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Diorite
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool πŸ‘ Invicon Wooden Pickaxe.png: Sprite image for Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft
Blast resistance 6
Hardness 1.5
Luminous No
Transparent No
Flammable No
Catches fire
from lava
No
Map color
 14 QUARTZ
Note block instrument Bass Drum
Sulfur cube archetype Slow Bouncy
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Diorite is a block of igneous rock, found in large pockets underground.

Obtaining

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Breaking

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Diorite can be mined using any pickaxe. If broken without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

  1. ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking Β§ Speed.

Natural generation

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See also: Ore (feature)

Diorite can generate in the Overworld in the form of ore blobs.

In Bedrock Edition, diorite attempts to generate in two batches in all biomes in the Overworld. The first batch generates 2 times per chunk in blobs of size 0-864, from elevations 0 to 60. The second batch has 1⁄6 chance to generate blobs of size 0-864, from elevation 64 to 128. In Bedrock Edition, diorite can replace stone, andesite, granite, polished andesite, polished diorite, and polished granite. In Java Edition, diorite can replace stone, andesite, granite, tuff, and deepslate.

Diorite generates in weaponsmith houses, tannery houses, and mason houses in snowy villages.

In Bedrock Edition, diorite generates in coral reefs, replacing some blocks of coral crust.

Crafting

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Ingredients Crafting recipe
Cobblestone +
Nether Quartz

Usage

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Diorite has the same blast resistance as stone, meaning it can be used as a substitute for stone when building.

Crafting ingredient

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Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Andesite  +
Cobblestone
Diorite Slab
Diorite Stairs
πŸ‘ Invicon Diorite.png: Inventory sprite for Diorite in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diorite
πŸ‘ Invicon Diorite.png: Inventory sprite for Diorite in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diorite
πŸ‘ Invicon Diorite.png: Inventory sprite for Diorite in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diorite
πŸ‘ Invicon Diorite.png: Inventory sprite for Diorite in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diorite
πŸ‘ Invicon Diorite.png: Inventory sprite for Diorite in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diorite
πŸ‘ Invicon Diorite.png: Inventory sprite for Diorite in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diorite

πŸ‘ Invicon Diorite Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Diorite Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diorite Stairs with description: Diorite Stairs
4
Diorite Wall
πŸ‘ Invicon Diorite.png: Inventory sprite for Diorite in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diorite
πŸ‘ Invicon Diorite.png: Inventory sprite for Diorite in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diorite
πŸ‘ Invicon Diorite.png: Inventory sprite for Diorite in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diorite
πŸ‘ Invicon Diorite.png: Inventory sprite for Diorite in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diorite
πŸ‘ Invicon Diorite.png: Inventory sprite for Diorite in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diorite
πŸ‘ Invicon Diorite.png: Inventory sprite for Diorite in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diorite

πŸ‘ Invicon Diorite Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Diorite Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diorite Wall with description: Diorite Wall
6
Granite  +
Nether Quartz
Polished Diorite
Stonecutter Iron Ingot +
Can use stone, granite, diorite, andesite, and their polished variants interchangeably.β€Œ[Bedrock Edition only]

Stonecutting ingredient

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Name Ingredients Cutting recipe
Diorite Slab
Diorite Stairs
Diorite Wall
Polished Diorite
Polished Diorite Slab
Polished Diorite Stairs

Trading

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VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receivesTrades in
stock
Villager
experience
Price
multiplier
JEBE
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Mason
πŸ‘ Image
Journeyman
29%33%16 Γ— πŸ‘ Image
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Emerald
16200.05

Sounds

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Java Edition:

πŸ‘ BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft
stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.stone.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.stone.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.stone.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.stone.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.stone.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

πŸ‘ BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft
stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stonesubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedplace.stonesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.8–1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stonesubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.370.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.31.0
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.121.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.221.0

Data values

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Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tags Translation key
πŸ‘ BlockSprite diorite.png: Sprite image for diorite in Minecraft
Diorite
dioriteBlock & Itembase_stone_overworld
dripstone_replaceable_blocks
lush_ground_replaceable
moss_replaceable
mineable/pickaxe
stone_ore_replaceables
block.minecraft.diorite

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormItem ID[i 1]Block tags Translation key
πŸ‘ BlockSprite diorite.png: Sprite image for diorite in Minecraft
Diorite
dioritestone / 3847Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]
(Numeric: -592)
minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible
stone
tile.stone.diorite.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Videos

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History

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Development

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July 11, 2018πŸ‘ Image
Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of an updated diorite texture.

Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.814w02aπŸ‘ Image
Added diorite.
14w33aDiorite can no longer be used to craft stone slabs.
1.1418w43aπŸ‘ Image
The texture of diorite has been changed.
Diorite can now be used to craft diorite stairs, slabs and walls.
18w44aπŸ‘ Image
The texture of diorite has been changed. Small adjustments have been made to diorite's texture.
19w08aπŸ‘ Image
The texture of diorite has been changed, once again.
19w11aDiorite is now bought by villagers of the new mason profession.
1.1620w07aAs piglins may now barter gold ingots for nether quartz (one of the crafting ingredients for diorite, alongside cobblestone) and cobblestone and gold ingots both being renewable sources), unpolished diorite is now also renewable.
1.1721w06aThe height limit was expanded down to Y=-64. Diorites are temporary generating from Y=-64 instead of Y=0.
21w07aDiorite blobs are now larger and more spherical, but less common.
Diorite is no longer able to generate below Y=0.
21w15aThe changes to diorite generation in the 1.17 snapshots have been reverted, but they can be re-enabled with the Caves & Cliffs Prototype Data Pack.
1.18Experimental Snapshot 1Diorite once again generates how it did in the 1.17 snapshots without the use of a data pack.
experimental snapshot 4Diorite blobs are less likely to generate on the surface.
Strips of diorite sometimes generate in stone shores.
21w37aStrips of diorite no longer generate in stone shores.[1]
26.2snap1Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb diorite, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
snap6Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0build 1πŸ‘ Image
Added diorite.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2Diorite can now generate as part of coral reefs.
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.0Diorite can now be used to craft diorite stairs, slabs and walls.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3πŸ‘ Image
The textures of diorite have been changed.
Diorite now generates in the brand new snowy tundra villages.
Diorite can now be sold to stone mason villagers.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4Trading has been changed, stone mason villagers now have a 1⁄3 chance to buy 16 diorite.
beta 1.11.0.5πŸ‘ Image
The texture of diorite has been changed, again.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.57Diorite trades changed to match Java edition.
1.17.0
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs
beta 1.16.230.56If the Caves & Cliffs experimental gameplay toggle is enabled, diorite blobs are now larger and more spherical, but less common.
1.17.0?Diorite blobs are now unintentionally larger regardless of experimental gameplay.[2]
1.17.2The size of diorite blobs has been corrected.
1.18.0beta 1.18.0.20Removed β€œCaves and Cliffs” experimental toggle. New diorite generation are now available through normal gameplay.
Diorite blobs are now expected to be less likely to generate on the surface, but they generate in a wrong way.
beta 1.18.0.21Now diorite blobs generate as expected.
26.20
Experiment
Drop 2 of 2026
Preview 26.20.23Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb diorite, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
26.30Preview 26.30.20Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
Preview 26.30.27Diorite's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 31.0.1πŸ‘ Image
Added diorite.
TU57CU491.571.561.56Patch 271.0.7Diorite can now be used to craft stone slabs, redstone repeaters, and redstone comparators.
1.88 Diorite can no longer be used to craft stone slabs.
Diorite can now be used to craft diorite stairs, slabs and walls.
1.90πŸ‘ Image
The textures of diorite have been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

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New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0πŸ‘ Image
Added diorite.


Data history

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Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.814w02aThe newly-implemented granite, andesite and , as well as the polished versions for each, use stone's ID and are distinguished using metadata.
14w06aStone now uses the newly-implemented model json file models/block/cube.json; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself.
14w10aStone with numerical metadata variants 7 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have no model πŸ‘ Image
rather than appearing identical to stone.
14w25aStone and its variants are now defined via block states rather than by numerical metadata. Prior to this version, the numerical metadata variants of stone were as follows:
DV Description
πŸ‘ BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft
0 Stone
πŸ‘ BlockSprite granite.png: Sprite image for granite in Minecraft
1 Granite
πŸ‘ BlockSprite polished-granite.png: Sprite image for polished-granite in Minecraft
2 Polished Granite
πŸ‘ BlockSprite diorite.png: Sprite image for diorite in Minecraft
3
πŸ‘ BlockSprite polished-diorite.png: Sprite image for polished-diorite in Minecraft
4 Polished Diorite
πŸ‘ BlockSprite andesite.png: Sprite image for andesite in Minecraft
5 Andesite
πŸ‘ BlockSprite polished-andesite.png: Sprite image for polished-andesite in Minecraft
6 Polished Andesite
πŸ‘ BlockSprite missingno.png: Sprite image for missingno in Minecraft
7-15 Inaccessible "boring" variants of stone
14w26aStone with metadata values 7 through 15 have now been completely removed from the game.
1.1317w47aThe different block states for the stone ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 1.

Bedrock Edition

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Bedrock Edition
1.20.50Preview 1.20.50.20The different block states for the stone ID have now been split up into their own IDs.

Issues

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Issues relating to "Diorite" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

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  • In the real world, diorite comes from underground magma chambers that turned cold. Diorite usually has a salt & pepper appearance.
    • Andesite is diorite's above-ground equivalent: The two rocks come from the same kind of magma, but andesite forms in lava flows. Its fast cooling is what makes it look smoother than diorite.
    • Granite is another magma chamber rock, but it's made of more quartz crystals. That is why in Minecraft, granite can be crafted by combining diorite and nether quartz.
  • In the real world, diorite is an extremely hard rock and is difficult to carve and work with.
  • In Minecraft: Story Mode, Reuben's grave on Episode 4 is made out of diorite and a new stair variant of it which cannot be found in Minecraft until the Village & Pillage update, which was announced roughly 3 years after Episode 4. It is unknown whether diorite slabs are present.

Gallery

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Screenshots

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ MC-236816 β€“ Granite, andesite and gravel strips no longer generate in stony peaks, as well as diorite, granite and andesite strips for stone shores β€“ resolved as "Works As Intended".
  2. ↑ MCPE-130185 β€“ Andesite and Diorite are excessively generated throughout the world β€“ resolved as "Fixed".

External links

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