Stone

Stone

Transparent	No
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	30
Tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Drops	Stone: Cobblestone (1) Smooth Stone: Itself
Data value	dec: 01 hex: 1 bin: 1
Name	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 16 May 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 extremely commonly in the Overworld.

Smooth stone is a variant of stone available only in the creative inventory,‌^{[until 1.14]} or made by smelting regular stone.‌^{[upcoming 1.14]}

Obtaining

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

Natural generation

Stone makes up the majority of the solid blocks generated. When chunks generate, stone can be found under layers of grass and dirt in most biomes. It can also be seen exposed at the side of mountains.

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

Smooth stone generates inside some houses in plains, savanna, and snowy tundra villages.‌^{[upcoming 1.14]}

Water and lava

Main article: Tutorials/Cobblestone farming § Smooth stone generator

Stone can also be made by lava flowing on top of water, where the water will be replaced.

Simple stone generator.

Smelting

Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Cobblestone + Any fuel

Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Stone + Any fuel

Usage

Silverfish

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

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Redstone Comparator	Redstone Torch + Nether Quartz + Stone		Can use stone and its variants interchangeably.‌[Legacy Console Edition only]
Redstone Comparator	Redstone Torch + Nether Quartz + Stone		Can use stone only, no variants.‌[Java and Bedrock editions only]
Redstone Repeater	Redstone Torch + Redstone Dust + Stone
Smooth Stone Slab	Stone	6	Can use stone, andesite, polished andesite, granite, polished granite, diorite and polished diorite interchangeably.‌[Legacy Console Edition only]
Stone Button	Stone
Stone Pressure Plate	Stone
Stone Bricks	Stone	4
Stone Slab (1.14)	Stone	6
Stone Slab	Stone	6	Can use stone only.‌[Java and Bedrock editions only][until 1.14] [until BE 1.9]
Stone Stairs (1.14)	Stone	4

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Smooth Stone	6	‌[upcoming 1.14]

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Block	ID Name
Stone	stone
Smooth Stone	smooth_stone

Bedrock Edition:

Block	ID Name	Numeral ID
Stone	stone	1
Smooth Stone‌[upcoming BE 1.9]	smooth_stone‌[upcoming BE 1.9]	?

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

Video

Note: This video is outdated, stone buttons need one stone to craft since 1.4.2. Also, stone can be used to craft redstone comparators since 1.5.

History

Java Edition Pre-classic
rd-160052					Added stone.
Java Edition Classic
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST					Creeper explosions will now no longer destroy stone or stone-like blocks.
0.27 SURVIVAL TEST					Mining stone will now drop cobblestone.
Java Edition Indev
0.31 (February 1, 2010, 2)					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.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.14			18w43a		Smooth stone can now be obtained by smelting stone.
					Stone's texture has now been changed.
			18w44a		Stone's texture has now been changed, once again.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0					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.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.9			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.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added stone.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Stone is the only block with a slab equivalent, but without a stairs equivalent.^{[until 1.14]}

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 Bountiful Update.

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  Stone naturally generated in the side of a cliff.

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  Stone generated under bedrock.

References

Blocks

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