Cobblestone is a common block, obtained from mining stone. Its texture resembles block of stone with a largely cracked surface.
Mossy cobblestone is a variant of cobblestone with moss growing in its cracks.
Both blocks are mainly used for crafting or as building blocks.
Obtaining
Cobblestone 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 | Cobblestone | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 also dropped by stone when mined without Silk Touch, and by infested cobblestone when mined with Silk Touch.
Crafting
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Mossy Cobblestone | Cobblestone + Vines |
Natural generation
Both cobblestone and mossy cobblestone occur naturally in dungeons, jungle temples, pillager outposts, and underwater ruins. Only cobblestone generates in strongholds and woodland mansions and only mossy cobblestone can be found in the form of scattered boulders in the giant tree taiga biome. Cobblestone generates in all types of villages except desert and mossy cobblestone is found in plains, taiga, snowy taiga, and zombie villages.
Water and lava
When water and flowing lava come into contact, the flowing lava is replaced with cobblestone. However, if the lava flows on top of the water from above, stone is created instead.
Usage
Cobblestone and mossy cobblestone can be used as basic building blocks, as they are blast resistant and fairly common.
Silverfish
Silverfish can enter and hide in normal cobblestone, creating an infested block.
Smelting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Stone | Cobblestone + Any fuel |
Crafting ingredient
Stonecutting
| Name | Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Cobblestone Slab or Cobblestone Stairs or Cobblestone Wall |
Cobblestone | |
| Mossy Cobblestone Slab or Mossy Cobblestone Stairs or Mossy Cobblestone Wall |
Mossy Cobblestone |
Repairing
Cobblestone is the repair item 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Item tags (JE) | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobblestone | cobblestone | stone_tool_materialsfurnace_materials | block.minecraft.cobblestone |
| Mossy Cobblestone | mossy_cobblestone | None | block.minecraft.mossy_cobblestone |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobblestone | cobblestone | 4 | tile.cobblestone.name |
| Mossy Cobblestone | mossy_cobblestone | 48 | tile.mossy_cobblestone.name |
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 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
|
History
| pre-classic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave game tech test | |||||
| Cobblestone, along with grass, is one of the first two blocks in Minecraft,[1] from back when the game was referred to by Notch as an Infiniminer clone, initially named "Cave Game". | |||||
| The textures of cobblestone are from one of Notch's previous games, RubyDung. | |||||
| rd-132211 | File:Oldmclogo.png Cobblestone is now used for the original logo for the game's official website. | ||||
| rd-20090515 | |||||
| mc-161607 | Cobblestone is now referred to as "stacked rocks". | ||||
| classic | |||||
| 0.0.14a | |||||
| 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 from mining Cobblestone. | ||||
| October 24, 2009 | Notch showed mossy cobblestone. | ||||
| 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST | |||||
| Cobblestone now drops from mining Stone as well. | |||||
| Cobblestone can no longer be broken by explosions. | |||||
| indev | |||||
| 0.31 | 20100124 | The player now spawns in a moss stone Indev house. | |||
| 20100129 | Cobblestone is now used to craft stone slabs, stone swords, axes, pickaxes and shovels. | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| infdev | |||||
| 20100616 | Cobblestone is now created when flowing water collides with flowing lava, making cobblestone generators possible. | ||||
| 20100625-2 | Cobblestone and mossy cobblestone can now be found in dungeons. | ||||
| 20100629 | Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone stairs. | ||||
| alpha | |||||
| v1.0.1 | Cobblestone is now used to craft levers. | ||||
| beta | |||||
| 1.0 | Items have been given in-game names, officially naming this block "Moss Stone". | ||||
| 1.2 | Cobblestone is now used to craft dispensers. | ||||
| 1.3 | Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone slabs and no longer crafts stone slabs. | ||||
| 1.7 | |||||
| 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 and moss stone naturally now generate as the main blocks of jungle temples. | |||
| 1.4.2 | 12w34a | Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone walls. | |||
| Moss stone can now be used to craft mossy cobblestone walls. | |||||
| 1.5 | 13w03a | Cobblestone is now used to craft droppers. | |||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | "Boulders" of moss stone now appear in the giant tree taiga biome. | |||
| 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 | Added a crafting recipe for moss stone, using cobblestone. | ||||
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Cobblestone now generates in woodland mansions. | |||
| Cobblestone is now used to craft observers. | |||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | "Moss Stone" has been renamed to "Mossy Cobblestone". | |||
| Prior to The Flattening, cobblestone's numeral ID was 4 and mossy cobblestone's was 48. | |||||
| 18w09a | Cobblestone and mossy cobblestone now generate in underwater ruins. | ||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||
| 18w50a | File:Cobblestone JE6.png | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| Pre-release | |||||
| 0.2.0 | |||||
| 0.3.0 | Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone stairs and slabs. | ||||
| 0.3.2 | Cobblestone is now used to craft furnaces. | ||||
| Cobblestone can now be smelted. | |||||
| 0.4.0 | Cobblestone is now used to craft stone hoes. | ||||
| 0.6.0 | Cobblestone is now used to craft the stonecutter. | ||||
| 0.8.0 | build 2 | Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone walls. | |||
| 0.9.0 | build 1 | Cobblestone now naturally spawns in dungeons, strongholds and villages. | |||
| Moss stone now generates naturally in dungeons and as part of boulders. | |||||
| 0.9.5 | Added a crafting recipe for moss stone. | ||||
| 0.12.1 | build 1 | Cobblestone is now used to craft brewing stands. | |||
| Cobblestone no longer makes nether reactors. | |||||
| Cobblestone now gives experience when smelted. | |||||
| The stonecutter function has been removed, so moss stone can now be crafted in a crafting table and no longer in a stonecutter. | |||||
| 0.13.0 | build 1 | Cobblestone is now used to craft levers. | |||
| Cobblestone is no longer used to craft stonecutters. | |||||
| 0.15.0 | build 1 | Cobblestone can now be used to craft pistons and observers. | |||
| Moss stone now generates in jungle temples. | |||||
| 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 1.9.0.0 | "Moss stone" has been renamed to "Mossy Cobblestone". | |||
| Mossy cobblestone can now be used to craft mossy cobblestone slabs and stairs. | |||||
| beta 1.9.0.2 | Cobblestone can now be used to craft smithing tables. | ||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||
| Cobblestone and mossy cobblestone now generate in pillager outposts. | |||||
| Mossy cobblestone now generates in the new plains, taiga and snowy taiga villages. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | File:Cobblestone JE3 BE1.png Added cobblestone. |
| TU3 | File:Cobblestone JE4 BE2.png The texture of cobblestone has been changed. | ||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Added a crafting recipe for moss stone. | |
| 1.88 | "Moss Stone" has been renamed to "Mossy Cobblestone". | ||||
| Mossy cobblestone can now be used to craft mossy cobblestone slabs and stairs. | |||||
| 1.90 | File:Cobblestone JE6 BE3.png | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | File:Cobblestone JE4 BE2.png Added cobblestone. | ||||
Trivia
- Mossy cobblestone does not have an infested variant.
- Cobblestone, along with grass blocks, were the first two blocks to be added into Minecraft.
Issues
Issues relating to "Cobblestone", "Mossy Cobblestone", or "Moss Stone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery
- Villagechurch.png
Example of a building made with cobblestone, this one being a church in a village.
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