Cobblestone is a common block, obtained from mining stone. Its texture resembles a block of stone with a largely cracked surface. It is mainly used for crafting or as building block.
Obtaining
Cobblestone requires a pickaxe to be mined, in which case it drops itself. If mined without a pickaxe, mining will be slower and it drops nothing. Its hardness is greater than stone so it requires more time to break.
| 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.
Natural generation
Cobblestone occurs naturally in dungeons, jungle temples, pillager outposts, underwater ruins, strongholds, Villages and woodland mansions.
Post-generation
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. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stone | Cobblestone + Any fuel |
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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[Java Edition only][upcoming: BE 1.17.0][1]:
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 | Form | Item tags (JE) | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobblestone | cobblestone | Block & Item | stone_crafting_materials stone_tool_materials | block.minecraft.cobblestone |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobblestone | cobblestone | 4 | Block & Giveable Item[i 1] | tile.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
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History
| Java Edition pre-Classic | ||||||||||||
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| rd-131655 | ||||||||||||
| Cobblestone, along with grass, is one of the first two blocks in Minecraft.[2] | ||||||||||||
| 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". | |||||||||||
| Java Edition 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. | |||||||||||
| 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST | Cobblestone now drops from mining stone. | |||||||||||
| Cobblestone can no longer be broken by explosions. | ||||||||||||
| Java Edition Indev | ||||||||||||
| 0.31 | 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. | |||||||||||
| Java Edition Infdev | ||||||||||||
| 20100617-2 | Cobblestone is now created when flowing water collides with flowing lava, making it renewable. | |||||||||||
| 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 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 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. | |||||||||||
| 14w11b | Cobblestone with numerical metadata variants 1 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have a missing texture File:Missing Texture Block JE3 BE2.png 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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| 1.11 | 16w39a | Cobblestone now generates in woodland mansions. | ||||||||||
| Cobblestone is now used to craft observers. | ||||||||||||
| September 4, 2017 | ||||||||||||
| September 18, 2017 | ||||||||||||
| December 14, 2017 | | |||||||||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, cobblestone's numeral ID was 4. | ||||||||||
| 18w09a | Cobblestone now generates in underwater ruins. | |||||||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | |||||||||||
| 18w47a | Cobblestone now generates in pillager outposts. | |||||||||||
| November 26, 2018 | File:Cobblestone JE6.png Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of an updated cobblestone texture. | |||||||||||
| November 29, 2018 | ||||||||||||
| 18w50a | File:Cobblestone JE6.png The texture of cobblestone has been changed. | |||||||||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | ||||||||||||
| Pre-release | ||||||||||||
| v0.2.0 | ||||||||||||
| 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 2 | 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 | |||||||||||
| Cobblestone now generates in pillager outposts. | ||||||||||||
| 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 | A crafting recipe for moss stone, using cobblestone, has been added. | ||||||||
| 1.90 | File:Cobblestone JE6 BE3.png The texture of cobblestone has been changed. | |||||||||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | ||||||||||||
| 0.1.0 | File:Cobblestone JE4 BE2.png Added cobblestone. | |||||||||||
Comparison of all released and unreleased textures of cobblestone in Texture Update.
Issues
Issues relating to "Cobblestone" 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.
References
- ↑ MCPE-64644
- ↑ "Cave game tech test" – (Archive) Nizzotch on YouTube, May 13, 2009







