Cobblestone

Cobblestone

Transparent	No
Luminance	0
Blast resistance	30
Tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Drops	Itself
Data values	See § Data values
Namespaced ID	See § Data values

	“	Cobblestone, as you’ll know if you’ve played Minecraft for more than about ten seconds, is what you get when you break stone. As a result, it’s one of the substances in the game that will fill up your storage chests faster than a diamond pick chews through sugarcane. The glut of cobblestone you obtain in the course of normal play, combined with its blast resistance, is why it’s usually the favoured building material of anyone who builds for function rather than aesthetics.	„
		— Duncan Geere

	“	Moss stone was added to Minecraft in the very earliest days of the game in the same update that gave us iron, TNT, bookshelves and obsidian. During the game's Indev phase, the player first spawned in a small house made of moss stone, and later on the block was also used in the construction of jungle temples and zombie villages.	„
		— Duncan Geere

Cobblestone is a common block, obtained from mining stone. Its texture resembles block of stone with a largely cracked surface.

Mossy cobblestone is a variant of cobblestone with moss growing in its cracks.

Both blocks are mainly used for crafting or as building blocks.

Natural generation

Both cobblestone and mossy cobblestone occur naturally in dungeons, jungle temples, pillager outposts, and underwater ruins. Only cobblestone generates in strongholds and woodland mansions and mossy cobblestone can be found in the form of scattered boulders in the giant tree taiga biome. Cobblestone generates in all types of villages except desert and mossy cobblestone is found in plains, taiga, snowy taiga, and zombie villages.

Water and lava

See also: Tutorials/Cobblestone farming

When water and flowing lava come into contact, the flowing lava is replaced with cobblestone. However, if the lava flows on top of the water from above, stone will be created instead.

Obtaining

Cobblestone requires a pickaxe to be mined, in which case it will drop itself. If mined without a pickaxe, then the mining will be slower and it will drop nothing.

Block	Cobblestone
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time
Hand	10
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Golden	0.25

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Mossy Cobblestone	Cobblestone + Vines

Stone

If stone is mined with a pickaxe that is not enchanted with Silk Touch, it will drop cobblestone.

Usage

Cobblestone and mossy cobblestone can be used as basic building blocks, as they are highly blast resistant and fairly common.

Silverfish

Silverfish have the ability to enter and hide in normal cobblestone, creating an infested block.

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Stone	Cobblestone + Any fuel

This recipe awards 0.1 experience.

Repairing

Stone swords, pickaxes, axes, hoes and shovels can be repaired with cobblestone in an anvil.

Data values

ID

Block	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID‌[BE only]
Cobblestone	cobblestone	4
Mossy Cobblestone	mossy_cobblestone	48

Achievements

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
				Xbox	PS	Bedrock	Nintendo
	Hot Topic	Construct a furnace out of eight stone blocks	Pick up a furnace from a crafting table output.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	15G	Bronze
	Dispense With This	Construct a Dispenser.		Yes	PS3	Yes	Yes	20G	Silver
					PS4, PSVita				Bronze
	Chestful of Cobblestone	Mine 1,728 Cobblestone and place it in a chest	A player must mine 1,728 cobblestone and place 1,728 cobblestone, or 27 stacks, in a chest. The cobblestone placed in the chest does not have to be the same cobblestone that was mined.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Wii U, Switch	20G	Bronze

Advancements

Main article: Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Internal ID
	Stone Age	Mine stone with your new pickaxe	Minecraft	Have cobblestone in your inventory.	minecraft:story/mine_stone

