Mossy Cobblestone

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	2
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Mossy cobblestone is a variant of cobblestone with moss on it. It is mainly used for crafting or as building block.

Obtaining[]

Mossy 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	Mossy 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.

Crafting[]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Mossy Cobblestone	Cobblestone + Vines
Mossy Cobblestone	Cobblestone + Moss Block

Natural generation[]

Mossy cobblestone occurs naturally in dungeons, jungle temples, pillager outposts, underwater ruins, and plains, taiga, snowy taiga, and zombie villages. It can also be found in the form of forest rocks in the old growth taiga biome.

Usage[]

Mossy cobblestone can be used as a basic building block, as it is blast resistant and fairly common.

Crafting ingredient[]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Mossy Cobblestone Slab	Mossy Cobblestone	6
Mossy Cobblestone Stairs	Mossy Cobblestone	4
Mossy Cobblestone Wall	Mossy Cobblestone	6

Stonecutting[]

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Mossy Cobblestone	2

Note Blocks[]

Mossy cobblestone can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.

Sounds[]

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.stone.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.stone.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.stone.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.stone.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	`block.stone.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.stone`	0.4	1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.stone`	0.37	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	`jump.stone`	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.stone`	0.22	1.0
	Blocks	Walking on the block	`step.stone`	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	`use.stone`	1.0	0.8

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Mossy Cobblestone	`mossy_cobblestone`	Block & Item	`mineable/pickaxe`	`block.minecraft.mossy_cobblestone`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Mossy Cobblestone	`mossy_cobblestone`	`48`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.mossy_cobblestone.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same id with the block.

History[]

October 24, 2009

Notch showed mossy cobblestone.

Java Edition Classic

0.26 SURVIVAL TEST

Added moss stone.

As no in-game name has been indicated, it is commonly referred to as "Mossy Cobblestone".

Java Edition Indev

0.31

20100124

The player now spawns in a moss stone Indev house.

20100213

The Indev house is no longer made of moss stone.

Java Edition Infdev

20100625-2

Moss stone can now be found in dungeons.

Java Edition Beta

1.0

Items have been given in-game names, officially naming this block "Moss Stone".

1.8

Pre-release

The texture of moss stone has been changed.

Java Edition

1.3.1

12w22a

Moss stone now naturally generates as one of the main blocks of jungle temples.

1.4.2

12w34a

Moss stone can now be used to craft mossy cobblestone walls.

1.7.2

13w36a

"Boulders" of moss stone now appear in the mega taiga biome.

1.8

14w04a

Moss stone can now be crafted using cobblestone and vines, making them renewable.

14w11b

Mossy cobblestone with numerical metadata variants 1 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have no model

rather than appearing identical to mossy 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:

	DV	Description
	0	Mossy Cobblestone
	1-15	Inaccessible "boring" variants of mossy cobblestone

1.13

17w47a

"Moss Stone" has been renamed to "Mossy Cobblestone".

Prior to The Flattening, mossy cobblestone's numeral ID was 48.

18w09a

Mossy cobblestone now generates in underwater ruins.

1.14

18w43a

The texture of mossy cobblestone has been changed.

November 29, 2018

Jasper Boerstra tweets an image from the boat texturing process. The new (probably experimental) mossy cobblestone texture can be seen on the background.

18w50a

The texture of mossy cobblestone has been changed, once again.

1.17

21w11a

Mossy cobblestone can now also be crafted with moss blocks and cobblestone.

Pocket Edition Alpha

?

Added moss stone.

v0.4.0

Moss stone has been added to creative mode.

v0.9.0

build 1

Moss stone now generates naturally in dungeons and as part of boulders.

v0.9.5

A crafting recipe for moss stone, using cobblestone, has been added.

v0.12.1

build 1

The stonecutter function has been removed, so moss stone can now be crafted in a crafting table and no longer in a stonecutter.

v0.15.0

build 1

Moss stone now generates in jungle temples.

Added zombie villages and some parts of cobblestone have been replaced with moss stone.

Bedrock Edition

1.4.0

beta 1.2.20.1

Moss stone now generates 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.

1.10.0

beta 1.10.0.3

The texture of mossy cobblestone has been changed.

Mossy cobblestone now generates in pillager outposts.

Mossy cobblestone now generates in the new plains, taiga and snowy taiga villages.

1.16.220

beta 1.16.220.52

Moss blocks with cobblestone can now be used to craft mossy cobblestone.

Legacy Console Edition

Added moss stone.

A crafting recipe for moss stone, using cobblestone, has been added.

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

The texture of mossy cobblestone has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

0.1.0

Added moss stone.

Trivia[]

Mossy cobblestone does not have an infested variant.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Mossy Cobblestone" or "Moss Stone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery[]

An official screenshot of an early village released by Notch, showing cobblestone and mossy cobblestone.
Another screenshot of an early village with mossy cobblestone.
The ground of this shelter has been replaced with mossy cobblestone from a dungeon, for aesthetic purposes.
Cobblestone and Mossy cobblestone found inside of a jungle temple.
A naturally occurring mossy cobblestone boulder in a old growth taiga biome.
Cobblestone and mossy cobblestone as seen in a village and a Pillager outpost from the Java Edition panorama background.
Cobblestone and mossy cobblestone as viewed in a beachside Pillager outpost.
Mossy cobblestone blocks, stairs and slabs.