Stone is a block found in abundance in the Overworld.
Obtaining
Stone requires a pickaxe to be mined, in which case it will drop cobblestone. When mined without a pickaxe, it will drop nothing. If stone is mined with a Silk Touch enchanted pickaxe, it will drop itself.
| Block | Stone | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 1.5 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[A] | ||
| Default | 7.5 | |
| Wooden | 1.15 | |
| Stone | 0.6 | |
| Iron | 0.4 | |
| Diamond | 0.3 | |
| Netherite | 0.25 | |
| Golden | 0.2 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Naturally generated
Stone makes up the majority of the solid blocks generated. When chunks generate, stone can be found under layers of grass and dirt in most biomes. It can also be seen exposed at the side of mountains in extreme hills biomes.
When the world is generating new chunks, some stone becomes ore, and almost every cavern and mineshaft will generate at stone level.
Water and lava
Stone can also be made by lava flowing on top of water, where the water will be replaced.
Simple stone generator
Smelting
| Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|
| Cobblestone + Any fuel |
Usage
Silverfish
Silverfish have the ability to enter and hide in stone, creating a monster egg.
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redstone Comparator | Redstone Torch + Nether Quartz + Stone |
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| Redstone Repeater | Redstone Torch + Redstone Dust + Stone |
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| Stone Button | Stone | ||
| Stone Pressure Plate | Stone | ||
| Stone Bricks | Stone | ||
| Stone Slab | Stone | ||
| Stone Stairs | Stone | ||
| Stonecutter | Iron Ingot + Stone |
Can use stone only, no variants.[Java Edition only] | |
| Stonecutter | Iron Ingot + Stone |
Can use stone and its three other variants interchangeably.[Bedrock Edition only] |
Data values
Stone has the ID name minecraft:stone, which it shares with andesite, diorite, and granite, differentiated by its block data. Stone also has a block state which is expected to replace the functionality of block data in a future version.
Block data
| DV | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Stone | |
| 1 | Granite | |
| 2 | Polished Granite | |
| 3 | Diorite | |
| 4 | Polished Diorite | |
| 5 | Andesite | |
| 6 | Polished Andesite |
Block state
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| stone_type | 0x10x20x4 | stone
| stone | 0 | Stone |
granite | 1 | Granite | |||
granite_smooth | 2 | Polished Granite | |||
diorite | 3 | Diorite | |||
diorite_smooth | 4 | Polished Diorite | |||
andesite | 5 | Andesite | |||
andesite_smooth | 6 | Polished Andesite |
Video
- Note: This video is outdated, stone buttons need one stone to craft since 1.4.2. Also, stone can be used to craft redstone comparators since 1.5.
Stone/video
History
| pre-classic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rd-160052 | File:Stone-Pre Beta 1.9pre5.png Added stone. | ||||
| c | |||||
| 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST 3 | Creeper explosions no longer destroy stone or stone-like blocks. | ||||
| 0.27 SURVIVAL TEST 10 | Mining stone drops cobblestone. | ||||
| in | |||||
| February 1, 2010 | A pickaxe is now required to mine stone. | ||||
| February 23, 2010 | Cobblestone is now smeltable into normal stone. | ||||
| a | |||||
| 1.0.1 | Stone is now used to craft stone pressure plates (3 stone) and stone buttons (2 stone). | ||||
| b | |||||
| 1.3 | Stone can be crafted into stone slabs. | ||||
| Stone is now used to craft redstone repeaters. | |||||
| 1.8 | Stone can be crafted into stone bricks. | ||||
| r | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9-pre1 | Stone can now be made by having lava flow on top of water. In previous versions the lava would replace the water and continue falling. | |||
| Beta 1.9-pre5 | |||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w34b | Stone buttons are now crafted with only one stone. | |||
| 12w38a | Stone blocks were given new sounds for being walked on and mined. | ||||
| 1.5 | 13w01a | Stone is used to craft comparators, and also hoppers until 13w02a. | |||
| 13w02a | Stone is no longer used to craft hoppers. | ||||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Three new naturally occurring stone variants were added: granite, andesite and diorite, as well as polished versions for each. | |||
| 14w27b | Stone textures are now rotated randomly, making large areas of stone look less uniform. | ||||
| pa | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added stone. | ||||
| 0.3.0 | Stone is now used to craft stone slabs. | ||||
| 0.4.0 | Stone is now used to craft stone bricks. | ||||
| 0.9.0 | build 1 | Added granite, diorite and andesite and their polished editions. | |||
| 0.13.0 | build 1 | Stone is now used to craft stone buttons and pressure plates. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added stone. | |
Issues
Issues relating to "Stone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery
- 2012-01-02 07.25.41.png
The side of a circle room, made of stone
The various types of stone since the Bountiful Update
- Natural Stone Generation.jpg
Stone naturally generated in the side of a Cliff.
- Stone-Pre Beta 1.9pre5.png
The old Stone texture
