How to make Polished Blackstone Bricks in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft polished blackstone bricks with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, polished blackstone bricks is one of the many building blocks that you can make. The crafting process will create 4 polished blackstone bricks at a time.

polished blackstone bricks

Let's explore how to make polished blackstone bricks.

Supported Platforms

Polished blackstone bricks is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

PlatformSupported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac) Java Edition (PC/Mac)Yes (1.16)
Pocket Edition (PE) Pocket Edition (PE)Yes (1.16.0)
Xbox 360 Xbox 360No
Xbox One Xbox OneYes (1.16.0)
PS3 PS3No
PS4 PS4Yes (1.16.0)
Wii U Wii UNo
Nintendo Switch Nintendo SwitchYes (1.16.0)
Windows 10 Edition Windows 10 EditionYes (1.16.0)
Education Edition Education EditionYes (1.17.30)

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Where to find Polished Blackstone Bricks in Creative Mode

Required Materials to make Polished Blackstone Bricks

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft polished blackstone bricks:

How to craft Polished Blackstone Bricks in Survival Mode

1. Open the Crafting Menu

First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3x3 crafting grid that looks like this:

3x3 crafting area

2. Add Items to make Polished Blackstone Bricks

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3x3 crafting grid. To make polished blackstone bricks, place 4 polished blackstone in the 3x3 crafting grid.

When making polished blackstone bricks, it is important that the polished blackstone are placed in the exact pattern as the image below. In the first row, there should be 1 polished blackstone in the first box and 1 polished blackstone in the second box. In the second row, there should be 1 polished blackstone in the first box and 1 polished blackstone in the second box. This is the Minecraft crafting recipe for polished blackstone bricks.

Crafting recipe for polished blackstone bricks

Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, the polished blackstone bricks will appear in the box to the right.

polished blackstone bricks

3. Move the Polished Blackstone Bricks to Inventory

Once you have crafted polished blackstone bricks, you need to move the new items to your inventory.

Completed polished blackstone bricks

Congratulations, you have made polished blackstone bricks in Minecraft!

Item ID and Name

Give Command for Polished Blackstone Bricks

Things to Make with Polished Blackstone Bricks

You can use polished blackstone bricks to make items in Minecraft such as: