Cobblestone is a common block, obtained from mining stone. It is mainly used for crafting or as a building block.
Obtaining[]
Cobblestone can be mined using a pickaxe, in which case it drops itself. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. Its hardness is greater than stone so it requires more time to break, especially with anything other than a pickaxe.
Block | Cobblestone | |
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Hardness | 2 | |
Tool | ||
Breaking time[A] | ||
Default | 10 | |
Wooden | 1.5 | |
Stone | 0.75 | |
Iron | 0.5 | |
Diamond | 0.4 | |
Netherite | 0.35 | |
Golden | 0.25 |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Cobblestone is dropped by stone when mined without Silk Touch, and also by infested cobblestone when mined with Silk Touch.
Natural generation[]
Cobblestone occurs naturally in monster rooms, jungle pyramids, pillager outposts, ocean ruins, strongholds, plains, taiga and snowy plains villages, woodland mansions, and trail ruins.
In Java Edition, a single block of cobblestone always generates at the coordinates of (8, -61, 8) at the center of the void start platform, in Superflat worlds created with the Void biome preset.
Post-generation (how cobblestone is renewable)[]
When water and flowing lava come into contact, the flowing lava is replaced by cobblestone. However, if the lava flows on top of the water from above, stone is created instead. Non-flowing lava (a lava source block) turns into obsidian upon contact with water, thus the requirement of flowing lava.
Usage[]
Cobblestone can be used as basic building block, as it is blast resistant and extremely common.
Silverfish[]
Silverfish can enter and hide in cobblestone, creating an infested block.
Smelting ingredient[]
Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
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Stone | Cobblestone + Any fuel |
Crafting ingredient[]
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
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Andesite | Diorite + Cobblestone |
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Brewing Stand | Blaze Rod + Cobblestone |
Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably. | |
Coast Armor Trim Smithing Template or Sentry Armor Trim Smithing Template or Vex Armor Trim Smithing Template |
Diamond + Coast Armor Trim Smithing Template or Sentry Armor Trim Smithing Template or Vex Armor Trim Smithing Template + Cobblestone |
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Cobblestone Slab | Cobblestone | ||
Cobblestone Stairs | Cobblestone | ||
Cobblestone Wall | Cobblestone | ||
Diorite | Cobblestone + Nether Quartz |
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Dispenser | Cobblestone + Bow + Redstone Dust |
The bow can be of any durability. Enchantments on the bow do not affect the resulting dispenser. | |
Dropper | Cobblestone + Redstone Dust |
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Furnace | Cobblestone | Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably. | |
Lever | Stick + Cobblestone |
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Mossy Cobblestone | Cobblestone + Vines |
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Mossy Cobblestone | Cobblestone + Moss Block |
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Observer | Cobblestone + Redstone Dust + Nether Quartz |
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Piston | Any Planks + Cobblestone + Iron Ingot + Redstone Dust |
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Stone Axe | Cobblestone + Stick |
Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably. | |
Stone Hoe | Cobblestone + Stick |
Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably. | |
Stone Pickaxe | Cobblestone + Stick |
Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably. | |
Stone Shovel | Cobblestone + Stick |
Can use any variant of cobblestone | |
Stone Sword | Cobblestone + Stick |
Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably. |
Stonecutting[]
Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
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Cobblestone |
Repairing[]
Cobblestone is one of the repair items for the stone tier and thus can be used to repair the following items in an anvil:
Sounds[]
Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
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Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
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Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
Blocks | When the block is placed | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
Players | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.22 | 1.0 |
Data values[]
ID[]
Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Item tags | Translation key |
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Cobblestone | cobblestone | Block & Item | mineable/pickaxe | stone_crafting_materials stone_tool_materials | block.minecraft.cobblestone |
Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Item tags (JE) | Translation key |
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Cobblestone | cobblestone | 4 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | minecraft:stone_crafting_materials minecraft:stone_tool_materials | tile.cobblestone.name |
Achievements[]
Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
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PS4 | Other | |||||
Hot Topic | Construct a furnace out of eight cobblestone blocks. | Pick up a furnace from a crafting table output. | 15G | Bronze | ||
Dispense with This | Construct a Dispenser. | — | 20G | Bronze | ||
Chestful of Cobblestone | Mine 1,728 Cobblestone and place it in a chest. | A player must mine 1,728 cobblestone and place 1,728 cobblestone, or 27 stacks, in a chest. The cobblestone placed in the chest does not have to be the same cobblestone that was mined. | 20G | Bronze |
Advancements[]
Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
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Stone Age | Mine Stone with your new Pickaxe | Minecraft | Have one of these 3 stones in the #stone_tool_materials item tag:
| story/mine_stone
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History[]
Java Edition pre-Classic | |||||
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rd-20090515 | Added cobblestone, using a modified version of the previous texture of stone. | ||||
mc-161607 | Cobblestone is now referred to as "stacked rocks". | ||||
Java Edition Classic | |||||
May 17, 2009 | Showed the first logo of the game with the title Minecraft made out of cobblestone in the post on The Word of Notch. Never used anywhere else. | ||||
May 18-22, 2009 | Added logo to minecraft.net homepage. | ||||
0.0.14a | The texture of cobblestone has been changed. | ||||
0.0.19a | Cobblestone has been removed from the hotbar due to a lack of room. | ||||
0.0.20a | Cobblestone has been re-added to the hotbar and inventory. | ||||
0.24 SURVIVAL_TEST | Cobblestone now drops itself when broken. | ||||
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST | Cobblestone now drops from mining stone. | ||||
0.28 | Cobblestone now drops from mining obsidian. | ||||
Java Edition Indev | |||||
0.31 | 20100129 | Cobblestone is now used to craft stone swords, axes, pickaxes and shovels. | |||
20100130 | Cobblestone is now used to craft stone slabs. | ||||
20100131 | Added logo to game. | ||||
The logo itself is resized version of one on minecraft.net. | |||||
20100206 | Cobblestone is now used to craft stone hoes. | ||||
20100219 | Cobblestone is now used to craft furnaces. | ||||
20100223 | Cobblestone can now be smelted into smooth stone. | ||||
Java Edition Infdev | |||||
20100617-2 | Cobblestone is now created when flowing water collides with flowing lava, making it renewable. | ||||
20100618 | Cobblestone no longer drops from mining obsidian. | ||||
20100625-2 | Cobblestone can now be found in dungeons. | ||||
20100629 | Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone stairs. | ||||
Java Edition Alpha | |||||
v1.0.1 | Cobblestone is now used to craft levers. | ||||
Java Edition Beta | |||||
1.2 | Cobblestone is now used to craft dispensers. | ||||
1.3 | Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone slabs. | ||||
Cobblestone is no longer used to craft stone slabs. | |||||
1.7 | The texture of cobblestone has been changed. | ||||
Cobblestone is now used to craft pistons. | |||||
1.8 | Pre-release | Cobblestone now naturally generates in villages and strongholds. | |||
Java Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Cobblestone is now used to craft brewing stands. | |||
1.3.1 | 12w22a | Cobblestone now naturally generates in jungle temples. | |||
1.4.2 | 12w34a | Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone walls. | |||
1.5 | 13w03a | Cobblestone is now used to craft droppers. | |||
1.8 | 14w02a | Cobblestone is now used to craft diorite and andesite. | |||
14w03a | Cobblestone now generates under gravel village roads, preventing them from collapsing into caves. | ||||
14w04a | A crafting recipe for moss stone, using cobblestone, has been added. | ||||
1.9 | 15w37a | Cobblestone now generate in the newly added void start platforms. | |||
1.11 | 16w39a | Cobblestone now generates in woodland mansions. | |||
Cobblestone is now used to craft observers. | |||||
September 4, 2017 | Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of an updated cobblestone texture. | ||||
September 18, 2017 | Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of an updated cobblestone texture. | ||||
December 14, 2017 | Released Texture Update Beta resource pack version 1.0 with the updated texture of cobblestone. | ||||
1.13 | 18w09a | Cobblestone now generates in underwater ruins. | |||