History

Java Edition pre-Classic
Cave game tech test					Cobblestone, along with grass, was one of the first two blocks in Minecraft, from back when the game was only referred to by Notch as an Infiniminer clone, initially named "Cave Game". Its textures are from one of Notch's previous games, RubyDung.
rd-132211					Cobblestone was used for the original logo for the game's official website.
rd-160052					The texture was adjusted to look smoother.
mc-161607					Cobblestone is only referred to as "stacked rocks".
Java Edition Classic
0.0.14a					The texture was adjusted to look more detailed.
0.0.19a					Cobblestone was removed from the UI due to a lack of room.
0.0.20a					Cobblestone was re-added to the UI.
October 24, 2009					Showed mossy cobblestone.
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 will now spawn in a moss stone Indev house.
		20100129			Cobblestone is now used to craft stone swords, axes, pickaxes and shovels.
20100206					Cobblestone is now used to craft stone hoes.
20100219					Cobblestone is now used to craft furnaces.
20100223					Cobblestone can now be smelted into smooth stone.
Java Edition Infdev
20100616					Cobblestone is created when flowing water collides with flowing lava, making cobblestone generators possible.
20100625-2					Cobblestone and mossy cobblestone can be found in dungeons.
20100629					Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone stairs.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1					Cobblestone is now used to craft levers.
Java Edition Beta
1.0					Items have now been given in-game names, officially naming this block "Moss Stone".
1.2					Cobblestone is now used to craft dispensers.
1.3					Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone slabs and no longer crafts stone slabs.
1.7					The four quadrants of the texture were moved and its color scheme was adjusted.
					Cobblestone is now used to craft pistons.
1.8		Pre-release			Cobblestone naturally generates in villages and strongholds.
					The texture of moss stone has now been changed.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3			Cobblestone is now used to craft brewing stands.
1.3.1		12w22a			Cobblestone and moss stone naturally generate as the main blocks of jungle temples.
					Inventory sprites for blocks were flipped from left to right, changing to and to .
1.4.2		12w34a			Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone walls.
					Moss stone can now be used to craft mossy cobblestone walls.
1.5		13w03a			Cobblestone is now used to craft droppers.
1.7.2		13w36a			"Boulders" of moss stone will now appear in the giant tree taiga biome.
1.8		14w02a			Cobblestone is now used to craft diorite and andesite.
		14w03a			Cobblestone generates under gravel village roads, preventing them from collapsing into caves.
		14w04a			Added a crafting recipe for moss stone, using cobblestone.
1.11		16w39a			Cobblestone now generates in woodland mansions.
					Cobblestone is now used to craft observers.
1.13		17w47a			"Moss Stone" has now been renamed to "Mossy Cobblestone".
					Prior to The Flattening, cobblestone's numeral ID was 4 and mossy cobblestone's was 48.
		18w09a			Cobblestone and mossy cobblestone now generate in underwater ruins.
1.14		18w43a			Changed the texture of cobblestone and mossy cobblestone.
		18w50a			Changed the texture of cobblestone and mossy cobblestone again.
Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-release					Added cobblestone.
0.2.0					Changed the texture.
0.3.0					Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone stairs and slabs.
0.3.2					Cobblestone is now used to craft furnaces.
					Cobblestone can be smelted.
0.4.0					Cobblestone is now used to craft stone hoes.
					Moss stone has now been added to creative mode.
0.6.0					Cobblestone is now used to craft the stonecutter.
0.8.0		build 2			Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone walls.
0.9.0		build 1			Cobblestone now naturally spawns in dungeons, strongholds and villages.
					Moss stone will now generate naturally in dungeons and as part of boulders.
0.9.5					Added a crafting recipe for moss stone.
0.12.1		build 1			Cobblestone is now used to craft brewing stands.
					No longer makes nether reactors.
					Now gives experience when smelted.
					The stonecutter function has been removed, so moss stone can now be crafted in a crafting table and no longer in a stonecutter.
0.13.0		build 1			Cobblestone is now used to craft levers.
					Cobblestone is no longer used to craft stonecutters.
0.15.0		build 1			Cobblestone is now used to craft pistons and observers.
					Moss stone will now generate in jungle temples.
					Added zombie villages and some parts of cobblestone have now been replaced with moss stone.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Cobblestone now generates in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Cobblestone and moss stone now generate in underwater ruins.
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Moss stone has now been renamed to Mossy Cobblestone.
					Mossy cobblestone can now be used to craft mossy cobblestone slabs and stairs.
		beta 1.9.0.2			Cobblestone can now be used to craft a smithing table.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Changed the texture of cobblestone and mossy cobblestone.
					Cobblestone and mossy cobblestone now generate in pillager outposts.
					Mossy cobblestone now generates in new plains, taiga, and snowy taiga villages.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added cobblestone.
					Added moss stone.
TU3					Changed the texture.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Added a crafting recipe for moss stone.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.88					Renamed moss stone to mossy cobblestone.
					Mossy cobblestone can now be used to craft mossy cobblestone slabs and stairs.
1.90					Changed the texture of cobblestone and mossy cobblestone.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added cobblestone.
					Added moss stone.

Trivia

• If a player were to turn Inverted Colors on, the cobblestone texture will look like end stone, but blue.
  • This is because the textures of end stone and cobblestone are inverted, but don't use the opposing colors matched with the High Contrasting.
• Looking at the top of the cobblestone texture shows an L. This can be used to find north.
• Mossy cobblestone does not have an infested variant
• Cobblestone, along with grass blocks, were the first two blocks to be added into Minecraft.

Issues

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

Gallery

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  An official screenshot of an early village released by Notch, showing cobblestone and mossy cobblestone.

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  All the textures of cobblestone edited into the game with a resource pack.

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  A lava spring flowing onto a river, thus naturally generating cobblestone.

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  A room mainly made of cobblestone

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  A man-made shelter made of cobblestone and mossy cobblestone.

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  Cobblestone and Mossy cobblestone found inside of a jungle temple.

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  Naturally occurring mossy cobblestone boulders in a giant tree taiga biome.

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  Example of a building made with cobblestone, this one being a church in a village.

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  Cobblestone and mossy cobblestone as seen in a village and a Pillager outpost from the Java Edition panorama background.

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  Cobblestone and mossy cobblestone as viewed in a beachside Pillager outpost.

References

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