Bedrock Edition, granite can replace stone, andesite, diorite, polished andesite‌, polished diorite‌, polished granite‌. In Java Edition, granite can replace stone, andesite, diorite, tuff, and deepslate.

In addition, granite generates as part of large copper ore veins, coral reefs‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}, and in desert village armorer houses. Polished granite generates in many ocean ruin variants.

Breaking

Granite can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Crafting

Stonecutting

Trading

Journeyman-level stone mason villagers have a ²⁄₇ chance to sell 4 polished granite for one emerald as part of their trades.

Usage

Granite is currently used only for decoration. It has the same blast resistance as stone, meaning it can be used as a substitute for stone when building.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Granite Slab or Polished Granite Slab	Granite or Polished Granite	66
Granite Stairs or Polished Granite Stairs	Granite or Polished Granite	44
Granite Wall	Granite	6
Stonecutter	Iron Ingot + Granite or Polished Granite		Can use stone and its three other variants interchangeably.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Stonecutting

Trading

Journeyman-level stone mason villagers have ²⁄₇ of a chance to buy 16 granite for an emerald.

Note Blocks

Granite and polished granite can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Block states

Bedrock Edition:

History

Java Edition
1.8		December 18, 2013			Jeb posts the first images of granite and polished granite.
		14w02a			Added granite and polished granite.
		14w33a			Granite and polished granite can no longer be used to craft stone slabs.
1.13		18w09a			Polished granite now generates in underwater ruins.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of granite and polished granite have been changed.
		19w11a			Granite is now bought by villagers of the new mason profession.
					Polished granite is now sold by villagers of the new mason profession, making it renewable.
1.16		20w07a			Unpolished granite is now also renewable, as piglins offer quartz (used to craft diorite) during bartering, and both of which are crafting ingredients of granite.
1.17		21w06a			The height limit was expanded down to Y=-64. Granites are temporary generating from Y=-64 instead of Y=0.
		21w07a			Granite ores are now larger and more spherical, but less common.
					Granite is no longer able to generate below Y=0.
		21w15a			The changes to granite generation in the previous 1.17 snapshots have been reverted, but they can be re-enabled with the Caves & Cliffs Prototype Data Pack.
1.18		Experimental Snapshot 1			Granite once again generates how it did in the 1.17 snapshots without the use of a data pack.
		experimental snapshot 4			Granite ores are less likely to generate on the surface.
					Strips of granite sometimes generate in stone shores and stony peaks.
		21w37a			Strips of granite no longer generate in stone shores and stony peaks.[1]
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0		build 1			Added granite and polished granite.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Granite can now generate in coral reefs.
		beta 1.2.20.1			Polished granite now generates in underwater ruins.
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Granite can now be used to craft granite stairs, slabs and walls.
					Polished granite can now be used to craft polished granite stairs and slabs.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Granite now generates in brand-new desert villages.
					16-21 granite can now be sold to stone mason villagers as part of their third tier trades.
					4 polished granite can now be bought from stone mason villagers for 1-2 emeralds as part of their third tier trades.
					The textures of granite and polished granite have been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Trading has been changed, stone mason villagers now have 1/3 of a chance to sell polished granite for one emerald, and 1/3 of a chance to buy 16 granite as part of their third tier trades.
1.12.0		beta 1.12.0.3			Trading has been changed again, apprentice-level stone mason villagers now have a 25% chance to sell polished granite.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Granite trades changed to match Java edition.
1.17.0		beta 1.16.230.56			If the Caves & Cliffs experimental gameplay toggle is enabled, granite ores are now larger and more spherical, but less common.
1.18.0		beta 1.18.0.20			Removed “Caves and Cliffs” experimental toggle. New granite generation are now available through normal gameplay.
					Granite blobs are now expected to be less likely to generate on the surface, but they generate in a wrong way.
		beta 1.18.0.21			Now granite blobs generate as expected.
Legacy Console Edition
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Added granite and polished granite.
		1.90			The textures of granite and polished granite have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added granite and polished granite.

Data history

Java Edition
1.8		14w10a			Stone with numerical metadata variants 7 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have no model rather than appearing identical to stone.
		14w25a			Stone and its variants are now defined via block states rather than by numerical metadata. Prior to this version, the numerical metadata variants of stone were as follows: DV Description 0 Stone 1 Granite 2 Polished Granite 3 Diorite 4 Polished Diorite 5 Andesite 6 Polished Andesite 7-15 Inaccessible "boring" variants of stone
		14w26a			Stone with metadata values 7 through 15 have now been completely removed from the game.
1.13		17w47a			The different block states for the stone ID have been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 1 and had data values of 1 and 2.

Issues

Issues relating to "Granite" or "Polished Granite" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• Granite rock comes from underground magma chambers that turned cold. It's often pinkish in color because of its alkali feldspar minerals.
  • Diorite is another magma chamber rock, but it has less quartz in it than granite. This is in accordance with granite's crafting recipe in Minecraft, which consists of nether quartz with diorite.

Gallery

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  Naturally generated granite and other counterparts in a cave.
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  Naturally generated granite and other counterparts in a mountain.
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  A large, partially excavated ore of granite.

Java Edition

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  The first screenshot taken by Jeb about polished granite.
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  The first screenshot taken by Jeb about granite.
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  Polished granite as seen in the "Bountiful Update" screenshot released by Mojang

See also

• Andesite
• Diorite
• Stone

External Links

• Block of the Week: Granite – Minecraft.net on July 21, 2017