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Stone is a block found extremely commonly 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.
Natural generation
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 mountains 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 an infested block.
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 and its three other variants interchangeably.[Bedrock Edition only] | |
| Stonecutter | Iron Ingot + Stone |
Can use stone only, no variants.[Java Edition only] |
Data values
ID
Stone/ID
Block data
In Bedrock Edition, stone uses the following data values:
| DV | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Stone | |
| 1 | Granite | |
| 2 | Polished Granite | |
| 3 | Diorite | |
| 4 | Polished Diorite | |
| 5 | Andesite | |
| 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- Note: This video is outdated, stone buttons need one stone to craft since 1.4.2.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 Revision 1.png Added stone. | ||||
| classic | |||||
| 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST | Creeper explosions no longer destroy stone or stone-like blocks. | ||||
| 0.27 SURVIVAL TEST | Mining stone drops cobblestone. | ||||
| indev | |||||
| 0.31 (February 1, 2010, 2) | A pickaxe is now required to mine stone. | ||||
| February 23, 2010 | Cobblestone is now smeltable into normal stone. | ||||
| alpha | |||||
| v1.0.1 | Stone is now used to craft stone pressure plates (3 stone) and stone buttons (2 stone). | ||||
| beta | |||||
| 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. | |||
| release | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease | 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 Prerelease 5 | |||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w22a | Inventory sprites for blocks were flipped from left to right, changing to . | |||
| 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. | ||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The different block states for the stone ID have been split up into their own IDs.
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| Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 1. | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||
| 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 | ||
Issues
Issues relating to "Stone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- Stone is the only block with a slab equivalent but no stairs equivalent.
Gallery
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.
- StoneUnderBedrock.png
Stone generated under bedrock.
References
- ↑ "Block of the Week: Stone " – Minecraft.net, May 4, 2018

