Basalt
| Renewable | Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance | 4.2 |
| Hardness | 1.25 |
| Luminous | No |
| Transparent | No |
| Flammable | No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
| Map color | 29 COLOR |
| Note block instrument | Bass Drum |
| Sulfur cube archetype | Slow Bouncy |
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Basalt is a block found in the basalt deltas in the Nether along with soul sand valleys and bastion remnants.
Obtaining
[edit | edit source]Breaking
[edit | edit source]Basalt drops as an item if mined by any pickaxe. If mined by any other tool, it drops nothing.
| Block | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 1.25 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 6.25 | |
| 0.95 | ||
| 0.5 | ||
| 0.4 | ||
| 0.35 | ||
| 0.25 | ||
| 0.25 | ||
| 0.2 | ||
- 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.
Natural generation
[edit | edit source]Basalt generates naturally as basalt pillars, which are found in the soul sand valley biome. They also generate in the basalt deltas biome as regular terrain and as part of basalt columns. In Java Edition, they also generate in blobs, which attempt to replace netherrack 75 times per chunk in blobs of radius 3–7 from levels 0 to 127 in basalt deltas biomes.
Basalt can also be found naturally as part of bastion remnants.
Post-generation
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Basalt also generates when lava flows into a space that is on top of soul soil and adjacent to blue ice. The flowing lava is then replaced with basalt.
Usage
[edit | edit source]Basalt's only current use is as building material. Like logs and quartz pillars, basalt blocks point perpendicular to whatever block face they are placed on.
Crafting ingredient
[edit | edit source]| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Polished Basalt | Basalt |
Stonecutting ingredient
[edit | edit source]| Name | Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Polished Basalt | Basalt |
Smelting ingredient
[edit | edit source]| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Smooth Basalt | Basalt + Any fuel |
Sounds
[edit | edit source]basalt 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 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
basalt sound type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | ? | 1.0 | 0.8–1.0 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | use | ? | 1.0 | 0.8–1.0 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | ? | 0.23 | 0.5 | |
| Something fell | Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | ? | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Players | Walking on the block | step | ? | 0.19 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump | ? | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | ? | 0.14 | 1.0 | |
Data values
[edit | edit source]ID
[edit | edit source]| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
basalt | Block & Item | base_stone_nethermineable/pickaxe |
block |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
basalt | 489 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -234) |
tile |
Block states
[edit | edit source]| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| axis | y
| x | The basalt is oriented east–west. |
y | The basalt is oriented vertically. | ||
z | The basalt is oriented north–south. |
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pillar_axis | 0x10x2 | y
| x | 1 | The basalt is oriented east–west. |
y | 0 | The basalt is oriented vertically. | |||
z | 2 | The basalt is oriented north–south. |
Videos
[edit | edit source]History
[edit | edit source]Announcement
[edit | edit source]| January 12, 2014 | On Reddit, Jens Bergensten says that he was considering adding basalt, but did not want to add yet another black block. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 28, 2019 | |||||||
Java Edition
[edit | edit source]| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.16 | 20w06a | ||||||
| 20w12a | Polished basalt can currently be obtained only by smelting the normal basalt block. | ||||||
| 20w13a | Basalt can now be formed when lava flows over soul soil next to blue ice, making it renewable. | ||||||
| Basalt can no longer be smelted into polished basalt. | |||||||
| 4 blocks of basalt can now be used in a 2×2 grid or stonecutting to create polished basalt. | |||||||
| 20w15a | Added the basalt deltas, a biome in which basalt is abundant. | ||||||
| 20w16a | Basalt now generates as part of bastion remnants. | ||||||
| Basalt can now generate as part of ruined portals. | |||||||
| 1.17 | 21w08a | Basalt can now be smelted to yield smooth basalt. | |||||
| 26.2 | snap1 | Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb basalt, providing the football/regular effect to the mob. | |||||
| snap6 | Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy. | ||||||
Bedrock Edition
[edit | edit source]| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | ||||||
| beta 1.16.0.57 | Basalt can now be formed when lava flows over soul soil next to blue ice, making it renewable. | ||||||
| Added the basalt deltas, a biome in which basalt is abundant. | |||||||
| Basalt now generates as part of bastion remnants. | |||||||
| beta 1.16.0.59 | Basalt can now be used in the stonecutter. | ||||||
| 1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.51 | Basalt now takes longer to break. | |||||
| Basalt is said to be immune to ghast fireballs, but is still broken by them.[1] | |||||||
| 1.16.200 | beta 1.16.200.56 | Basalt blocks now take slightly more time to destroy again. | |||||
| Basalt is now truly immune to ghast fireballs. | |||||||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.17.0.50 | Basalt can now be smelted to yield smooth basalt. | |||||
| 26.20 Experiment | Preview 26.20.23 | Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb basalt, providing the football/regular effect to the mob. | |||||
| 26.30 | Preview 26.30.20 | Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay. | |||||
| Preview 26.30.27 | Basalt's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy. | ||||||
Issues
[edit | edit source]Issues relating to "Basalt" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Trivia
[edit | edit source]- Geologically, basalt is a volcanic rock that cools from mafic lava flows. Mafic lava is runny, much like lava in the Nether, and under the right conditions it can cool into the stacks of basalt columns, much like those seen in basalt deltas.
- Basalt makes up most of Earth's sea floor, as well as Iceland and the Hawaiian Islands.
- Despite being an extrusive igneous rock, basalt has a lower mining time than granite and diorite, which are intrusive.
- Basalt is the only rock-like block to have both a polished and smooth variant.
Gallery
[edit | edit source]Renders
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A basalt block on the east-west axes
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A basalt block on the north-south axes
Screenshots
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A basalt deltas biome with a magma cube in midair
In other media
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Artwork of basalt from Block of the Week
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Basalt as it appears in the MCC x Minecraft 15th Anniversary Party
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Basalt pillars in the Eerie Mojang Office Party
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- "Block of the Week: Basalt" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, July 8, 2020.