{{about|the block}}
{{Infobox block
| image = <gallery>
Basalt (UD) JE1 BE1.png|Basalt (UD)
Basalt (EW) JE1 BE1.png|Basalt (EW)
Basalt (NS) JE1 BE1.png|Basalt (NS)
</gallery>
| invimage = Basalt
| transparent = No
| light = No
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = No
| lavasusceptible = No
| renewable = Yes
| tool = pickaxe
}}
'''Basalt''' is a [[block]] found in [[the Nether]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
Basalt drops as an item if mined by any [[pickaxe]]. If mined by any other tool, it drops nothing.

{{Breaking row|Basalt|Pickaxe|Wooden|horizontal=1}}

=== Natural generation ===
Basalt generates naturally as [[basalt pillar]]s, 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}}, they also generate in [[blobs]], which attempt to replace [[netherrack]] 75 times per chunk in blobs of radius 3—7, from [[altitude|levels]] 0 to 127, in [[basalt deltas]] biomes.

Basalt can also be found naturally as part of [[bastion remnant]]s.

{{block distribution}}

=== Post-generation ===
[[File:Basalt generator.gif|thumb|A simple basalt generator.]]
Basalt can also be made by [[lava]] flowing into a space that is on top of [[soul soil]] and adjacent to [[blue ice]]. The flowing [[lava]] is then replaced with basalt.

== Usage ==
Basalt's only current use is as building material. Like [[log]]s and [[quartz pillar]]s, basalt points perpendicular to whatever block face they are placed on.

=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{Crafting usage}}

=== Stonecutting ingredient ===
{{Stonecutting
|showname=1
|Basalt
|Polished Basalt
|foot=1
}}

=== Smelting ingredient ===
{{Smelting
|head=1
|showname=1
|Basalt
|Smooth Basalt
|0.1
|foot=1
}}

=== Note blocks ===
Basalt can be placed under [[note block]]s to produce "bass drum" sound.

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table/Block/Basalt}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Basalt
|spritetype=block
|nameid=basalt
|blocktags=base_stone_nether, mineable/pickaxe
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Basalt
|spritetype=block
|nameid=basalt
|id=489
|foot=1}}

=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}
{{/BS}}

== History ==
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine||January 12, 2014|link={{reddit|sub=minecraftsuggestions|1v1hq8/biotite_the_fourth_of_the_new_rocks_added_by_18|cenwz8l}}|On [[wikipedia:Reddit|Reddit]], [[Jens Bergensten]] says that he was considering adding basalt, but did not want to add yet another black [[block]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||September 28, 2019|link={{ytl|OZqNaEX8208&t|t=2h13m39s}}|[[File:Basalt (UD) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Basalt is shown unnamed as part of [[basalt pillar]]s in a clip at [[MINECON Live 2019]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w06a|[[File:Basalt Axis Y JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Basalt Axis X JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Basalt Axis Z JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added basalt.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w12a|Polished basalt can currently be obtained only by [[smelting]] the normal basalt block.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w13a|Basalt can now be formed when [[lava]] flows over [[soul soil]] next to [[blue ice]], making it [[Renewable resource|renewable]].
|Basalt can no longer be [[smelt]]ed into polished basalt.
|4 blocks of basalt can now be used in a 2×2 grid or [[stonecutting]] to create [[polished basalt]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w15a|Added the [[basalt deltas]], a [[biome]] in which basalt is abundant.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w16a|Basalt now generate as part of [[bastion remnant]]s.
|Basalt can now generate as part of [[ruined portal]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=21w08a|Basalt can now be smelted to yield smooth basalt.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.0|dev=beta 1.16.0.51|[[File:Basalt Axis Y JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Basalt Axis X JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Basalt Axis Z JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added basalt.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.0.57|Basalt can now be formed when [[lava]] flows over [[soul soil]] next to [[blue ice]], making it [[Renewable resource|renewable]].
|Added the [[basalt deltas]], a [[biome]] in which basalt is abundant.
|Basalt now generate as part of [[bastion remnant]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.0.59|Basalt can now be used in the [[stonecutter]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.100|dev=beta 1.16.100.51|Basalt now takes longer to break.
|Basalt is said to be immune from ghast fireballs, but is still broken by them.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-75252}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.200|dev=beta 1.16.200.56|Basalt blocks now take slightly more time to destroy again.
|Basalt is now immune to ghast fireballs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.0|dev=beta 1.17.0.50|Basalt can now be smelted to yield [[smooth basalt]].}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* Geologically, [[wikipedia:Basalt|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]] seen in [[basalt deltas]].
** Basalt makes up most of Earth's sea floor, as well as [[wikipedia:Iceland|Iceland]] and the [[wikipedia:Hawaiian Islands|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 ==
<gallery>
Basalt deltas with magma cube jumping.png|A [[basalt deltas]] biome with a [[magma cube]] in midair.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week--basalt Block of the Week: Basalt] – Minecraft.net on July 8, 2020

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