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Polished Blackstone Brick Wall in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Polished Blackstone Brick Wall is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Polished Blackstone Brick Wall.

What is Polished Blackstone Brick Wall?

Polished Blackstone Brick Wall 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. Polished Blackstone Brick Wall does not emit light. Polished Blackstone Brick Wall filters 0 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

Namespaced identifier: minecraft:polished_blackstone_brick_wall. Command: /give @p minecraft:polished_blackstone_brick_wall 1.

How to mine Polished Blackstone Brick Wall

Polished Blackstone Brick Wall 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×.

Polished Blackstone Brick Wall drops

When broken, Polished Blackstone Brick Wall drops:

Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.

Block tags & properties

  • Opaque
  • Requires Tool
  • Craftable

Polished Blackstone Brick Wall technical properties

  • Waterloggable: Yes
  • Flammable: No
  • Burns from lava: No
  • Renewable: Yes
  • Emits light: No (luminance 0)

Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Polished Blackstone Brick Wall (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:polished_blackstone_brick_wall
  • Material family: mineable/pickaxe
  • Hardness: 1.5
  • Blast resistance: 6
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: No
  • Blocks light: 0
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: Yes
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:polished_blackstone_brick_wall 1

Overview

Polished Blackstone Brick Wall 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 Polished Blackstone Brick Wall with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  • Expect to collect Polished Blackstone Brick Wall once it breaks.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Polished Blackstone Brick Wall with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  2. Expect to collect Polished Blackstone Brick Wall once it breaks.
  3. 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:polished_blackstone_brick_wall 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 Polished Blackstone Brick Wall?

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 Polished Blackstone Brick Wall drop when mined?

Breaking Polished Blackstone Brick Wall drops Polished Blackstone Brick Wall.

How hard is Polished Blackstone Brick Wall to mine?

Polished Blackstone Brick Wall 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).

Can I craft Polished Blackstone Brick Wall?

Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Polished Blackstone Brick Wall.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Polished Blackstone Brick Wall?

The namespaced ID is minecraft:polished_blackstone_brick_wall, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.

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