Polished Blackstone Bricks

Polished blackstone bricks are a decorative version of polished blackstone.

Cracked polished blackstone bricks is the cracked version of polished blackstone bricks.

Obtaining

Block	Polished Blackstone Bricks Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks
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.

Both variants generate as part of bastion remnants and ruined portals.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Polished Blackstone	4

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks	Polished Blackstone Bricks + Any fuel	0.1

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Polished Blackstone Brick Slab	Polished Blackstone Bricks	6
Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs	Polished Blackstone Bricks	4
Polished Blackstone Brick Wall	Polished Blackstone Bricks	6

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Polished Blackstone Brick Slab	Polished Blackstone Bricks	2
Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs	Polished Blackstone Bricks
Polished Blackstone Brick Wall	Polished Blackstone Bricks

Polished blackstone bricks and cracked polished blackstone bricks can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.

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

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

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Polished Blackstone Bricks	`polished_blackstone_bricks`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.polished_blackstone_bricks`
Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks	`cracked_polished_blackstone_bricks`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.cracked_polished_blackstone_bricks`

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Polished Blackstone Bricks	`polished_blackstone_bricks`	`529`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.polished_blackstone_bricks.name`
Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks	`cracked_polished_blackstone_bricks`	`535`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.cracked_polished_blackstone_bricks.name`

Java Edition
1.16	20w15a	Added polished blackstone bricks and cracked polished blackstone bricks.
	20w16a	Polished blackstone bricks and cracked polished blackstone bricks now generate in bastion remnants.
	20w16a	Polished blackstone bricks can now generate as part of ruined portals.
1.16.2	20w28a	Polished blackstone bricks are now renewable as piglins have an 8.71% chance to trade 8-16 blackstone during bartering.
1.17	21w07a	Slightly changed textures of polished blackstone bricks and cracked polished blackstone bricks.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.57	Added polished blackstone bricks and cracked polished blackstone bricks.
1.17.10	beta 1.17.10.20	Slightly changed textures of polished blackstone bricks and cracked polished blackstone bricks.

Issues relating to "Polished Blackstone Bricks" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

"Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks" is the current longest name for a block (excluding Education Edition), tied with Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate (34 characters with spaces, 31 without)
- It briefly lost its place between Java Edition 1.17 snapshots 20w45a and 21w05a, where it was surpassed by variants of the Copper Block:
  - Waxed Lightly Weathered Cut Copper Stairs (41 characters with spaces, 36 without in first place)
  - Waxed Lightly Weathered Cut Copper Slab (39 characters with spaces, 34 without in second place)
  - Waxed Semi-Weathered Cut Copper Stairs (38 characters with spaces, 34 without in third place)
  - Waxed Semi-Weathered Cut Copper Slab (36 characters with spaces, 32 without in fourth place)
- The record holders in the Education Edition are "Hardened Light Blue Stained Glass Pane" and "Hardened Light Gray Stained Glass Pane", both at 33 characters excluding spaces (38 including spaces).
The texture of polished blackstone bricks features a very subtle skull pattern. This is intentional.^[1]