Minecraft:Basalt

Template:For Template:Infobox block Basalt is a Minecraft:block found in Minecraft:the Nether.

Obtaining

Breaking

Basalt drops as an item if mined by any Minecraft:pickaxe. If mined by any other tool, it drops nothing.

Natural generation

Basalt generates naturally as Minecraft:basalt pillars, which are found in the Minecraft:soul sand valley biome. They also generate in the Minecraft:basalt deltas biome as regular terrain and as part of Minecraft:basalt columns. Template:IN, they also generate in Minecraft:blobs, which attempt to replace Minecraft:netherrack 75 times per chunk in blobs of radius 3–7 from levels 0 to 127 in Minecraft:basalt deltas biomes.

Basalt can also be found naturally as part of Minecraft:bastion remnants.

Post-generation

File:Basalt generator.gif

A simple basalt generator

Basalt also generates when Minecraft:lava flows into a space that is on top of Minecraft:soul soil and adjacent to Minecraft:blue ice. The flowing Minecraft:lava is then replaced with basalt.

Usage

Basalt's only current use is as building material. Like Minecraft:logs and Minecraft:quartz pillars, basalt blocks point perpendicular to whatever block face they are placed on.

Note blocks

Basalt can be placed under Minecraft:note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sulfur cube

Template:In development Minecraft:Sulfur cubes have the ability to absorb basalt, either through picking it up or being interacted with it. This provides the regular/football effect to the mob when hitting it.

Data values

ID

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Block states

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History

Trivia

• Geologically, Template:W is a volcanic rock that cools from mafic lava flows. Mafic lava is runny, much like Minecraft:lava in Minecraft:the Nether, and under the right conditions it can cool into the stacks of Minecraft:basalt columns, much like those seen in Minecraft:basalt deltas.
  • Basalt makes up most of Earth's sea floor, as well as Template:W and the Template:W.
• Despite being an extrusive igneous rock, basalt has a lower mining time than Minecraft:granite and Minecraft:diorite, which are intrusive.
• Basalt is the only rock-like block to have both a polished and smooth variant.

Gallery

Renders

• A basalt block on the east-west axes
  A basalt block on the east-west axes
• A basalt block on the north-south axes
  A basalt block on the north-south axes

Screenshots

• A Minecraft:basalt deltas biome with a Minecraft:magma cube in midair
  A Minecraft:basalt deltas biome with a Minecraft:magma cube in midair

In other media

• Artwork of basalt from Minecraft:Block of the Week
  Artwork of basalt from Minecraft:Block of the Week
• Basalt as it appears in the Minecraft:MCC x Minecraft 15th Anniversary Party
  Basalt as it appears in the Minecraft:MCC x Minecraft 15th Anniversary Party
• Basalt pillars in the Minecraft:Eerie Mojang Office Party
  Basalt pillars in the Minecraft:Eerie Mojang Office Party

External links

• Template:Mcnet