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How to Make Polished Blackstone Wall in Minecraft

Polished Blackstone Wall — Minecraft block

Polished Blackstone Wall

Polished Blackstone Wall is a dark decorative wall from ruined Nether portals, craftable from six Polished Blackstone and breakable with any pickaxe.

Block ID minecraft:polished_blackstone_wall
Mod Vanilla
Game versions
1.21

Description

Polished Blackstone Wall is a decorative wall block crafted from six Polished Blackstone arranged in two rows of three, with one recipe yielding six walls. Nether ruined portals also generate Polished Blackstone Wall naturally, so early Nether visits supply samples before any crafting. Polished Blackstone Wall breaks with any pickaxe and stacks to 64 per slot. Polished Blackstone Wall has hardness 2 and blast resistance 6 (how well the wall withstands creeper and TNT explosions).

A stonecutter converts Blackstone or Polished Blackstone into Polished Blackstone Wall one-for-one, an alternative to the crafting-table recipe. Polished Blackstone Wall never catches fire from lava and cannot be set alight, keeping Nether-style fortifications intact near flame. Piglin bartering makes blackstone endlessly obtainable, so Polished Blackstone Wall counts as a renewable resource (an endlessly farmable block) since Java Edition 1.16.2 and Bedrock Edition 1.16.100. Minecraft added Polished Blackstone Wall in Java Edition 1.16 and Bedrock Edition 1.16.0.

Block properties

Item ID minecraft:polished_blackstone_wall
/give command /give @p minecraft:polished_blackstone_wall
Stackable Yes (64)
Best tool Pickaxe
Renewable Yes
Hardness 2
Blast resistance 6
Java Edition 1.16
Bedrock Edition 1.16.0

Guide

How to Craft Polished Blackstone Wall in Minecraft

  1. 1

    Mine blackstone in the Nether

    Mine blackstone in the Nether, where the stone generates underground and around lava seas; any pickaxe breaks blackstone.

  2. 2

    Barter with piglins for blackstone

    Give a piglin one gold ingot for a chance to receive 8–16 blackstone, an alternative when mining runs slow.

  3. 3

    Craft Polished Blackstone

    Place four blackstone in a 2×2 square on the crafting grid; four blackstone yield four Polished Blackstone.

  4. 4

    Craft six Polished Blackstone Walls

    Fill two crafting-grid rows with six Polished Blackstone; the recipe yields six Polished Blackstone Walls.

  5. 5

    Cut walls with a stonecutter

    Put Blackstone or Polished Blackstone into a stonecutter to receive one Polished Blackstone Wall per input, skipping the crafting grid.

Waterlog the walls

Polished Blackstone Wall can be waterlogged, so water occupies the same block space — handy for moats and underwater Nether-style builds.

How to craft this block

Ingredients: Polished Blackstone Polished Blackstone x6
Crafting
Polished Blackstone Polished Blackstone Polished Blackstone Polished Blackstone Polished Blackstone Polished Blackstone
Polished Blackstone Wall
6
Polished Blackstone Wall

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Frequently asked questions

What pickaxe breaks Polished Blackstone Wall?

Any pickaxe works, including the wooden pickaxe. Polished Blackstone Wall drops nothing when mined by hand.

Does Polished Blackstone Wall burn in lava?

No. Polished Blackstone Wall is not flammable and never catches fire from lava.

Is Polished Blackstone Wall renewable?

Yes. Piglins barter 8–16 blackstone per gold ingot at about an 8.53% chance, making Polished Blackstone Wall renewable since Java Edition 1.16.2 and Bedrock Edition 1.16.100.

Where does Polished Blackstone Wall generate naturally?

Nether ruined portals generate Polished Blackstone Wall as part of the ruined structure.

Which Minecraft version added Polished Blackstone Wall?

Java Edition 1.16 and Bedrock Edition 1.16.0 added Polished Blackstone Wall.