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This article is about the block called stone. For other kinds of stone, see Rock.

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This grey stalwart is one of the original Minecraft blocks, added alongside dirt and wood planks on 16 May 2009, while the game was in its very earliest stages of development. In fact, it’s almost as old as the name “Minecraft” itself – before that date, the game was simply known as “Cave Game”, while afterwards it became “Minecraft: Order of the Stone”.

Duncan Geere[1]

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
  1. 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.

Stone generator

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

Redstone Repeater Redstone Torch +
Redstone Dust +
Stone

Stone Button Stone

Stone Pressure Plate Stone

Stone Bricks Stone
Stone Slab Stone
Stone Stairs Stone
Stonecutter Iron Ingot +
Stone

Stonecutter
Can use stone and its three other variants interchangeably.‌[Bedrock Edition only]
Stonecutter Iron Ingot +
Stone

Stonecutter
Can use stone only, no variants.‌[Java Edition only]

Data values

ID

Stone/ID

Block data

See also: Data values

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-160052File:Stone Revision 1.png Added stone.
classic
0.26 SURVIVAL TESTCreeper explosions no longer destroy stone or stone-like blocks.
0.27 SURVIVAL TESTMining stone drops cobblestone.
indev
0.31 (February 1, 2010, 2)A pickaxe is now required to mine stone.
February 23, 2010Cobblestone is now smeltable into normal stone.
alpha
v1.0.1Stone is now used to craft stone pressure plates (3 stone) and stone buttons (2 stone).
beta
1.3Stone can be crafted into stone slabs.
Stone is now used to craft redstone repeaters.
1.8?Stone can be crafted into stone bricks.
release
1.0.0Beta 1.9 PrereleaseStone 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 5Stone Texture was changed slightly.
1.3.112w22aInventory sprites for blocks were flipped from left to right, changing to .
1.4.212w34bStone buttons are now crafted with only one stone.
12w38aStone blocks were given new sounds for being walked on and mined.
1.513w01aStone is used to craft comparators, and also hoppers until 13w02a.
13w02aStone is no longer used to craft hoppers.
1.814w02aThree new naturally occurring stone variants were added: granite, andesite and diorite, as well as polished versions for each.
14w27bStone textures are now rotated randomly, making large areas of stone look less uniform.
1.1317w47aThe different block states for the stone ID have been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 1.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0StoneAdded stone.
0.3.0Stone is now used to craft stone slabs.
0.4.0Stone is now used to craft stone bricks.
0.9.0build 1Added granite, diorite and andesite and their polished editions.
0.13.0build 1Stone is now used to craft stone buttons and pressure plates.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.0 Patch 1StoneAdded stone.

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

References

  1. "Block of the Week: Stone " – Minecraft.net, May 4, 2018
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