Cobblestone

Cobblestone is a darker block, often looking like a roughly paved area. This block only occurs naturally in dungeons. It makes great walls for constructions such as castles, towers and roads. Cobblestone is obtained by mining stone. Cobblestone is slightly harder to mine than normal stone, and there is an alternative version of the block known as Mossy Cobblestone, which can only be obtained from dungeons.

When flowing lava touches water it forms cobblestone. This can be utilised to create cobblestone factories.

History
Cobblestone was issued in the first version of Minecraft or when it was just a clone of Infiniminer. It's textures are from one of Notch's previous games called RubyDung. Cobblestone was removed in 0.0.19a, but returned in 0.0.20a. It was removed due to lack of room in the UI. Because of its dark color it was often used in pixel art to represent darker colors until other, darker blocks like black cloth and obsidian appeared.

As of 1.2.0, Cobblestone has a new perk introduced to it. It serves as an indestructible block against Ghast fireballs. It takes no damage, so players are recommended to carry it with them to create shelters out of if they find themselves swarmed by Ghasts. It will not stop radius damage from getting to the player though, and it can still be set on fire from the top. Thus, one should consider to have plenty of space if they are trying to block a Ghast fireball.

Cobblestone can be used to find north. On the block, in the northwest corner, there is an L shape. When the L is seen, the top of the L faces north. Mossy Cobblestone and Netherstone also have this feature. This can even be used in the Nether, where compasses do not work.

Trivia

 * Cobblestone was one of the first ever blocks as seen in very early Minecraft footage.



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