Stone

Stone

Transparency	No
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	30
Tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Drops	Cobblestone (1)
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.

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 in extreme hills biomes.

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

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

Usage

Silverfish

Silverfish have the ability to enter and hide in stone, creating a monster egg.

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 + Stone
Stone Button	Stone
Stone Pressure Plate	Stone
Stone Bricks	Stone	4
Stone Slab	Stone	6	Can use stone only, no variants.[Java and Bedrock editions only]
Stone Slab	Stone	6	Can use stone and its variants interchangeably.[Legacy Console Edition only]

Data values

Stone has the ID name minecraft:stone, which it shares with andesite, diorite, and granite, differentiated by its '"block state".^{[until 1.13]}

Name	ID Name
Stone	stone
Granite	granite
Polished Granite	polished_granite
Diorite	diorite
Polished Diorite	polished_diorite
Andesite	andesite
Polished Andesite	polished_andesite

^{[upcoming 1.13]}

Block state

See also: Block states

Name	Value	Description
variant[until 1.13]	stone	Stone
	granite	Granite
	smooth_granite	Polished Granite
	diorite	Diorite
	smooth_diorite	Polished Diorite
	andesite	Andesite
	smooth_andesite	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

Pre-classic
rd-160052					Added stone.
Classic
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST					Creeper explosions no longer destroy stone or stone-like blocks.
0.27 SURVIVAL TEST					Mining stone drops cobblestone.
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.
Alpha
v1.0.1					Stone is now used to craft stone pressure plates (3 stone) and stone buttons (2 stone).
Beta
1.3					Stone can be crafted into stone slabs.
					Stone is now used to craft redstone repeaters.
1.8					Stone can be crafted into stone bricks.
Official release
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		Texture was changed slightly.
1.4.2			12w34b		Stone buttons are now crafted with only one stone.
			12w38a		Stone blocks were given new sounds for being walked on and mined.
1.5			13w01a		Stone is used to craft comparators, and also hoppers until 13w02a.
			13w02a		Stone is no longer used to craft hoppers.
1.8			14w02a		Three new naturally occurring stone variants were added: 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.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.13			17w47a		The different block states for the stone ID have been split up into their own IDs.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0					Added stone.
0.3.0					Stone is now used to craft stone slabs.
0.4.0					Stone is now used to craft stone bricks.
0.9.0			build 1		Added granite, diorite and andesite and their polished editions.
0.13.0			build 1		Stone is now used to craft stone buttons and pressure plates.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added stone.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Stone is the only block with a slab equivalent but no stairs equivalent.

Gallery

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  The side of a circle room, made of stone

• 

  The various types of stone since the Bountiful Update

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  Stone naturally generated in the side of a Cliff.

References

Blocks

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