Obtaining
Granite can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it will drop nothing.
| Block | Granite Polished Granite | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 1.5 | |
| Tool | ||
Breaking "Punch" redirects here. For the enchantment, see Enchanting#Punch. The Player punches trees and gets wood (click to view animation). Breaking, digging, punching, or mining is one of the most fundamental activities in Minecraft, performed (by  time | ||
| Hand | 7.5 | |
| Wooden | 1.15 | |
| Stone | 0.6 | |
| Iron | 0.4 | |
| Diamond | 0.3 | |
| Golden | 0.2 | |
- ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.
Info
Granite is a type of igneous rock.
Polished granite is the polished version of granite.
Videos
Trivia
- In real life, granite is an igneous rock consisting of quartz, mica and feldspar. Granite has different colors from gray to distinctive pink. The word "granite" comes from the Latin term granum, a grain, in reference to the coarse-grained structure of such a crystalline rock. The pink granite in Minecraft reflected to its real life counterpart that has alkali feldspar in its composition.
Natural generation
Regular granite generates anywhere underground in rich seams, in an identical way to the other two stone types, as well as gravel Gravel Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 3 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Gravel (90%) Flint (10%) Data value dec: 13 hex: D bin: 1101 Name gravel Gravel is a block that is affected 
and underground dirt Dirt Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 2.5 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 03 hex: 3 bin: 11 Name dirt See Dirt. For the similar block, see 
. It is most commonly exposed to the surface in extreme hills biomes but can also be found regularly in other biomes.
Crafting
Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition  | Ingredients | Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid  recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Granite | Diorite+ Nether Quartz | |
| Polished Granite | Granite |
Usage
Granite is currently only used for decoration. It has the same blast resistance TNT Transparency Partial (cannot attach other blocks) Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 46 hex: 2E bin: 101110 Name tnt TNT is a block 
as stone, meaning it can be used as a substitute for stone when building.
Crafting ingredient
Data values
Granite has the ID name minecraft:stone, which it shares with stone, andesite, and diorite, differentiated by its block data. Granite also has a block state which is expected to replace the functionality of block data in a future version.
Block data
| DV | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Stone | |
| 1 | Granite | |
| 2 | Polished Granite | |
| 3 | Diorite | |
| 4 | Polished Diorite | |
| 5 | Andesite | |
| 6 | Polished Andesite |
Block state
- See also: Block states
| Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
variant | stone | Stone |
granite | Granite | |
smooth_granite | Polished Granite | |
diorite | Diorite | |
smooth_diorite | Polished Diorite | |
andesite | Andesite | |
smooth_andesite | Polished Andesite |
Video
History
| Official release | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | Dec. 18, 2013 | Jeb posts the first images of granite and polished granite. | |||
| 14w02a | Added granite and polished granite. | ||||
| 14w33a | Granite and polished granite can no longer be used to craft stone slabs. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.9.0 | build 1 | Added granite and polished granite. | |||
| Console Edition | |||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Added granite and polished granite. | |
Issues
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Gallery
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The first screenshot Jeb revealed of smooth granite
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First screenshot of granite
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A photo of granite, andesite, and diorite and their polished counterparts
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Granite, diorite and andesite in one place in a cave
Contents
showOverview
Granite was first released in the Bountiful Update (1.8) for the PC version and version 0.9.0 for Minecraft: Pocket Edition. Naturally-occurring granite can be found everywhere underground, usually in large patches. It is usually exposed on the surface in Extreme Hills Biomes, but it can generate in other Biomes as well. If normal granite is placed in a 4x4 square in the lower left corner of a Crafting Table, the outcome will be 4 polished granite.
Polished Granite
Polished Granite is the smooth product after crafting 4 Granite blocks together.
| Polished Granite | |
|---|---|
| First Appearance | 1.8 |
| Type of Block | Solid Block |
| Tool Used | |
| Data Values | Hex: 1 Dec: 1 |
| Stackable | Yes:64 |
| Obeys Physics | |
| Luminosity | |
| Transparency | |
Crafting
| Granite | Polished Granite(x4) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | None | None | None | None | None | |
| Nether Quartz | Diorite | None | Granite | |||
