Mossy cobblestone is a variant of cobblestone with moss on it. It is mainly used for crafting or as building block.
Obtaining
Mossy cobblestone can be mined using a pickaxe, in which case it drops itself. If mined without a pickaxe, then the mining is slower and it drops nothing.
| Block | Mossy Cobblestone | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 2 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[A] | ||
| Default | 10 | |
| Wooden | 1.5 | |
| Stone | 0.75 | |
| Iron | 0.5 | |
| Diamond | 0.4 | |
| Netherite | 0.35 | |
| Golden | 0.25 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Crafting
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mossy Cobblestone | Cobblestone + Vines |
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| Mossy Cobblestone | Cobblestone + Moss Block |
Natural generation
Mossy cobblestone occurs naturally in dungeons, jungle temples, pillager outposts, underwater ruins, and plains, taiga, snowy taiga, and zombie villages. It can also be found in the form of forest rocks in the old growth taiga biome.
Usage
Mossy cobblestone can be used as a basic building block, as it is blast resistant and fairly common.
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Mossy Cobblestone Slab | Mossy Cobblestone | |
| Mossy Cobblestone Stairs | Mossy Cobblestone | |
| Mossy Cobblestone Wall | Mossy Cobblestone | |
| Smithing Template | Diamond + Matching Smithing Template + Mossy Cobblestone |
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| Wild Armor Trim Smithing Template | Diamond + Wild Armor Trim Smithing Template + Mossy Cobblestone |
Stonecutting
Note Blocks
Mossy cobblestone can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.
Sounds
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.22 | 1.0 |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mossy Cobblestone | mossy_cobblestone | Block & Item | mineable/pickaxe | block.minecraft.mossy_cobblestone |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mossy Cobblestone | mossy_cobblestone | 48 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.mossy_cobblestone.name |
History
| October 24, 2009 | Notch showed mossy cobblestone. | |||||||||||
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| Java Edition Classic | ||||||||||||
| 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST |  Added moss stone.
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| As no in-game name has been indicated, it is commonly referred to as "Mossy Cobblestone". | ||||||||||||
| Java Edition Indev | ||||||||||||
| 0.31 | 20100124 | The player now spawns in a moss stone Indev house. | ||||||||||
| 20100213 | The Indev house is no longer made of moss stone. | |||||||||||
| Java Edition Infdev | ||||||||||||
| 20100625-2 | Moss stone can now be found in dungeons. | |||||||||||
| Java Edition Beta | ||||||||||||
| 1.0 | Items have been given in-game names, officially naming this block "Moss Stone". | |||||||||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release |  The texture of moss stone has been changed. | ||||||||||
| Java Edition | ||||||||||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w22a | Moss stone now naturally generates as one of the main blocks of jungle temples. | ||||||||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w34a | Moss stone can now be used to craft mossy cobblestone walls. | ||||||||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | "Boulders" of moss stone now appear in the mega taiga biome. | ||||||||||
| 1.8 | 14w04a | Moss stone can now be crafted using cobblestone and vines, making them renewable. | ||||||||||
| 14w11b | Mossy cobblestone with numerical metadata variants 1 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have no model  rather than appearing identical to mossy cobblestone. | |||||||||||
| 14w26a | Block metadata has been completely removed from this snapshot onwards with the introduction of block states. As this block never used block metadata at all prior to this version, fifteen unused, inaccessible metadata variants of it have been completely removed from the game:
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| 1.13 | 17w47a | "Moss Stone" has been renamed to "Mossy Cobblestone". | ||||||||||
| Prior to The Flattening, mossy cobblestone's numeral ID was 48. | ||||||||||||
| 18w09a | Mossy cobblestone now generates in underwater ruins. | |||||||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The texture of mossy cobblestone has been changed. | ||||||||||
| November 29, 2018 |  Jasper Boerstra tweets an image from the boat texturing process. The new (probably experimental) mossy cobblestone texture can be seen on the background. | |||||||||||
| 18w50a |  The texture of mossy cobblestone has been changed, once again. | |||||||||||
| 1.17 | 21w11a | Mossy cobblestone can now also be crafted with moss blocks and cobblestone. | ||||||||||
| 1.20 (Experimental) | 23w04a | Mossy cobblestone can now be used to craft wild armor trims. | ||||||||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | ||||||||||||
| v0.2.0 | Added moss stone. | |||||||||||
| v0.4.0 | Moss stone has been added to creative mode. | |||||||||||
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | Moss stone now generates naturally in dungeons and as part of boulders. | ||||||||||
| v0.9.5 | A crafting recipe for moss stone, using cobblestone, has been added. | |||||||||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | The stonecutter function has been removed, so moss stone can now be crafted in a crafting table and no longer in a stonecutter. | ||||||||||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Moss stone now generates in jungle temples. | ||||||||||
| Added zombie villages and some parts of cobblestone have been replaced with moss stone. | ||||||||||||
| Bedrock Edition | ||||||||||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | Moss stone now generates in underwater ruins. | ||||||||||
| 1.9.0 | beta 1.9.0.0 | "Moss stone" has been renamed to "Mossy Cobblestone". | ||||||||||
| Mossy cobblestone can now be used to craft mossy cobblestone slabs and stairs. | ||||||||||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of mossy cobblestone has been changed.
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| Mossy cobblestone now generates in pillager outposts. | ||||||||||||
| Mossy cobblestone now generates in the new plains, taiga and snowy taiga villages. | ||||||||||||
| 1.16.220 | beta 1.16.220.52 | Moss blocks with cobblestone can now be used to craft mossy cobblestone. | ||||||||||
| Next Major Update (Experimental) | beta 1.19.80.21 | Mossy cobblestone can now be used to craft wild armor trims. | ||||||||||
| Legacy Console Edition | ||||||||||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added moss stone. | |||||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | A crafting recipe for moss stone, using cobblestone, has been added. | ||||||||
| 1.88 | "Moss Stone" has been renamed to "Mossy Cobblestone". | |||||||||||
| Mossy cobblestone can now be used to craft mossy cobblestone slabs and stairs. | ||||||||||||
| 1.90 | The texture of mossy cobblestone has been changed. | |||||||||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | ||||||||||||
| 0.1.0 | Added moss stone. | |||||||||||
Trivia
- Mossy cobblestone does not have an infested variant.
Issues
Issues relating to "Mossy Cobblestone" or "Moss Stone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery
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An official screenshot of an early village released by Notch, showing cobblestone and mossy cobblestone. -
Another screenshot of an early village with mossy cobblestone. -
The old mossy cobblestone crafting recipe. -
The ground of this shelter has been replaced with mossy cobblestone from a dungeon, for aesthetic purposes. -
Cobblestone and Mossy cobblestone found inside of a jungle temple. -
A naturally occurring mossy cobblestone boulder in a old growth taiga biome. -
Cobblestone and mossy cobblestone as seen in a village and a Pillager outpost from the Java Edition panorama background. -
Cobblestone and mossy cobblestone as viewed in a beachside pillager outpost. -
Mossy cobblestone blocks, stairs and slabs. -
First teaser image for mossy cobblestone stairs. -
Second teaser image for mossy cobblestone stairs.
References
External Links
- Block of the Week: Moss Stone – Minecraft.net on November 24, 2017