Blackstone block in Minecraft

What it does

The game counts blackstone as a stone crafting material: stone tools, the Furnace and the Brewing Stand all accept it in place of cobblestone. That makes it a lifesaver if your pickaxe breaks far from the portal.

It is also a building palette of its own. Four blackstone make four Polished Blackstone, which leads to polished blackstone bricks, a button, a pressure plate and chiseled blocks; slabs, stairs and walls exist at every step. The gold-speckled Gilded Blackstone found in bastions drops gold nuggets.

If you trade with Piglins, bartering sometimes brings a stack of blackstone, so you rarely have to go looking for it.