1.14 | 18w43a | The texture of cobblestone has been changed. | |||
18w47a | Cobblestone now generates in pillager outposts. | ||||
November 26, 2018 | Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of an updated cobblestone texture. | ||||
November 29, 2018 | Jasper Boerstra tweets an image from the boat texturing process. The new (probably experimental) cobblestone texture can be seen on the background. | ||||
18w50a | The texture of cobblestone has been changed. | ||||
1.20 (Experimental) | 23w04a | Cobblestone can now be used to craft coast armor trim, sentry armor trim, and vex armor trim. | |||
1.20 | 23w12a | Cobblestone now generates in trail ruins. | |||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
Pre-release | Added cobblestone. | ||||
v0.2.0 | The texture of cobblestone has been changed. | ||||
v0.3.0 | Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone stairs and slabs. | ||||
v0.3.2 | Cobblestone is now used to craft furnaces. | ||||
Cobblestone can now be smelted. | |||||
v0.4.0 | Cobblestone is now used to craft stone hoes. | ||||
v0.6.0 | Cobblestone is now used to craft the stonecutter. | ||||
v0.8.0 | build 1 | Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone walls. | |||
v0.9.0 | build 1 | Cobblestone now naturally spawns in dungeons, strongholds and villages. | |||
v0.9.5 | A crafting recipe for moss stone, using cobblestone, has been added. | ||||
v0.12.1 | build 1 | Cobblestone is now used to craft brewing stands. | |||
Cobblestone no longer makes nether reactors. | |||||
Cobblestone now gives experience when smelted. | |||||
v0.13.0 | build 1 | Cobblestone is now used to craft levers. | |||
Cobblestone is no longer used to craft stonecutters. | |||||
v0.15.0 | build 1 | Cobblestone can now be used to craft pistons and observers. | |||
Added zombie villages and some parts of cobblestone have been replaced with "moss stone". | |||||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Cobblestone now generates in woodland mansions. | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | Cobblestone and moss stone now generate in underwater ruins. | |||
1.9.0 | beta 1.9.0.2 | Cobblestone can now be used to craft smithing tables. | |||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of cobblestone has been changed. | |||
Cobblestone now generates in pillager outposts. | |||||
Next Major Update (Experimental) | beta 1.19.80.21 | Cobblestone can now be used to craft coast armor trim, sentry armor trim, and vex armor trim. | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added cobblestone. |
TU3 | The texture of cobblestone has been changed. | ||||
Cobblestone is now used to craft pistons. | |||||
TU5 | Cobblestone now generates in villages and strongholds. | ||||
TU7 | Cobblestone is now used to craft brewing stands. | ||||
TU14 | 1.04 | Cobblestone now generates in jungle temples. | |||
Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone walls. | |||||
TU19 | CU7 | 1.17 | Cobblestone is now used to craft droppers. | ||
TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | A crafting recipe for moss stone, using cobblestone, has been added. | |
Cobblestone is now used to craft andesite and diorite. | |||||
TU54 | CU44 | 1.38 | Patch 24 | 1.0.4 | Cobblestone now generates in woodland mansions. |
Cobblestone is now used to craft observers. | |||||
TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Cobblestone now generates in underwater ruins. | ||
1.90 | The texture of cobblestone has been changed. | ||||
1.91 | Cobblestone is now used to craft smithing tables. | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | Added cobblestone. | ||||
1.9.19 | Cobblestone now generates in woodland mansions. |
Comparison of all released and unreleased textures of cobblestone in the Texture Update.
Data history[]
Java Edition | ||||||||||||
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1.8 | 14w11b | Cobblestone with numerical metadata variants 1 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have no model rather than appearing identical to cobblestone. | ||||||||||
14w26a | Block metadata has been completely removed from this snapshot onwards with the introduction of block states. As this block never used block metadata at all prior to this version, fifteen unused, inaccessible metadata variants of it have been completely removed from the game:
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1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, cobblestone's numeral ID was 4. |
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Cobblestone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[]
Example of a building made with cobblestone, this one being a church in a village.
Cobblestone and mossy cobblestone as seen in a village and a pillager outpost from the Java Edition panorama background.
References[]
External Links[]
- Block of the Week: Cobblestone – Minecraft.net on May 18, 2018