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Polished Blackstone Button in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Polished Blackstone Button is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Polished Blackstone Button.

What is Polished Blackstone Button?

Polished Blackstone Button is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 0.5 and a blast resistance of 0.5. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a transparent block, meaning it doesn't fully block light or vision. Polished Blackstone Button does not emit light. Polished Blackstone Button filters 0 levels of light passing through it, even though it is technically transparent.

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

How to mine Polished Blackstone Button

Polished Blackstone Button can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.

Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):

  • With the correct tool: approximately 0.75 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 2.5 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 Button drops

When broken, Polished Blackstone Button drops:

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

Block tags & properties

  • Transparent
  • Hand-Mineable
  • Craftable

Polished Blackstone Button technical properties

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

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

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:polished_blackstone_button
  • Material family: mineable/pickaxe
  • Hardness: 0.5
  • Blast resistance: 0.5
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: Yes
  • Blocks light: 0
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: Yes
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:polished_blackstone_button 1

Overview

Polished Blackstone Button is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Polished Blackstone Button can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
  2. With the correct tool this takes about 0.75s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 2.5s.
  3. Polished Blackstone Button is transparent, so light passes through and adjacent blocks won't be shaded by it.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:polished_blackstone_button 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
  • No special tool is required, so hand-mining is a valid fallback in an emergency.

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 Button?

Polished Blackstone Button can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.

What does Polished Blackstone Button drop when mined?

Breaking Polished Blackstone Button drops Polished Blackstone Button.

How hard is Polished Blackstone Button to mine?

Polished Blackstone Button has a hardness value of 0.5. That works out to roughly 0.75s with the correct tool or 2.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

Can I craft Polished Blackstone Button?

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

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Polished Blackstone Button?

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

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