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Have you ever thought that plain ol' Stone block would look really neat if it were polished with Oak? Or that lonely Basalt cube might be slightly improved with a touch of Mangrove? Well, this mod adds a nifty way to turn plain ol' Stone, Diorite, and Basalt into Polished versions with wood textures! Fans of SYLA (Staining Your Life Away) will appreciate the similar nature of PYLA. Conversely, fans of PYLA will appreciate the similar nature of SYLA. SYLA was all about Staining vanilla pieces, so PYLA is all about Polishing vanilla pieces. Of course, some Stones already have a Polished version, but not like these. Also included are Slabs and Stairs of the 3 types, Stone, Diorite, and Basalt. (Note: Basalt needed a Slab and set of Stairs added, so this mod brings those into play too.)
PYLA provides 8 different Polishes that can be used on 3 different types of stone blocks: Stone, Diorite, and Basalt. Each of the 3 types has 3 pieces within the group that can be Polished: Blocks, Slabs, and Stairs. The Blocks also emit light equal to a Magma block, but not the Slabs or Stairs. And so, today we bring these 8 families together for a sit down. Shall we go and meet these families?
The Acacia Family
Starting on the Left at 1 o'clock, we have The Acacia Family, with their Gray trunks and reddish inner core:
The Birch Family
Over at 3 o'clock, we have The Birch Family, with their White/Gray trunks and whiteish inner core:
The Cherry Family
Followed at 5 o'clock by The Cherry Family, with their dark Maroon trunks and pinkish inner core:
The Spruce Wayne Family
At the 6 o'clock, we have The Spruce (Wayne) Family, with their dark Brown trunks and their light Brownish Tan inner core:
The Mangrove Family
Then at 7 o'clock, we have The Mangrove Family, with their dark Brown trunks and their dark reddish inner core:
The Jungle Family
Up next at 9 o'clock is The Jungle Family, with their Greenish/Yellow trunks and tannish inner core:
The Dark Oak Family
Sitting at the 11 o'clock, we have The Dark Oak Family, with their dark Brown trunks and dark brownish inner core:
The Oak Family
And finally, at 12 o'clock, we have The Oak Family, with their tan and pepper Trunks and their light tannish inner core:
Recipes
Supporting these families, is a premier logistics outfit, that shall remain nameless, but we're all thankful for the Mojang, oh and also recipes. It all begins with Tree Logs that you Blast into polishing powder. (Note: The starting points for SYLA and PYLA are similar, but PYLA uses Tree Logs and SYLA uses Stripped Tree Logs)
Next, quickly Smelt an Iron Nugget to get 1 Empty Polish Can.
Finally, combine the powder with a honeycomb block, the empty polishing can, and you have a polishing can of that particular tree polish!
When all the polish has been used up, only 12 uses per can (come on, folks, the cans are small! LOL), the used can disappears, and an Empty Can takes the place of it. The Empty Can, uh can be used to craft more tree polish!
Requirements
Built and Tested on MC JAVA 1.21.1 and Neoforge 21.1.186 Converted and Tested on MC Java 26.1.2 and Neoforge 26.1.2.95 Converted to Fabric and tested on MC Java 26.1.2 This mod does not replace anything and adds a fun component to Minecraft, but it does require Neoforge/Fabric. Recipes are reasonably balanced.
Thank yous
Thank you to the MCreator team for all their hard work on making MCreator, and providing a decent source for the community to utilize. MCreator Thank you to the Mojang Team for Minecraft, without which none of us would be here. Minecraft Thank you to the Neoforge Team for picking up the pieces of Forge and pushing forward. Neoforge Thank you to Modrinth for hosting all our fun! Thank you to the community!
F.A.Q.
Q. Can I use your mod in my mod?
A. Yes! If you could please include a Credits.txt file with the name of this mod.\
Q. Why can't I change this _____ Slab/Stair into the polished version?
A. Make sure you are targeting one of the 3 types of stone blocks: Stone, Diorite, and Basalt, and not Smooth Stone, Polished Diorite, or Smooth Basalt.
Other Mods by AJ
Colored Obsidian Plus
SYLA (Staining Your Life Away)
Every family, every block, all at once!
All 8 families are present and accounted for, plus the two bonus pieces of Basalt: Slab and Stairs.
From left to right: Stone Acacia Polished, Diorite Acacia Polished, Basalt Acacia Polished
From left to right: Stone Birch Polished, Diorite Birch Polished, Basalt Birch Polished.
From left to right: Stone Cherry Polished, Diorite Cherry Polished, Basalt Cherry Polished.
From left to right: Stone Dark Oak Polished, Diorite Dark Oak Polished, Basalt Dark Oak Polished.
From left to right: Stone Jungle Polished, Diorite Jungle Polished, Basalt Jungle Polished.
From left to right: Stone Mangrove Polished, Diorite Mangrove Polished, Basalt Mangrove Polished.
From left to right: Stone Oak Polished, Diorite Oak Polished, Basalt Oak Polished.
From left to right, no bats present: Stone Spruce Polished, Diorite Spruce Polished, Basalt Spruce Polished.
Blasting some Cherry Logs into Cherry Polish Powder. Next stop, the Crafting Table with Honeycomb Blocks and empty polish cans. All Polish Powder is grouped in the Blast Furnace Recipe Book.
After Blasting Logs into Polish Powder, that has to be combined with a Honeycomb Block and an Empty Polish Can (which can also be crafted, well Smelted actually).
Empty polish cans are fairly cheap to make, 1 Iron Nugget = 1 Empty Can.
Once all the Polish has been used up in the Can, a little message appears, the Can disappears, and an Empty Can is added to your inventory.