Blackstone
Blackstone is a near-black volcanic block from the Nether — generates in basalt deltas and powers an entire dark-themed building family.
1.21
Description
Blackstone arrived with the Nether Update (1.16) and gave players the dark stone equivalent that vanilla had been missing for years. It generates in two main locations: as the floor and walls of basalt deltas — the Nether's volcanic chaos biome — and as the construction material of bastion remnants, the towering piglin fortresses scattered across the dimension.
A wooden pickaxe is the minimum required tool, and the block functions as a direct stand-in for cobblestone in every recipe: stone tools, stone weapons, furnaces, brewing stands, and stone slabs all accept blackstone with no recipe change. The dedicated family is extensive — a polished variant, polished bricks, chiseled polished version, gilded ore (a rare drop that produces gold), and the matching slabs, stairs, and walls — making the material a complete drop-in replacement for any grey stone palette.
A wooden pickaxe is the minimum required tool, and the block functions as a direct stand-in for cobblestone in every recipe: stone tools, stone weapons, furnaces, brewing stands, and stone slabs all accept blackstone with no recipe change. The dedicated family is extensive — a polished variant, polished bricks, chiseled polished version, gilded ore (a rare drop that produces gold), and the matching slabs, stairs, and walls — making the material a complete drop-in replacement for any grey stone palette.
Used in crafts
- Polished Blackstone
- Blackstone Wall
- Blackstone Slab
- Blackstone Stairs
