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Blackstone in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Blackstone is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Blackstone.
What is Blackstone?
Blackstone is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 1.5 and a blast resistance of 6. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Blackstone does not emit light. Blackstone filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:blackstone. Command: /give @p minecraft:blackstone 1.
How to mine Blackstone
Blackstone requires one of the following tools to drop its item — mining with a lower tier or by hand destroys it:
Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):
- With the correct tool: approximately 2.25 seconds
- By hand (no tool): approximately 7.5 seconds
Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.
Blackstone drops
When broken, Blackstone drops:
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
What Blackstone is used to craft
Blackstone appears as an ingredient in 18 known Minecraft recipes:
- Furnace
- Blackstone Wall
- Stone Sword
- Stone Shovel
- Stone Pickaxe
- Stone Axe
- Stone Hoe
- Brewing Stand
- Blackstone Slab
- Blackstone Stairs
- Polished Blackstone
- Snout Armor Trim
- Chiseled Polished Blackstone
- Polished Blackstone Brick Slab
- Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs
- Polished Blackstone Brick Wall
- Polished Blackstone Bricks
- Polished Blackstone Slab
Block tags & properties
- Opaque
- Requires Tool
- Crafting Material
Blackstone technical properties
- Flammable: No
- Burns from lava: No
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: No (luminance 0)
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Blackstone (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Blackstone natural generation
- World features & structures: Ore (feature)
- Replaces on generation: Netherrack
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:blackstone
- Material family: mineable/pickaxe
- Hardness: 1.5
- Blast resistance: 6
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: No
- Blocks light: 15
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: No
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:blackstone 1
Overview
Blackstone is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.
Prerequisites and materials
- Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Blackstone with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Blackstone once it breaks.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Blackstone with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Blackstone once it breaks.
- With the correct tool this takes about 2.25s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 7.5s.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:blackstone 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
- Carry a spare tool of the correct tier - breaking with the wrong one wastes the drop.
Difficulty and time commitment
- Difficulty: Easy
- Estimated time per run: 1-5 min
Frequently Asked Questions
What tool do I need to mine Blackstone?
You need one of: Wooden Pickaxe, Stone Pickaxe, Golden Pickaxe, Iron Pickaxe, Diamond Pickaxe, Netherite Pickaxe. Mining with a lower tier tool (or by hand) will break the block without dropping its item.
What does Blackstone drop when mined?
Breaking Blackstone drops Blackstone.
How hard is Blackstone to mine?
Blackstone has a hardness value of 1.5. That works out to roughly 2.25s with the correct tool or 7.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
What is Blackstone used to craft?
Blackstone is used as an ingredient in 18 other recipes.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Blackstone?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:blackstone, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.