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Polished Granite in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Polished Granite is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Polished Granite.
What is Polished Granite?
Polished Granite 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 Granite does not emit light. Polished Granite filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:polished_granite. Command: /give @p minecraft:polished_granite 1.
How to mine Polished Granite
Polished Granite 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 Granite drops
When broken, Polished Granite drops:
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
What Polished Granite is used to craft
Polished Granite appears as an ingredient in 2 known Minecraft recipes:
Block tags & properties
- Opaque
- Requires Tool
- Craftable
- Crafting Material
Polished Granite technical properties
- Flammable: No
- Burns from lava: No
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: No (luminance 0)
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Polished Granite (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:polished_granite
- Material family: mineable/pickaxe
- Hardness: 1.5
- Blast resistance: 6
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: No
- Blocks light: 15
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: Yes
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:polished_granite 1
Overview
Polished Granite 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 Granite with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Polished Granite once it breaks.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Polished Granite with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Polished Granite 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:polished_granite 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 Granite?
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 Granite drop when mined?
Breaking Polished Granite drops Polished Granite.
How hard is Polished Granite to mine?
Polished Granite 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 Granite?
Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Polished Granite.
What is Polished Granite used to craft?
Polished Granite is used as an ingredient in 2 other recipes.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Polished Granite?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:polished_granite, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.