Lodestone

Lodestone
Renewable	No‌ Yes‌
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3.5
Hardness	3.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

A lodestone is a block that can be used to alter compasses to point toward 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 + Iron 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. 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

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.lodestone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.lodestone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.lodestone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
None	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.lodestone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.lodestone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.lodestone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.3	0.5
Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

Unique

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Lodestone Compass locks onto Lodestone	Players	When a compass is used on a lodestone	item.lodestone_compass.lock	subtitles.item.lodestone_compass.lock	1.0	varies	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a compass is used on a lodestone	lodestone_compass.link_compass_to_lodestone	1.0	0.85-0.95

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Lodestone	lodestone	477	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.lodestone.name

Block data

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

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Country Lode, Take Me Home	Use a Compass on a Lodestone	Hidden in the Depths	—	nether/use_lodestone

History

Java Edition
1.16	20w13a	Added lodestones.
20w16a	Lodestones now generate in chests within bastion remnants.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.21.5	25w02a	Lodestones can now be crafted with an iron ingot surrounded by eight chiseled stone bricks.
Lodestones can now be found in ruined portal chests.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.57	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.
1.20.30	1.20.20.21	Increased the hardness and blast resistance of lodestones from 2 to 3.5.
1.21.60	1.21.60.25	Lodestones can now be crafted with an iron ingot surrounded by eight chiseled stone bricks.
Lodestones can now be found in ruined portal chests.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.21.70	1.21.70.23	All features behind the "Drop 1 2025" experimental toggle are now available during normal 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 the song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver.
• The Lodestone Compass may be a reference to the "Eternal pose", a compass in One Piece that always points to a specific location no matter where the user is.

See also

• Compass
• Netherite

External Links

• Block of the Week: Lodestone – Minecraft.net on August 20, 2020