Smooth Stone

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

Smooth Stone

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	2
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Smooth stone is a variant of stone made by smelting regular stone.

Obtaining

Breaking

Smooth stone requires a pickaxe to be mined, in which case it drops itself. When mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	Smooth Stone
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time
Default	10
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Netherite	0.35
Golden	0.25

From chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Smooth Stone	Village	Mason's chest	1	20.8%
Bedrock Edition
Smooth Stone	Village	Mason's chest	1	20.8%

Natural generation

Smooth stone generates inside some houses in plains, savanna, and snowy tundra villages in the Butcher's house in the form of slabs and blocks.

Smelting

Smooth stone can be smelted from stone.

Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Stone + Any fuel	0.1

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Blast Furnace	Iron Ingot + Furnace + Smooth Stone
Smooth Stone Slab	Smooth Stone	6

Stonecutting

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Smooth Stone	2

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Breaking the block	dig.stone	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Blocks	Mining the block	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0
	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Placing the block	use.stone	1.0	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Smooth Stone	smooth_stone	block.minecraft.smooth_stone

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Smooth Stone	smooth_stone	438	tile.smooth_stone.name

History

Java Edition Beta
1.3					Added smooth stone.
					There are actually four[verify] smooth stone blocks, which are visually identical. They were technically a double slab, and would drop two "seamless" single stone slabs (the slab they were effectively a double version of; see below section) when broken.
					Its inclusion within the game was likely accidental, as this version also added sandstone, cobblestone and petrified oak slabs to the game; as such, the four[verify] remaining data values were left undefined, and probably defaulted to using the smooth stone slab texture due to it being the default texture for its block ID, but applying it to all sides instead.
					These are currently obtainable only through inventory editing.
1.8		Pre-release			With the addition of brick slabs and stone brick slabs, two of the smooth stone blocks have been effectively replaced with the double slabs of these, effectively removing them in the game and leaving only two remaining visually-identical smooth stone blocks.
Java Edition
1.4.6		12w49a			With the addition of nether brick slabs, the nether brick double slab replaces one of the two remaining smooth stone blocks, leaving only one smooth stone block behind.
1.5		13w02a			With the addition of quartz slabs, the final smooth stone block has been completely replaced, removing smooth stone from the game.
		January 22, 2013			Jeb says that smooth stone will be reintroduced as data value 8 of the double slab block, also hinting at the introduction of smooth sandstone.
		January 22, 2013			Jeb says that smooth stone may become legitimately obtainable as a block in the future.
		13w04a			Double slab blocks have been intentionally changed such that double slabs with metadata 8-15 look identical to those with 0-7, except that they use the top texture on all sides instead. As a result, smooth stone has been reintroduced to the game with metadata value 8.
					It now drops two regular smooth stone slabs (then known simply as stone slabs) when broken.
1.13		17w47a			Smooth stone has now been given its current name; previously it would have been referred to simply as "Stone Slab".
					Smooth stone has been added to the creative inventory.
					Smooth stone now drops itself when mined with a pickaxe, rather than two smooth stone slabs.
1.14		18w43a			Smooth stone can now be obtained by smelting stone.
					The texture of smooth stone has been changed.
					Smooth stone is now used to craft smooth stone slabs (the slab types simply known as "stone slabs" before this version). They are no longer crafted from normal stone, as that recipe now yields new proper stone slabs which actually look like stone.
		18w50a			Smooth stone can now be used to craft a blast furnace.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Added smooth stone.
					Smooth stone can be obtained by smelting stone.
					Smooth stone can be used to craft smooth stone slabs.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Smooth stone now generates in the new villages.
					Smooth stone can now used to craft blast furnaces.
					The texture of smooth stone has been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Smooth stone can now be found in village mason chests.
Legacy Console Edition
		1.88			Added smooth stone.
		1.90			The texture of smooth stone has been changed.

"Seamless" stone slab

Java Edition Beta
1.3					Added seamless stone single slabs, which visually differ from regular smooth stone slabs by using the top texture on the sides. They existed as numerical metadata values of the usual slab block, with values 4, 5, 6 and 7.[more information needed] All four[verify] of these appeared identical, but would not stack.
1.7					The texture application of the single slab has changed to use the bottom half of the texture, like with all slabs and many other blocks after this update.
1.8		Pre-release			With the addition of brick slabs and stone brick slabs, two of the seamless slab types have been replaced with these, resulting in only 6 and 7 being seamless single slabs.
Java Edition
1.2.1		1.2			Seamless stone slabs can now be placed on the top half of blocks.
1.4.6		12w49a			With the addition of nether brick slabs, the only remaining seamless single slab has metadata value 7.
1.5		13w02a			The last remaining seamless stone slab has been replaced with the quartz slab, completely removing this block from the game.

Issues

Issues relating to "Smooth Stone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• Smooth Stone is the one of three blocks with a slab equivalent, but without a stairs equivalent. The other two are cut sandstone and cut red sandstone.

Gallery

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  The various variants of stone.

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  Stone as compared with smooth stone and double smooth stone slabs.

References

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