Blackstone is a new building block that was introduced in Minecraft with their Nether update. This block can not be crafted using a furnace or a crafting table but rather needs to be mined. Blackstone is quite easy to find and mine if you are looking in the right place. Let’s take a look at the procedure.

Things you will need

A higher level pickaxe

Where to find Blackstone

Blackstone can be found in the following places listed below. Ensure that you can easily navigate to locations listed below that have active Blackstone deposits before proceeding with the procedure.

Basalt Deltas

Nether areas (Level 5 to Levell 28)

Bastion Remnants

Procedure

Navigate to your discovered Blackstone in the Nether areas. Aim at a block, equip your pickaxe, and start mining. You should now start cracking away at the surface which should yield Blackstone soon depending on the pickaxe that you are using. It will take you a maximum of 7.5s to mine a single block of Blackstone depending on the pickaxe that you are using.

How long does it take to mine Blackstone

Depending on the pickaxe that you are using, it can take anywhere from 0.2s to up to 7.5s. The exact times have been listed below for your convenience.

Default Pickaxe: 7.5s

Wooden Pickaxe: 1.15s

Stone Pickaxe: 0.6s

Iron Pickaxe: 0.4s

Diamond Pickaxe: 0.3s

Netherite Pickaxe: 0.25s

Golden Pickaxe: 0.2s

Note: The times listed above do not take into account enchantments that can be used on top of these tools.