Polished Cinnabar
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Polished Cinnabar
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Polished cinnabar is the polished version of cinnabar.
Obtaining
Breaking
Polished cinnabar drops as an item if mined by any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.
| Block |  Polished Cinnabar
| |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 1.5 | |
| Tool | 
| |
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 7.5 | |
| Wooden
|
1.15 | |
 Stone
|
0.6 | |
 Copper
|
0.45 | |
 Iron
|
0.4 | |
 Diamond
|
0.3 | |
 Netherite
|
0.25 | |
 Golden
|
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
- ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar |  4 |
Stonecutting
| Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | |
Usage
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Cinnabar Bricks | Polished Cinnabar | |
| Polished Cinnabar Slab | Polished Cinnabar | |
| Polished Cinnabar Stairs | Polished Cinnabar | |
| Polished Cinnabar Wall | Polished Cinnabar |
Stonecutting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Cutting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polished Cinnabar Slab or Polished Cinnabar Stairs or Polished Cinnabar Wall or Cinnabar Bricks or Cinnabar Brick Slab or Cinnabar Brick Stairs or Cinnabar Brick Wall |
Polished Cinnabar | ||
| Chiseled Cinnabar | Polished Cinnabar |  |
[Bedrock Edition only] |
Sounds
 cinnabar sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
cinnabar sound type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.3–0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Something falls on a block | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.75 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Jumping from the block | block | subtitles | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polished Cinnabar | polished_cinnabar | Block & Item | block |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Block tags | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polished Cinnabar | polished_cinnabar | 1369 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1114) | minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible | minecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_slow_bouncy |
tile |
- ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
- ↑ Available with
/givecommand. - ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.
History
Announcement
| March 21, 2026 |  Polished cinnabar block is announced at Minecraft Live - March 2026. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.2 | snap1 |  Added polished cinnabar. | |||||
| snap3 | The texture of polished cinnabar has been changed. | ||||||
| snap6 | Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy. | ||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.20 Experiment | Preview 26.20.23 | Added polished cinnabar. | |||||
| 26.30 | Preview 26.30.20 | Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay. | |||||
| Preview 26.30.27 | Polished cinnabar's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy. | ||||||
| Preview 26.30.29 | The texture of polished cinnabar has been changed to match Java Edition. | ||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Polished Cinnabar" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
-
A polished cinnabar block screenshot -
A house made of polished cinnabar and polished sulfur blocks.
Navigation
Sources
- Polished Cinnabar — Minecraft Wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, revision 3700653.