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Cobblestone is a common block used for creating various items, that resembles an uneven, roughly paved surface. Cobblestone only occurs naturally in dungeons, NPC Villages, strongholds, or when water and flowing lava come into contact. It is commonly used to create walls for constructions with a medieval appearance 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 Moss Stone. Silverfish have the ability to enter and hide in cobblestone.

Uses

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Room of cobblestone.

Cobblestone is a basic building block required for the crafting of many essential tools and items.

Cobblestone is required to craft furnaces, Cobblestone Slabs, stone stairs, stone tools and weapons, levers, Pistons, dispensers and Brewing Stands. Because of its fair blast resistance, immunity to Enderman griefing, and the abundance of stone, cobblestone is a very commonly-used building material. Cobblestone can be smelted back into smooth stone in a furnace.

Stone tools are easy to craft and widely available early in the game, making them very efficient even when iron is accessible. However, they possess the lowest enchantability of all tool sets, surpassed even by wooden tools.

Smelting

Ingredients Input » Output
Cobblestone Template:Grid2/Furnace

As a crafting ingredient

Ingredients Input » Output
Cobblestone Template:Grid2/Crafting Table
Template:Grid2/Crafting Table
Template:Grid2/Crafting TableNote: this will only work in snapshot 12w34a or later.
Template:Grid2/Crafting Table
Cobblestone
and Sticks
Template:Grid2/Crafting Table
Template:Grid2/Crafting Table
Template:Grid2/Crafting Table
Template:Grid2/Crafting Table
Template:Grid2/Crafting Table
Template:Grid2/Crafting Table
Cobblestone
and Blaze Rod
Template:Grid2/Crafting Table
Cobblestone,
Iron Ingot,
Redstone Dust,
and Wooden Planks
Template:Grid2/Crafting Table
Cobblestone,
Bow,
and Redstone Dust
Template:Grid2/Crafting Table

Video

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History

Classic
Pre 0.0.9a (May 13, 2009)Cobblestone, as well as grass, were the first blocks added to Minecraft.
Cobblestone started out with this texture: File:Cobblestone-Classic.png which looks very similar to the pre-Beta 1.7 one, but with less detail.
Because of its dark color it was often used in pixel art to represent darker colors until other darker blocks, like black wool and obsidian appeared.
Cobblestone was used for the original logo for the game's official website and for the original Minecraft text on the main menu.
0.0.19aCobblestone was removed due to lack of room in the UI.
0.0.20Cobblestone was re-added again.
Beta
1.7The cobblestone texture was changed from File:Cobblestone-Pre Beta 1.7.png, to the current which is lighter and a little smoother.

Trivia

  • Cobblestone is created when water attempts to flow into a block already occupied by flowing lava.
    • This means that infinite amounts of cobblestone can be created by a generator, technically qualifying it as a renewable resource.
    • When water flows into the source block of lava, it creates obsidian instead.
  • Cobblestone is resistant to Ghast fireballs, making it useful for guarding portals.
  • Until the release of Beta 1.3 cobblestone was used to create stone slabs.
  • Cobblestone makes up the walls and, along with Moss Stone, the floor in dungeons.
  • In the game's source code, Cobblestone is referenced as "stonebrick."
  • The current texture for cobblestone has the top and bottom halves swapped and brightened.
  • Although cobblestone is clearly riddled with faults and cracks, it has a higher blast resistance than most blocks and is on par with many others (including stone).
  • You can find naturally occurring cobblestone in dungeons, NPC villages, or places where lava and water flow together.
  • In 1.2.5, looking at Smooth Stone in creative mode and pressing the "Pick Block" button will give you/select Cobblestone.
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