{{Infobox block
| image = <gallery>
Quartz Pillar (UD) JE3 BE2.png|Quartz Pillar (UD)
Quartz Pillar (EW) JE3 BE2.png|Quartz Pillar (EW)
Quartz Pillar (NS) JE3 BE2.png|Quartz Pillar (NS)
</gallery>
| invimage = Quartz Pillar
| transparent = No
| light = No
| tool = wooden pickaxe
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = No
| lavasusceptible = No
}}
A '''quartz pillar''' is a variant of the [[block of quartz]], obtained through crafting.

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
Quartz pillars can be [[breaking|mined]] using any [[pickaxe]]. If mined without a pickaxe, it [[drops]] nothing.

{{breaking row
|horizontal=1
|Quartz Pillar
|link=none
|Pickaxe
|Wood
}}

=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
  |head=1
  |B2=Block of Quartz
  |B3=Block of Quartz
  |Output=Quartz Pillar,2
  |type=Building block
  |foot=1
}}

=== Stonecutting ===
{{Stonecutting
|head=1
|Block of Quartz
|Quartz Pillar
|foot=1
}}

=== Trading ===
{{Trade sources}}

== Usage ==
Quartz pillars can be placed on any axis.

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

=== Note Blocks ===
Quartz pillars can be placed under [[note block]]s to produce "bass drum" sounds.

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

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Quartz Pillar
|spritetype=block
|nameid=quartz_pillar
|blocktags=mineable/pickaxe
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Quartz Pillar
|spritetype=block
|nameid=quartz_pillar
|aliasid=quartz_block / 2
|translationkey=tile.quartz_block.lines.name
|id=-954
|foot=1}}

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

{{/BS}}

== History ==
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||January 9, 2013|link=Special:Diff/423712|Jeb released the textures for snapshot 13w02a early, which included the textures for the Nether quartz block. This revealed there would be at least three variants: The standard block, a lines variant, and a chiseled variant. There are 7 textures for the blocks.<ref>{{tweet|jeb_|289051304658104320|I wrote info about future texture packs on the wiki. I'm not giving you the link, because then you'll just click on it all at once ;(}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.5|dev=13w02a|[[File:Quartz Pillar Axis Y JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Quartz Block Axis Y JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added quartz pillars.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=13w03a|[[File:Quartz Pillar Axis X JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Quartz Pillar Axis Z JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Pillar quartz blocks can now be placed sideways.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|The different block states for the <code>quartz_block</code> ID have been split up into their own IDs.
|"Pillar Quartz Block" has been renamed to "Quartz Pillar".
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[block]]'s numeral ID was 155.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Quartz Pillar Axis Y JE2.png|32px]] The textures of all quartz pillars have been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w50a|[[File:Quartz Pillar Axis Y JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Quartz Pillar (NS) JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Quartz Pillar (EW) JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of quartz pillars has been changed once again.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w11a|Quartz pillars are now [[trading|sold]] by [[villager]]s of the new mason profession, making all quartz-based building blocks [[renewable resource|renewable]].}}

|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.6.0|[[File:Quartz Pillar Axis Y JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added pillar quartz blocks. 
|Pillar quartz blocks can be used to [[crafting|craft]] quartz [[stairs]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.7.4|Pillar quartz blocks are now craftable in survival.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 4|[[File:Quartz Pillar Axis X JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Quartz Pillar Axis Z JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Pillar quartz blocks can now be placed sideways.
|[[File:Quartz Pillar Axis None BE1.png|32px]] Sides-only versions of quartz pillars now exist.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Quartz Pillar Axis Y JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Quartz Pillar Axis None BE2.png|32px]] The textures of pillar quartz blocks blocks have been changed.
|Pillar quartz blocks are now [[renewable resource|renewable]], due to it being [[trading|sold]] by stone mason villagers for 1 to 2 [[emerald]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11.0|dev=beta 1.11.0.4|Pillar quartz blocks sold by stonemason [[villager]]s now cost one emerald. Master-level stone mason villagers have a 50% chance to [[trading|sell]] a quartz pillar for one [[emerald]] as their trade.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.12.0|dev=beta 1.12.0.3|[[Trading]] has been changed, master-level stone mason villagers now sell pillar quartz.}}
|{{HistoryLine||?|Quartz pillars with the side texture on all faces has been removed, and replaced with the y axis-aligned pillar.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.30|dev=?|[[Trading]] has been changed; pillar quartz blocks are now sold by mason villagers in the same way as ''[[Java Edition]]''.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.20|dev=Preview 1.21.20.22|"Pillar Quartz Block" has been renamed to "Quartz Pillar".
|The different chisel type [[block states]] for the <code>quartz_block</code> ID have been split up into their own IDs.}}

|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU14|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.04|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|switch=1.0.1|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Quartz Pillar Axis Y JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added pillar quartz blocks.
|Pillar quartz blocks can now be used to [[crafting|craft]] quartz stairs and slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Quartz Pillar Axis Y JE3 BE2.png|32px]]{{verify|Are these textures correct}} The textures of pillar quartz blocks have been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Quartz Pillar Axis Y JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added pillar quartz blocks.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list|Pillar Quartz Block|Quartz Pillar}}

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
QuartzPillarPlacement.png|An example showing how pillar quartz blocks can be placed.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Navigation ==
{{Navbox quartz}}
{{Navbox blocks|Building}}

[[Category:Manufactured blocks]]
[[Category:Nether blocks]]

[[fr:Pilier de quartz]]
[[pt:Pilar de quartzo]]