Basalt

Block

minecraft:basalt

Basalt is a Minecraft block. It cannot be crafted — collect naturally generated ones to obtain it. It generates naturally in 2 biomes such as Basalt Deltas. It also generates in Bastion Remnant. It is used to craft Polished Basalt and Smooth Basalt.

Tool used to collect

Pickaxe

How to obtain Basalt

Natural generation

Collect naturally generated ones (see the generation map below).

Naturally Generated Areas

Nether × Height (Y)

128640

Y=0 to 128Basalt Deltas etc.

Overworld

✕ Mushroom Fields ✕ Deep Frozen Ocean ✕ Frozen Ocean ✕ Deep Cold Ocean ✕ Cold Ocean ✕ Deep Ocean ✕ Ocean ✕ Deep Lukewarm Ocean ✕ Lukewarm Ocean ✕ Warm Ocean ✕ Stony Shore ✕ Swamp ✕ Mangrove Swamp ✕ Snowy Slopes ✕ Snowy Plains ✕ Snowy Beach ✕ Windswept Gravelly Hills ✕ Grove ✕ Windswept Hills ✕ Snowy Taiga ✕ Windswept Forest ✕ Taiga ✕ Plains ✕ Meadow ✕ Beach ✕ Forest ✕ Old Growth Spruce Taiga ✕ Flower Forest ✕ Birch Forest ✕ Dark Forest ✕ Pale Garden ✕ Savanna Plateau ✕ Savanna ✕ Jungle ✕ Badlands ✕ Desert ✕ Wooded Badlands ✕ Jagged Peaks ✕ Stony Peaks ✕ Frozen River ✕ River ✕ Ice Spikes ✕ Old Growth Pine Taiga ✕ Sunflower Plains ✕ Old Growth Birch Forest ✕ Sparse Jungle ✕ Bamboo Jungle ✕ Eroded Badlands ✕ Windswept Savanna ✕ Cherry Grove ✕ Frozen Peaks ✕ Dripstone Caves ✕ Lush Caves ✕ Deep Dark

Nether

✕ Nether Wastes ✔ Soul Sand Valley ✕ Crimson Forest ✕ Warped Forest ✔ Basalt Deltas

The End

✕ The End ✕ End Highlands ✕ End Midlands ✕ Small End Islands ✕ End Barrens

What you can craft with Basalt

Polished BasaltSmooth Basalt