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Lodestone
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool πŸ‘ Invicon Wooden Pickaxe.png: Sprite image for Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft
Blast resistance 3.5
Hardness 3.5
Luminous No
Transparent No
Flammable No
Catches fire
from lava
No
Map color
 6 METAL
β€Œ[JE only]

 8 SNOW
β€Œ[BE only]
Note block instrument Default (Harp)
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A lodestone is a block that can be used to alter compasses to point toward it.

Obtaining

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Breaking

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Lodestones require a pickaxe to be mined, in which case it drops itself. If mined without a pickaxe, then the mining is slower and 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.

Generated loot

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Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
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Bastion Remnant
Bridge chest 1 100%
{ "item": "Lodestone", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 1, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
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Ruined Portal
Chest 1–2 66.7%
{ "item": "Lodestone", "stacksize": "1–2", "chance": 0.6666666666666667, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }

Crafting

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Ingredients Crafting recipe
Chiseled Stone Bricks +
Iron Ingot
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Iron Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Ingot with description: Iron Ingot
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks

πŸ‘ Invicon Lodestone.png: Inventory sprite for Lodestone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Lodestone

Usage

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Lodestone Compass

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Using a compass on a lodestone causes the compass to point to the lodestone, indicated by an enchantment glint effect on the compass. This works even in the End and the Nether. If the lodestone is broken, or in a different dimension, then the compass spins randomly, as ordinary compasses in the End and Nether do. If the lodestone is destroyed while a paired compass is in a chest, shulker box, item frame, armor stand, or any other storage item, the compass does not register that the lodestone is destroyed until the item is retrieved. Placing a lodestone back in the exact place as the original lodestone while the compass is still in a container prevents unpairing.

Piston interactivity

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Lodestones cannot be pushed by pistons. They also cannot be pushed or pulled by sticky pistons. It is one of the few blocks with that property that can be destroyed by explosions.

Job site

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Exclusively in 25w14craftmine, a villager can claim a lodestone to take on the profession of a traitor, which trades mine ingredients.

Sounds

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Generic

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Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

πŸ‘ BlockSprite lodestone.png: Sprite image for lodestone in Minecraft
lodestone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​ ?BlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stone​ ?1.00.8–1.0
​ ?BlocksWhen the block is placeddig.lodestone​ ?1.00.8–1.0
​ ?BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stone​ ?0.30.5
​ ?PlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stone​ ?0.41.0
​ ?PlayersWalking on the blockstep.stone​ ?0.31.0
​ ?BlocksJumping from the blockjump.stone​ ?0.121.0
​ ?BlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.stone​ ?0.221.0

Unique

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Java Edition

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Lodestone Compass locks onto LodestonePlayersWhen a compass is used on a lodestoneitem.lodestone_compass.locksubtitles.item.lodestone_compass.lock​1.0varies [sound 1]16
  1. ↑ Can be 0.85 or 0.95 for each sound

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​ ?BlocksWhen a compass is used on a lodestonelodestone_compass.link_compass_to_lodestone​ ?1.00.85–0.95

Data values

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Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
πŸ‘ BlockSprite lodestone.png: Sprite image for lodestone in Minecraft
Lodestone
lodestoneBlock & Item block.minecraft.lodestone

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
πŸ‘ BlockSprite lodestone.png: Sprite image for lodestone in Minecraft
Lodestone
lodestone477Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3] tile.lodestone.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.

In Bedrock Edition, a lodestone has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

NameSavegame ID
πŸ‘ BlockSprite lodestone.png: Sprite image for lodestone in Minecraft
Block entity
Lodestone

Block data

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In Bedrock Edition, a lodestone has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Advancements

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IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
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Country Lode, Take Me HomeUse a Compass on a β€”

Videos

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History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.1620w13aπŸ‘ Image
Added lodestones.
The block was crafted with eight chiseled stone bricks and one netherite ingot.
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Netherite Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Ingot with description: Netherite Ingot
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks

πŸ‘ Invicon Lodestone.png: Inventory sprite for Lodestone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Lodestone
20w16aLodestones now generate in chests within bastion remnants.
20w20aPlayers now get the advancement "Country Lode, Take Me Home" when using a compass on a lodestone.
1.21.525w02aLodestones now generate in chests within ruined portals.
Changed crafting recipe to require an iron ingot instead of a netherite ingot, making them renewable.
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Iron Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Ingot with description: Iron Ingot
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks

πŸ‘ Invicon Lodestone.png: Inventory sprite for Lodestone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Lodestone

Bedrock Edition

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Bedrock Edition
1.16.0
Experiment
Experimental Gameplay
beta 1.16.0.57πŸ‘ Image
Added lodestones.
Lodestones are currently available only in Experimental Gameplay.
Lodestones generate in chests within bastion remnants.
The block was crafted with eight chiseled stone bricks and one netherite ingot.
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Netherite Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Ingot with description: Netherite Ingot
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks

πŸ‘ Invicon Lodestone.png: Inventory sprite for Lodestone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Lodestone
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.63Lodestones now have their own sounds.
Lodestones are no longer behind Experimental Gameplay.
1.20.30Preview 1.20.20.21Increased the hardness and blast resistance of lodestones from 2 to 3.5.
1.21.60
Experiment
Drop 1 2025
Preview 1.21.60.25Lodestones now generate in chests within ruined portals.
Changed crafting recipe to require an iron ingot instead of a netherite ingot, making them renewable.
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Iron Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Ingot with description: Iron Ingot
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks

πŸ‘ Invicon Lodestone.png: Inventory sprite for Lodestone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Lodestone
1.21.70Preview 1.21.70.23All features behind the "Drop 1 2025" experimental toggle have now been fully implemented.

Issues

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

Trivia

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  • In reality, a lodestone is a naturally magnetized piece of the mineral magnetite, which can attract iron.
  • The advancement "Country Lode, Take Me Home" is a reference to the lyrics of the song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver.

Gallery

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Mojang images

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In other media

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References

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  1. ↑ "πŸͺ¨πŸͺ¨πŸ‘€πŸ‘€" – @Minecraft (Minecraft) on X (formerly Twitter), January 7, 2025

External links

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