Lodestone

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Lodestone
Renewable

No

Stackable

Yes (64)

Tool

Blast resistance

3.5

Hardness

3.5

Luminant

No

Transparent

No

Flammable

No

Catches fire from lava

No

A lodestone is a block that can be used to alter compasses to point towards it. It can be used in all three dimensions.

Obtaining

Breaking

Lodestone requires 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.

Block Lodestone
Hardness 3.5
Tool
Breaking time[FN 1]
Default 17.5
Wooden 2.65
Stone 1.35
Iron 0.9
Diamond 0.7
Netherite 0.6
Golden 0.45
  1. Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Chest loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Lodestone Bastion remnant Bridge chest 1 100%
Bedrock Edition
Lodestone Bastion remnant Bridge chest 1 100%

Crafting

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Lodestone Chiseled Stone Bricks +
Netherite Ingot

Usage

Lodestone Compass

Using a compass on a lodestone causes the compass to point to the lodestone, indicated by an enchantment glint effect on the compass ‌[Java Edition only], or a unique cyan glint ‌[Bedrock Edition only]. This works even in the End and the Nether. If the lodestone is broken, or in a different dimension than the compass, 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

Lodestones cannot be pushed by pistons or pulled by sticky pistons.

Sounds

Generic

Template:Sound table/Block/Lodestone

Unique

Java Edition:

SoundSubtitleSourceDescriptionNamespaced IDTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
File:Lodestone lock1.oggFile:Lodestone lock2.oggLodestone Compass locks onto Lodestone?Using a compass on the blockitem.lodestone_compass.locksubtitles.item.lodestone_compass.lock??16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameNamespaced IDFormTranslation key
LodestonelodestoneBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.lodestone

Bedrock Edition:

NameNamespaced IDNumeric ID FormTranslation key
Lodestonelodestone477Block & Itemtile.lodestone.name

Advancements

Template:Advancements

History

Java Edition
1.1620w13a32px Added lodestones.
20w16aLodestones now generate in chests within bastion remnants.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.5732px Added lodestones.
Lodestones are currently available only in Experimental Gameplay.
Lodestones generate in chests within bastion remnants.
beta 1.16.0.63Lodestones now have their own sounds.
Lodestones are no longer behind Experimental Gameplay.

Issues

Issues relating to "Lodestone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

  • In reality, the lodestone is a naturally magnetized piece of the mineral magnetite, which can attract iron.
  • Despite being made from netherite, lodestones are not immune to fire and lava damage.[1]
  • The advancement "Country Lode, Take Me Home" is a reference to the lyrics of a song called "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver.

References

  1. MC-176618 resolved as "Works as Intended"

de:Leitstein fr:Magnétite it:Magnetite ja:ロードストーン ko:자석석 pl:Magnetyt pt:Magnetita ru:Магнетит th:หินนำทาง zh:磁石