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Polished Blackstone Brick Wall

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Polished Blackstone Brick Wall
Polished Blackstone Brick Wall.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Polished Blackstone Brick Wall'
Invicon Polished Blackstone Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Polished Blackstone Brick Wall
Invicon Polished Blackstone Brick Wall BE.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Polished Blackstone Brick Wall
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A polished blackstone brick wall is a decorative wall variant of polished blackstone bricks that generates in ruined portals and is used for building.

Obtaining

Breaking

Polished blackstone brick walls can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Block Polished Blackstone Brick Wall
Hardness 1.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 7.5
ItemSprite wooden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for wooden-pickaxe in MinecraftWooden 1.15
ItemSprite stone-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for stone-pickaxe in MinecraftStone 0.6
ItemSprite copper-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for copper-pickaxe in MinecraftCopper 0.45
ItemSprite iron-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for iron-pickaxe in MinecraftIron 0.4
ItemSprite diamond-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for diamond-pickaxe in MinecraftDiamond 0.3
ItemSprite netherite-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for netherite-pickaxe in MinecraftNetherite 0.25
ItemSprite golden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for golden-pickaxe in MinecraftGolden 0.2
Options
Efficiency
000
Haste
001
1JEBE
Legend
  • incorrect tool, drops nothing
  • correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
  • correct tool, drops the block itself
  • italicized can be instant mined
  1. ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

Natural generation

Polished blackstone brick walls generate naturally within ruined portals that generate in the Nether.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Polished Blackstone Bricks
Invicon Polished Blackstone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Blackstone Bricks with description: Polished Blackstone BricksInvicon Polished Blackstone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Blackstone Bricks with description: Polished Blackstone BricksInvicon Polished Blackstone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Blackstone Bricks with description: Polished Blackstone BricksInvicon Polished Blackstone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Blackstone Bricks with description: Polished Blackstone BricksInvicon Polished Blackstone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Blackstone Bricks with description: Polished Blackstone BricksInvicon Polished Blackstone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Blackstone Bricks with description: Polished Blackstone Bricks
Invicon Polished Blackstone Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Polished Blackstone Brick Wall6

Stonecutting

Ingredients Cutting recipe
Blackstone or 
Polished Blackstone or 
Polished Blackstone Bricks
Invicon Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blackstone with description: BlackstoneInvicon Polished Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Blackstone with description: Polished BlackstoneInvicon Polished Blackstone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Blackstone Bricks with description: Polished Blackstone BricksInvicon Polished Blackstone Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Polished Blackstone Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Polished Blackstone Brick Wall

Usage

Sounds

Java Edition:

BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.stone.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.stone.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.stone.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.stone.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.stone.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stonesubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedplace.stonesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.8–1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stonesubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.370.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.31.0
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.121.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.221.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tagsItem tags Translation key
BlockSprite polished-blackstone-brick-wall.png: Sprite image for polished-blackstone-brick-wall in Minecraft Polished Blackstone Brick Wallpolished_blackstone_brick_wallBlock & Itemwallswalls block.minecraft.polished_blackstone_brick_wall

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite polished-blackstone-brick-wall.png: Sprite image for polished-blackstone-brick-wall in Minecraft Polished Blackstone Brick Wallpolished_blackstone_brick_wall533Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3] tile.polished_blackstone_brick_wall.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Block states

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
eastnonelow
none
tall		How the wall extends from the center post to the east.
northnonelow
none
tall		How the wall extends from the center post to the north.
southnonelow
none
tall		How the wall extends from the center post to the south.
uptruefalse
true		When true, the wall has a center post.
waterloggedfalsefalse
true		Whether or not there's water in the same place as this wall.
westnonelow
none
tall		How the wall extends from the center post to the west.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits		 Description
wall_connection_type_eastNot Supportednonenone
short
tall		UnsupportedHow the wall extends from the center post to the east.
wall_connection_type_northNot Supportednonenone
short
tall		UnsupportedHow the wall extends from the center post to the north.
wall_connection_type_southNot Supportednonenone
short
tall		UnsupportedHow the wall extends from the center post to the south.
wall_connection_type_westNot Supportednonenone
short
tall		UnsupportedHow the wall extends from the center post to the west.
wall_post_bitNot Supportedtruefalse
true		UnsupportedWhether or not the wall has a center post.

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.1620w15a Added polished blackstone brick walls.
20w16aNow generate naturally within ruined portals.
1.16.220w28aNow renewable as blackstone is now obtainable via bartering.
1.1721w07a The texture of polished blackstone brick walls has been changed.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.57 Added polished blackstone brick walls.
1.16.100beta 1.16.100.54Polished blackstone brick walls are now renewable as blackstone is now obtainable via bartering.
1.17.10beta 1.17.10.20 The texture of polished blackstone brick walls has been changed.

Issues

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Sources

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