Stone

Stone

Transparent	No
Luminance	0
Blast resistance	30
Tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Drops	Stone: Cobblestone (1) Smooth Stone: Itself
Data values	See § Data values
Namespaced ID	See § Data values

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

	“	This grey stalwart is one of the original Minecraft blocks, added alongside dirt and wood planks on [May 16, 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

Stone is a block found underground in the Overworld or on mountains.

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

Natural generation

Stone makes up the majority of the solid blocks generated. When chunks generate, stone can be found under 1-5 layers of grass and dirt in most biomes.

When the world is generating new chunks, some stone becomes ore, and almost every cavern and mineshaft generates at stone level.

Smooth stone generates inside some houses in plains, savanna, and snowy tundra villages.‌^{[Java and Bedrock editions only]}

Water and lava

A simple stone generator.

Main article: Tutorials/Cobblestone farming § Smooth stone generator

Stone can also be made by lava flowing on top of water. The water is replaced by stone.

Obtaining

Stone requires a pickaxe to be mined, in which case it drops cobblestone. When mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. If stone is mined with a Silk Touch enchanted pickaxe, it drops itself.

Block	Stone
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time
Hand	7.5
Wooden	1.15
Stone	0.6
Iron	0.4
Diamond	0.3
Golden	0.2

Chest loot

Stone can be found in 37.7% of village mason chests in stacks of 1.

Smooth stone can be found in 20.8% of village mason chests in stacks of 1.

Smelting

Smooth stone can be smelted from stone.

In Bedrock Edition, it can also be obtained by smelting granite, andesite, and diorite.^{[until BE 1.13.0]}

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Stone	Cobblestone + Any fuel
Smooth Stone	Stone + Any fuel

This recipe awards 0.1 experience.

Usage

Repairing

Main articles: Anvil and Repairing

Even though cobblestone is used to craft stone tools and weapons, stone must be used to repair stone equipment on the anvil.

Silverfish

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

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Blast Furnace	Iron Ingot + Furnace + Smooth Stone
Redstone Comparator	Redstone Torch + Nether Quartz + Stone		Can use stone and its variants interchangeably.‌[LCE only]
Redstone Repeater	Redstone Torch + Redstone Dust + Stone		‌[Legacy Console Edition only]
Redstone Repeater	Redstone Torch + Redstone Dust + Stone
Stone Button	Stone
Stone Pressure Plate	Stone
Stone Bricks	Stone	4
Stone Slab or Smooth Stone Slab	Stone or Smooth Stone	66
Stone Stairs	Stone	4
Stonecutter	Iron Ingot + Stone		‌[Java Edition only].
Stonecutter	Iron Ingot + Andesite + Stone		‌[Bedrock and PlayStation 4 editions only].

Trading

Apprentice-level stone mason villagers offer to buy 20 stone for an emerald.

Data values

ID

Block	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID‌[BE only]
Stone	stone	1
Smooth Stone	smooth_stone	438

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

Block states

See also: Block states

In Bedrock Edition, stone uses the following block states:

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
stone_type	stone	stone	Stone
		granite	Granite
		granite_smooth	Polished Granite
		diorite	Diorite
		diorite_smooth	Polished Diorite
		andesite	Andesite
		andesite_smooth	Polished Andesite

History

Java Edition pre-Classic
rd-160052					Added stone.
Java Edition Classic
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST					Creeper explosions no longer destroy stone or stone-like blocks.
					Mining stone now drops cobblestone.
Java Edition Indev
0.31		February 1, 2010, 3			A pickaxe is now required to mine stone.
February 23, 2010					Cobblestone is now smeltable into normal stone.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1					Stone can now be used to craft stone pressure plates (3 stone) and stone buttons (2 stone).
Java Edition Beta
1.3					Stone can now be crafted into stone slabs.
					Stone can now be used to craft redstone repeaters.
1.8		?			Stone can now be crafted into stone bricks.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Stone 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 5			Stone's texture has now been changed slightly.
1.3.1		12w22a			Inventory sprites for blocks have now been flipped from left to right, changing to .
1.4.2		12w34b			Stone buttons are now crafted with only one stone.
		12w38a			Stone blocks have now been given new sounds for being walked on and mined.
1.5		13w01a			Stone can now be used to craft redstone comparators.
					Stone can now be used to craft hoppers.
		13w02a			Stone is now no longer used to craft hoppers.
1.8		14w02a			Added three new naturally occurring stone variants: granite, andesite and diorite, as well as polished versions for each.
		14w27b			Stone textures are now rotated randomly, making large areas of stone look less uniform.
1.13		17w47a			The different block states for the stone ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 1 and 43.
1.14		18w43a			Smooth stone can now be obtained by smelting stone.
					Stone and smooth stone's texture has now been changed.
		18w44a			Stone's texture has been changed again.
		18w50a			Smooth stone can now be used to craft a blast furnace.
		19w04a			Stone can now be used to craft stonecutters.
Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-release					Added stone.
0.3.0					Stone can now be used to craft stone slabs.
0.4.0					Stone can now be used to craft stone bricks.
0.9.0		build 1			Added three new stone variants: granite, diorite and andesite, as well as polished versions for each.
0.12.1		build 1			Stone can now be obtained using pickaxes with the Silk Touch enchantment.
0.13.0		build 1			Stone can now used to craft stone buttons and pressure plates.
0.14.0		build 1			Stone can now used to craft redstone repeaters and redstone comparators.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Smooth stone can now be obtained by smelting stone.
					Stone is now used to craft stone slabs and stairs.
					Smooth stone can now be used to craft smooth stone slabs.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Smooth stone now generates in new villages.
					Smooth stone can now used to craft blast furnaces.
					Stone can now be used to craft grindstones and stonecutters.
					Stone mason villagers now buy 20-26 stone as part of their second tier trades.
					Stone and smooth stone's texture has now been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Stone and smooth stone can now be found in village mason chests.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Trading has changed, apprentice-level stone mason villagers now buy 20 stone as part of their trade.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added stone.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					Changed the texture of stone and smooth stone.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Smooth Stone is the one of three blocks‌^{[BE only]} with a slab equivalent, but without a stairs equivalent.

Gallery

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  The side of a circle room, made of stone.

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  The various types of stone since the Village and Pillage update.

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  Stone naturally generated in the side of a cliff.

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  Stone generated under bedrock.

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References

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