The entries on this annotated, structured list of rocks all are items and blocks in Minecraft that:
- bear a resemblance to real-world rocks,
- share a name with real-world rocks, or
- are fictitious but fulfill a similar role to rocks.
A few fictitious blocks are included in this list; namely, blackstone, deepslate, end stone, glowstone, netherrack, and redstone. Their actual nature is up to the player's imagination.
List of rocks[]
Regional rocks[]
These make up the majority of the ground where they're found.
- Basalt – columnar basalt found making up the basalt delta biomes of the Nether
- Bedrock – the unbreakable layer of rock that limits mining below the deepslate layer; also sandwiches the Nether; unobtainable in Survival
- Deepslate – the dark gray rock that makes up the deepest mineable layer of the Overworld, below Y=0; useful for crafting
- End Stone – a hard, pale yellow material that makes up all the islands of the End
- Netherrack – a soft, red material that makes up most of the Nether
- Sandstone – a light-colored rock found below almost any sand deposit
- Stone – the gray rock that makes up the bulk of the Overworld above Y=−7
- Terracotta – a stone found in colorful, exposed layers in the mesa; craftable by cooking clay in a furnace
Decorator rocks[]
These generate as part of world decorators. Decorators are a kind of terrain feature. Ores and other ore blobs are decorators.
- Basalt – columnar basalt found in the basalt pillars, basalt columns and deltas of the Nether
- Bedrock – forms end gateways and the exit portal of the End
- Blackstone – black rock that can be found in deltas of the Nether
- Cobblestone – mossy variety forms the forest rocks of old growth taigas
- Dripstone – found in dripstone clusters; useful for generating water or lava
- End stone – forms small islands in the End
- Glowstone – exclusively found in glowstone blobs in the Nether
- Granite – makes up the body of copper ore veins
- Obsidian – a hard rock that makes up the obsidian pillars and obsidian platform of the End
- Sandstone – forms desert wells
- Smooth Basalt – encases amethyst geodes, where it's associated with calcite and amethyst
- Tuff – makes up the body of iron ore veins
- Blobs
- Andesite – a light-colored rock found in solitary underground blobs
- Blackstone – a material only found in large blobs in the Nether's basalt deltas; useful for crafting
- Deepslate – a dark gray rock sometimes found in blobs close to the deepslate layer
- Diorite – a light-colored rock, similar in color to andesite but coarser-looking; found in solitary underground blobs
- Granite – a pinkish rock found in solitary underground blobs
- Tuff – a brownish rock commonly found in solitary underground blobs within the deepslate layer
- Calcite - a white rock that decorates mountains in blobs
- Ores
- Coal Ore – a source of coal, a rock used for torches and furnace fuel; found in greatest abundance near the surface
- Copper Ore – a source of copper, used to make lightning rods and spyglasses; sometimes found in enormous ore veins
- Diamond Ore – a rare ore found deep underground; a source of diamonds to make durable weapons, tools, and armor
- Emerald Ore – the rarest of all ores, yielding emeralds used for currency when trading with villagers and wandering traders; only found in mountains
- Gold Ore – a source of gold, used to craft tools, weapons, armor, golden carrots, and golden apples; also valuable to piglins
- Iron Ore – a much-desired source of iron, which has many uses; sometimes found in enormous ore veins
- Lapis Lazuli Ore – the lapis lazuli from this ore is a rich blue rock useful in enchanting and as a dye; found close to and within the deepslate layer
- Redstone Ore – a source of redstone dust, a material that can carry signals and activate moving parts; found in the deepest depths of the underground
Coal and Lapis Lazuli are rocks in their own right.
Structure rocks[]
These rocks can be found in structures.
- Basalt – columnar basalt found in the bastion remnants of the Nether; It also generates around amethyst geodes in its smooth form
- Blackstone – black rock that can found in bastion remnants in the Nether
- Cobblestone – generates in a variety of structures, including villages and jungle temples
- Netherrack – generates in ruined portals and bastion remnants
- Obsidian – a hard rock that can be found in ruined portals
- Sandstone – generates in desert pyramids and in desert villages
- Calcite - a white rock found around amethyst geodes
Other rocks[]
- Cobblestone – a block of cobbles that drops from mining stone; found naturally where flowing water meets flowing lava; widely used in crafting
- Flint – a rock that drops from gravel; useful in crafting arrows and starting fires
- Obsidian – a hard black blast-proof rock found where lava is flash-cooled by water; useful for crafting enchanting tables, ender chests and beacons, traveling to the Nether and summoning dragons