Lodestone

Lodestone

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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
Default	17.5
Wooden	2.65
Stone	1.35
Iron	0.9
Diamond	0.7
Netherite	0.6
Golden	0.45

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

Unique

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
File:Lodestone lock1.oggFile:Lodestone lock2.ogg	Lodestone Compass locks onto Lodestone	?	Using a compass on the block	item.lodestone_compass.lock	subtitles.item.lodestone_compass.lock	?	?	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Form	Translation key
Lodestone	lodestone	Block & Item	block.minecraft.lodestone

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Lodestone	lodestone	477	Block & Item	tile.lodestone.name

History

Java Edition
1.16		20w13a			32px Added lodestones.
		20w16a			Lodestones now generate in chests within bastion remnants.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			32px Added lodestones.
					Lodestones are currently available only in Experimental Gameplay.
					Lodestones generate in chests within bastion remnants.
		beta 1.16.0.63			Lodestones 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.
• 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.