Stone

"This grey stalwart is one of the original Minecraft blocks, added alongside dirt and wood planks on [May 16, 2009], while the game was in its very earliest stages of development. In fact, it's almost as old as the name "Minecraft" itself – before that date, the game was simply known as "Cave Game", while afterwards it became "Minecraft: Order of the Stone"."

- Duncan Geere

Stone is a block found underground in the Overworld or on mountains.

Natural generation
Stone makes up the majority of the solid blocks generated. When chunks generate, stone can be found under 1-5 layers of grass, dirt, sandstone, clay or terracotta in biomes.

When the world is generating new chunks, some stone becomes mineral veins, and almost every cavern and mineshaft generates at stone level.

Post-generation


Stone can also be made by lava flowing on top of water. The water is replaced with stone.

From block loot
Stone requires a pickaxe to be mined, in which case it drops cobblestone. When mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. If stone is mined with a Silk Touch enchanted pickaxe, it drops itself.

From smelting
Stone can be smelted from cobblestone.

Breaking
Stone requires a pickaxe to be mined, in which case it drops cobblestone. When mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. If stone is mined with a Silk Touch enchanted pickaxe, it drops itself.

Silverfish
Silverfish have the ability to enter and hide in stone, creating an infested block.

Trading
Apprentice-level stone mason villagers offer to buy 20 stone for an emerald.

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Block data
In Bedrock Edition, stone uses the following data values: