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Stone is a type of block added very early in Minecraft. It uses the same texture on all six sides of the block. Stone appears abundantly on naturally generated maps and (besides Air) has the most blocks in a normal map.

Creative Mode

Stone is available for use in Creative mode. The Stone layer of a Creative map contains Caverns, Ore and underground pools of Water and Lava. When Water and Lava collide, Stone or Obsidian is formed.

When there were not many block types, Stone was an often-used building material. Currently, Stone is an all-around block used in buildings, basements, tunnels, roads, paths and many other things.

In Multi-player, Stone blocks will turn into Bedrock when an Op uses the /solid command. Bedrock is placed through Stone to ensure non-Op players cannot place it.

Alpha Mode

In Alpha mode, Stone is a useful resource. Mining Stone with a Pickaxe will drop Cobblestone which is used in many crafting recipes and as a sturdy building material. Cobblestone can be smelted into smooth Stone again. Stone can be used as a building material as well and can be used in two crafting recipes. Two Stone blocks placed in the pattern below will craft a Stone Button:


File:CraftingStoneButtonIO.png

Three Stone blocks placed in the pattern below will create a Stone Pressure Plate:

File:CraftingPressurePlatesIOanim.gif

The natural Stone layer of a map contains Caverns, veins of Ore, Gravel and Dirt, Dungeons and Springs of Water and Lava.

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The side of a Cavern, made of stone

Retired Modes

  • Survival Test - Explosion resistant, drops Cobblestone when mined.
  • Indev - Acted similarly to Alpha, cannot be crafted into anything.
  • Infdev - Acted similarly to Alpha, cannot be crafted into anything.

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